Rent the Runway is betting that clothing from designers Diane von Furstenberg and Jason Wu can get customers to keep their subscriptions. Rival clothing subscription service Stitch Fix is staking its future on private brands. The different directions are part of companies’ bids to stem steep subscriber losses in recent months and declines in their…
As much as luxury companies would love to stamp out the secondhand trade in their products, it’s an impossible task. All the better for fashionistas and investors, who can both benefit from this booming business. Shoppers have splashed out $1.3 trillion on new luxury handbags, clothes, watches and jewels over the past four years alone….
Madame de Pompadour was a power to be reckoned with during the reign of her lover, the French king Louis XV. Born Jeanne Antoinette Poissonshe rose through the proverbial ranks at the court of Versailles starting in 1745, when the king first ennobled her, and she stayed indispensable to Louis long after the passion reputedly…
Updated Jan. 12, 2024 12:39 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) MILAN—When Gucci’s flagship store here reopened last month, the space was missing the baroque flourishes and jewel-toned colors that have defined the brand in recent years. Instead the look is decidedly less maximalist—all clean lines and understated tones. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones &…
Streaming your favorite shows and movies is fun. Less fun: paying for six different services, remembering multiple passwords, figuring out which service has which program—and toggling to live TV so you can watch news and sports. Guess who says he can help? The cable guy. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved….
Updated Jan. 7, 2024 9:59 pm ET The 81st Golden Globes has kicked off in full force, ready for a fresh start after years of declining ratings and internal tumult. Jo Koy is hosting the awards show, which you can watch on CBS and stream on Paramount+ (with the Showtime plan) from 8 p.m. Eastern….
Updated Jan. 6, 2024 12:14 am ET Everything you need to know about the rebirth of the Golden Globe Awards—and the stakes for the fast-changing entertainment industry—can be summed up by one of its new categories: a prize explicitly reserved for the movies that made the most money. Golden Globes officials are calling it the…
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By WSJ Arts in Review Staff Here’s a roundup of the month’s most noteworthy movies and TV shows, as covered by The Wall Street Journal’s critics. Poor Things Sumptuous, dazzling and glorious seem barely adequate as descriptors of “Poor Things,” a two-hour-and-20-minute cinematic fable of self-discovery. Writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos, the dryly weird Greek filmmaker who has…
