Next week in Paris, Sotheby’s will hold a live auction for Hermès’ “original Birkin” handbag.
Sotheby’s will hold a live auction in Paris on July 10 to sell Jane Birkin’s original Hermès “Birkin” bag, the 1984 prototype that inspired the now-ubiquitous handbag. The sale is part of the auction house’s inaugural Paris-based Fashion Icons event. With no public estimate, the one-of-a-kind piece is expected to draw record-breaking bids.
After 15 years behind the scenes of Broadway, Jordan Roth is reemerging as a performance artist.
After stepping back from his role as a major Broadway theater owner and producer, Jordan Roth is debuting as a performance artist with a new piece at the Louvre on July 10. Blending fashion, storytelling, and theatricality, the work—titled Radical Acts of Unrelenting Beauty—marks Roth’s pivot toward “narrative fashion performance,” a medium he describes as both personal expression and public revelation.
A rare Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home has hit the market for $2.15 million.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s only Mississippi residence—the 1951 Usonian-style Fountainhead house in Jackson—is on the market for $2.15 million. Designed late in his career, the home features a diamond-based floor plan, exposed Tidewater Red Cypress interiors, and original built-ins, staying true to Wright’s principles of organic architecture.
Amazon prices for goods made in China are rising at a rate that outpaces inflation.
Prices for China-made goods sold on Amazon have risen 2.6 percent since January, outpacing the U.S. core goods inflation rate of 1 percent over the same period, according to DataWeave’s analysis of over 1,400 products. The sharpest increases appeared in categories like electronics, cookware, and home goods, suggesting that tariffs are beginning to push consumer prices higher as sellers adjust to rising import costs.
As the smart glasses arms race unfolds, Google invests $100 million into Gentle Monster.
Google has invested $100 million for a 4 percent stake in Korean eyewear brand Gentle Monster, signaling a strategic move to merge its Android XR platform with fashion-driven smart glasses. The deal positions Google to compete with Meta’s expanding A.I. eyewear lineup by pairing advanced AR technology with Gentle Monster’s trend-forward design sensibility.
Today’s attractive distractions:
Triennale Milano has enlisted UniFor to furnish its Cucina Triennale.
Jonathan Bailey’s “slutty little glasses” from Jurassic World Rebirth will be sold to benefit LGBTQ+ youth.
Who paved the way for liberated women’s fashion in the 1920s? Couturier Paul Poiret.
Taco Bell’s Crunchwrap Supreme may have started as meme-fare, but now it has culinary clout.
