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Alexandra O’Neill is one of those designers who knows her customer so well because she’s one herself. After all, she’s one of her brand’s best and biggest ambassadors, often spotted working the society circuit donning something from her own collection. Her resort outing was inspired by her recent honeymoon in Jackson Hole—in fact, she had returned from it mere hours before hosting her appointments. “I was inspired by this Western aesthetic. I kind of went back to my roots in Colorado, but wanted to give it a bit more of an elevated touch,” she explained. The result includes fun and…

Just over half of Americans say the American Dream is out of reach for most people right now, according to a new CNBC and SurveyMonkey American Dream Pulse Survey.Roughly 45% of respondents said the American Dream is only achievable for some people, and 6% said it’s not in reach for anyone, according to a study of 4,130 U.S. adults, conducted May 6 to 11.The term “American Dream” was popularized in the 1930s by historian James Truslow Adams, who called it a “dream of a better, richer and happier life for all our citizens of every rank.” Optimism about it has…

A long weekend away might satiate a bout of wanderlust, but you’ll barely scratch the surface of sights, sips, and the local scene. If you really want to get to know another part of the world (and have been blessed with a flexible remote work schedule), you might want to consider booking an extended vacation. Take it from me: My husband and I are fluent in the longer sojourn.In 2025, we spent a month in South America. We tasted wine in Montevideo, fell in love with Buenos Aires, and spent a few glorious nights at Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge, which we…

The highly anticipated SpaceX mega-IPO is part of a space frenzy that is moving beyond satellite connectivity, launch vehicles, and aerospace defense to the pharmaceutical sector. A growing number of companies are heading to lower Earth orbit to make medicines in microgravity.The range of commercial opportunities is expanding as foundational aerospace industries set the necessary infrastructure. Morgan Stanley predicts the space economy could surpass $1 trillion by 2040, and while industries from semiconductors to fiber-optic cables stand to benefit, medicine could see the most immediate disruption.Last year, space and defense technology company Redwire formed a dedicated subsidiary, SpaceMD, to commercialize…

When selecting the perfect of-the-moment style for you (Jane Birkin bangs? An angled bob? A mermaid-worthy mane?), a universal truth guides us all: compromised lengths does no one any favors. Even the coolest cut and color lack the impact of healthy, well-tended lengths. “Damaged hair has overall weakened strength, making it more porous, dry, and prone to split ends,” celebrity hairstylist and K18 Ambassador Cassondra Kaeding tells Vogue. “Each type of damage affects the hair’s integrity in different ways, requiring reparative products that go deeper and work from the inside out.”Shab Caspara, a New York City–based trichologist and founder of…

Aravind Srinivas, chief executive officer of Perplexity AI Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPerplexity is planning to go public in 2028 regardless of how the market receives the listings of Anthropic and OpenAI, CEO Aravind Srinivas told CNBC. “Agnostic of these two companies, we were planning for something in 2028 so that still remains the case,” Srinivas said in an interview that aired on Tuesday.  Srinivas has previously said the company has no plans to go public before 2028. His latest comments suggest a more concrete timeline. The CEO’s…

From the ’90s well through mid-2000s, shoe trends stayed in their lane. They were either sexy and seductive, or clunky and derivative. Today’s conversation surrounding personal style has shifted the perspective on what’s deemed “in” and “out” and the season’s shoe trends—particularly the 2026 sandal trends—prove that everything is everywhere, all at once. In other words, there’s a style for everybody.The 2026 Sandal Trends To KnowThe Beaded FlatAncient Greek Sandals Esther bead-embellished thong sandalsJump to reviewIf summer’s sandals trends share a common thread, it’s a refusal to choose between any one aesthetic. Designers have traded the exclusively minimalist mood of…

SHENZHEN, CHINA – MAY 1: The Chinese national flag is seen in front of stacked shipping containers bearing MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company), Maersk, and Hamburg Süd branding at Yantian Port on May 1, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChina’s trade growth held up better than expected in May, as surging AI-related exports helped buffer the economy against disruption from the Iran war, with U.S.-bound shipment logging the strongest jump in five years. Overall exports rose 19.4% from a year earlier in U.S. dollar value terms, customs data showed Tuesday, accelerating from…

Francis Belin is a fashion outsider. That was, in part, what made former Mytheresa CEO Michael Kliger select him as his successor. Kliger himself was ascending to lead LuxExperience, the newly formed parent company created following Mytheresa’s acquisition of competitor Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP).Stakes were high amid the transition. YNAP had toiled for years under the ownership of Richemont, the luxury group that seemed not to know what to do with a fully online retailer. And Mytheresa was in a rare position: as others of its ilk faced fire sales and bankruptcies, Mytheresa continued to see growth, reporting a 9% increase…

A general view of the office building of Baidu is in Pudong, Shanghai, on Feb. 9, 2026. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThe Pentagon added a slew of Chinese companies, including Alibaba Group, Baidu Inc and carmaker BYD, to a list of entities it believes have aided the Chinese military, complicating the fragile diplomatic relationship between Washington and Beijing.The Defense Department published an updated “1260H list” Monday evening stateside — a roster of companies the Pentagon considers affiliated with China’s military or defense industrial base. The designations do not impose sanctions explicitly, but mean the Defense Department will be…