If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Remember the Y2K era’s fascination with covering everything in rhinestones: from tracksuits and jeans to baby tees and flip phones? Well, bedazzlement is back and looks better than ever, baby, with some help from Nike and Swarovski’s latest collaboration shoe: the women’s Air Jordan 1 High OG that’s, as of today, available to shop online in Swarovski crystal–covered form. To be sure, the relationship between the two mega-brands isn’t anything new. They started talks back in 2013 and, in the decade-plus since, have released a myriad of flashy, quick-to-sell-out interpretations of key styles — from the Air Max 97 and Air Force 1 to the Pegasus Premium and Air Jordan 1 Low. Now, Michael Jordan’s first-ever Nike sneaker has undergone the same kind of head-to-toe transformation… and something this statement-making won’t stay on shelves for too long (mark o...
“It’s a breath of fresh air,” says Lionel Boyce from a green room in Midtown Manhattan a few days ahead of the release of his new blockbuster movie. The actor has been in the spotlight for years thanks to his Emmy-nominated turn as Marcus in “The Bear,” but he’s now on the promotion trail for one of the year’s most anticipated movies, “Project Hail Mary,” and it’s giving him a moment to reflect on his path so far. “I’ve had such an interesting career to me, where it started off in a place where I was making things that five people were watching, so you don’t really talk about it,” Boyce says. “And then this show happens, ‘The Bear,’ and then you’re talking about that, and it’s been a few years. So it’s cool to talk about something else that you love, that’s completely different from the other two things.” In “Project Hail Mary,” Boyce stars alongside Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller and Ken Leung as security guard Officer Carl. Initially the role was quite small, but when Boyce learned from...