Fashion

Large parts of Europe and the United States are currently enduring record high temperatures as a result of embarrassingly intense weather. Perhaps you're feeling regretful for getting too hot in too comfortable clothes, but the heat and lack of comfortable places to lie in should remind you that life proceeds, and accomplishments must be achieved in order to reach a certain place. Brad Pitt, too, is facing these literal challenges, and his heroics must remain priority regardless of the weather. On Tuesday, the star was in Berlin for the film preview of his new action flick "Bullet Train" while the city saw highs in the mid-90s. Pitt kept it cool by wearing a head-to-toe linen look featuring a brown skirt, matching jacket and a salmon button-up shirt left attentively half-open. Fans and...

What do you say to silence your internal dialogue when you think you have made a mistake, or when someone gives you a compliment? Or, how do you talk to yourself? Both actions reflect your self-talk. Make sure you're not engaging in self-induced suffering. In an interview with Live Science, University of Michigan psychologist and professor Ethan Kross said that the inner voice is like a Swiss Army knife of life. "It doesn't come with a user manual," he said, "and that monologue with yourself can become harsh, self-critical and unhelpful." Healthy self-talk is crucial to our growth by helping us focus our attention, rehearse for difficult situations, understand our lives better and shape our identity. Kross, author of Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness...

Judging by the outfits on s red carpets this summer, a premiere from 2012 was more relevant than ever. Zendaya, Natalie Portman, and Bella Hadid, stars who are particularly fond of the red carpet, are love with trendy vintage summer pieces. In June, Zendaya wore a strapless dress from Bob Mackie's autumn/winter 1998 collection to the Time 100 Gala. It was styled by Law Roach, who once said, "Vintage and archival dressing isn't a trend for me. . . [It] will always be my first choice when possible." The powerhouse stylist is also responsible for the tiered, balloon-sleeved Chanel autumn/winter 1986 gown that Bella Hadid wore to the Venice Film Festival in May – a striking Karl Lagerfeld-designed piece that was sourced from Sielian Vintage. Celebrities have been wearing vintag...

Amal Clooney is a barrister by day and a party girl by night. The human rights litigator's renown as a serious professional notwithstanding, she's also well-known among party-goers as a party procrastinator at nighttime. Unable to resist the allure of sequins, jewelry, and gowns, she habitually changes her MaxMara plains into flashy evening attire. In 2015, Amal wore a gold chainmail draped minidress to George Clooney's Casamigos tequila launch at Ushuaïa in Ibiza. This was several years before metallic liquid trends reemerged thanks to Y2K-leaning brands such as Poster Girl and Fannie Schiavoni. Clooney had been doing cowl necklines and slinky cuts way before the Blumarine revival sparked the millennium bug. Two years later, at another Casamigos promo event, Amal wore a strapless...

For the super-rich, haute couture is a chance to show off, to splurge, to flex. For everyone else, it's an opportunity to watch the video, get lost in another world, and ogle at the glitter of it all. Haute Couture Week in Paris, where luxury fashions take center stage, savored by young and old alike, brought the city's second annual series of designer collections right up close to the eyewateringly expensive, handcrafted and one-of-a-kind (like the material and inspiration) garments they showcase. Couture fashion is of greater economic value than the regular clothing and accessories that most people own. It is exclusive beyond clothing alone. Couture fashion is a chance to indulge, splurge, flex, and enshrine. Some couture collectors don't even wear the garments that they purcha...

Haute couture fashion week has just begun. From bizarrely constructed floral units to luxury separates in the wildest of fabrications, expect to see spectacular moments that both on and off the catwalk. On the first day, we saw Emma Watson add a streetwear spin to high fashion.   For the Schiaparelli autumn/winter 2022 couture show, actor Eddie Redmayne chose an eye-catching ensemble that mixed luxury and streetwear style. The standout item was a black blazer equipped with power shoulders and monumental lapels from the opening look of Schiaparelli’s spring/summer 2022 couture collection. To balance out the dramatic piece, he threw on a crisp white collared shirt, grey skinny jeans, and a chunky pair of black leather Dr Martens Chelsea boots. For modern couture clients, it’s mor...

Last, but certainly not least, supermodel Bella Hadid is the poster girl for vintage, possessing a posh collection spanning from rare Jean-Paul Gaultier to old Chanel. So it comes as no surprise that her attendance at an event for alcohol-free beverage business Kin Euphorics over the weekend included a trunk of memorabilia from the past several decades. Hadid wore a Roberto Cavalli dress in hot pink, featuring a corseted bodice and handkerchief hem to the event. She matched Cavalli's rose print motif with Loewe's cult rose heels from spring/summer 2022. It’s not the first time Hadid has stepped out in vintage Cavalli, which has been enjoying something of a revival of late. The model wore an archival Cavalli gown while attending Lauren Perez’s wedding last year and also opte...

In a photograph by artist Tommy Kha, the artist dressed as Elvis Presley in a bedazzled low-cut white suit stares at the viewer from behind a table in a retro-looking bright teal kitchen. Just as uncanny is his blank unbreaking gaze and harsh light flattening his figure. Yet, there's a valid justification for this absence of profundity - - Kha isn't really present in the photo. Rather it's a cardboard pattern of a representation of himself, set up between the metal-edged table and blue calfskin seats. The picture was taken by risk - - Kha was towing around the pattern of himself, named "Me as Andy Kaufman as Elvis Minus the Singing," when he was in a Miami prop rental studio; he saw the kitchen set and put it there, viewing the scene as fortunate. "A great deal of my work in the mid...

Our difficulty wasn't locating the traits of the nineties; our situation was identifying those exceptional facets of the decade which once challenged and now support current trends. Nineteen nineties traits akin to goose down evening tops, Doc Martens boots, choker necklines, and loose-fitting dresses are still incredibly popular with their own distinctive flair. The 1980s are remembered for their volume, whereas the early 1990s were marked by minimalist ease. The slip dress, one of the decade's most enduring garments, is perhaps the most glaring example of this. Spaghetti straps held up barely-there silk dresses, swapping the frills of the '80s for minimalist ease. Weekends were about biker shorts and turtlenecks as well as high-waisted jeans and baggy logo tees. Hair was scraped into...

Guests who attended the Met Gala looked to the past for outfit inspiration, and one accessory in particular stood out. The velvet tiara on the dress worn by Ed Koch in the night's center took center stage. Actors Tommy Dorfman and Emma Chamberlain, as well as YouTuber Hannah Hart and singer Bebe Rexha, were among the celebrities sporting vintage headpieces at the Costume Institute Gala, an annual fundraiser organized by Vogue magazine. However, it was the editors of Vogue who led by example: Editor-in-chief Anna Wintour swapped her signature sunglasses for a glittering tiara. Speaking to reporters on the red carpet, Wintour revealed that the jewel-encrusted item was a family heirloom dating back to around 1910. Bowles's colleague, the global editor of Harper's Bazaar-at-lar...