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The media loved her, but they also pilloried her. Like Framing Britney Spears, the documentary clarifies—with the benefit of time and perspective—the role of the media as the relentless villain in Shields’s story. Does this work? it just…

The idea of a day dress doesn’t—and has never—existed in my wardrobe. Oh, but they’re so easy, everyone says: Slip it on, and off you go! But what shoes? Tights, or bare-legged? What underwear—and then what on earth goes over the top? A…

Three years after Bruno Frisoni launched his eponymous shoe label in 1999—a pump composed of denim scraps sourced from a vintage jacket was an early creation—he was asked to revive Roger Vivier, the storied French house that remains…

Photo: Courtesy Everett CollectionThe proof is in the pages of Vogue as well. The coverage has been sparse; the options are, well, lacking. In the May 1975 issue of Vogue, there was an ad for the leather label Hartmann and their six…

In case you're wondering, no, hot pants aren't called "hot pants" just because women look "hot" in them (which they most certainly do, by the way). While the term "hot" was tacked on to the style name back in the '50s due to the…

There are few musicians working today with the same knack for storytelling through clothes as Björk. The legendary Icelandic singer, songwriter, and producer has always worked with the best in high fashion to build her rich visual worlds,…

Fashion shows have returned in Europe, though the scene is not quite the same. With fewer members of the fashion set traveling, attendance at shows has been whittled down to the double digits in some cases. But while the audience inside the…

“My goal was to be the best cheer program in the country,” Navarro College coach Monica Aldama says in the second season of Cheer, which premiered on Netflix Wednesday, “and that’s what I did.” No lies here: The first season, a pop-cultural…