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Dashing Diva Nails: Glaze Gel Strips, Press-Ons and Starter Kits

Dashing Diva Nails: Glaze Gel Strips, Press-Ons and Starter Kits

Dashing Diva began with branded salons in New York and grew into a do-it-yourself nail brand. Here are its Glaze gel strips and starter kits, the Magic Press and sticker range with its remover, and the gel nail stickers from two other brands that I would try beside them.

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Beaded Dresses And Real Wear

Beaded Dresses And Real Wear

Beaded dresses can be comfortable, but comfort depends on where the decoration sits and how much the dress asks you to carry. A dress that is embellished across the bodice or hem may feel fine standing up, then

Khaite Jeans: Which Fit Runs True

Khaite Jeans: Which Fit Runs True

A Khaite jean fit question is rarely about whether the waist closes; it is about rise, seat, and how the denim behaves after sitting. Different cuts across the line answer that differently, so a size chart is only a starting point. This edit walks through the fits by shape rather than by label alone.

Steve Madden Boots: From a Car Trunk in 1990 to Every Shaft Height I Would Try

Steve Madden Boots: From a Car Trunk in 1990 to Every Shaft Height I Would Try

Steve Madden boots started as a one-man shoe business run out of a car trunk, and this edit sorts the knee-high and over-the-knee pairs, the ankle booties, and the combat, moto, western and lug-sole boots. It also covers how to measure your calf and how to look after suede.

Caribbean Getaway: PQ Swim

Caribbean Getaway: PQ Swim

PQ Swim one-pieces and straw hats make an easy Caribbean getaway wardrobe. I build a capsule around the swimsuits and add cover-ups.

Jimmy Choo Blossom, the Shoe House's Sunniest Bottle

Jimmy Choo Blossom, the Shoe House's Sunniest Bottle

Jimmy Choo Blossom is the fruit-and-flower perfume from a house that started with shoes. Here it sits with its three siblings, the berry perfumes it reminds me of, and a few soft florals for the days it feels too bright.

Jimmy Choo Cologne: Man, Aqua, Intense And The Colognes To Compare

Jimmy Choo Cologne: Man, Aqua, Intense And The Colognes To Compare

Jimmy Choo cologne started in 2014 with Man, a fresh lavender fougère from a shoemaker with a London workshop past. Here is how I would choose between Man, Aqua, Intense, Parfum and Extreme, plus the designer colognes and shave basics to wear alongside them.

Jimmy Choo Perfume: I Want Choo And The Line's Fruitier Cousins

Jimmy Choo Perfume: I Want Choo And The Line's Fruitier Cousins

Jimmy Choo perfume has always come from Interparfums rather than the shoe atelier itself, and that license shapes everything from the first 2011 debut to today's I Want Choo family. This edit covers the full I Want Choo range, the travel sprays and gift sets built around it, and the floral vanilla and fruity perfumes from other houses that sit closest to it. It is a good stop for anyone who likes a sweet, fruit-led perfume with some weight to it.

Comfort Hoodie

Comfort Hoodie

Forty women's hoodies I would actually live in, from Comfrt's heavy, oversized fleece to Helsa's cashmere and SKIMS' slim zip. The test is simple: it should keep you warm without getting in the way.

Hoodies: Comfrt Mega Fits, Zip-Ups, Pullovers and Cropped Cashmere

Hoodies: Comfrt Mega Fits, Zip-Ups, Pullovers and Cropped Cashmere

Every piece in this hoodie edit has a hood, from Comfrt's weighted-feel Mega fits to zip-ups, classic pullovers, statement oversized styles and cropped cashmere. Notes on fit, fleece weight and the mirror test that tells you whether a hood will hold its shape.

Comfrt Hoodie: Weighted Fleece, Zip-Ups and Oversized Rivals

Comfrt Hoodie: Weighted Fleece, Zip-Ups and Oversized Rivals

The Comfrt hoodie comes from a brand built on slightly weighted hoodies, and this edit sorts its pullovers, zip-ups and crews next to oversized rivals. I say when I would reach for each one and what to check in the fitting room.

How To Wash Knitwear Safely

How To Wash Knitwear Safely

To wash knitwear safely, use cold water, very little movement and a flat drying surface. I go through the first care decision, tools from FREY. and Mozi Wash, and how to dry and store a sweater without distortion.

Off-White Clothing: Graphic Tees and the Half Arrow Trucker

Off-White Clothing: Graphic Tees and the Half Arrow Trucker

Off-White built its identity on treating design as annotation, printing quotation marks and diagonal hazard stripes across ordinary streetwear shapes. That vocabulary spread through mall fashion within a few years, so the graphic tees and the trucker jacket here read as the source material rather than a copy. This edit follows the L/AB diffusion graphics through to the one true outerwear piece, the Half Arrow trucker.

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Off-White

Off-White

Off-White was founded by Virgil Abloh, in 2013 by the brand's own account, with a design studio in Milan and a name taken from the gray area between black and white. It began as Pyrex Vision, deadstock Ralph Lauren flannels screen-printed with Pyrex 23, a nod to Michael Jordan, and grew into graphic prints, arrows and ironic tailoring. This edit gathers sunglasses and watches, printed tees and hoodies, Out Of Office and Be Right Back sneakers, trousers and leggings, and quote totes.

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Vintage Opera Coats

Vintage Opera Coats

A vintage opera coat is the most dramatic thing you can wear to the grocery store, and I mean that as a recommendation. Here is how to find one secondhand and wear it every day.

How to Wear a Victorian Blouse

How to Wear a Victorian Blouse

A real Victorian or Edwardian blouse is one of the most beautiful secondhand buys there is, and it is easier to wear than you would think. Here is how I style them, plus ruffled and lace alternatives and the long skirts that go with them.

Quay Sunglasses: Squares, Cat-Eyes and Aviators From a Festival Stall Turned Global Brand

Quay Sunglasses: Squares, Cat-Eyes and Aviators From a Festival Stall Turned Global Brand

Quay sunglasses began at the Falls Festival in Melbourne in 2004, and this edit sorts the oversized squares, cat-eyes, aviators, shields and rounds by how they wear. I say when I would reach for each one and what to check before you leave the mirror.

Loewe Jeans Are Denim Treated Like Couture

Loewe Jeans Are Denim Treated Like Couture

Loewe jeans are the house treating denim as a sculptural material rather than a casual one. Barrel legs, balloon silhouettes, draped fronts and all-over embroidery. It is the rare luxury denim where the shape, not the wash, is the reason to buy.

The Loewe Belt Turns A Logo Into Architecture

The Loewe Belt Turns A Logo Into Architecture

A loewe belt is almost always an Anagram belt, which means the buckle is four Ls arranged into a square and the rest is calfskin. Reversible constructions, bombé profiles and grained finishes. It is one of the few belt buckles that functions as a genuine house signature.

Loewe

Loewe

A guide to Loewe, from an 1846 Madrid leather workshop to the Amazona, the Puzzle and the house's new chapter under McCollough and Hernandez. Bags, shoes, ready-to-wear, Anagram eyewear, jewelry and candles, grouped by type, with notes on what to buy first.

Honeylove Bras: CloudWire, CrossOver and SoftForm Styles

Honeylove Bras: CloudWire, CrossOver and SoftForm Styles

How They Rethought What Support Should Feel Like

Oakley Sunglasses: From a 1984 Prototype to Everyday Frames and Sport Shields

Oakley Sunglasses: From a 1984 Prototype to Everyday Frames and Sport Shields

Oakley sunglasses move from everyday frames to broad sport shields and sharper performance shapes, with Prizm tints across the mix. I sort them by use and explain what I would check at the bridge, temples and sightline.

Tibi Clothing: Amy Smilovic's Creative Pragmatism, Worn

Tibi Clothing: Amy Smilovic's Creative Pragmatism, Worn

Tibi clothing is built on Creative Pragmatism, founder Amy Smilovic's idea that sharp, conceptual clothes should still have somewhere to go. I go through the coats, wide-leg pants, shorts, skirts and denim that show it best.

Arc'teryx: From a Vancouver Basement to Fleece, Packs and Hats

Arc'teryx: From a Vancouver Basement to Fleece, Packs and Hats

This Arc'teryx edit covers the layers, packs, base layers, pants and hats beyond the shell jacket, from the Kyanite fleece to the Mantis pack. I would build an October outfit from a fleece, a pack and a toque.

The Parke Sweatshirt Became A Uniform Through Word Of Mouth

The Parke Sweatshirt Became A Uniform Through Word Of Mouth

Parke built its whole identity around a sweatshirt cut specifically for women rather than scaled down from a men's block. That fit shows up across varsity hoodies, striped mocknecks and everyday fleece, all built around the same shorter body and narrower shoulder. This edit covers the label's core shapes, from the graphic pieces to the plain hoodie everything else is built from.

Eye Makeup Highlights: Trish McEvoy Liners and Shadows

Eye Makeup Highlights: Trish McEvoy Liners and Shadows

Good eye makeup should be precise without becoming precious, and Trish McEvoy's gel liner and shadow transformer fit that. I go through eyeshadow and color, then liner and definition.

Gucci

Gucci

Guccio Gucci opened his first shop on Florence's Via della Vigna Nuova in 1921, selling leather luggage after years spent watching wealthy travelers as a porter at London's Savoy Hotel. The house has since run through family ownership, a very public 1990s implosion, and a run of creative directors, Tom Ford, Frida Giannini, Alessandro Michele, Sabato De Sarno and now Demna, each of whom rebuilt its image without ever discarding the leather-goods core Guccio started with.

Secondhand Gucci Marmont, Ophidia And Soho Bags

Secondhand Gucci Marmont, Ophidia And Soho Bags

Gucci runs three handbag lines side by side, and the secondhand market prices them by material, not by prestige.