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How to wear summer’s biggest jewelry trends, according to a jewelry designer

Hysteria Jewelry founder and designer Jackie Ansell explains why styling your outfit jewelry-first  — instead of clothing-first — is a great way to shake up your go-to summer combos. After years of minimalist chains, stacked huggie earrings, and tennis bracelets, jewelry is getting a little bigger, a little brighter, and a little more maximally minded. From the return of brooches to layered strands of beads, jewelry is once again taking center stage in our outfits. It’s a great way to inform your daily fit if you’re feeling like you’re in a ...

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Feel like you don’t have enough time in your day? Jenny Lemons’ busy brand founder on why she swears by a physical planner over iCal

Although a lot of our scheduling these days has gone digital — iCal, gCal, Calendly — there’s still a case to be made for having a tactile, physical planner to organize your days. Jennie Lennick, illustrator, designer, and founder of Jenny Lemons, has found that out as she manages a busy business and all its logistical to-dos on top of the artistic practice that drives it. You might know Jennie from her wildly popular, fruit-themed hair clips, but before she started Jenny Lemons, her focus was on studio art. “My business really branched out ...

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Ursa Major founder Emily Doyle on what to look for when buying from a B Corp — and her 3 favorite B Corp buys

With nearly 20 years of experience in the beauty industry, Emily Doyle co-founded Ursa Major to create clean, effective, and ethical skincare products customers can trust. As the owner of a B Corp-certified brand, she supports companies that pair quality and performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. In a world of constant marketing, it’s hard to tell what’s greenwashed and what’s actually sustainable out there, but who better to know what’s what than the founder of a much-loved B Corp skincare brand? Emily Doyle, founder o...

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4 on-the-job tools this A-list household management specialist uses to keep her packed days on track

Running a restaurant is hard: You’ve got a crew to manage, ingredients to ship in, a dining area to tidy up, and visitors stacking up to make a reservation. Now imagine doing all of that in someone else’s home. That’s been just part of private chef and founder Jess Asaro’s job as she’s prepped meals for clients like Timothée Chalamet and Sophie Richie Grainge. Now, the founder of Fountain of Youth Foods & Home is expanding her business into all aspects of ultra-high-networth household management, whether it’s with organization, meal prep...

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Why one of NYC’s most stylish plastic surgeons swears by this normcore sunhat

Dr. Lara Devgan is one of NYC’s top plastic surgeons, and she knows her Chanel lipstick and Ferragamo flags as well as she knows her profession. Here’s why the stylish skinfluencer still swears by this one sunhat for summer days. If you’ve been feeling the burn of summer’s heat waves on your face, Dr. Lara Devgan feels you. With her 19 years of experience looking after (and at) celeb faces, the top plastic surgeon — known as @laradevganmd on Instagram to more than 1 million followers — is all too aware of how harmful those sun rays can be ...

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Jewelry designer Jackie Ansell on how to style your fit accessories-first

If you’re feeling sartorially stuck this season, let your accessories lead your look. Jackie Ansell, founder and designer of Hysteria Jewelry, shares how mixing feminine, romantic pieces and wardrobe staples with unexpected accessories can create a striking look. “Hysteria [Jewelry] is all about contrast,” says Jackie Ansell, founder and designer of the jewelry line. After working in tech for over a decade, Ansell turned a childhood passion for jewelry design into Hysteria, a line rooted in reclaiming the idea of “female hysteria” through po...

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5 essential office tools celebrity private chef and CEO Jess Asaro relies on every day

Whether you’re running a small business, keeping your family in order, or just trying to get through days that pull you in five different directions, Jess Asaro gets it. The private chef and Fountain of Youth Food & Home founder shares the productivity essentials she relies on to stay focused, organized and blazing through a packed schedule.Like all top chefs, Fountain of Youth Food & Home founder and private chef Jess Asaro started in heat of the kitchen grind. “I ended up cooking alongside a classically trained chef and did a lot o...

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I’m a shoe designer. Here’s how I wear each of summer’s coolest pairs

Designer Suzanne Rae Pelaez is something of a Renaissance woman, coming to the world of fashion with a background in ballet and gender studies, and even having dipped a toe into medicine. Her approach to her personal style is just as well-rounded and well-informed, which is why we were so keen to get her takes on how to style the go-to shoe styles for summer 2026.Designer Suzanne Rae Pelaez knows a little something about what makes a stylish pair of shoes: After all, she’s been designing them (and cool ready-to-wear to go with them) for more...

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The case for paper: Why Hysteria Jewelry’s founder still uses not 1, but 2 physical planners

For Jackie Ansell, building Hysteria Jewelry has meant balancing a big creative vision with the real day-to-day of running a business. She explains why she uses not one, but two physical planners to keep it all together.Jackie Ansell, founder and designer of Hysteria Jewelry, has built her brand around reclaiming the idea of “female hysteria” and turning it into something powerful, personal, and a little bit defiant. “I’ve been designing jewelry kind of as an amateur since I was a little kid,” Ansell says. “I would get dropped off at the bea...

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Beauty/grooming

The best skincare for every decade, according to top NYC derm Carmen Castilla.

Your skin changes with every decade and so does its needs — but does your entire routine have to? Top NYC derm Dr. Carmen Castilla shares the cleansers, sunscreens, retinoids, and targeted add-ons worth reaching for from your 20s through your 70s. For any of us who have lived through a couple of decades, it’s pretty obvious that our skin — and skincare needs — change over time. What works for us at one age might not work 10 years on, due to shifts in hormones, environmental exposures, lifestyle behaviors, where we’re living, and genetics. Th...

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Top NYC plastic surgeon @LaraDevganMD on 5 go-to essentials that get her through her busiest days

From her own scientifically researched skincare line to designer staples, here are the four products that NYC surgeon and influencer Dr. Lara Devgan keeps in her daily rotation.After 19 years in the industry and countless patients, Dr. Lara Devgan has seen it all. As one of the top surgeons in New York City for plastic and reconstructive surgery for both body and face, she also recounts stories from her professional life and talks all things skincare to more than 1 million followers on Instagram as @LauraDevganMD. Her clientele includes some...

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YouTube’s sun-protection-loving @DermAngelo shares his 3 go-tos for dry summer skin

Summer heat, beach days, and nonstop air conditioning can all leave your skin crying out for some much needed hydration. Dr. Angelo Landriscina, known as @DermAngelo to more than 1.5 million followers across YouTube and Instagram, shares the cleanser, serum, and moisturizer he layers when dry summer skin needs help holding on to water.With summer’s dry heat at its peak, long weekends spent outdoors, and beach days during vacations, skin might need a little extra love (read: moisture) around this time of year. You know how your plants look a ...

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I’m the founder of the cult natural bodycare line, Kate McLeod. Here are 5 go-to products I use every day

“Because of my background in the kitchen, I approach ingredients through a food lens,” says Kate McLeod, founder of her eponymous natural bodycare line. “That is a huge factor in why our formulations are so different. I know how to work with butters and oils. I understand them intuitively at this point, and love blending them in complimentary ways to let their natural power shine. This is what Kate McLeod is built around: completely undiluted formulas, free of preservatives and synthetic chemicals. To put that in perspective: a standard bott...

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Derm Carmen Castilla knows skincare. Here’s her best advice for using retinol, no matter your age

Retinol isn’t a one-size-fit-fall situation, especially as skin changes with age, requiring different care needs along with it. Board-certified dermatologist Dr. Carmen Castilla breaks down the best retinol options based on your age, including some of the best retinols for sensitive skin. “Dermatology as a field has been evolving so rapidly over the past probably seven years with so many new medications, so many new treatments for medical conditions,” says Dr. Carmen Castilla, board-certified dermatologist at New York Dermatology Group. “But...

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I’m the founder of a furniture studio. These are the work boots I always wear in the workshop

Liam Hardman, the founder and lead designer of Hardman, has over a decade of experience making furniture — and that means a lot of time in the shop testing the best gear to use and wear when woodworking. After Liam Hardman founded the furniture studio Hardman in 2012, he spent six years building every subsequent order with his own two hands. These days, you can mainly find him leading the design aspect of the business from the company’s headquarters in New York, but that doesn’t mean he’s left the workshop behind for good. With more than 60...

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This IRL timer is how designer and brand founder Jennie Lennick gets her list done

Jenny Lemons founder Jennie Lennick swears by this physical timer for staying focused — and the famous productivity technique that goes along with it. Jennie Lennick, illustrator, designer, and founder of Jenny Lemons, has a lot on her to-do list and a lot of ways that her brain needs to function in during the day, from creative work designing her line of wildly popular, fruit-themed accessories to the dull drudge of business admin.  Along with her much-loved Anecdote daily planner, which she uses to schedule out daily checklists, meetings...

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As co-owner of a furniture studio, this is the Stanley tape measure I never go without

Erika Hardman, co-owner of handcrafted furniture studio Hardman, knows having a trusty tape measure on hand is basically part of the job requirement. Here’s the Stanley version she’s never without — and why it comes in handy more times than you’d think. As the co-owner and creative director at funiture studio Hardman, Erika Hardman has her hands full with responsibilities ranging from running sales and staying on top of designs to planning photoshoots and handling customer feedback. Wherever her busy schedule and varied tasks take her, havin...

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Health/Wellness

Why this $10K home sauna was Plant People founder Hudson Davis-Ross’s ultimate wellness splurge

A nearly $10,000 home sauna is a big purchase, but it’s earned a permanent place in Hudson Davis-Ross’s wellness routine. The longtime wellness entrepreneur and Plant People co-founder shares why he’s made it a part of his almost-daily rituals — and why he has zero regrets about the splurge. “I have a sauna, which I ended up gifting myself with my wife during the holidays,” says Hudson Davis-Ross, a longtime wellness entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Plant People, a doctor-formulated gummy supplement brand rooted in functional mushr...

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I’m a doctor and healthspan expert who knows good sleep is critical for wellbeing. This is the Eight Sleep mattress pad I swear by for mine

Sleeping too hot? Dr. Brad Younggren, CEO and co-founder of Circulate Health and an expert in healthspan and longevity, shares why Eight Sleep’s temperature-regulating mattress cover is the upgrade he trusts for better quality rest and a longer, healthier life. A bed cover that can cool one side of the bed at a time and gently heat up in the morning may sound like a high-tech luxury. For Dr. Brad Younggren, it fits into a much bigger goal: getting better sleep as a part of having a longer, healthier life. “From a sleep perspective, I think ...

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Why Plant People’s cofounder swears by this $999 Waterdrop water filter for his wellness

Wellness encompasses a lot of things, from the water you drink to the supplements you take. No one knows that better than Hudson Davis-Ross, who cofounded buzzy supplement brand Plant People. For him, wellness starts with hydration — here’s the much-loved water filter that ensures he gets his eight a day. “I think I am definitely a fanatic about products,” says Hudson Davis-Ross, CEO and cofounder of Plant People, a doctor-formulated gummy supplement brand rooted in functional mushrooms, adaptogens, and botanicals. “I’m really into products ...

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Why you should still keep a KN95 mask on hand for allergy season, according to a lung health specialist

With 34 years in cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy, Dr. Noah Greenspan knows you can’t always see the invisible illnesses and allergy triggers lurking around you. Here’s why he still keeps a KN95 mask on hand for allergy season.“I’ve been practicing for 34 years,” says board-certified clinical specialist in cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy Dr. Noah Greenspan. “In this time of Google, AI, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, so many people are quote ‘experts.’ They’ll hear something and repeat it, and they’ll put it with a fan...

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Travel

I’m a textile designer who knows good-quality fabric. Here’s why my nylon Baggu bag gets my vote

Ella Lim, textile designer and founder of Verloop Knits, knows a thing or two about the fabric that goes into your favorite carry-alls. For her, one daily bag has stood the test of time, no matter what her days bring: her Baggu fanny pack.When it comes to knowing a great everyday carry-all, who better to ask than a textile designer? Verloop Knits founder and dedicated minimalist Ella Lim has been working around fabric all her life, eventually growing her colorful deadstock-knit business out of it — and so it stands to reason she’d be the per...

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Verloop’s founder Ella Lim on the Muji carry-on she takes on every work trip

Verloop Knits founder Ella Lim is hard to pin down: She frequently travels between Singapore, the U.S., and the Philippines for work. That means a reliable carry-on is a must. As part of her job as founder of Verloop Knits, a colorful, cheerful and sustainable accessories line, Ella Lim frequently travels between Singapore, the U.S., and the Philippines. A reliable suitcase is essential, and as a self-professed minimalist, she makes every purchase count. Here’s why her Muji carry-on — which has racked up quite a lot of air miles since 2019 —...

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