After what felt like 50 years of winter, summer is finally here (Memorial Day weekend being the benchmark). This means many things. Among them: (1) it’s time to finalize vacay plans and update that OOO message and (2) it’s time to stock up on throw-on-and-go summer dresses that are (somehow)...

SYDNEY, Australia — It was the last night of fashion week. A flurry of sakurapetals came raining down on the runway, while Japanese performer Yumi Umiumare danced to the urgent rhythms of koto and taiko drums, positioned under a great cherry tree blossom. Last week’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia resort event was certainly a surprise...

Once upon a time, in the distant past, there was a great war between the animals who live in the sky and those that live on the ground. Nobody now remembers how the war started or what it was about, but it was a terrible time. Many animals on both...