YEAR-IN-REVIEW news reports made it painfully obvious that we’re living in grim times. But women’s fashion, at least as far as the resort collections go, is looking determinedly cheery. Many designers went literally over the rainbow, optin…

Have you ever wished you looked more like a stock ticker? Well, now there's a smock that lets you scroll a custom message down its front, lit up like a marquee. Then there's a dress that uses special ink and sensors to change color based o…

We all know her: The Gyminator. She's fearless when it comes to just about any fitness competition, posts every healthy meal to her Insta feed, and is queen of the humble brag—especially when it comes to her workouts. And while this traini…

Now that Christmas has been neatly put away until next year, it’s time to prepare for a new year. For the purposes of this column, I’m talking about what is new in the style world for 2016. As always, changes are being made and new trends …

Duke standouts Malinda Allen, Cassie Pecht and EJ Proctor reflected on what they were most looking forward to this Christmas holiday, family traditions and much more. Happy Holiday from the Blue Devil family to yours. What are you most exc…

This fall, Secretary of State John Kerry stood at a lectern with a speech and an apple. He wasn't planning to snack, although the red, round fruit looked as he noted, "beautiful." It was a souvenir from Kazakhstan, made from local wool by …

We're about to be smacked with the hard reality that it's the end of an era, guys. Downton Abbey, the PBS show that turned everyone in your family into period-piece junkies, is starting its sixth and final season on Jan. 3. The show was ca…

Her face is beet red, and her tiny body is wracked with sobs. My daughter flings herself to the ground of the department store changing room in an angry protest. Her grandmother is about to buy her a special dress, but my child is filled w…

Fashion has enjoyed a sort of gender-bending this year that hasn't made an appearance since the Mick Jagger-blouse-wearing-days of the 1970s. Yep, androgynous fashion in 2015 was certainly in full swing. With runway shows and department st…

Just when I’ve begun to warm up to Pantone’s 2015 color of the year, Marsala, the time has come time for a new hue to take the crown. The color experts at Pantone choose what they believe to best represent cultural trends, sometimes even d…

Her mainline label started eight years ago with just 10 dresses. Today, she’s making revenue of £34 million - putting her on track to be the breadwinner in Brand Beckham. What’s the secret to her success? In a season in which independent f…

Caitlyn Jenner's coming out may have pushed trans issues onto the international agenda - but that doesn't mean she's necessarily the best LGBTI role model. She is, after all, a wealthy, right-wing Christian who only recently came around to…

Benny Ricciardi darts from one end of his house to the other at 7:20 on a recent morning, unshaven, eyes sunken, wearing baggy sweats. "This is what a daily fantasy sports player who was up until 2 in the morning looks like," he says sheep…

It was a question that stirred debates between friends, family and colleagues — is it blue and black, or white and gold? The color of “the dress” made the list as one of the most viral questions of the year. We’ve compiled some this year’s…

He had no shoes to fill, no footsteps to follow. Maybe that’s why owning his own Pro-Keds became so important, why as an adult he would fill his closet with immaculate pairs of wearable art. Milt Newton, general manager of the Timberwolves…

When we got in line this morning half an hour before the doors opened to the Ralph Lauren sample sale, a crowd of about 50 people had already been queueing across the street from the venue at 317 West 33rd Street. However, sales staff keep…

I ordered two black formal dresses from the interwebs. I ordered the dresses because I literally went to every store there is in my town and couldn’t find a black dress. I was interested in a black dress, knee length, lined, sleeveless, st…

British costume designer Sandy Powell revealed some of her trade secrets — and favorite on-screen designs — during a master class in London earlier this week hosted by Swarovski and BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television. The Ac…

The Alice & Olivia sample sale just opened to the public at 260 Fifth Avenue, and we stopped by the preview last night to check it out. The designer's signature girly aesthetic is on full display here, with plenty of sequins, beading, and …

Fed up with climate-change naysaying, a few dozen Austinites descended on the South Austin field office of a congressman to give him a “Flat Earth” award. U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, who has accused federal scientists of altering…

Erin Davis would be thrilled if her 3-year-old daughter did not like pink. But on a rainy December morning at a Target store in the District of Columbia, she is pushing through the toy aisles a cart full of Christmas gifts that includes a …

Now that holiday soirée season is upon us, everyone is searching for a gorgeous gown that no one else will have. After all, overlapping at galas is exactly like wearing the same dress to prom—and the “who wore it best” competition isn’t wo…

Like many, Lauren Graham hated middle school. The Gilmore Girls actress remembers one time in eighth-grade band putting on a concert. "All the girls had to wear dresses, but I didn't own a dress or have girl shoes. I was a real tomboy, so …

Cavalia’s “Odysseo” is a showcase for people and horses working together, which seems a more apt description than referring to it as some kind of circus. Yes, there are elements that are gleaming and golden, and female riders with skirts b…

Lapthorne, the founder of On|Off, has recently brought the emerging talent showcase back to London, and is calling for young designers to take part in the February showcase. The nonprofit organization is currently selecting designers for t…