Style

Courtesy of Rosario Hevia In northern Chile, roughly 59,000 tons of secondhand clothing arrives in ships from the United States, Europe, and Asia every year. Some is resold, but what is unsalvageable, roughly 39,000 tons, ends up in a trash dump in the Atacama desert, a fashion graveyard in the driest desert in the world.
0 Comments
Hunter Abrams It was 2004, the year of “Nipplegate” at the Super Bowl halftime show and sexist late-night talk show barbs. Ambition, Tory Burch recalls, was a dirty word for women back then, to the point where she recalls “shying away when a journalist asked me [about it] in a sort of negative way” as
0 Comments
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. In the hands of Dries van Noten, a color combination that might feel “wrong” elsewhere became unaccountably, delightfully right: blood orange and toothpaste green, lavender and canary yellow, mahogany and lime. The Belgian designer, who announced today that he will be
0 Comments
In high school, when I wanted to purchase a T-shirt with holes intentionally perforated throughout, my mother was appalled. I garnered the same reaction when I bought a pair of jeans pre-shredded within an inch of their life, my mother in disbelief: “Why spend money on something that’s so destroyed?” Courtesy of Miu MiuA detail
0 Comments
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. When she was young and impressionable, Iris Apfel received a backhanded compliment that would change her life. She was told by a department store owner that, well, she wasn’t pretty. But the woman quickly softened the blow. “You have something better.
0 Comments
Coming off of a groundbreaking and much-discussed awards season (her first-ever) for Barbie, Ariana Greenblatt is now the face of Coachtopia’s latest campaign. It celebrates the brand’s new arrivals: an array of lightweight bags in fun spring colors and prints, including the popular Loop collection. Greenblatt, known for her edgier style, takes on an “alter
0 Comments
The statistics are alarming: One in three women will be the victim of physical, psychological, or economic abuse at some point in their lives. Furthermore, children who grow up in violent situations are more likely to become violent or suffer violence as adults. Every year, Pomellato CEO Sabina Belli asks notable individuals to reflect on
0 Comments
The thing about wardrobe essentials no one ever talks about is that they mean something different to everyone, and are heavily dependent on personal style. In other words, an item that’s a staple in one person’s closet might not work as hard in another’s—and that’s perfectly okay! But there are those truly timeless pieces that
0 Comments
Mario SorrentiBodysuit, $1,250, skirt, $2,200, belt, $540, earrings, $1,090, necklace, $1,090, cuff, $950, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. The living room of Casa Cipriani is suffused with a fireside glow. It’s the moment before sunset, when light bounces off the Hudson River at such an angle, you might think you’re alongside a Venetian canal. Inside,
0 Comments
Cass Bird Top, $2,995, bra, $445, Dolce & Gabbana. ELLE takes fashion onto the field, styling the hyper-girly runway looks for a romp in the park. Models Taylor Hill, Mayowa Nicholas, Sylvia Anderson, Heather Kemesky, and Divine Mugisha suit up in soft pastels and celebrate the return of ruffles, channeling the ultrafeminine energy that will
0 Comments