What are you buying when you pay $5 for a cup of organic, single-origin, fair-trade coffee? Or a locally produced, sustainably sourced linen tunic? Or…
SHORT END OF THE STICK
It’s time to stop hating on men in shorts
Each spring, at the fashion shows in London, Milan, Paris, and New York that regularly reflect and often define what stylish guys are wearing, there…
THE RACE IS ON
Nike is cutting 2% of its global workforce and reorganizing its manufacturing
Nike, the world’s largest sporting-goods brand, is making some sweeping changes to the way it produces and sells sneakers in order to keep up with…
POPE-LEISURE
Pope Francis’s cheap and simple clothes have started a new trend for Catholic clergy
Pope Francis has his own way of doing things. Four years into his papacy, the Catholic Church’s outspoken leader has at times taken unconventional stances…
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
What one underpaid worker making Ivanka Trump’s clothes thinks of her “women who work” philosophy
Alia first noticed the Ivanka Trump label appearing at the garment factory in Subang, West Java, where she’s employed about a year ago, according to…
THE PLAY'S THE THING
The uproar over the Trump-like “Julius Caesar” production misses Shakespeare’s point
A production of Julius Caesar by New York’s Public Theater has raised an outcry for plainly recasting Caesar as US president Donald Trump. This Caesar…
WEARABLE CULTURE
Google has built a stunning, searchable archive of 3,000 years of world fashion
Google’s latest project may be the most widely accessible and comprehensive fashion collection on the planet. All you need to view it is an internet…
WORK IT
Why it’s so hard for women to figure out what to wear to work in 2017
In 1985, Donna Karan launched a collection centered on what she called her seven easy pieces. It offered working women a stylish, flattering capsule wardrobe…
SPACE STYLE
A sneaker-obsessed French designer has mocked up the next generation of space suits
If SpaceX is going to send humans to Mars, those people are going to need special clothes. The company reportedly hired Jose Fernandez, who is…
SOLE PURPOSE
A revolution is coming in the way your sneakers are designed and manufactured
Slow, labor intensive, and low tech are just a few of the words you could use to describe the way sneakers have traditionally been made.…
THE MICKEY AND JENNA ERA
The incredible rise and fall of J.Crew
Just a few years ago, J.Crew seemed invincible. Sales were rocketing, as was the clothing retailer’s cultural cachet. Now, the brand is watching its sales…
A GOOD RUN
The other shoe has dropped at J.Crew
First, it was Jenna Lyons. In April, J.Crew parted ways with the creative director, who, more than anyone, was responsible for creating the look that…
