Jay Mazur, Zealous Advocate for Garment Workers, Dies at 92

Jay Mazur, Zealous Advocate for Garment Workers, Dies at 92

Jay Mazur, a blunt-speaking, Bronx-born labor leader who was president of American garment workers’ unions in the 1980s and ’90s, a tumultuous time when clothing makers led the flight of American factories overseas and garment unions hemorrhaged members, died on Jan. 14 at his home in Manhattan. He was 92. …

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At the Louvre, the Biggest Fashion Show in Paris

At the Louvre, the Biggest Fashion Show in Paris

Sixteenth-century ornamental timepieces frame a crystal-studded metal bodysuit by Thierry Mugler. Gilded silver reliquaries with sculpted hands stand next to a pair of Hermès gloves. A ceramic hand warmer from Faenza, Italy, that looks like a book is twinned with a Chanel clutch that looks like a book. This is …

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The Bidens’ Style Legacy: American Designers and Biden Blue

The Bidens’ Style Legacy: American Designers and Biden Blue

As the Biden administration draws to a close, the assessments have begun to roll in. There have been looks back to the pandemic, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the response to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the aborted second presidential campaign. Rarely, however, does anyone mention style. It is …

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Dan Campbell Helps Detroit Army Become an Unofficial Uniform for Lions Fans

Dan Campbell Helps Detroit Army Become an Unofficial Uniform for Lions Fans

Last January, Todd Lansky was in the stands of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., with his son Tyler before the Detroit Lions’ most momentous N.F.L. game in about a half-century. The Lions were about to face the San Francisco 49ers in the N.F.C. Championship Game when Mr. Lansky’s phone …

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Getting the Art Out of the Studio and Onto Your Kicks

Getting the Art Out of the Studio and Onto Your Kicks

In the robustly expanding realm of artist-brand collaborations, Sky Gellatly, at 44, has operated as a best-kept secret. Style and art world insiders may credit him as a canny go-between for artists and fashion brands keen to exploit potentially lucrative partnerships. But he has, up to now, stayed mostly under …

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Swan Gossip, Small Talk Studio, and the Slow Growth of Hand-Painted Clothes

Swan Gossip, Small Talk Studio, and the Slow Growth of Hand-Painted Clothes

One night in December 2019, Emma Louthan realized in a mild panic that she needed a gift for a child’s birthday party the next day. She grabbed acrylic paint and some of her daughter’s old clothes and began creating an aquatic scene: pink koi swimming beneath white and green water …

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Rosita Missoni, Who Turned Zigzag Sweaters Into High Fashion, Dies at 93

Rosita Missoni, Who Turned Zigzag Sweaters Into High Fashion, Dies at 93

Rosita Missoni, who, with her husband, Ottavio Missoni, built a luxury clothing brand on a foundation of boldly colorful striped and zigzagged knitwear that helped make Milan a capital of Italian high fashion, died on Wednesday at her home in Sumirago, in Northern Italy. She was 93. Her death was …

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