Alexis Bittar is back, baby, and better than ever. The acclaimed jewlery designer has returned from a self-imposed five-year absence from the fashion world to reclaim his namesake brand from Brooks Brothers, who bought his brand in 2015, but filed for bankruptcy in 2021. Bittar’s road in fashion has been long and winding. According to […]
Pokemon Go is capping off 2021 with a New Year’s event. The festivities kick off on Dec. 31 and include costumed Pokemon, new avatar items and various other in-game bonuses. As they put it in their official pokemongolive.com site: Happy 2020 from Slowpoke! Wait, no—it’s about to be 2022! Why is Slowpoke still wearing those […]
WWD reports that Vetements forgot to mention something when it unveiled its fall 2022 collection late last month: It can be credited to Guram Gvasalia, who has now officially been named creative director of the Zurich-based fashion house. Cofounder of the brand, Gvasalia has been the chief executive officer since its inception, having forged strong […]
2022 is almost here—and that means it’s time to start planning ahead when it comes to what will be trending in the new year. To balance the neutral and warm tones in rooms, the trend of adding textiles will help to a more elegant feel. “Bring on the textured fabrics!” exclaims interior designer Julia Longchamps. Maybe it’s […]
NPR reports that with the especially virulent Omicron COVID-19 variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you’ve heard it all before. But given how contagious omicron is, experts say, it’s seriously time to upgrade to an N95 or similar high-filtration respirator when you’re in public […]
Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts. At the White House on Tuesday, Biden detailed major changes to his COVID-19 winter plan, his hand forced by the fast-spreading […]
Our homes are not only the spaces in which we live, but they also speak about who we are and what we love. As we head into 2022, we’ve forgone polished for functional, defined for entangled, and homemade for store-bought. The message? Homes that are real rather than resembling an untouched magazine. So, one of the […]
In a case of pandemic deja vu, another gigantic tech tradeshow that looks like it may be falling apart as the COVID-19 pandemic goes on, and on, and on. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert, one of the Consumer Electronics Show’s featured speakers, has publicly announced that his company won’t be attending the world’s largest electronics show […]
Former longtime Neiman Marcus fashion director Ken Downing is moving onto his next big project. Downing has joined publisher Hearst as its chief brand officer to oversee the vision, creation and marketing strategy for a new fashion magazine e-commerce venture called The Tower. The editor-infused digital shopping platform will begin launching next spring and will […]
The Verge reports that after briefly halting sales of its 6-Series and 5-Series Google TVs due to sluggish, buggy software, TCL this evening announced that the TVs are back. “Recent software updates have allowed us to make significant improvements on the stability and speed of the TCL televisions featuring Google TV,” spokesperson Rachelle Parks said […]