IN AN ENORMOUS Skims warehouse stuffed with a landfill’s worth of clothes, cardboard containers, and influencer gift boxes, a cadre of 20-somethings—Skims employees, personal assistants, and representatives of three different publicity firms—is fussing over the woman in charge. When she sweeps into her office, everyone stands. She has just eaten lunch (a salad from Goop’s cloud kitchen) and worries there is something in her teeth. An assistant offers her floss, which she declines; a mirror, which she accepts; and the new iPhone, which dropped today. “Simon, you’re the best,” she declares after dismissing him. This is not Kim Kardashian, who the security guard says doesn’t make it out here much, but Emma Grede (pronounced greed-ee), who runs this Skims serfdom along with her husband, Jens. “I’m Emma,” she announces with a firm handshake.
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Trapped in Time
A woman relives the same day in a stunning Danish novel.
Polyphonic City
A SOFT, SHIMMERING beauty permeates the images of Mumbai that open Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light. For all the nighttime bustle on display-the heave of people, the constant activity and chaos-Kapadia shoots with a flair for the illusory.
Lear at the Fountain of Youth
Kenneth Branagh's production is nipped, tucked, and facile.
A Belfast Lad Goes Home
After playing some iconic Americans, Anthony Boyle is a beloved IRA commander in a riveting new series about the Troubles.
The Pluck of the Irish
Artists from the Indiana-size island continue to dominate popular culture. Online, they've gained a rep as the \"good Europeans.\"
Houston's on Houston
The Corner Store is like an upscale chain for downtown scene-chasers.
A Brownstone That's Pink Inside
Artist Vivian Reiss's Murray Hill house of whimsy.
These Jeans Made Me Gay
The Citizens of Humanity Horseshoe pants complete my queer style.
Manic, STONED, Throttle, No Brakes
Less than six months after her Gagosian sölu show, the artist JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLAND lost her gallery and all her money and was preparing for an exhibition with two the biggest living American artists.
WHO EVER THOUGHT THAT BRIGHT PINK MEAT THAT LASTS FOR WEEKS WAS A GOOD IDEA?
Deli Meat Is Rotten
