It’s probably too much to show up at one of these Costume Institute shows looking for the object that ties the whole thing together. Just because they’re about clothes doesn’t mean they have to do what a smart outfit does. And yet damn if I didn’t find a single object in this year’s installment that…
Once all the spilled champagne has been mopped up from this year’s Met Gala, the exhibition that it’s toasting, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” will examine Black dandies, bespoke suiting and the Black men who so often set the standard of what it means to be stylish. Black fashion lovers may feel the celebration is long…
Amid the chaos of President Trump’s first 100 days — norms upended, tariffs levied and tariffs paused, confrontations in the courts — one thing has remained consistent. Dependable even. The administration’s look, and just how much it matters. Mr. Trump’s cultivation of his own image (suit and tie and hair and tan) has been so…
IN 2017, WHEN the British designer Faye Toogood, already the mother of one, learned that she was pregnant with twins, she found herself craving more space and privacy than life in central London allowed. And so, along with her husband, the broadcaster and writer Matt Gibberd, and their eldest daughter, Indigo, now 12, she moved…
Animated movies, like those from the famed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, are not made in a hurry. The intricate hand drawings and attention paid to every single detail can make for a slow, potentially yearslong process. Or, you could simply ask ChatGPT to turn any old photo into a facsimile of Mr. Miyazaki’s work in…
A man who looks like Musk, only 20 years younger and better rested, eats hummus before another cut to belly dancers with large breasts, shapely hips and full beards. This jarring sequence brings us to the chorus: “Trump Gaza, shining bright/golden future, a brand-new light/feast and dance, the deed is done/Trump Gaza, No. 1.” As…
I have seen women in neckties everywhere. I love this look and all the messages about power and business that it sends. But how do I pull it off without looking gimmicky or as if I’m copying Diane Keaton? — Jayne, Washington, D.C. There is a certain irony that just as men liberated themselves from…
