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‘This Is Us’ Actress Susan Kelechi Watson Gets Ready for Her Next Stage

It’s afternoon in early October, and Susan Kelechi Watson has just emerged from her dressing room in Lincoln Center. The actress is on a short break from rehearsal for a production of “The Blood Quilt,” which begins preview performances on Oct. 30. “The Juilliard School is in front of me and Lincoln Center’s at my back,” says Watson, surveying her immediate surroundings. “This is probably as New York theater as it gets.” A few hours later, the actress would head downtown to another hallowed hall of New York Off-Broadway, the Public Theater, where she’s currently starring in “Good Bones.” The production is the second staging of the newest play written by “Fat Ham” playwright and Pulitzer winner James Ijames, and celebrated its opening night earlier in the week. “Opening night was so electric,” says Watson. “We all just felt really good about where we got the play to. James was rewriting as we were doing the show, so it wasn’t set; it was in a way sort of a workshop,” she adds. “He was s
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Cher and Tyra Banks Stop by Burberry’s Flagship Reopening Party in New York

On Wednesday night, Burberry celebrated the reopening of its New York flagship with Cher and a roomful of outerwear, worn by VIPs like “It’s Always Burberry Weather” fall campaign star Cara Delevingne, Tyra Banks, Jodie Turner-Smith, and other friends of the brand. “It’s super exciting to be back here,” said designer Daniel Lee, holding court in the center of the boutique’s ground floor. “We’ve really been working on it since I started at Burberry two years ago. It’s great to see it back.” Asked about his plans while in New York, the designer — dressed in plaid and a leather puffer jacket — said he was planning to attend the Armani show the following evening. “I’m a big fan of Armani,” said Lee. “It’s really an incredible inspiration to see someone — particularly now when there’s so much fast-paced change — who’s been so consistent for such a long time, and has really kind of perfected and honed a particular look and body of work.” Jodie Turner-Smith, Daniel Lee and Cara Delevingne. Ca
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How a Perfect Hair Day Created a Billion-dollar Business

To listen to the podcast, CLICK HERE. Who isn’t buoyed by a good hair day? Carolyn Aronson took this one step further. Not only has It’s a 10 Haircare transformed the hair of millions of women, but it’s turned the Latina founder and chief executive officer — a former foster child and hairdresser — into a trailblazing billionaire. At age 51, the entrepreneur bought out her partner in 2017, and by 2022, the brand was selling 17 million bottles and clocking $500 million in annual sales. Today, It’s a 10 Haircare is the largest Hispanic and female-owned brand in the hair care category, and the global brand is carried in 117 countries. Aronson was selected for Entrepreneur’s 100 Women of Influence in 2022; Forbes’ 50 Over 50 list in 2023 (the only hair care brand to do so), as well as the Inc. Female Founder 250 list of 2024. It’s a 10 Haircare founder and CEO Carolyn Aronson. “I’m Puerto Rican, and within our culture we have everything from fine, straight hair to 4C curl African hair,” sai
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Victoria’s Secret Returns to the Catwalk With a New Attitude

Victoria’s Secret put its angel wings back on — hitting the catwalk again after a six-year hiatus.  The return was loud and proud, with A-list celebrities, influencers and a multigenerational, all-female musical lineup of Cher, Tyla and Lisa turning out for the live event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Grace Elizabeth, Taylor Hill and Tyra Banks, who last stepped out for Victoria’s Secret in 2005, all took their turn on the catwalk.  The show opened with fantastical pink princess looks headed up by Gigi Hadid, while iridescent purple ensembles channeled female superheroes. Rock ‘n’ roll black lace and leather, as seen on surprise supermodel icon Kate Moss, mixed more everyday styles with the brand’s signature sexy lingerie look (toward the end of the show, there was also a small amount of athleticwear of leggings and zip-up hoodies in the mix), before the show closed to Cher’s “Believe” with pink and red holiday-themed ensembles. There were wings galore,
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From the Pink Carpet to the Front Row, Here’s What You Didn’t See on the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Livestream

After a six-year hiatus, the Victoria’s Secret fashion show made its much-anticipated return on Tuesday night at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. And the brand rolled out all the pink stops for the occasion, which aimed to put the spotlight on inclusion, diversity, and the women who make all the magic happen. Although the mid-autumn temperatures weren’t the best match for the unofficial under-dressed dress code, every model, celebrity, influencer, and editor who trekked out to the venue seemed thrilled to be part of the action. The night offered a little something for everyone: performances by Lisa, Tyla and Cher; appearances by Victoria’s Secret veterans like Tyra Banks, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima and Gigi Hadid; show debuts for supermodel Kate Moss and daughter Lila Moss, as well as Ashley Graham, and front row faces including athletes Angel Reese and Suni Lee; rappers Ice Spice, Cardi B, Tyga, and Queen Latifah; actresses Phoebe Dynevor and Jodie Turner-Smith; La La Anthony; Bethan H
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Chef Daniel Humm Opens Clemente Bar, Paying Homage to Artist Francesco Clemente

In some ways, Clemente Bar began with a simple, perhaps even off-the-cuff, comment between close friends. Painter Francesco Clemente told Daniel Humm, the Eleven Madison Park chef, that he’d always wanted a drink named after him — in a similar vein of the Bellini, an homage to Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini. Instead, Clemente now has a entire bar named after him. “It’s turned into a big project,” says Humm, the afternoon of the bar’s public opening this month. “It turned into really a labor of love.” Humm has opened the doors to Clemente Bar, located just upstairs from the three Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park. The bar features two new large-scale paintings that Clemente created for the space, as well as a ceiling fresco. “It was very powerful to be with Francesco when he first saw it,” Humm says. “He obviously made the paintings, but then when he first saw them installed, which was two weeks ago, he was really overwhelmed by how beautiful it turned out.” “I imagine everythi
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Jane Lauder Shares a Journey of Innovation and Legacy

In this special episode of WWD Voices, Jenny B. Fine, editor in chief of Beauty Inc and executive editor, Beauty at WWD, interviews Jane Lauder, chief data officer and executive vice president, Enterprise Marketing at The Estée Lauder Companies, on the mainstage at the fourth annual WWD x FN X Beauty Inc Women in Power event in New York, on the intersection of leadership and AI. To listen to the episode, CLICK HERE. When Jane Lauder’s grandmother Estée Lauder began her eponymous beauty company, it was based on the one-on-one personal experience of knowing the customer or the client. Lauder pointed to the Clinique card catalog as an example, where sales associates would note product recommendations and purchases as well as personal details about the shopper. In 2024, however, artificial intelligence (AI) can make connections even more personal. In fact, Lauder said she believes that AI supports products and the consumer experience. “Sometimes we think about data being impersonal and tak
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