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

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

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

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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.

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  • This Designer Boiled His Basic Sneakers

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