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After the Spice Girls disbanded in 2001, @victoriabeckham held onto her love of clothes. Eager to launch herself in the fashion industry, Victoria found a mentor and teacher in designer Roland Mouret.
“I wanted to do tailoring, I wanted to do knit, I wanted to do shoes and bags, there was so much that I wanted to do,” she says. “And he said to me, ‘Perfect the dress.’ ” She launched her label in 2008, showing her first collection of 10 dresses in New York. Desperate for it to be seen as more than a vanity brand, she worked with her team to create a sleek aesthetic that would be recognizably her own.
“I’m the kind of person that will be on holiday, and I’ll go to the bathroom and sort of hide and make calls and send emails and be working so that my family don’t know, because I can’t switch off,” she says. “This isn’t just a job.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
After the Spice Girls disbanded in 2001, @victoriabeckham held onto her love of clothes. Eager to launch herself in the fashion industry, Victoria found a mentor and teacher in designer Roland Mouret.
“I wanted to do tailoring, I wanted to do knit, I wanted to do shoes and bags, there was so much that I wanted to do,” she says. “And he said to me, ‘Perfect the dress.’ ” She launched her label in 2008, showing her first collection of 10 dresses in New York. Desperate for it to be seen as more than a vanity brand, she worked with her team to create a sleek aesthetic that would be recognizably her own.
“I’m the kind of person that will be on holiday, and I’ll go to the bathroom and sort of hide and make calls and send emails and be working so that my family don’t know, because I can’t switch off,” she says. “This isn’t just a job.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
After the Spice Girls disbanded in 2001, @victoriabeckham held onto her love of clothes. Eager to launch herself in the fashion industry, Victoria found a mentor and teacher in designer Roland Mouret.
“I wanted to do tailoring, I wanted to do knit, I wanted to do shoes and bags, there was so much that I wanted to do,” she says. “And he said to me, ‘Perfect the dress.’ ” She launched her label in 2008, showing her first collection of 10 dresses in New York. Desperate for it to be seen as more than a vanity brand, she worked with her team to create a sleek aesthetic that would be recognizably her own.
“I’m the kind of person that will be on holiday, and I’ll go to the bathroom and sort of hide and make calls and send emails and be working so that my family don’t know, because I can’t switch off,” she says. “This isn’t just a job.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
A little more than five years ago, @victoriabeckham’s brand was roughly $68 million in debt.
The daily operations of the company finally climbed into the black in 2022. The returns have grown since then— four years of double-digit revenue growth. Projected revenue for 2025 is roughly $170 million.
“At a time when we’re reading so much about how fashion is really struggling, the huge houses are really struggling, to be an independent brand, be profitable, fashion in its own right—clothing is selling and we are profitable independent of beauty—is something that I’m so proud of,” she says.
When considering a Gap collaboration, she had no misgivings about designing for accessible price points.
“Look at the details of that trench,” she says of her new Gap version, “the little hidden surprises that you’ll see on the linings, and you’ll see those kinds of details throughout the collection that is so part of my DNA.”
While corporations can be governed, human children grow into adults who make their own decisions, including those that fuel tabloid scandals and threaten brand reputations.
She says the negative press has not affected her business. “I think that ultimately people are buying my product because the product is really good. I don’t think they’re buying my eyeliner just because it’s me.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
A little more than five years ago, @victoriabeckham’s brand was roughly $68 million in debt.
The daily operations of the company finally climbed into the black in 2022. The returns have grown since then— four years of double-digit revenue growth. Projected revenue for 2025 is roughly $170 million.
“At a time when we’re reading so much about how fashion is really struggling, the huge houses are really struggling, to be an independent brand, be profitable, fashion in its own right—clothing is selling and we are profitable independent of beauty—is something that I’m so proud of,” she says.
When considering a Gap collaboration, she had no misgivings about designing for accessible price points.
“Look at the details of that trench,” she says of her new Gap version, “the little hidden surprises that you’ll see on the linings, and you’ll see those kinds of details throughout the collection that is so part of my DNA.”
While corporations can be governed, human children grow into adults who make their own decisions, including those that fuel tabloid scandals and threaten brand reputations.
She says the negative press has not affected her business. “I think that ultimately people are buying my product because the product is really good. I don’t think they’re buying my eyeliner just because it’s me.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
A little more than five years ago, @victoriabeckham’s brand was roughly $68 million in debt.
The daily operations of the company finally climbed into the black in 2022. The returns have grown since then— four years of double-digit revenue growth. Projected revenue for 2025 is roughly $170 million.
“At a time when we’re reading so much about how fashion is really struggling, the huge houses are really struggling, to be an independent brand, be profitable, fashion in its own right—clothing is selling and we are profitable independent of beauty—is something that I’m so proud of,” she says.
When considering a Gap collaboration, she had no misgivings about designing for accessible price points.
“Look at the details of that trench,” she says of her new Gap version, “the little hidden surprises that you’ll see on the linings, and you’ll see those kinds of details throughout the collection that is so part of my DNA.”
While corporations can be governed, human children grow into adults who make their own decisions, including those that fuel tabloid scandals and threaten brand reputations.
She says the negative press has not affected her business. “I think that ultimately people are buying my product because the product is really good. I don’t think they’re buying my eyeliner just because it’s me.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
A little more than five years ago, @victoriabeckham’s brand was roughly $68 million in debt.
The daily operations of the company finally climbed into the black in 2022. The returns have grown since then— four years of double-digit revenue growth. Projected revenue for 2025 is roughly $170 million.
“At a time when we’re reading so much about how fashion is really struggling, the huge houses are really struggling, to be an independent brand, be profitable, fashion in its own right—clothing is selling and we are profitable independent of beauty—is something that I’m so proud of,” she says.
When considering a Gap collaboration, she had no misgivings about designing for accessible price points.
“Look at the details of that trench,” she says of her new Gap version, “the little hidden surprises that you’ll see on the linings, and you’ll see those kinds of details throughout the collection that is so part of my DNA.”
While corporations can be governed, human children grow into adults who make their own decisions, including those that fuel tabloid scandals and threaten brand reputations.
She says the negative press has not affected her business. “I think that ultimately people are buying my product because the product is really good. I don’t think they’re buying my eyeliner just because it’s me.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
A little more than five years ago, @victoriabeckham’s brand was roughly $68 million in debt.
The daily operations of the company finally climbed into the black in 2022. The returns have grown since then— four years of double-digit revenue growth. Projected revenue for 2025 is roughly $170 million.
“At a time when we’re reading so much about how fashion is really struggling, the huge houses are really struggling, to be an independent brand, be profitable, fashion in its own right—clothing is selling and we are profitable independent of beauty—is something that I’m so proud of,” she says.
When considering a Gap collaboration, she had no misgivings about designing for accessible price points.
“Look at the details of that trench,” she says of her new Gap version, “the little hidden surprises that you’ll see on the linings, and you’ll see those kinds of details throughout the collection that is so part of my DNA.”
While corporations can be governed, human children grow into adults who make their own decisions, including those that fuel tabloid scandals and threaten brand reputations.
She says the negative press has not affected her business. “I think that ultimately people are buying my product because the product is really good. I don’t think they’re buying my eyeliner just because it’s me.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
A little more than five years ago, @victoriabeckham’s brand was roughly $68 million in debt.
The daily operations of the company finally climbed into the black in 2022. The returns have grown since then— four years of double-digit revenue growth. Projected revenue for 2025 is roughly $170 million.
“At a time when we’re reading so much about how fashion is really struggling, the huge houses are really struggling, to be an independent brand, be profitable, fashion in its own right—clothing is selling and we are profitable independent of beauty—is something that I’m so proud of,” she says.
When considering a Gap collaboration, she had no misgivings about designing for accessible price points.
“Look at the details of that trench,” she says of her new Gap version, “the little hidden surprises that you’ll see on the linings, and you’ll see those kinds of details throughout the collection that is so part of my DNA.”
While corporations can be governed, human children grow into adults who make their own decisions, including those that fuel tabloid scandals and threaten brand reputations.
She says the negative press has not affected her business. “I think that ultimately people are buying my product because the product is really good. I don’t think they’re buying my eyeliner just because it’s me.”
Read the full cover story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
🌟 Victoria Beckham is our April 2026 cover star 🌟
The former Spice Girl has spent nearly two decades building a company that would stand on its own merit, a true luxury brand that just happens to be founded by a celebrity. In England, her fame has been an unavoidable fact since the 1990s, when she catapulted to pop superstardom and married David Beckham, becoming half of Britain’s most famous non-royal couple.
For years, the @victoriabeckham brand was in the red, with Victoria and her staff spending wildly on fabrics and scrapping designs at the 11th hour in pursuit of perfection. But she is proud to say that the company’s latest phase has been one of radical transformation: It rose to record profits in the past year, with a Netflix documentary taking viewers behind the scenes of the turnaround that boosted sales. Now she’s laying plans for something bigger: a legacy brand selling everything from fragrances to handbags, one that she hopes will long outlive her.
“I’m very optimistic,” Beckham, 51, says. “I dream big.”
A “reformed control freak,” she is learning to let go as she leads her company into its next era. As the brand explores opening stores in New York and Paris, it’s pushing its clothes into the mainstream with a new spring-summer collaboration with Gap, followed by a second collection in the fall.
Read our full profile of Victoria Beckham at the link in bio or on WSJ.com.
Written by: @ellengamerman
Photos: @Studio_Jackson
Styling: @louise__ford
Makeup: @wendyrowe
Hair: @kenpaves
Manicure: @annailslondon
Set Design: @alexandraleavey104
Production: @honor.agency
BTS Video: @harryclarkharryclark
Talent Booking: @specialprojectsmedia
“Soft luxury” is how general manager Michel Cottray describes the Hôtel Martinez in Cannes, France.
For rooms starting at around $2,900 per night, visitors arriving to the five-star resort for the annual Cannes Film Festival can enjoy private butlers and catch glimpses of famous faces like Andie MacDowell and Formula One driver Charles Leclerc.
Soon, it will host a new cast of characters: The stars of “The White Lotus,” who will film the fourth season of HBO’s dishy series about entitled guests and desperate staff at a luxury resort. But no character is more important than the hotel itself, a 410-room art-deco oasis overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
The Martinez, owned since 2013 by the Hyatt hotel group, is also a major departure for the series. Seasons one through three were all captured at Four Seasons properties, located in Hawaii, Italy and Thailand—generating huge marketing exposure for the chain and increasing room inquiries by triple digits.
Now, the Four Seasons brand that helped build “The White Lotus” will be absent from the next installment. Instead, three other hotels will get the spotlight: the Martinez, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection of luxury properties; the Airelles Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez; and the Lutetia, a Mandarin Oriental property in Paris.
Read more at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @ezwrites
Photos: Leo Obregon, Photo Boby - Design Remi Tessier, Arnold Jerocki/GC Images
“Soft luxury” is how general manager Michel Cottray describes the Hôtel Martinez in Cannes, France.
For rooms starting at around $2,900 per night, visitors arriving to the five-star resort for the annual Cannes Film Festival can enjoy private butlers and catch glimpses of famous faces like Andie MacDowell and Formula One driver Charles Leclerc.
Soon, it will host a new cast of characters: The stars of “The White Lotus,” who will film the fourth season of HBO’s dishy series about entitled guests and desperate staff at a luxury resort. But no character is more important than the hotel itself, a 410-room art-deco oasis overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
The Martinez, owned since 2013 by the Hyatt hotel group, is also a major departure for the series. Seasons one through three were all captured at Four Seasons properties, located in Hawaii, Italy and Thailand—generating huge marketing exposure for the chain and increasing room inquiries by triple digits.
Now, the Four Seasons brand that helped build “The White Lotus” will be absent from the next installment. Instead, three other hotels will get the spotlight: the Martinez, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection of luxury properties; the Airelles Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez; and the Lutetia, a Mandarin Oriental property in Paris.
Read more at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @ezwrites
Photos: Leo Obregon, Photo Boby - Design Remi Tessier, Arnold Jerocki/GC Images
“Soft luxury” is how general manager Michel Cottray describes the Hôtel Martinez in Cannes, France.
For rooms starting at around $2,900 per night, visitors arriving to the five-star resort for the annual Cannes Film Festival can enjoy private butlers and catch glimpses of famous faces like Andie MacDowell and Formula One driver Charles Leclerc.
Soon, it will host a new cast of characters: The stars of “The White Lotus,” who will film the fourth season of HBO’s dishy series about entitled guests and desperate staff at a luxury resort. But no character is more important than the hotel itself, a 410-room art-deco oasis overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
The Martinez, owned since 2013 by the Hyatt hotel group, is also a major departure for the series. Seasons one through three were all captured at Four Seasons properties, located in Hawaii, Italy and Thailand—generating huge marketing exposure for the chain and increasing room inquiries by triple digits.
Now, the Four Seasons brand that helped build “The White Lotus” will be absent from the next installment. Instead, three other hotels will get the spotlight: the Martinez, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection of luxury properties; the Airelles Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez; and the Lutetia, a Mandarin Oriental property in Paris.
Read more at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @ezwrites
Photos: Leo Obregon, Photo Boby - Design Remi Tessier, Arnold Jerocki/GC Images
Walk into any high-end gym right now and it will be hard not to spot those training their glutes.
Equinox says male bookings of its “Best Butt Ever” class have increased 17% since 2024. Life Time, the high-end health club chain, affirms an uptick in its glute-centric classes. Men who train with the Whoop app have doubled their booty exercises over the past 24 months, according to the company. Dogpound, the elite personal-training gym where Taylor Swift got in shape for her Eras Tour, recently added more glute-building machines to its Los Angeles location because trainers said their clients wanted more of them, the gym’s owner Lili Gattyan says.
The body’s largest muscle group is increasingly understood to be the foundation of physical strength and well-being. For the man who wants to live forever, few assets are more sought-after.
Jay Ferruggia, a personal trainer in Los Angeles who specializes in training “the high-achieving man over 40,” says it’s “a status symbol and a badge of honor” for men to have fit legs and strong glutes in midlife.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @chavielieber
Illustration: @amandachn_ / Getty Images
Walk into any high-end gym right now and it will be hard not to spot those training their glutes.
Equinox says male bookings of its “Best Butt Ever” class have increased 17% since 2024. Life Time, the high-end health club chain, affirms an uptick in its glute-centric classes. Men who train with the Whoop app have doubled their booty exercises over the past 24 months, according to the company. Dogpound, the elite personal-training gym where Taylor Swift got in shape for her Eras Tour, recently added more glute-building machines to its Los Angeles location because trainers said their clients wanted more of them, the gym’s owner Lili Gattyan says.
The body’s largest muscle group is increasingly understood to be the foundation of physical strength and well-being. For the man who wants to live forever, few assets are more sought-after.
Jay Ferruggia, a personal trainer in Los Angeles who specializes in training “the high-achieving man over 40,” says it’s “a status symbol and a badge of honor” for men to have fit legs and strong glutes in midlife.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @chavielieber
Illustration: @amandachn_ / Getty Images
Walk into any high-end gym right now and it will be hard not to spot those training their glutes.
Equinox says male bookings of its “Best Butt Ever” class have increased 17% since 2024. Life Time, the high-end health club chain, affirms an uptick in its glute-centric classes. Men who train with the Whoop app have doubled their booty exercises over the past 24 months, according to the company. Dogpound, the elite personal-training gym where Taylor Swift got in shape for her Eras Tour, recently added more glute-building machines to its Los Angeles location because trainers said their clients wanted more of them, the gym’s owner Lili Gattyan says.
The body’s largest muscle group is increasingly understood to be the foundation of physical strength and well-being. For the man who wants to live forever, few assets are more sought-after.
Jay Ferruggia, a personal trainer in Los Angeles who specializes in training “the high-achieving man over 40,” says it’s “a status symbol and a badge of honor” for men to have fit legs and strong glutes in midlife.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @chavielieber
Illustration: @amandachn_ / Getty Images
At Maxwell Social, a private members’ club in lower Manhattan that resembles an oligarch’s library, the tech bros were doing “caviar bumps”—dollops of roe slurped from the skin between thumb and index finger—chased with shots of cold Belvedere vodka.
Shortly before that Dionysian moment, the group was fanning their faces with strips of paper scented with mandarin, lavender and cedarwood, like dauphins at Versailles, and greeting their seatmates with a firm handshake and a quip about their favorite LLM.
These exercises were part of a four-hour “etiquette class” aimed at tech founders, hosted by VC firm Slow Ventures one Tuesday afternoon in March. About 50 aspiring Zuckerbergs gathered to network and learn the finer points of hosting, fundraising, wine pairings—and, more broadly, how to read the room. Though the event was staged with a knowing wink, its underlying premise was no joke: In the AI era, soft skills matter.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @jamie_waters
Photos: @evan_angelastro
At Maxwell Social, a private members’ club in lower Manhattan that resembles an oligarch’s library, the tech bros were doing “caviar bumps”—dollops of roe slurped from the skin between thumb and index finger—chased with shots of cold Belvedere vodka.
Shortly before that Dionysian moment, the group was fanning their faces with strips of paper scented with mandarin, lavender and cedarwood, like dauphins at Versailles, and greeting their seatmates with a firm handshake and a quip about their favorite LLM.
These exercises were part of a four-hour “etiquette class” aimed at tech founders, hosted by VC firm Slow Ventures one Tuesday afternoon in March. About 50 aspiring Zuckerbergs gathered to network and learn the finer points of hosting, fundraising, wine pairings—and, more broadly, how to read the room. Though the event was staged with a knowing wink, its underlying premise was no joke: In the AI era, soft skills matter.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @jamie_waters
Photos: @evan_angelastro
At Maxwell Social, a private members’ club in lower Manhattan that resembles an oligarch’s library, the tech bros were doing “caviar bumps”—dollops of roe slurped from the skin between thumb and index finger—chased with shots of cold Belvedere vodka.
Shortly before that Dionysian moment, the group was fanning their faces with strips of paper scented with mandarin, lavender and cedarwood, like dauphins at Versailles, and greeting their seatmates with a firm handshake and a quip about their favorite LLM.
These exercises were part of a four-hour “etiquette class” aimed at tech founders, hosted by VC firm Slow Ventures one Tuesday afternoon in March. About 50 aspiring Zuckerbergs gathered to network and learn the finer points of hosting, fundraising, wine pairings—and, more broadly, how to read the room. Though the event was staged with a knowing wink, its underlying premise was no joke: In the AI era, soft skills matter.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @jamie_waters
Photos: @evan_angelastro
At Maxwell Social, a private members’ club in lower Manhattan that resembles an oligarch’s library, the tech bros were doing “caviar bumps”—dollops of roe slurped from the skin between thumb and index finger—chased with shots of cold Belvedere vodka.
Shortly before that Dionysian moment, the group was fanning their faces with strips of paper scented with mandarin, lavender and cedarwood, like dauphins at Versailles, and greeting their seatmates with a firm handshake and a quip about their favorite LLM.
These exercises were part of a four-hour “etiquette class” aimed at tech founders, hosted by VC firm Slow Ventures one Tuesday afternoon in March. About 50 aspiring Zuckerbergs gathered to network and learn the finer points of hosting, fundraising, wine pairings—and, more broadly, how to read the room. Though the event was staged with a knowing wink, its underlying premise was no joke: In the AI era, soft skills matter.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @jamie_waters
Photos: @evan_angelastro
At Maxwell Social, a private members’ club in lower Manhattan that resembles an oligarch’s library, the tech bros were doing “caviar bumps”—dollops of roe slurped from the skin between thumb and index finger—chased with shots of cold Belvedere vodka.
Shortly before that Dionysian moment, the group was fanning their faces with strips of paper scented with mandarin, lavender and cedarwood, like dauphins at Versailles, and greeting their seatmates with a firm handshake and a quip about their favorite LLM.
These exercises were part of a four-hour “etiquette class” aimed at tech founders, hosted by VC firm Slow Ventures one Tuesday afternoon in March. About 50 aspiring Zuckerbergs gathered to network and learn the finer points of hosting, fundraising, wine pairings—and, more broadly, how to read the room. Though the event was staged with a knowing wink, its underlying premise was no joke: In the AI era, soft skills matter.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @jamie_waters
Photos: @evan_angelastro
At Maxwell Social, a private members’ club in lower Manhattan that resembles an oligarch’s library, the tech bros were doing “caviar bumps”—dollops of roe slurped from the skin between thumb and index finger—chased with shots of cold Belvedere vodka.
Shortly before that Dionysian moment, the group was fanning their faces with strips of paper scented with mandarin, lavender and cedarwood, like dauphins at Versailles, and greeting their seatmates with a firm handshake and a quip about their favorite LLM.
These exercises were part of a four-hour “etiquette class” aimed at tech founders, hosted by VC firm Slow Ventures one Tuesday afternoon in March. About 50 aspiring Zuckerbergs gathered to network and learn the finer points of hosting, fundraising, wine pairings—and, more broadly, how to read the room. Though the event was staged with a knowing wink, its underlying premise was no joke: In the AI era, soft skills matter.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @jamie_waters
Photos: @evan_angelastro
Adrien Brody is living in his hometown of New York City, but he isn’t hanging out with friends or seeing much of his family. Instead, the Oscar-winning actor is sequestering himself in order to focus on the play he’s starring in, “The Fear of 13,” the true story of a man on death row. Brody, 53, has been living alone for six days a week, spending 11 hours a day at the theater, then staying up until 2 or 3 a.m. and sometimes waking at dawn. “It’s very hard to unwind,” he said.
In his Broadway debut, Brody plays Nick Yarris, a Pennsylvania man who spent over 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing. It’s part love story, recounting how Yarris and a volunteer advocate named Jacki (played by Tessa Thompson) fell for each other and tried for years to clear his name. On most nights, the real Yarris is watching in the audience. The moment the rest of the theater discovers he’s in the room, Brody said, has given the actor a real sense of joy.
“Nick is someone who’s managed to transport himself out of the depths of hell through reading and storytelling and yearning for something greater,” he said. “By his side are hundreds of people crying about his specific life circumstances.” The show, which opened last month, runs through July.
Read our full interview with Adrian Brody at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @laneflorsheim
Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
Adrien Brody is living in his hometown of New York City, but he isn’t hanging out with friends or seeing much of his family. Instead, the Oscar-winning actor is sequestering himself in order to focus on the play he’s starring in, “The Fear of 13,” the true story of a man on death row. Brody, 53, has been living alone for six days a week, spending 11 hours a day at the theater, then staying up until 2 or 3 a.m. and sometimes waking at dawn. “It’s very hard to unwind,” he said.
In his Broadway debut, Brody plays Nick Yarris, a Pennsylvania man who spent over 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing. It’s part love story, recounting how Yarris and a volunteer advocate named Jacki (played by Tessa Thompson) fell for each other and tried for years to clear his name. On most nights, the real Yarris is watching in the audience. The moment the rest of the theater discovers he’s in the room, Brody said, has given the actor a real sense of joy.
“Nick is someone who’s managed to transport himself out of the depths of hell through reading and storytelling and yearning for something greater,” he said. “By his side are hundreds of people crying about his specific life circumstances.” The show, which opened last month, runs through July.
Read our full interview with Adrian Brody at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @laneflorsheim
Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
Adrien Brody is living in his hometown of New York City, but he isn’t hanging out with friends or seeing much of his family. Instead, the Oscar-winning actor is sequestering himself in order to focus on the play he’s starring in, “The Fear of 13,” the true story of a man on death row. Brody, 53, has been living alone for six days a week, spending 11 hours a day at the theater, then staying up until 2 or 3 a.m. and sometimes waking at dawn. “It’s very hard to unwind,” he said.
In his Broadway debut, Brody plays Nick Yarris, a Pennsylvania man who spent over 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing. It’s part love story, recounting how Yarris and a volunteer advocate named Jacki (played by Tessa Thompson) fell for each other and tried for years to clear his name. On most nights, the real Yarris is watching in the audience. The moment the rest of the theater discovers he’s in the room, Brody said, has given the actor a real sense of joy.
“Nick is someone who’s managed to transport himself out of the depths of hell through reading and storytelling and yearning for something greater,” he said. “By his side are hundreds of people crying about his specific life circumstances.” The show, which opened last month, runs through July.
Read our full interview with Adrian Brody at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @laneflorsheim
Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
Adrien Brody is living in his hometown of New York City, but he isn’t hanging out with friends or seeing much of his family. Instead, the Oscar-winning actor is sequestering himself in order to focus on the play he’s starring in, “The Fear of 13,” the true story of a man on death row. Brody, 53, has been living alone for six days a week, spending 11 hours a day at the theater, then staying up until 2 or 3 a.m. and sometimes waking at dawn. “It’s very hard to unwind,” he said.
In his Broadway debut, Brody plays Nick Yarris, a Pennsylvania man who spent over 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing. It’s part love story, recounting how Yarris and a volunteer advocate named Jacki (played by Tessa Thompson) fell for each other and tried for years to clear his name. On most nights, the real Yarris is watching in the audience. The moment the rest of the theater discovers he’s in the room, Brody said, has given the actor a real sense of joy.
“Nick is someone who’s managed to transport himself out of the depths of hell through reading and storytelling and yearning for something greater,” he said. “By his side are hundreds of people crying about his specific life circumstances.” The show, which opened last month, runs through July.
Read our full interview with Adrian Brody at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @laneflorsheim
Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
Adrien Brody is living in his hometown of New York City, but he isn’t hanging out with friends or seeing much of his family. Instead, the Oscar-winning actor is sequestering himself in order to focus on the play he’s starring in, “The Fear of 13,” the true story of a man on death row. Brody, 53, has been living alone for six days a week, spending 11 hours a day at the theater, then staying up until 2 or 3 a.m. and sometimes waking at dawn. “It’s very hard to unwind,” he said.
In his Broadway debut, Brody plays Nick Yarris, a Pennsylvania man who spent over 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing. It’s part love story, recounting how Yarris and a volunteer advocate named Jacki (played by Tessa Thompson) fell for each other and tried for years to clear his name. On most nights, the real Yarris is watching in the audience. The moment the rest of the theater discovers he’s in the room, Brody said, has given the actor a real sense of joy.
“Nick is someone who’s managed to transport himself out of the depths of hell through reading and storytelling and yearning for something greater,” he said. “By his side are hundreds of people crying about his specific life circumstances.” The show, which opened last month, runs through July.
Read our full interview with Adrian Brody at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @laneflorsheim
Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
Adrien Brody is living in his hometown of New York City, but he isn’t hanging out with friends or seeing much of his family. Instead, the Oscar-winning actor is sequestering himself in order to focus on the play he’s starring in, “The Fear of 13,” the true story of a man on death row. Brody, 53, has been living alone for six days a week, spending 11 hours a day at the theater, then staying up until 2 or 3 a.m. and sometimes waking at dawn. “It’s very hard to unwind,” he said.
In his Broadway debut, Brody plays Nick Yarris, a Pennsylvania man who spent over 20 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA testing. It’s part love story, recounting how Yarris and a volunteer advocate named Jacki (played by Tessa Thompson) fell for each other and tried for years to clear his name. On most nights, the real Yarris is watching in the audience. The moment the rest of the theater discovers he’s in the room, Brody said, has given the actor a real sense of joy.
“Nick is someone who’s managed to transport himself out of the depths of hell through reading and storytelling and yearning for something greater,” he said. “By his side are hundreds of people crying about his specific life circumstances.” The show, which opened last month, runs through July.
Read our full interview with Adrian Brody at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @laneflorsheim
Photo: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
Boy Kibble is the latest in a line of Gen Z food trends that center around fairly healthy, unprocessed, protein-packed foods. We asked @crustbycarson to explain the meal's appeal.
Read more at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Video: @amanda.lauro, Rebecca Alifimoff
If there’s a teenager in your life, you might well have heard of “boy kibble,” the latest Gen Z food trend to take over TikTok and Instagram. The dish, made of browned ground beef, rice and basically whatever else you have on hand, has inspired hundreds of posts since January. They’ve received close to a million views.
Personalization is a major part of the appeal. In a 2025 Mintel survey, 36% of Gen Z participants said that what made their last great meal experience special was being able to order multiple sauces and toppings. Gen Zers don’t “want one composed plate,” said New York restaurateur Onur Safak. “They want options they can mix, match and control.”
Martha Stewart’s cooking, this is not. Fast, cheap and easy recipes are more likely to gain traction among young people, said Shannon O’Shields, an executive with Rubix Foods, a food and beverage product development firm in Jacksonville, Fla. “They reflect a trend of eating in a nourishing way,” said Marie Bragg, associate professor of population health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Dive into more Gen Z food trends at the link in bio.
Written by @tatiboncompagni
Photos: @elizabetharvelos
If there’s a teenager in your life, you might well have heard of “boy kibble,” the latest Gen Z food trend to take over TikTok and Instagram. The dish, made of browned ground beef, rice and basically whatever else you have on hand, has inspired hundreds of posts since January. They’ve received close to a million views.
Personalization is a major part of the appeal. In a 2025 Mintel survey, 36% of Gen Z participants said that what made their last great meal experience special was being able to order multiple sauces and toppings. Gen Zers don’t “want one composed plate,” said New York restaurateur Onur Safak. “They want options they can mix, match and control.”
Martha Stewart’s cooking, this is not. Fast, cheap and easy recipes are more likely to gain traction among young people, said Shannon O’Shields, an executive with Rubix Foods, a food and beverage product development firm in Jacksonville, Fla. “They reflect a trend of eating in a nourishing way,” said Marie Bragg, associate professor of population health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Dive into more Gen Z food trends at the link in bio.
Written by @tatiboncompagni
Photos: @elizabetharvelos
Demna’s first cruise show for @Gucci, titled GucciCore, took over Times Square on Saturday night. @cindycrawford, @tombrady, @gabbriette and @sheilabawar walked the runway.
Demna’s first cruise show for @Gucci, titled GucciCore, took over Times Square on Saturday night. @cindycrawford, @tombrady, @gabbriette and @sheilabawar walked the runway.
Demna’s first cruise show for @Gucci, titled GucciCore, took over Times Square on Saturday night. @cindycrawford, @tombrady, @gabbriette and @sheilabawar walked the runway.
Demna’s first cruise show for @Gucci, titled GucciCore, took over Times Square on Saturday night. @cindycrawford, @tombrady, @gabbriette and @sheilabawar walked the runway.
Demna’s first cruise show for @Gucci, titled GucciCore, took over Times Square on Saturday night. @cindycrawford, @tombrady, @gabbriette and @sheilabawar walked the runway.
Earlier this week, when the Swiss watch brands Swatch and Audemars Piguet announced a collaboration, many fans were hoping that they would get an affordable version of a legendary style. Some speculated that a riff on the iconic Royal Oak was on the way.
What they got instead was a rainbow-colored pocket watch.
The Royal Pop pocket watch, revealed on Tuesday, has a multicolor body complete with a lanyard. It went on sale at Swatch stores on Saturday, at a starting price of $400. (A version with a seconds subdial runs for $420.)
News of the release generated significant hype, alongside fierce debate over the design. Still, people lined up days in advance to get their hands on the pocket watches.
Zoë Abelson, who sources and sells watches through her company Graal, noticed that Swatch-AP content took over her Instagram feed, which was normal enough, given her profession. Less normal? “The amount of messages that I received from friends who are not into watches, just wanting to speculate and talk about it and ask me what I think it is, was pretty incredible,” she said.
Read more at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @samschube
Photo: Audemars Piguet × Swatch
Nate Bargatze has a business plan so unheard of for a stand-up comedian that it sounds like the setup for a joke.
He’s planning to build a theme park emblazoned with his name—Nateland—in his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., with roller coasters, live shows, restaurants, the works. It’s expected to cover more than 100 acres and cost about $350 million, a grand ambition for a guy who jokes about being slow on the uptake.
Locking in on regular family life is what makes Bargatze a unicorn in his world. He’s the rare heavyweight comic whose material is clean and uncontroversial. No cursing, no politics, no culture warfare. His performances are geared for all-ages escapism, with some shows starting at 3 in the afternoon.
He pictures the theme park as the culmination of these ventures: a home base for his ideas and a haven of family experiences. With Nateland, he wants to be a Tennessee Walt Disney, except he’ll also function as mascot.
“I’m the Mickey Mouse,” he says.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @johnjurg
Photos: @whittensabbatini
Rendering: Storyland Studios
Nate Bargatze has a business plan so unheard of for a stand-up comedian that it sounds like the setup for a joke.
He’s planning to build a theme park emblazoned with his name—Nateland—in his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., with roller coasters, live shows, restaurants, the works. It’s expected to cover more than 100 acres and cost about $350 million, a grand ambition for a guy who jokes about being slow on the uptake.
Locking in on regular family life is what makes Bargatze a unicorn in his world. He’s the rare heavyweight comic whose material is clean and uncontroversial. No cursing, no politics, no culture warfare. His performances are geared for all-ages escapism, with some shows starting at 3 in the afternoon.
He pictures the theme park as the culmination of these ventures: a home base for his ideas and a haven of family experiences. With Nateland, he wants to be a Tennessee Walt Disney, except he’ll also function as mascot.
“I’m the Mickey Mouse,” he says.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @johnjurg
Photos: @whittensabbatini
Rendering: Storyland Studios
Nate Bargatze has a business plan so unheard of for a stand-up comedian that it sounds like the setup for a joke.
He’s planning to build a theme park emblazoned with his name—Nateland—in his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., with roller coasters, live shows, restaurants, the works. It’s expected to cover more than 100 acres and cost about $350 million, a grand ambition for a guy who jokes about being slow on the uptake.
Locking in on regular family life is what makes Bargatze a unicorn in his world. He’s the rare heavyweight comic whose material is clean and uncontroversial. No cursing, no politics, no culture warfare. His performances are geared for all-ages escapism, with some shows starting at 3 in the afternoon.
He pictures the theme park as the culmination of these ventures: a home base for his ideas and a haven of family experiences. With Nateland, he wants to be a Tennessee Walt Disney, except he’ll also function as mascot.
“I’m the Mickey Mouse,” he says.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @johnjurg
Photos: @whittensabbatini
Rendering: Storyland Studios
Nate Bargatze has a business plan so unheard of for a stand-up comedian that it sounds like the setup for a joke.
He’s planning to build a theme park emblazoned with his name—Nateland—in his hometown of Nashville, Tenn., with roller coasters, live shows, restaurants, the works. It’s expected to cover more than 100 acres and cost about $350 million, a grand ambition for a guy who jokes about being slow on the uptake.
Locking in on regular family life is what makes Bargatze a unicorn in his world. He’s the rare heavyweight comic whose material is clean and uncontroversial. No cursing, no politics, no culture warfare. His performances are geared for all-ages escapism, with some shows starting at 3 in the afternoon.
He pictures the theme park as the culmination of these ventures: a home base for his ideas and a haven of family experiences. With Nateland, he wants to be a Tennessee Walt Disney, except he’ll also function as mascot.
“I’m the Mickey Mouse,” he says.
Read the full story at the link in bio or on wsj.com.
Written by @johnjurg
Photos: @whittensabbatini
Rendering: Storyland Studios
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