Beauty
YULIIA BARANOVSKA: COLOR THAT BEGINS WITH A DECISION, NOT A TECHNIQUE
There are stylists who choose a technique first and only then think about the result.
Noor
Astrology
A Two-Week Sauna Blanket Trial, and What the Headline Alone Can Tell Us
Stylist has published a review of the Sensse Beauty Zero-EMF sauna blanket. Here is what the piece confirms — and what it leaves unstated.
Astrology
Zodiac Elements — Elements Explained: Fire, Earth, Air and Water Placements
Fire, earth, air and water sort the twelve zodiac signs into four temperament families. The astrology column reads the shorthand as a wardrobe mood, strictly for entertainment.
The Considered List
A shorter list, argued over properly.
Beauty
Beauty
Fragrance Families Explained — Fragrance Families 101: Finding Your Signature Scent
A tour of the fragrance families, from Michael Edwards' 1992 wheel to the note pyramid, that turns a wall of perfume bottles into four neighborhoods and ends the blind buy.
Beauty
Ulta, Sephora and Boots Are Now Selling Inside TikTok: Three Playbooks, One Bet
The shelf war has moved into the feed — and each retailer is betting on a different idea of what social commerce is for.
Style
Style
Belt Bags to Briefcases: Choosing the Right Bag Proportion
Bag scale is a proportion decision: Prada matched oversized suit to oversized bag on the runway, and the V&A's bag show runs from fingertip purses to travel trunks.
Style
The Tuck, the Roll, the Cuff: Small Moves, New Silhouettes
The tuck, the roll, and the cuff are the wardrobe's cheapest gestures, and the published guidance on them is specific: which garment, which fold, and why the runway took notice.
Style
How to Make Clothes Last Longer: How to Care for Your Clothes So They Last for Years
Wash cool, dry slow, repair early. ENERGY STAR, laundry professionals and working cobblers explain how to make clothes last longer and quietly save hundreds a year.
Astrology
Astrology
Venus Signs, Explained: What Your Venus Says About Taste
In astrology's tradition, Venus holds the taste portfolio: harmony, beauty, the arts and fashion, per the published entry. This column reads the placement strictly for entertainment.
Astrology
Numerology Meaning — Numerology and Style: What the Numbers Claim
Numerology claims every name carries a number, and the tables behind the claim are published and old. The wardrobe angle is this column's own light game, played strictly for entertainment.
Astrology
How to Find an Astrologer: How to Choose an Astrologer You Can Actually Trust
A reader's checklist for booking a reading: what to ask, what fair pricing looks like, and the credentials that should raise an eyebrow.
Culture
Culture
Calligraphy Design — Calligraphy as Luxury: Why Script Sells the Shelf
A looping wordmark still reads as luxury’s quietest handshake. What the Met’s calligraphy handbook, calligraphist Bernard Maisner and Coca-Cola’s trademark history say about why script sells the shelf.
Culture
The Sari's Second Century: Six Yards of Global Influence
From the Design Museum's Offbeat Sari to Sabyasachi red carpets and Melbourne's Bunjil Place: how the sari's second century of global influence took shape.
Culture
Tracee Ellis Ross at WWD Honors: The Curls, the Celine and the Context
One awards dinner, two red lips and a fall 2026 satin look — what the evening actually said.
The Style Wire
Fashion News
Trench Coat History — The Trench Coat's Long Rule: Why One Silhouette Never Leaves
One silhouette keeps its billing while hemlines rotate. The named record, from Thomas Burberry's 1879 gabardine to Burberry's February runway, explains the trench coat's long rule.
Fashion News
Iconic Designer Bags — The Return of the It-Bag: Why Some Styles Never Die
A world-record auction and a decade of resale data agree: the it-bag is now a measured asset, and heritage houses keep engineering the scarcity that holds the floor.
Fashion News
Fashion Week Trends Explained — What Fashion Week Really Tells Us About Next Season: A Reader's Guide
How to read the runways without getting lost in the spectacle.
Fashion News
The Ballet Flat Holds the Line: What the Collections Keep Saying
The ballet flat has moved from revival to fixture: Miu Miu sent ribboned, wrap-ankle versions on its fall 2023 runway and returned to the silhouette across 2024, Simone Rocha has made pearl-set and crystal-brocade…
Latest Stories
Culture
Indigo Dye History — The Global Life of Indigo: One Dye's Route Through Fashion
From Indigofera leaves to Nimes twill to Yoruba adire cloths in the V&A: the route indigo took through trade, workwear and denim's global dominance.
Culture
Mediterranean Food Culture — How Food Becomes Identity: Mediterranean Kitchens Abroad
Diaspora restaurants work as living archives — the menus, the recipes and the rooms where memory is served nightly.
Style
The Best Colors to Wear, Based on Your Skin Tone
A working guide to finding the shades that flatter you, without the consultant's invoice.
Astrology
How to Read Your Astrology Birth Chart, Step by Step
A natal chart is a wardrobe inventory of the self — here is how to take stock, piece by piece.
Culture
Slip Dress Styling — The Slip Dress Renaissance: Why Designers Keep Returning to Liquid Minimalism
From Princess Diana in 1996 to the 2020s revival, the slip dress keeps returning. How liquid minimalism became fashion's quiet perennial.
Beauty
Traffic — Wild-Harvest Beauty, Explained: What the New WHIP Framework Changes
TRAFFIC and Biodiversify have built a practical route to sustainable sourcing — and it starts before certification.
Culture
How Slang Spreads: The Quiet Machinery of a Word on the Move
From subculture to suburb, a word's journey is faster than ever — and the mechanics behind it are older than the internet.
Style
Business Casual for Women: Business Casual Dress Codes, Finally Explained
A plain-language decoder for smart casual, business casual and formal — with real outfit examples for each.