PARIS (AP) — Inside the historic Ecole Militaire, with the Eiffel Tower looming above, Kate Moss and Robert Pattinson joined a star-studded audience for Dior Men’s show at Paris Fashion Week — a slight but noticeable departure for Kim Jones. Renowned for his gender-fluid designs, Jones on Friday embraced a sharper, more traditionally masculine aesthetic…
PARIS (AP) — Beige hunting jackets with oversized pockets, paired with discreet shirts and ties, opened Junya Watanabe’s latest menswear show at Paris Fashion Week Friday. It was a deceptively classic start for the avant-garde Japanese designer, whose signature knack for subversive tailoring and patchwork soon disrupted conventions. What looked like classic Americana — thick…
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Centuries-old stone Buddha statues and precious jewelries repatriated by the Dutch government to its former colony are on display at Indonesia’s National Museum, providing a glimpse into the country’s rich heritage that the government had struggled to retrieve. The collection is part of more than 800 artifacts that were returned under…
PARIS (AP) — Rick Owens brought a bold, dystopian energy to Paris Fashion Week on Thursday, turning the Palais de Tokyo into a stark, industrial stage. Strobe lights cut through the darkness like futuristic prison bars, as shaved-headed models with eerie contact lenses marched in towering boots and jackets with oversized, upturned collars. The result…
The startling “cold open” for a documentary about 50 years of “Saturday Night Live” music is proof that a musician — a specific kind of musician — had to put it together. It’s a mashup of performances from artists that few people would think of putting together, like R.E.M. and Morris Day, Rick James and…
PARIS (AP) — Giant futuristic robots greeted guests as they entered the pristine runway of Issey Miyake new menswear line IM MEN, unveiled Thursday at Paris Fashion Week. As the robots moved with surgical precision, they revealed a stark black board symbolizing a new beginning for the fashion house. Its somber hue also felt like…
PARIS (AP) — A vibrant energy pulsed through the Paris Fashion Week air as Paul Smith unveiled his fall menswear. The show, watched by K-Pop star Hongjoong of ATEEZ, was a celebration of photography, a muse that has long captivated the British designer. At the heart of the collection bloomed the “Field Flower” print, a…
They’re the possessions that tell your story: the photos of old friends and relatives. The ring your mom left you. The hand-knit Christmas stockings. Your grandfather’s secretary desk and the letters inside. When disasters strike, these artifacts of your own rich history might be the toughest belongings to lose. “It still hits me now —…
Losing important sentimental belongings — those items that represented who you are — can be traumatic for those who go through disasters that destroy homes. Some tips on how to get through it, emotionally and practically: Soothe yourself, and be patient Grief can be hard on the body, says Mary-Frances O’Connor, a psychology professor at…
NEW YORK (AP) — The trouble started every day at around 3 p.m., after Cathy Higgins had spent five or six hours staring at an array of computer screens at her desk. Her university job overseeing research projects involved peering closely at numbers and details on contracts, applications and budgets. “My vision was so blurry,…
