
Why a Beauty Editor With 15 Years in the Industry Hates Advent Calendars
Kara McGrath counted the packaging waste, the miniature sizes and the thin savings, then built a four-point test for better holiday gift sets.

Kara McGrath counted the packaging waste, the miniature sizes and the thin savings, then built a four-point test for better holiday gift sets.

A seventh-generation Charlestonian's slow-built jewelry line shows how personal style, not trend, becomes a business.

A runway rewards readers who count repeats: forecasting records supply the categories, ready-to-wear supplies the size logic, and stagecraft gets sorted from stock.

Ballet stage commissions, from Chanel's 1924 Le Train Bleu sportswear to Valentino's 2012 New York City Ballet gala delivery, serve houses as public craft tests.

A six-step checklist for judging whether a retail stock that has already run is still priced sensibly, using Ulta Beauty's published numbers.

Art movements return to the runway because their visual rules translate directly into garments, a pattern documented from Yves Saint Laurent's 1965 Mondrian dresses onward.

Inside the couture workroom: the legal rules that define a house, the made-to-order fittings that shape one dress, and the staff structure that builds it.

The AI company's new Runway Ads product closes the loop from generation to spend, and fashion marketers are already inside it.

Heritage, craft and restraint do the work a price tag cannot — and the economics explain why.

A curated way into the archive and the current season: where the films live, what to look for, and how to read a runway without a seat.