Visits: 42 On the May evening before Aimé Leon Dore was set to make its grand return to Mulberry Street following eight months of construction on an extravagant new storefront, Teddy Santis, the brand’s founder, was walking around the shop …
Is the World Ready for Another Goop?
Visits: 28 Sporty & Rich, a popular line of merch that promotes healthy, luxurious living, is opening its first store-spa-cafe. Next stop: colonic clubs? There was once an Instagram account called Sporty & Rich. For a time, it served no …
The Hotel That Started as a Gift Shop
Visits: 43 Shannon Maldonado quit her job in fashion design to open a home-goods store, Yowie. Now she’s opening a Yowie hotel where nearly all the décor is for sale. When she was growing up, Shannon Maldonado wanted to be …
Digital Interactions Are Just Part of a Jewelry Sale Now
Visits: 41 Brands find that some of their customers’ pandemic-era buying habits are here to stay. It has been more than a year since Covid-19 restrictions faded away in most parts of the world, but some fine jewelry brands are …
Why Are All Those People Outside H&M, Again?
Visits: 33 How consumers became obsessed with fashion collaborations, courtesy of the Swedish mall staple. The year is 2015. The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. Negotiations are about to begin on the Paris Climate Accords. Mainstream …
In China, It’s Time to Splurge Again, and the Luxury Industry Is Relieved
Visits: 32 The end of pandemic-era restrictions has unleashed a luxury spending rebound in China. Which Western brands are coming out on top? This time last year, Shanghai — China’s capital of fashion and luxury — was in the throes …
The New Tiffany, Unboxed
Visits: 32 For nearly four years, the Tiffany & Company flagship store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street was shrouded in scaffolding while it underwent a full-bore renovation. In the days before the reopening, set for …
$20,000 Pants … and Other Adventures in Men’s Luxury Resale!
Visits: 20 In a floor-through loft in SoHo one Friday night in January, Vincent Ferraro was selling luxury clothing. Sort of. On one side of the room, a tattoo artist covered a young woman’s palm in an illustration of a …
A Casual Guide to Paris Shopping
Visits: 30 Some classics, some new, some destination vintage boutiques worth checking out if you’re lucky to be in France. Paris is a city of easy pleasures. Wine, cheese, croissants. What’s not to love? Isn’t that what Netflix built the …
Have You Clocked These Boots?
Visits: 21 Every so often, a specific boot gets associated with a certain era. Will Blundstone’s Chelsea boots be the defining style of the early 2020s? Perhaps what recently happened to Jenn Stimple, a wardrobe stylist for TV and film, …