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Spring Reading Cheat Sheet
A STAR IS BORN • It’s destined to be the year of Taylour Paige, starting with this spring’s Boogie.
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILLIE
For Your Consideration
LANA CONDOR
A BOLD APPROACH TO MODEST FASHION • The CEO of Haute Hijab is taking her company global without losing sight of the issues that matter to Muslim women here at home.
SKIRT SETS • GIVE MATCHING PIECES A WHIRL FOR A SIMPLE, PUT-TOGETHER LOOK.
Flatforms • GET THE HEIGHT OF A HEEL WITH THE COMFORT OF A FLAT.
Phone Bags • SWAP YOUR PURSE FOR AN ESSENTIALS-ONLY ACCESSORY.
EYE TREATMENTS • Goodbye, puffiness, wrinkles, and dark circles. These designer under-eye splurges are curing our sleepless nights.
HAIR REPAIR • Battling frizz, damaged ends, or general dullness? Give your strands some serious love with these nurturing at-home treatments.
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COME TOGETHER • Two heads are better than one. Miuccia Prada invited Raf Simons to join her for Prada’s firstever codesigned collection, with both reflecting on the past in order to see the future.
The Inspiration • Warhol and Basquiat, Aerosmith and Run-DMC, Jordan and Pippen, PRADA and SIMONS.
CALLING MISS CLEO • A classic archival silhouette, Prada’s Cleo bag returns in all her effortless glory for spring 2021. The clean-lined crescent shape in leather is designed to hug the body for a comfortable carry.
COMFORT ZONE • Beth Birkett, a fashion veteran and owner of Bephies Beauty Supply, has put a stylish twist on cozy basics by scrunching upcycled T-shirts and sweatshirts to create a cropped effect. Just as cool is her mission: Birkett aims to use her store as a platform for WOC and LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.
THE SILKY WAY • WANT AN INSTANT MOOD BOOST? A BRIGHT FINISHING TOUCH FROM THE MECCA OF SILK GOODS, HERMÈS, TAKES YOUR OTHERWISE CASUAL DAY LOOK WAY, WAY UP.
SLING SHOT • NOT QUITE AS OPEN AS A MULE, NOT QUITE AS COVERED UP AS A PUMP: THE SLINGBACK REIGNS SUPREME FOR SPRING. THIS YEAR, THEY COME IN PUNCHY METALLICS, WITH EMBELLISHMENTS, AND IN SEVERAL HEEL HEIGHTS. PICK YOUR PERFECT PAIR.
WHAT GOES AROUND • The ease of Levi’s iconic 517 bootcut style perfectly matches the relaxed elegance that Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli imagined for his Spring 2021 collection, so he sent the original 1969 jeans down the runway. Those dungarees will now bear his stamp of approval via a new Valentino-fied tag.
YOU HAUL • GRAB (BASICALLY EVERYTHING YOU OWN) AND GO! THIS SEASON IS ALL ABOUT A BIG TOTE, LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE A DAY OF ERRANDS OR A WEEKEND GETAWAY—THE SLOUCHIER THE BETTER.
THE “F” FACTOR • Salvatore Ferragamo’s iconic F-shaped heel—originally released in 1947—gives the illusion of walking on air. Reimagined by creative director Paul Andrew, these pearl-adorned mules are a nod to the past and a whimsical way to step into the future.
TRUE BLUE • A WATCH WITH A SOOTHING BLUE FACE—AS SEEN IN PATEK PHILIPPE’S REBOOTED TWENTY-4 LADIES’ TIMEPIECE, NOW IN RECTANGULAR STEEL—MAKES TIME MANAGEMENT LESS STRESSFUL.
ORANGE THEORY • AN AURA PHOTOGRAPHER TELLS US WHY NOW IS THE TIME TO EMBRACE A FIERY HUE.
ROSY OUTLOOK • SPRING’S MUST-HAVE BAG IS A NEW TAKE ON A CLASSIC: THE FENDI BAGUETTE. WORN HANDS-FREE, THIS PINK MACRAMÉ STYLE WORKS PERFECTLY FOR WHATEVER PLANS ARE AHEAD OF YOU.
TWEETING INCLUSION • Twitter’s God-is Rivera amplifies the voices of previously disenfranchised global digital...