Les Bons Mots: A Paris Fashion Week Lexicon
Photos by Crystal Nicodemus As the fashion set migrates to the City of Light for the final shows of this season, we’re brushing up on some pseudo-French expressions that perfectly apply to the hustle...
View ArticleThe Soundtrack to Nigo’s adidas Originals Sweatshirt | Listen Up!
This is a good outfit with styling moves you should copy this fall: the long t-shirt layered underneath the shorter sweatshirt and jacket; the apparent socklessness; the rolled cuff, high enough to...
View ArticleAlex Chantecaille’s Guide to Istanbul, Beauty Tips and Work to Protect Wolves
As Vice President of Sales and Promotions for Chantecaille, Alex Chantecaille has to travel the world as part of her job. We’re sure it’s not all glamorous jetsetting, but still. Sounds pretty...
View ArticleCostume Designer Marylou Lim on Dressing Fred Armisen and Bill Hader in...
Images courtesy IFC Every Documentary Now! episode on IFC begins with Helen Mirren’s dead-serious introduction about the educational film you are about to see–and then embarks on a bait-and-switch...
View ArticleHillary Kerr on Her Style Icons, Twitter Guidelines and Encounter with Jared...
Our fall fashion curator Hillary Kerr, cofounder of Who What Wear, returns with hilariously wise style advice, social media tips and stories about her brushes with celebrities, on- and offline. What...
View ArticleShe Is Synergy: Jem and the Holograms Costume Designer Soyon An Also Styled...
Image: Universal Pictures Who hasn’t fantasized about shaking off her workaday persona for something more glamorous? At the end of a day, maybe even slipping out of those office neutrals and stepping...
View ArticleShelf Lives: New Books by Carrie Brownstein, Gloria Steinem and Others
Today happens to be the release date for several notable books penned by iconoclastic women. Since it’s the time of year when curling up on the couch with a blanket and a good read rivals a night on...
View Articlerag & bone CEOs on Collecting Sneakers and Farm Animals, Plus Their...
Undisputed kings of cool Marcus Wainwright and David Neville of rag & bone are visiting our Nordstrom Pacific Centre store in Vancouver today. The founders of the London-meets-New York line of...
View ArticleJournalist and Cinephile Diane Pernet on Her Fashion Film Festival and...
Fashion journalist Diane Pernet projects an unapproachable and mysterious persona. Perhaps it’s the lace mantilla. Surrounded in a shroud of black layers, she floats through the fashion and art worlds,...
View ArticleDJ Mia Moretti Curates Your Holiday Playlist
With holiday parties, you set the table and then you set the mood—that calls for a different kind of platter. For some, it’s the 1960 jazz classic Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas; for others, it’s...
View ArticlePet Accessories by Filson & Barbour, Rescue Dogs by Seattle Humane
Are you ready to take a lucky dog to a whole new #flex level? Consider gifting pet accessories by legendary outdoor brands Filson and Barbour. The receiving dog will end up looking ready to open a...
View ArticleEight Burberry Headlines in 2015 (Plus The Celebrity-Packed Holiday Film)
For a 160-year-old company, Burberry is surprisingly spry. Last year Apple snapped up Angela Ahrendts, formerly Burberry’s CEO, to lead its retail team as senior vice president, a hire that resulted in...
View ArticleHip-Hop, Grilled Cheese and Hair Braids at Nordstrom Night Out
We partied last night. So forgive us our photosensitivity. To celebrate the launch of our new Pop-In@Nordstrom X Opening Ceremony, records were spun, and mini hot dogs, sliders and ahi tacos were...
View ArticlePacking for the Holidays (or Any Holiday) with Joan Robinson of Rick Steves’...
Traveling for the holidays can cause even the most stalwart adventurer to lose her cool. There’s the weather to contend with. Gifts to wrap and pack, and then rewrap (if the TSA stops you, and they...
View ArticleThe Weekend Guide: November 13-15, 2015
See: Dior and I Late last month, Raf Simons, the creative director and designer of the storied French couture house Dior, announced that he would be vacating his position following the Spring 2016...
View ArticleA Foraged Friendsgiving: Part One, the Wild
Beige mushrooms pop out of the earth like buttons on a fat man’s vest. Nearby, wild onions and sheep sorrel form a wilting boutonniere. On an autumn nature walk with friends, with crackly leaves...
View ArticleJacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style Opens at the Metropolitan Museum of...
Jacqueline de Ribes, 1955, Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Richard Avedon, ©The Richard Avedon Foundation Dubbed the “Last Queen of Paris” in a 2010 Vanity Fair style profile,...
View ArticleThe Weekend Guide: November 20-22
Listen: Aquaria by Boots He produced an impressive amount of Beyoncé’s 2013 self-titled album. He collaborates with genre-pushing artists like Run the Jewels and FKA Twigs. Yet this is Jordy Asher‘s...
View ArticleA Foraged Friendsgiving: Part Three, the Table
Ingredients have been gathered, your feast is cooking—now it’s time to set the table. Keep things simple with a pared-down palette and a few pops of color for a festive, modern presentation. The...
View ArticleThe Weekend Guide: November 27-29
Read: Selfie: the revolutionary potential of your own face, in seven chapters by Rachel Syme An ode to self-documentation, writer Rachel Syme cooly explores the art form of the smartphone generation...
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