Are Western Beauty Standards Cooked?

As East Asian beauty standards go global, Western ideals romanticize, imitate, and replicate in efforts to keep up, Sable Yong writes.

Three Designers You've Never Heard of Shook up Menswear's Most Classic Affair

Polo Ralph Lauren Finally Met Ralph Lauren Purple Label & It Was Incredible

What’s the Point of Wearing Beautiful Clothes?

Why This Once-Edgy Label Is Bringing the "Maybach" of Shirts to Paris

How Do You Collaborate With Hermès? Ask This 86-Year-Old Artist

Hand-cut, Hand-sewn, Repeated Never: Oliver Church's Shirts Are Literally One of One

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  • Margaret Howell Opens Up Her Archive

  • Are Western Beauty Standards Cooked?

  • What Is Hanes Doing at Paris Fashion Week? (EXCLUSIVE)

  • SZA's Bespoke Diamond Vans Sneakers Are Out of CTRL

  • From ASICS to adidas, the Seven Best Sneakers to Cop Right Now

  • Lids’ New Daily Rotation Collection is an Excuse to Hit the Mall

  • Only Prada Could See This Much Potential In a Climbing Sneaker (EXCLUSIVE)

  • AURALEE Proves That Good Clothes Aren't Boring (EXCLUSIVE)

  • Inside the Quiet Japanese Factory Powering Onitsuka Tiger’s Global Rise

  • Get in the Zone with Nike's Mind001 and Zalando

  • Sportswear Royalty Meets Football Royalty in Stone Island SS26 (EXCLUSIVE)

  • The Grippiest Shoe Soles Just Became Your Drink Coasters

  • To Understand Pharrell's New Menswear, Step Into His Louis Vuitton Slippers (EXCLUSIVE)

  • Why a High-Tech Hiking Brand Keeps Opting for Lo-Fi Hiking Shoes

  • Three Designers You've Never Heard of Shook up Menswear's Most Classic Affair

  • This Designer Boiled His Basic Sneakers

  • Polo Ralph Lauren Finally Met Ralph Lauren Purple Label & It Was Incredible

  • Why Isn't Anyone Talking About JW Anderson's Surprise Sneaker Collab?

  • The Case for Wearing Little Leather Pants

  • Reebok and Angel Reese Take It Off the Court

  • Nike Is Trying to Make These Weird Shoes a Big Thing

  • A Literal Stealth Upgrade for Mykita & RIMOWA's Already Perfect Eyewear

  • Oakley Aura Is About the Moments No One Sees

  • Oatly & Kids of Immigrants Release Exclusive Workwear Capsule

  • Here's a Hermès Collaboration You Were Never Meant to See

  • Wes Anderson's Favorite Pen Returns to Center Frame (EXCLUSIVE)

  • The First Collaboration From Balenciaga’s New Era (EXCLUSIVE)

  • The Fashionable Future of Wearable Tech Is On Samuel Ross' Wrist (EXCLUSIVE)

  • The OG Luxury Americana Label Says It's Time for Silk Workwear

  • What’s the Point of Wearing Beautiful Clothes?

  • You've Seen Byredo's Candles. But Not Byredo's Antelope Leather Handbags

  • adidas' Most Stylish Running Sneaker Now Looks as Good as It Feels (EXCLUSIVE)

  • Why, For Its Debut Sneaker, NikeSKIMS Opted to Cool-ify a Left-Field Tabi

  • From Nike to Salomon, the Seven Best Sneakers to Cop Right Now

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  • Turnstile Loves You

  • Odessa A’zion Plays Herself

  • Everyone’s Favorite Skater Is Kader

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Welcome to Lee Pace’s Mind Garden

As he juggles film roles, Pace is finding solace in planting flowers in upstate New York.

  • Julia Wolf Is Becoming Her Own Obsession

  • Everyone Watches Natasha Cloud

  • Matty Matheson’s Rules for Living

  • Chase Sui Wonders Is Crushing — Just Not How She Expected

  • SZA's Bespoke Diamond Vans Sneakers Are Out of CTRL

  • From ASICS to adidas, the Seven Best Sneakers to Cop Right Now

  • Only Prada Could See This Much Potential In a Climbing Sneaker (EXCLUSIVE)

  • Inside the Quiet Japanese Factory Powering Onitsuka Tiger’s Global Rise

  • Why a High-Tech Hiking Brand Keeps Opting for Lo-Fi Hiking Shoes

  • This Designer Boiled His Basic Sneakers

  • Reebok and Angel Reese Take It Off the Court

  • Nike Is Trying to Make These Weird Shoes a Big Thing

  • adidas' Most Stylish Running Sneaker Now Looks as Good as It Feels (EXCLUSIVE)

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Everything Is Streetwear: 20 Years of Stories From the Underground That Went Global

  • Toby Feltwell on BAPE’s Takeover and Why Streetwear Wasn’t Meant to Last

  • Union LA’s Chris Gibbs on the Golden Era of Japanese Streetwear in America

  • Kunle Martins on the End of Cool, the Rise of Corny, and Why That’s the Point

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