The VR and AR arms race
You probably don’t remember the Humane Pin, despite its dominating the tech-news cycle a few months ago. It’s an elegant…
Watches & Wonders had only a few truly wonderful timepieces
Every year, the world’s greatest watch companies and their biggest watch fans head to Geneva for an orgy of horological…
Does Nike hate the military?
Nike — named after the Greek goddess of victory — is seemingly too scared to be associated with US armed…
Trump’s Never Surrender High Tops embody the worst of sneaker culture
It was inevitable. Having infected every other part of culture, partisan politics has arrived in the world of sneakerheads. Last…
Could AI ruin the election?
The artificial intelligence space is strange. Significantly overfunded, overhyped and overcovered — in part because AI can easily produce bad,…
The tech I’m looking forward to in 2024
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the first and biggest tech convention of the year, took place earlier this…
Mr. Uygur goes to Washington
You’ve probably seen a clip of Cenk Uygur, founder and host of the progressive online news network the Young Turks.…
Visiting Glashütte, the small town in East Germany that has mastered time
The view from my top floor room at the Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe looked out at the great dome of…
Defending Matthew Williams’s Givenchy
Matthew Williams, the tattooed American fashion designer and creative director at Givenchy, will soon be evicted from the famous house.…
The Cybertruck is a dud
The Cybertruck is here. Finally. Maybe. Sort of. Thursday was the “Cybertruck Delivery Event,” where they finally rolled off the…
The sorry state of Supreme
It would have happened on a Thursday, as it does every Thursday. Crowds of young men and teen boys would…
Tom Ford is back (without Tom Ford)
What happens to a fashion brand when the founder leaves? Or, to be more direct, what is Tom Ford without…
The problem with Burberry
It was raining on and off, but that was only fitting, as guests waited for the Summer 2024 show of…
There is no best martini
What’s the best suit? To an American, it’s something from Brooks Brothers. Classical, democratic and made with high quality. To…
Nothing makes technology transparent again
Consumer technology is, usually, profoundly dull. I love technology, but even I must concede the undeniable. A new pair of…
Why is Sarah Silverman suing artificial intelligence?
Crypto was a wonderful Wild West of anarchic financial innovation, absurd idiocy and scamming. Lots of scamming. Then regulators came…
The useful influencers of Shein
The Soviets had a problem. On March 5, 1940, Stalin had given the order to massacre 14,700 Polish officers, which…
Why Pharrell Williams will make LVMH happy
Amid the dusk light, there’s hushed, excited chatter. And then drums, lights, and orchestral tones. It’s 10:18pm in Paris, and…
Can Apple make virtual reality relevant?
Today, from Cupertino, California, Apple held their latest Worldwide Developer Conference Event, and (along with new laptops and software features)…
The legacy of Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel
Monday night marks the fashion calendar’s most overrated, overcovered event: the Met Gala. Each year it’s the same. The outfits…
