4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (441+ words) The Ralph Lauren womenswear brand is a love letter to the designer’s wife of more than 60 years. Ricky Lauren, his lifelong muse, is present in each of the designer’s collections. At the designer’s New York Fashion Week show, Ricky Lauren…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (401+ words) Two thieves walked out of a San Francisco Gap store with stacks of stolen pants and officers later caught up with them. San Francisco police released video of the brazen daytime theft this week, using it to spotlight a broader…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (306+ words) Maggie Rizer walks the runway during the Prada Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2026 fashion show as part of the Milan Fashion Week on Sept. 25, 2025, in Milan, Italy. Customers walk through City Center Bishop Ranch in San Ramon, Calif., on Sept....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (405+ words) Coldwater, the clothing store opened by three brothers in Japantown, is closing because the building was sold. Robert Handa reports. Jason and his brothers Brian and Averill Nemedez are starting the painful transition of finding another place to operate Coldwater....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (243+ words) Vogue announced Thursday that its global fashion and cultural event, Vogue World, will be hosted in San Francisco next year. "Vogue believes in celebrating cities, and San Francisco is a city like none other," said Anna Wintour in a statement....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (243+ words) Two-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer and songwriter Tyla is heading to San Francisco this fall as part of her newly announced THE A*POP WORLD TOUR, supporting her sophomore album, APOP*. The 34-date global tour will make a stop at Bill…...

2+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (252+ words) Crises loom across singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams' third album, “Daughter from Hell,” out Friday. The pair flex across the tracks; Abrams' poetic language only sometimes tripping on itself. On the acoustic guitar and piano-set ballad “Death Wish,” she reflects on a…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1555+ words) Marj Courchesne is 78 now. She moved from Concord to Dixon last year to be near her daughter Gail. She lives in a new tract home just off I-80. When I arrived on a recent hot June day, a man was installing…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (108+ words) As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, Condé Nast told the paper in an email that it is "exploring the possibility of having Vogue World in SF, and Anna’s trip is an exploratory one to listen/learn." According to the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (367+ words) The fashion powerhouse has shown menswear in its stately Milan palazzo the last two seasons, drawing an A-list crowd Friday evening that also included “Crazy Rich Asians” star Henry Golding, “Avengers” actor Tom Hiddleston, U.S. actor Scott Eastwood. “I…...