I’ll let you in on a fashion editor secret: Labor Day’s best designer sales are serially underrated. The upcoming three-day weekend is considered more of an outdoor lounging holiday than a shopping extravaganza, but it coincides with some impressive fashion deals at Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Net-a-Porter, and Bergdorf Goodman. This year, there are savings of up 70 percent off leading up to and during the holiday weekend. In my experience, Labor Day’s best designer deals aren’t to wear right now. Read More...
Who: Grammy-nominated record executive and Motown founder Berry Gordy, 91, and Grammy and Oscar-nominated singer and occasional actress Diana Ross, 77. How They Met: Ross and her singing trio, The Primettes, sought out Gordy and Motown around 1960, when the members were still in high school. Though Gordy was impressed by the group — as well as Ross, its "whiny" lead singer — he refused to sign them while they were still in school. Read More...
Vacation Tamim is inspiring — she goes to operas on a whim and isn’t (that) afraid of cliff jumps into the ocean. These things aren’t practical to emulate now that I’ve returned to real life, but the sartorial lessons are. I’m continuing to wear the white, floral, and ultra-feminine dresses that defined my style while traversing through Tuscany and Puglia. I looked cute AF, and the Italian women thought so too because I kept being stopped by them motioning at my dresses and saying “bellissima” — which I learned means “very beautiful. Read More...
