Fashion can be many things, from frivolous to functional, with stops in between. Here’s a dozen plus fashion links that center on the functional, the famous, the frivolous and more.

• You don’t get more functional than this:  Artemis III Astronauts to Wear Prada Spacesuits
• Also functional, though less other worldly: Everything We Loved From Kirkland Signature’s Menswear Line  by Wirecutter
• Rules provide a function: The third piece, the 3-3-3 rule and other fashion formulas, explained
• Functional summer wear is light. For example, White Jeans and breezy fabrics.
• Affordability is a form of functionality: Buck Mason, Todd Snyder Among Brands Leading Menswear’s New Middle Ground 

• Speaking of affordable: Plan Your Purchase: H&M x Stella McCartney Is Back After 20 Years
• Two news pieces on one of my favorite fashion designers: Isaac Mizrahi Is Target’s First Creative Director at Large and Unzipped, Unplugged and Still Unfiltered, Darling
• The obit for the great Valentino: Valentino Garavani, Regal Designer and Fashion’s ‘Last Emperor,’ Dies at 93
• Famous with a fashion angle are this story, Olivia Rodrigo’s wardrobe isn’t rage bait. It’s researched, and this one, Mamdani made a play for fashion’s premier league in his custom-made Arsenal kurta.

• Two pieces on the Met Gala
  • The devil owns Amazon: big tech has infiltrated the fashion world – will we see a revolt?
  • Tom Ford steps in to protect Julianne Moore as brawl breaks out at 2026 Met Gala 

• Here are two fashion/art stories. First, a story of how David Salle stole (borrowed?) the art of Kelly Reemtsen, who does great paintings of women in fashionable outfits while wieldly tools.  Also first rate:  Women Sport Puffer Coats in Bold Baroque Portraits by Nieves González