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Typically fashion weeks, be it New York or Paris, attract a relatively repetitive group of celebrities season after season. And then there’s Julia Roberts, A-list of A-list, a rarity on the fashion circuit. Fresh off premiering her new film “After the Hunt” at the Venice Film Festival, the actress arrived in New York to support friend Simon Porte Jacquemus at a dinner thrown to celebrate his bottle design for Veuve Clicquot.  The French designer took over the Central Park Boathouse for an evening of music, mingling and, of course, Champagne, all washed in shades of Veuve’s signature yellow. Grapes, figs and mounds of butter tided guests over during golden hour while guests like Solange Knowles, Charlotte Le Bon, Imaan Hammam, Miles Chamley-Watson and Jordan Roth posed for photos. Yellow-painted rowboats manned by models paddled across Central Park Lake, ahead of a surprise musical performance by alumni of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect. Julia Roberts, Charlotte Le Bon and Emma Ro...

A visit to Robert Longo’s SoHo studio comes with a warning: you might get covered in charcoal. It’s a muggy Thursday morning in midsummer and the artist, 72, is dressed in his signature uniform of all black, coffee mug in hand. Longo has just arrived in the city from his home in East Hampton, where he spends much of his time, and he’ll head back out later that afternoon.  The artist is in the final stretch of preparation for “The Weight of Hope,” his exhibition that opens Sept. 11. The show will be the largest mounted at Pace’s 25th Street New York flagship, encompassing all of the gallery’s exhibition spaces across several floors. It’s a continuation of Longo’s survey exhibition “The Acceleration of History” at the Milwaukee Art Museum, featuring works from the past decade of his career as well as new ones, and comes on the heels of his show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark, which closed at the end of August. Inside Robert Longo’s studio in New York...

The inbox of well-read New York shoppers came to life on Monday evening at Printemps. Former New York Magazine writer Emilia Petrarca, who writes the newsletter Shop Rat, organized a summit of some of Substack’s most-read fashion and retail authors for a series of panels, to discuss the state of New York retail, shopping newsletters and gift guides.  “The whole point of Shop Rat is going to stores and talking to people, so this is really my dream come true,” Petrarca told the audience as she kicked things off. The first panel, centered around what a modern store in New York looks like, featured Gregory Gourdet, culinary director of Printemps New York; Katherine Lewin, founder of the “dinner party essentials” store Big Night and writer of the newsletter Little Gems; Kathleen Sorbara, founder of Williamsburg designer vintage store Sorbara’s, and Somsack Sikhounmuong, creative director of Alex Mill and writer of the newsletter Somstack.  “I think a modern store feels less like a ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Pamela Anderson looked utterly charming when she stepped out for Pandora’s Talisman charm collection launch event last night, opting for a long-sleeved little black dress finished with a butter-yellow collar. The ultimate outfit component that managed to make “The Last Showgirl” actress look equal parts sophisticated and head-turning? Her choice of footwear: Nomasei’s Gattaca Pump swathed in glossy, patent calf leather, which represents the popular French brand’s first-ever venture into the stiletto category. Nomasei Gattaca Pump $670 Buy Now at nomasei According to Nomasei, the pump was five whole years in the making, informed by its co-founder Paule Tenaillon’s expertise in designing tango heels. And if you know anything about this dance style, you’re well aware of how important comfort-forward shoes are to executing each of its moves properly and grace...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Though Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale is long gone, having featured widely loved and highly discounted beauty buys that sold out in a flash, the good news is that the mega retailer’s beauty category is officially restocked with everything you’ll need to look your very best this fall. Our editors have been lurking around the page for a while now, and we’ve rounded up the most “worth-it” skin care, body care, hair styling tools, and makeup to shop — including staples from legendary brands, like Prada’s matte lipstick, as well as new, buzzy arrivals for making your autumn aesthetic even more put-together. Annual sales aside, Nordstrom couldn’t be a better choice for filling your online cart with the beauty finds you’ve previously used to the last drop or those you’ve been hearing about everywhere but have yet to try. The reason for that is just how vast No...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. We said what we said: 2025 is the year of the retro Nike sneaker, confirming fashion insiders’ quest for hearty doses of nostalgia when it comes to what they’re putting on their feet this fall. But it doesn’t take a thorough examination of the iconic brand’s “New & Featured” section to get a firmer understanding of the Y2K-inspired sneakers style-savvy shoppers are gravitating to these days; instead, a trip down memory lane (precisely six years back) to the release of the Nike P-6000 style in particular is the first step to grasping how and why it became one of the leading retro runners of the year. Taking on the best traits of Nike’s early aughts releases — specifically the Pegasus 2006 and Pegasus 25 — it’s not exactly the kind of low-profile, slim-fit sneaker that’s been gracing the street styles of everyone from Jennifer Lawrence to Gigi ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. The shocking demise of Barneys continues to be mourned in the world of fashion, but the iconic, industry-changing retailer has just gotten a fresh lease on life, in the form of a new tell-all from Gene Pressman, who was the co-CEO, creative director, and head of merchandising and marketing at Barneys New York for more than 25 years (he was also the grandson of Barney Pressman, the namesake businessman who founded the famed department store back in 1923). Pressman’s memoir was released just last week, but it’s already managed to make major waves — hitting the “#1 Bestseller” spot in Amazon’s Fashion Design books category. Also available to shop in Kindle-friendly and audiobook form (you can get the latter for free with a free Audible trial on Amazon, as it turns out), the 400-page hardcover from Penguin’s Viking imprint grants a rare inside look not only a...