Simply incredible. gq.com/story/corteiz-…

'You spend most of your time as an art critic trying to express why you think art is, if not great, then somewhere in that postcode....But it’s always instructive to reflect on straightforwardly bad art.

Here, then, is a handy example' washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

The best assignment in journalism washingtonpost.com/style/of-inter…

Another iconic paragraph that I would like to line read in a Londoner-on-holiday accent .. Rachel Tashjian Wise .. if you ever (and I hope you do) write a book of essays, I hereby, petition to narrate the audiobook.

Praise be.. a new Opulent tips in my inbox! And the Air Rifts (a long, iconic fave) is in the list of Rachel Tashjian Wise reliable shoe.. I’ve worn them since the mid aughts.. I wish Nike would resume production and stop making those god awful dunks.

APRES-MARITIME DISASTER.

Nobody comes close to Rachel Tashjian Wise

PICTURED: AN OPULENT TIPS SUBSCRIBER OPENING HER EMAIL TO DISCOVER THE LATEST EDITION, A REPORT ON PRE-RAPHAELITE FASHIONS

Perspective by Rachel Tashjian: Despite AI and other clever tech tricks, the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition — its marquee event of the year, and the occasion for the Met Gala — reminds us that only the woman inside a dress can animate it. wapo.st/4aiTmfr

My review of the Costume Institute show — too much tech and not enough people. Gift link! wapo.st/3WINCZ4

'it is also part of a wave of atelier saturation.... We have reached something like ateliermania.' fran hoepfner on the new breed of self-serious stores -- excuse me, ateliers curbed.com/article/atelie…

Words from Rei Kawakubo about the new Dover Street Market in Paris. Department store poetry!!

Uma das melhoras matéria sobre moda, comportamento, novos tempos & tiktok que li nos últimos tempos! Rachel Tashjian Wise é gigantona mesmo, melhor jornalista de moda <3

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'Otherwise, many guests looked classic but not boring. Loewe and Balenciaga had the best looks of the evening, because their creative directors ... know how to make dresses that look new without looking stupid.' I guffawed! via Rachel Tashjian Wise washingtonpost.com/style/fashion/…

On all the Galliano on the Met Gala carpet. Gift link! wapo.st/44upn2G

big moment for New York media dads: Will Welch is wearing Evan Kinori

‘TikTok has made personal style more important than fashion — a positive for consumers but has sapped designers of their creative authority…

… The brands that are successful on TikTok are the ones that eschewed social media - AND didn’t have a voice in traditional media.’

emerging Met Gala trend: saucer heads