On the runways, the autumnal mood leaned decidedly toward structured, almost architectural crossbody shapes. Calvin Klein, under Veronica Leoni’s hand, resurrected the classic flap—an homage, perhaps, ...

Everything nowadays—people and things alike—is labeled according to its meaning or role. Japan’s furoshiki wrapping cloth, despite its infinite possibilities, was caricatured in old television dramas ...

Plastic is a habit – a very convenient habit, though a very bad one. Every day we use so many plastic things, from the time we wake up pressing down the alarm button of that plastic alarm clock to ...