My Mother Left Me a Garage Full of Mysterious Ingredients—And So Much More
Late in the summer of 2024, my mother was moved into hospice after a brief hospitalization. She was given a week or two to live. I promptly returned home to Los Angeles from New York and steeled myself for her…
An Exclusive First Look at Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin’s Fantastical Belmond Train Carriage
The Belmond connection, meanwhile, came about after Gary Franklin, Belmond’s senior vice president of trains and cruises, was thinking about who his dream collaborators would be, and Luhrmann’s name was the first that sprang to mind. (He eventually managed to…
Gigi Hadid’s Dress Was Built on Her Body—Two Days Before the 2026 Met Gala
Hadid dove back into the archives and stumbled upon Miu Miu’s spring 1998 collection. “I love how the body and the skin spoke through the material,” she says. A decision was made: Hadid and the Miu Miu design team would…
The Best Moments from the 2026 Met Gala Red Carpet
Well, not everyone, but more than a few stars embraced the naked-dressing trend at the 2026 Met Gala, from Gigi Hadid revealing (almost) all in Miu Miu to Irina Shayk deploying the time-honored ab reveal and Doechii pairing bare feet…
All the Looks That Went From the Runway to the Red Carpet at the 2026 Met Gala
A lot of Met Gala coverage is, rightfully, focused on spectacular custom looks that took hundreds of hours to make or feature incredible yardages of the most sumptuous of fabrics. Some of these are one-offs, others are inspired by a…
Niche Sports Leagues Are Becoming Fashion’s Next Frontier
The concept for The Basement Cup stemmed from a simple observation. “A lot of people watch soccer. A lot of people play soccer at an amateur level for fun. A lot of people who work in brands enjoy soccer,” Ropes…