Fashion

Imagine you’re Denzel Washington: S-tier acting god and one of the coolest dudes on the planet with unfettered access and nearly unlimited resources to procure basically any timepiece in existence. Which watch do you wear? A Tiffany-dial Patek Philippe Nautilus, like Leonardo DiCaprio? Or maybe you’re into Brad Pitt’s Vacheron Constantin’s 222? No, actually, it turns out that Washington prefers a watch many of us could get for ourselves: the $380 G-Shock Mudmaster GGB100-1B. Allen Berezovsky/Getty ImagesDespite retailing for less than $400, Washington’s G-Shock Mudmaster is a heavy-duty accessory. The listing on the brand’s website promises this piece can survive in “extreme environments scattered with rubble, dirt and debris.” That’s good: sometimes people courtside at Crypto.com arena ge...

Last June, I saw fashion’s love affair with K-pop heat up firsthand, at the Prada men’s show. The fashion week spectacle has been getting crazier year after year since the dawn of social media, and South Korea’s SM Entertainment has been determined to get in on the action. SM is one of the largest agencies dedicated to incubating and managing K-pop groups, with NCT, EXO, Girls’ Generation, Red Velvet, WayV, and more under its hitmaking umbrella. After sending a few artists to Paris Fashion Week before the pandemic, 2022 saw SM launch a full court press to link its talent with European luxury houses. “Prada SS23 Men’s show was the fashion show where we started to engage more enthusiastically,” said Soyeon Kim, the visual director of SM. SM arranged for Jaehyun from their flagship group, NCT...

In The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew, Maggie Bullock explores the rollercoaster life of the iconic American brand—including the enormous success it found selling clothes out of a converted liquor store in Tribeca. Mickey Drexler was a born shopkeeper. The C.E.O of J.Crew from 2003 to 2017, he ran a massive American retailer like a merchant behind the counter of his own mom-n-pop, quizzing his customers face-to-face, forever juiced by the energy of the sales floor. To him, stores were the whole point. So around 2007, he was irked. At his bidding, J.Crew had executed a complete 180 on its peppy, preppy navy-blue-blazer menswear look. Mickey was betting big on the “lumbersexual” look of the day—dark, cuffed denim; “heritage” Red Wings. Yet he did not ...

When I walked into the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday evening for a “secret” Deftones concert hosted by Heaven by Marc Jacobs,  the first person I made eye contact with was the indie-sleaze-era party photographer Mark Hunter, aka the Cobrasnake.This event was, after all, an intentional time-warp. Inside, Hunter’s camera flashes were far from the only ones lighting up the venue; more beamed out from disposable Kodaks, mid-aughts digital point-and-shoots, vintage camcorders, and at least one actual flip phone. The main attraction was a potent symbol of Heaven’s mission towards intergenerational nostalgia: a performance by the Sacramento alt-metal band beloved by cuspy Gen Xers and elder millennials and recently embraced by Zoomers, who now make TikToks showcasing their own visual tra...

Of all the sweatpants we have (or intended to) sweat in, the Lululemon City Sweat jogger consistently ranks among our favorites. That hard-earned pedigree largely stems from the brand's authority in the space; there's a reason Lululemon's slick workout gear is ubiquitous in gyms (and—deep sigh—offices) across the country, and though the Canadian company isn't the first place we'd turn to to stock up on office staples, its activewear remains a perennial standout. Plenty of that authority boils down to function—the City Sweater joggers are crafted from cozy-as-hell French Terry, with just enough stretch in the mix—but Lululemon deserves some shine for it's emphasis on form, too. Its sweats are dependably sleek, cut tapered and slightly cropped, and they always come equipped with the type of ...