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2 Jan

Todd Snyder Offers Modern Tackle Classic NBA Silhouettes

Todd Snyder Offers Modern Tackle Classic NBA Silhouettes
Todd Snyder continues to be the king of the collaboration, and on Thursday, he extends his reach into the basketball arena through a recent partnership with the NBA. Snyder has worked with the league on a set of fan gear for several of the most-popular teams: the Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers, Latest York Knicks and Golden State Warriors. Called the Todd Snyder x NBA Courtside Collection, the limited-edition offering puts a fresh tackle the teams’ logos on French terry sweatshirts and turtlenecks, cashmere sweaters and leather varsity jackets.  The road features looks for several teams including the Brooklyn Nets. “I desired to create some fan gear that was sophisticated — styles that you could possibly wear to the sport and around...
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26 Nov

Men Turn to Pearls, Vintage Inspired Watches for Modern

Men Turn to Pearls, Vintage Inspired Watches for Modern
Vintage Inspired Watches for Modern Cool Factor Pearls for men have gotten an enormous deal. Vintage Inspired Watches for Modern Cool Factor Not are they a preppy standard or grandmother’s favorite — fairly, a fresh, modern tackle pearls has taken over the red carpet, been worn by street-style stars and featured in runway shows — and the trend is trickling into the boys’s market and gaining a wider reach. For a gender-neutral vibe, one can pair an easy pearl strand with edgy pendant necklaces and silver staples. There are edgy options with crosses attached, and Veert, for instance, leads the trend by updating pearls with green stones and other embellishments. A single pearl earring is one other good jumping-off point, and one which Dior...
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21 Sep

Meet Isamaya Ffrench, the ‘Salvador Dalí of Modern Makeup’

Meet Isamaya Ffrench, the ‘Salvador Dalí of Modern Makeup’
At first blush, one might describe Isamaya Ffrench as a makeup artist (or MUA), however the label proves woefully reductive. While her painted faces have graced the runways of Thom Browne, Junya Watanabe, and Vivienne Westwood, she is an artist with a capital A. Citing English painter Francis Bacon, French photographer and perfumer Serge Lutens, and Japanese illustrator Hajime Sorayama as inspirations—visual artists who were once on the vanguard of innovation—Ffrench is now carrying the torch forward in her own way. Using the human face and body as her canvases—including those of Cher, Bella Hadid, and most recently Kate Moss for the September 2022 cover of French Vogue, not to say her own—she often conjures whiplash lines characteristic of Art Nouveau while...
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