Year: 2018

The “Star Wars” movies transport audiences to a galaxy far, far away, but thanks to the Detroit Institute of Arts, people don’t need to travel too far at all to get a closer look at the iconic costumes and creatures that gave the movies their signature look. There’s still time to see “Star Wars and […]

In our long-running series “How I’m Making It,” we talk to people making a living in the fashion and beauty industries about how they broke in and found success. Of the four decades “Saturday Night Live” has been on the air, Tom Broecker has been firmly entrenched behind-the-scenes for nearly three of them. The legendary […]

Every year on Halloween, countless Muggles dress in simple black cloaks and pretend for one night that they actually got their Hogwarts letters. Those flowing capes are iconic, but in the next wizarding movie, Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s go-to garbs will look totally different. In the new Fantastic Beasts film The Crimes of Grindelwald, fans […]

Last week, the internet reached the undisputed conclusion that Doja Cat’s “Mooo,” a song about being a cow, was the song of summer. But what inspired the 22-year-old to write a song about being a cow? Well, in an interview with INSIDER, the singer said the secret sauce was all in her outfit. “What mostly […]

They said it was outdated as corsets, but anyone watching last night’s Rose of Tralee festival must have gasped at the question; “Tell me about the time you found out you were pregnant”. And so it was that platinum blonde Carlow Rose Shauna Ray Lacey, a bookie with a baby, whose parents had both been […]

In a TV landscape glutted with lush period pieces, big-budget fantasy, and vividly rendered dystopian sci-fi, it takes truly stellar costume design to pop from the pack. One striking Game of Thrones piece—the dramatic white fur coat that Daenerys Targaryen wears during her dragon ride north to save Jon Snow—became a social-media sensation the moment […]

High fashion can be uppity – we don’t always get it. Sometimes, we really, really don’t get it. Italian apparel brand Moncler and British designer Craig Green are both well-known names in the world of fashion. Their collaboration, however, isn’t the biggest hit to grace the catwalk. The two brands have come together to launch […]

Halloween is a time to dress up and have fun with your costume, but if you’re a curvy girl, finding one can be a struggle and a half. Whenever the time rolls around to find a costume, it’s so hard for me because I want something that is flattering and hits me in all the […]

  What happens when you mix basketball players with donuts? Dunkin’ Donuts! Sport your favorite basketball team’s jersey under this giant donut costume and you’ll be scorin’ three-pointers in no time in the next punny Halloween costume contest. But if Dunkin’ really does change its name to this, everyone’s funny Halloween costumes would sadly be […]

This issue wraps up the “Cold Days” storyline, as Bruce Wayne and his fellow jurors deliberate and try to decide the fate of Victor Fries. Bruce is convinced that his mistakes as Batman have condemned an innocent man (in this case, anyway) to die. But short of admitting that he’s Batman, Bruce’s only option is […]