Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. I picked an interesting time to talk to Peiman Raf. When we spoke last week, Simone Biles had withdrawn from several Olympic competitions citing her mental health, putting a global spotlight on the issue. Despite the fact that we’re in an
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Years ago, I lived in a charming Harlem walk-up with lots of exposed brick and not much of a decorating budget. Sifting through my own stuff for a low-cost way to fill the void, I found just the thing: a set of fifty vibrant postcards featuring midcentury book covers by legendary graphic designer Alvin Lustig.
Courtesy of Louis Vuitton The seemingly disparate worlds of gaming and fashion are colliding, giving its rabid fans something more addicting than Candy Crush or scouring the internet for vintage Jean Paul Gaultier combined. Louis Vuitton launched an interactive gaming app today that is now available to download. “Louis the Game” pays homage to Louis
Spoilers ahead for Outer Banks seasons 1 and 2. Outer Banks loves to seal each season with a (ridiculous, yet undeniably delightful) bang. Dramatic cliffhangers have long earned teen dramas their pedigree, and the Netflix fan favorite following a crew of young misfits chasing riches along the North Carolina coast doesn’t reinvent the wheel. If
S&M is like “commedia dell’arte: a stock repertoire of stories, bits, lines, and gags,” muses writer Chris Kraus. Kraus’s short story (“Emotional Technologies”) is one of 15 in the recent anthology Kink, published earlier this year, which thoroughly explores the sexual practice. Suffice it to say, it’s pretty much the perfect companion for Hot Girl
Four incredible authors share their true message about leading with the heart on The Rhonda Swan Show. Episode 3 features four amazing authors, Isabel Donadio, Jodi Vetterl, Leah Steele, and Lilith Moon. Guest Bios Isabel Donadio Isabel Donadio is the founder of Talent Support Services, LLC, the owner of Top Talent Publishing, the best-selling author of Finishing
©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett CollectionEverett For as long as I can remember, I’ve admired the way writers dress. Good style, it seems, by measure of the frequency with which it appears, is a trait practically essential to those who achieve prolific careers in publishing. Who would not fall as infatuated with Kathy Acker in her
Jade Carey, 21, is a 5’1″ Phoenix native competing at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. This week, Carey qualified for the Sunday, Aug. 1 floor exercise and vaulting. After Simone Biles withdrew from tomorrow’s individual all-around, it was announced that Carey would take her place in the competition, alongside Suni Lee. Here is everything to know
Laurence GriffithsGetty Images On July 23, as the the U.S. Women’s Soccer team was in Tokyo for the Olympic Games, they filed an opening brief in their ongoing equal pay lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation. This filing came after a judge’s May 2020 dismissal of the players’ claims against the federation. The judge,
For her first public appearance with Prince Harry in 2017, Meghan Markle famously manifested her future by wearing an oversize white button down called the “Husband” shirt. Designed by her close friend Misha Nonoo—who, coincidentally, is rumored to have set the couple up—the shirt got the “Markle Sparkle” sheen, a highly coveted phenomenon that occurs
Bennifer’s great European summer vacation included more than just yachting and sightseeing in Italy this week. Paparazzi also caught Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck having a hot and heavy makeout while out at dinner in Nerano, Italy. They didn’t seem to mind that they were in a public place or that photographers could document their
Instagram; Courtesy of the brands; Coach: Juergen Teller Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. The slopes may have been the new runway this past winter, but for summer 2021, fashion’s eye is focused firmly on the court. This week, Lady Gaga volleyed in a Nike matching set,
Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated biopic, House of Gucci, is officially on the way. MGM Studios released the official character posters of the upcoming movie, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver. The film is set to hit theaters on Nov. 24, 2021. Gaga shared the poster with her 48.4 million followers on Instagram. “Stasera,” she captioned
It’s not historically accurate; it’s very designed,” explained dress historian Bernadette Banner to her more than one million YouTube subscribers in a year-end video ranking 2020’s spate of costume dramas on their accuracy. Still, anachronisms like Queen Charlotte’s “random mid-eighteenth-century gown” in a sea of late-eighteenth century Empire numbers certainly didn’t stop some 82 million
The Rhonda Swan Show focuses on people and how to turn their passions and dreams into a tangible reality. The show is dedicated to inspiring mothers, families and individuals to go after their dreams. Through Rhonda’s private mentorship program, world-class online training course and best-selling book with audiences in 88 countries, she helps people turn
Rihanna continued her reign as queen of summer 2021 street style in Miami yesterday when she and A$AP Rocky were photographed out on a very late date night. (Daily Mail reports it went until 4 A.M.) Rihanna literally embodied hot girl summer in an open silk flame-adorned blouse and dark denim hot pants. How short
Eiza González is no stranger to the camera. Beginning her career on telenovelas when she was just 17 years old, the Mexico City Native transferred her unique talent, beauty, and on-screen charisma into Hollywood success, landing major roles in Baby Driver, I Care A Lot, and Hobbs & Shaw. She’s one of the brightest stars
Two of the world’s most prominent athletes are no longer bound for the tallest spot on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics. Tennis wunderkind Naomi Osaka, ranked No. 2 in the world, lost to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, ranked No. 42, in a rattling upset. Simone Biles, by any measurement the world’s most