News — Fashion

Founder and owner of Inditex, Amancio Ortega, whose brand pool includes Zara, Massimo Dutti and Oysho, was named the richest man in Europe in 2016 and his company, the wealthiest retailer on the planet, amassed a fortune of $79.7 billion. Quite a fitting way to begin an article on excessive consumption and impulsive shopping right? Ortega’s fortune was built on a straightforward scheme: to sell inexpensive clothes, the design of which imitates catwalk trends and delivering new collections approximately every two weeks (in fact, Zara adds new styles every week). Multiply this business model by the number of fashion retailers...

For some, tackling home projects, getting ahead on work, and spring cleaning are keeping them extra busy. For others, watching everything on their Netflix queue, catching up on sleep, and relaxing are more in line with their daily to-dos. And most of us are operating in some in-between of the two. However, all of us are finding our own version of normal, and if a little something that comes in package can do that, we’re all for it. Our editors all have their own ideas of normal right now—spending lots of time with our pets, cleaning everything, using a face...

and Hotter? Here’s the thing about skateboarding: anyone who can skateboard is legally mandated to be hot. If you can do tricks on a skateboard, you are automatically a cool and hot person. Tony Hawk, for example, is cool and hot. Spike Jonze also would fall under this category, even though you most likely know him not as a skateboarder, but as the guy who made the movie about a guy who falls in love with his cell phone (hot). Usually people who skateboard know a lot of facts about punk rock and have made scientific breakthroughs when it comes...

“New York Men’s Day,” the Supermarket Sweep of small and emerging men’s brands, returned to a rough-edged industrial space in the shadow of the west side’s new corporate luxury playground, where it haughtily turns its glassine back to the rest of the city. No matter. The brands that agree to share real estate and foot traffic understand the power of strength in numbers, like a sort of menswear trade union, but with underwear sponsors. Sherbet tones at Timo Weiland. Photograph Manu Gupta Courtesy of Timo Weiland And strengths were abundant. Timo Weiland’s cheerful suiting separates, soft both in form and...

As soon as October hits and the temperatures start to get all sorts of funky, layered outfit ideas for fall are where it’s at. One day, it’ll be 90 degrees—the sun is shining and you may even be tempted to hit the beach—and then the next, the temperature will drop and you’ll find yourself all bundled up in that winter coat you had to rummage out of storage. At this time of year, you truly can’t predict what the heck you’re going to experience once you step outside—so, TG for layered outfits that you can strip off or pile on...