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Ridiculously Fun Clothes

I lost track of the number of cars. I lost track of the number of sparkly fringed leather chaps. I lost track of the number of butts hanging out. About a third of the way through the Dsquared2 fashion show in Milan on Tuesday evening, I lost my ability to keep track of anything. This…

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Where Does Gucci Go Now?

Ancora red is out; emerald green is in. Or so it seemed during the Gucci show at the opening of Milan Fashion Week, where it was as if Sabato De Sarno, the designer who abruptly left his job earlier this month, had practically never even been there. Fashion, it turns out, is fully capable of…

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An Author Who Builds Outfits Around Hats

On Valentine’s Day, the streets of Manhattan were a charming sight: So many people were wearing reds and pinks that conjured the spirit of a day known for romantic dates and fancy dinners. But few that I saw looked more eclectic than Fée Brandt, a 24-year-old author and illustrator of children’s books. Ms. Brandt lit…

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Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing After ‘Possible Smoke’ in Plane, F.A.A. Says

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday morning after the crew reported “possible smoke” inside the aircraft, prompting the pilot to declare an emergency and passengers to evacuate by slides once it safely landed, the airline and federal officials said. Flight 876, a Boeing 717 aircraft, was headed for…

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Should Men Wear White Jeans?

Is it OK for men to wear white jeans? I think white looks good under a blazer, and throwing white jeans in the washer after a few wearings is easy and inexpensive compared with a trip to the dry cleaners. But I see only women wearing them in ads and catalogs. — Al, Winter Park,…

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Your Resort’s ‘Perfect’ Beach Is a Lie

Let’s buck the trend, a local marine biologist suggested. In 2018, as the Maldives, a nation of nearly 1,200 islands in the Arabian Sea, continued its transformation into a luxury tourist destination, the country’s handbook for resort developers called sea grass meadows in the country’s shallow lagoons “aesthetically unappealing,” suggesting that it was “very important…

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