Accessories

Dragon Diffusion

Dragon Diffusion was started in 1985 by New Zealander Craig Wright, who built the label on basketry techniques borrowed from the South Pacific, Japan and Europe and turned them into woven leather rather than logos. The totes and shoulder bags here make up the everyday range, and the weave itself is the reason to look.

Jacques Marie Mage

Jacques Marie Mage launched in Los Angeles in 2015, when designer Jerome Mage decided eyewear had gotten too safe and started carving thick, sculptural acetate into shapes most brands would call too much. Notes on the frames, from the Chelsea to the Roxy, that carry that stubbornness in every line.

Christen

Nina Christen spent years shaping shoes behind the scenes at Bottega Veneta, Loewe, Celine and The Row before launching her own label, Christen, in 2024. This edit moves through her sandals, boots and pumps to show one designer's eye for sharp, sculptural shape across three very different registers.

Nike

Nike started in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports, a running shoe import business built on a handshake between a track coach and his former runner, and that testing habit still shapes the shoes. I picked sneakers from archival shapes to Jordan silhouettes, plus a smaller run of training layers built for actual movement.

Marla Aaron

Marla Aaron left a 25-year advertising career at 40 to recast a climbing carabiner into precious metal, launching her New York lock jewelry line in 2012. Notes on the necklaces, pendants and bracelets built around that working lock, and how to wear a mechanism instead of just a motif.

Legres

Legres launched in London in 2019 from three co-founders who chose to stay anonymous, letting the boots, made in Italy over a year of development, do the talking instead. This edit lines up the current range of Chelsea boots, ankle boots and loafers so the differences in shape and material are easy to compare.

Doom Scrolling

Doom scrolling has become its own kind of downtime, hours spent half-watching and half-refreshing a feed that never resolves. The clothes here are not a fix for that habit, just a softer way to sit through it, a hoodie with some shape, a pant that still looks like clothes, glasses aimed at the screen itself. The angle is comfort with a little intention, not a claim that any of it makes the scrolling less bleak.

Garrard

Garrard dates itself to 1735 in London and spent more than 160 years as Crown Jeweller, looking after the British Crown Jewels. Notes on the house behind these colored-stone earrings, necklaces and rings, and how to wear that much history lightly.

Diane Kordas

Diane Kordas fell for the jewelers of Athens during summers in Greece and launched her line in 2000 with the evil eye. Notes on the designer behind these gold pendants and symbols, and why one piece worn often beats a box full of them.

Jennifer Meyer

Jennifer Meyer learned to make enamel jewelry at six with her grandmother Edith, then started her own line in Los Angeles in 2005. Notes on the jeweler behind these small gold symbols, and how to choose the one you will wear every day.

Gucci Eyewear

Gucci started as a leather goods shop in Florence in 1921, and its sunglasses still speak the language of that workshop: Horsebit hardware, bamboo and the interlocking G. Notes on the house behind the frames, and which pairs wear best every day.

DIOR Eyewear

Dior's sunglasses carry a little of 30 Avenue Montaigne, from the cane-chair Cannage pattern to the CD initials. Notes on the couture house behind these sunglasses, and how to pick the pair that suits your face rather than the campaign.

Johnstons of Elgin

Johnstons of Elgin has been turning raw fiber into cloth on the banks of the River Lossie since 1797, and you can feel it in the smallest things it makes. A note on the Scottish mill behind these scarves, hats, socks and gloves, and why I would start with a scarf.

The Anti-Gift Guide

Practical, cool gift accessories and sets that make giving the gift better than receiving the gift.

Maintenance Day

Headbands, waxing kits, nail care, & comfortable tees

DeMellier London Names Its Bags After Places You Want To Be

DeMellier names each bag after a city, and the naming is not decorative since every city corresponds to a specific silhouette the brand keeps year after year. That consistency means you can shop the range by shape rather than by season. This edit moves from the structured New York and Hudson pieces to the softer Siena and Stockholm shapes.

Dinosaur Designs

Dinosaur Designs turns resin into sculptural jewelry and home objects, letting bold color and rounded, tactile forms carry the whole idea. That material logic sets it apart from the polished metal and neutral ceramics that dominate most collections around it. This edit focuses on the pieces where that idea reads clearest, from earrings that interrupt a plain outfit to vessels built to be seen.

Valesque

Valesque builds its bags around slim handles and concealed hardware instead of visible branding, applying that same restraint across satin, velvet and nylon. The Berlin label, founded in 2023 by Valeska Dütsch and Sophie Berianidze, sizes the same idea up from compact evening shapes to roomier totes. This edit separates the smaller, evening-focused pieces from the looser, more practical ones.

YSL Earrings Put The Monogram At Ear Level

Saint Laurent varies one graphic, the Cassandre monogram, across studs, hoops, drops, and threaders rather than inventing a new mark for each piece. Scale and movement, not the logo itself, are the real styling decisions here. This edit follows that single shape from the smallest stud to the most dramatic tassel.

The Earring Does The Work

One strong earring can do more work than a whole jewelry box. This edit pairs eight statement earrings against the button-down shirts and gold necklaces that actually share the frame with them. The point is not more jewelry, it is picking the one piece that changes the outfit's balance.

Sculptural Silver Jewelry for Fall

Sculptural silver earrings, cuffs, bracelets, necklaces and rings, from Sophie Buhai and Khaite to Jenny Bird under $150, with notes on wearing silver with fall colors.

Alaia Bag: The Shapes That Are Genuinely Wearable

Alaia's bag shapes keep reappearing in different materials, from mesh to raffia to smooth leather, which makes the house's point of view easy to spot across an outfit. The Le Teckel and Le Click shapes anchor the range, offering a base silhouette that gets reworked season after season. This edit looks at which of those shapes are actually easy to live with day to day, not just striking on a shelf.

Alexis Bittar: Lucite, Gold And What Lasts

Alexis Bittar built a whole language out of Lucite and gold, treating a ring or a cuff like a sculpture you happen to wear. This guide weighs the sculptural resin pieces against the finer gold studs and chains for comfort, daily wear, and which ones actually earn a permanent spot in a jewelry box. The angle is longevity over novelty, since a bold piece only matters if you keep reaching for it.

Eugenia Kim

Eugenia Kim's hats and scarves bring sculptural brims, raffia, straw and crochet to warm weather dressing without tipping into costume. The label started in millinery, which is why the shaping and trims still read as considered rather than decorative filler. This edit separates the sunhat and visor shapes built for actual daylight from the scarves and bucket hats that finish a plainer outfit.