• Style

    The Hub

    URGENT: R.L. Stine now has custom Kawhi Leonard/Goosebumps sneakers (and you can, too).

    By Jonny Diamond  April 22, 2022
    Perfume

    How Perfume Becomes an Evocative Clue for Mystery Writers

    By Megan Volpert  April 8, 2022
    Fashion

    On the New Golden Age of African Fashion

    By Emmanuelle Courrèges  April 4, 2022
    Reading Lists

    “Fabulous Outfits, Breathlessly Described.” A Reading List of Literary “It” Girls

    By Véronique Hyland  March 16, 2022
    Fashion

    How the Beat Generation Created the Uniform for Disaffected Youth

    By Sophie Wilson  March 1, 2022
    US History

    A Brief History of Mass-Manufactured Clothing

    By Sofi Thanhauser  January 27, 2022
    The Hub

    Can Bookcore please be 2022’s hottest new look?

    By Jonny Diamond  January 7, 2022
    The Holocaust

    “Was It I Who Came Back Home?” On the Return of Catherine Dior and Other Survivors of Ravensbrück

    By Justine Picardie  November 4, 2021
    Dogs

    All About Basket: A Letter from Gertrude Stein About Her Beloved Dog

    By Shaun Usher  November 2, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are the five Gabriel García Márquez outfits I’d buy (if I had the money, and was smaller).

    By Jonny Diamond  October 18, 2021
    Homes

    Famous Writers’ Houses: A Taxonomy

    By Emily Temple  October 14, 2021
    Aristocracy

    On the End of Debutante “Presentation Parties” at Buckingham Palace

    By Adrian Tinniswood  September 23, 2021
    The Hub

    Haruki Murakami makes friends with Americans by wearing his “I Put Ketchup On My Ketchup” shirt.

    By Walker Caplan  September 21, 2021
    The Hub

    Amanda Gorman is the new face of Estée Lauder.

    By Walker Caplan  September 3, 2021
    The Hub

    For people who love LIES, here’s a laptop case designed like a book.

    By Walker Caplan  August 25, 2021
    High Society

    A Brief History of the New York Times Wedding Announcements

    By Cate Doty  May 14, 2021
    Minimalism

    “A House is Just a Pile of Stuff with a Cover on It.” When Less Really is More

    By Leidy Klotz  April 30, 2021
    But Make It Fashion

    20 Famous Writers’ Sartorial Trademarks, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  April 23, 2021
    Reading Lists

    The Anxiety of Influence: On the Few Books I Was Able to Read While Writing My Own

    By Marcia Butler  April 1, 2021
    The Hub

    This bizarre reality television moment might as well be a scene in a Kafka novel.

    By Walker Caplan  March 12, 2021
    Fashion

    How Virginia Woolf’s Time-Traveling Androgynous Hero Became Shorthand for Fashion’s Genderless Future 

    By Sophie Wilson  March 9, 2021
    The Hub

    Take a look inside this rare, self-published Andy Warhol cookbook.

    By Walker Caplan  March 8, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Taking Fashion Seriously:
    A Critical Reading List

    By Francesca Granata  February 26, 2021
    Change Lab

    D’Wayne Edwards on Building a Pipeline for Diversity in Sneaker Design

    By Change Lab  February 17, 2021
    Fashion

    When Do Unspoken Social Rules Become Fashion Laws?

    By Richard Thompson Ford  February 10, 2021
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