A true status signifier is often extremely subtle. A baseball cap from an exclusive club. A toiletry kit from first class on Emirates or Cathay Pacific. Or a humble sneaker that just happens to turn up on the feet of tech moguls from coast to coast. If you haven’t heard of the footwear brand On, then you might want to read up on it – because it’s the favorite sneaker of the rich and powerful right now.
Expensive designer luxury sneakers are a core part of mainstream fashion and culture. They’ve also become an accurate barometer of the many forces at work in society. That means you need to know about expensive luxury sneakers – even if you don’t want to own a pair – if you hope to understand the current era. To lend a hand, our correspondent Julie Chang Murphy is breaking it all down. Here’s what you need to know about expensive luxury sneakers and how to buy them. And what you need to know about the sneakerheads who love them.
It’s that time of year, people. The spring designer collections are almost here. Time to get smart about what to expect in the next few weeks. Along with the new designer collaborations (of which there are many), here are the important spring 2019 fashion trends you need to know.
Warm weather may seem far away, but the spring 2019 luxury designer collaborations are already on their way. And they don’t disappoint. Spring is the season of unusual affairs and the attraction of opposites, and some of these partnerships definitely qualify. You’d think some of these duos just wouldn’t work, but somehow they do. Here are the best of the late winter-spring 2019 luxury collaborations (so far).
Want to be a holiday hero? That cool cat who can sit back and watch their loved ones shout with glee as presents are opened, knowing that they’ve scored the hardest-to-get items that everyone wants. It’s not just little kids who get their hearts set on a particular gift only to have their parents tearing out their hair trying to find it at the last minute. Grown folks can get attached to the idea of one particular gift, too. Many movie and sitcom plots turn on this very dilemma, but in reality, it is SO not funny.
