According to THE INTERCEPT, the CIA's venture capital arm (??!) has invested in a beauty company with a product that can collect biomarkers. "The CIA fund has described human skin as a 'unique, underutilized source for sample collection.'" According to some beauty bloggers, the product, CLEARISTA, works like a charm. Worth it?... RAF SIMONS doesn't seem to've had any trouble adjusting to the slower pace of post-DIOR life. He extolls the virtues of working slowly and simply in a candid chat with THE TELGRAPH... Anyone surprised to learn that cellulite was only framed as a problem once we figured out you could sell products purporting to solve it?... Lots of interesting points in BUSINESS OF FASHION's piece on fashion and AI -- would be interested in seeing supporting evidence for analyst MICHELE GOERTZ's claim that the next generation of consumers "don’t have the patience for a one-on-one relationship"... I spent the weekend decorating a new apartment and was feeling really good about it until I saw these photos of architect TANDAO ANDO's live/work studio in OSAKA. Also, I'm pretty sure that portrait of ANDO captures the best anyone's ever looked in green corduroy.