Christina Middleton

Dec 18, 2024 | wsj.com | Christina Middleton

Food-inspired perfumes (aka “gourmands”) typically rely on notes of vanilla and coffee bean. Lately their creators have glommed onto pistachio. “The vanilla crowd started looking for [something] a bit more unconventional,” said Emma Haberl, brand manager of Vilhelm Parfumerie, of the trend. One example, D.S. & Durga’s Pistachio, is the third-best-selling scent in that brand’s 16-year history, says co-founder David Moltz. The appeal?

Nov 26, 2024 | wsj.com | Antonina Jedrzejczak |Christina Middleton |Haley Wells

The fashion industry prizes handmade things—couture! Savile Row!—but often the relevant price tags include many zeros. We’ve hunted down items that bear an idiosyncratic human touch and reject mass-produced blandness—without obliterating bank balances. Handmade doesn’t have to look one way, of course.

Nov 15, 2023 | wsj.com | Aleksandra Crapanzano |Christina Middleton |Jamie Waters |Haley Wells

SOME PEOPLE think it’s risky to gift a fashion item. Those people are wrong. A thoughtful sartorial present can encourage your giftee to embrace, and enjoy, a piece they’d never buy for themselves. (To be clear, this means an indulgently sumptuous cashmere hoodie or a cool-buckled belt, not a scarf in a shade so horrible it shall not be named. OK, puce.) And you needn’t take out a second mortgage to secure such a special, substantial fashion gift.

Sep 13, 2023 | wsj.com | Dale Hrabi |Lizzy Wholley |Christina Middleton

Created by former athletes and businessmen tired of foot pain, these shoes mix sophistication with ultra-comfortable athletic soles. And they’re selling fast—as sneakered-out men crave more formality postpandemic. By / F. Martin Ramin/The Wall Street Journal, Styling by Lizzy Wholley, Styling Assist by Christina Middleton I’VE ALWAYS hated dress shoes and, while it lasted, the professional obligation to submit to their sadism.