Wearing a Loro Piana sweater on a yacht that's strategically anchored in international waters so as to avoid any criminal financial culpability. Organic blueberries. Buying organic blueberries from a weekday farmers' market. Buying organic blueberries from a weekday farmers' market after laying off half your staff via e-mail ("Sent from my iPhone"). A bottle of Aesop hand wash in your bathroom. A bottle of Aesop hand wash in your guest bathroom.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has sold luxury motorcycle jacket brand Belstaff to sportswear label Castore, in a further sign of the billionaire scaling back his Ineos empire outside its core chemicals business. The deal, announced on Thursday, will see Castore acquire the heritage fashion house for an undisclosed sum, while Ineos will take a minority stake in the fast-growing sportswear company, which supplies kit for England's cricket and rugby teams.
Shoppers say they especially love Bode jackets and see them as conversation pieces. Buying a custom jacket involves filling out a questionnaire about your hobbies, family, and more. When vintage shop owner Chandler Lesesne West got married in April, her husband, Connor Webb, didn't wear a tuxedo. Instead, he donned a corduroy jacket covered with hand-painted images that meaningfully nodded to their relationship. It wasn't a DIY project, though. The couple spent $2,100 on the custom piece from Bode, a luxury clothing brand.
Pharrell Williams is keeping the pace relentless. Fresh off presenting his Fall/Winter 2025 Louis Vuitton Men's collection - where he linked up with longtime collaborator NIGO - the creative powerhouse slid another move onto the table: a brand-new sneaker with adidas, playfully dubbed the Jellyfish. The timing isn't coincidence either. Pharrell has been reasserting his influence across both luxury fashion and streetwear, and this latest drop shows how easily he shifts from one lane to the next without breaking stride.
"There is a myth that high-end brands are for the upper classes who have high-end lives with high-end husbands or wives... Photographing the rooms of young people, I found that some of them collect clothes in the same way as others collect books or records."
The Puzzle bag, blending architectural precision with everyday functionality, signifies Loewe's revival under Jonathan Anderson, becoming a modern classic in luxury fashion.
When Suk turned to the company to offload her estimated $16,000 worth of designer wares last year, a direct conversation with Brian Solis, Dora Maar's head of fashion, helped to put her at ease, as did emails with Solis and the team. "They made it easy for me to sell my items," she said.