RICK OWENS is such a delight. He's being honored with the CFDA's lifetime achievement award this year and has plenty to say about the award, his career, and the choices he's made as a creative person, an AMERICAN, and a fashion designer. Refreshing to read. He makes references to the work of PROUST, MARTIN MUNKÁCSI, DONALD JUDD, and CHARLES JAMES—all things he's channeling at the moment. It's classic Owens. Shoutout to STEFF YOTKA for the fantastic interview. "No borders"... DAPPER DAN's influence on fashion has struck once again, this time in side-by-side comparisons of a look from GUCCI Resort 2018 and a Dapper Dan custom creation from 1988. Plenty of commentary. Would love it if someone got MR. DAY and MR. MICHELE in a room together. What would they have to say, together, about mutual inspirations, copying, and the design process? There are clear gulfs in experience between the two, but a lot of similarities too... Just returned from PORTLAND, so this RACKED feature on clothing for survivalists, aka the "prepper" movement, had some moments of recognition for me. Nah, I wasn't hanging out around preppers or their subreddits and forums, but I was enamored seeing the city's outdoor ethos and how that translates into style. Like all vast wilderness, the natural landscape surrounding Portland brings with it a sense of exploration and the unknown. And it's visible in all the hiking and performance gear I saw there... As someone who applies and re-applies sunscreen like I'm on my way up one of the seven summits, I appreciate CHERYL WISCHHOVER's guide to the overlapping, sometimes contradictory information on sunscreen. Get down with acronyms: when the FDA and the AAD don't jibe with the EWG on SPF... HARRY WORE WHAT tracks the sartorial vision that is HARRY STYLES, then blasts outfit IDs out to tens of thousands of fans via TWITTER and INSTAGRAM. Some serious sleuthing going on here. It's a labor of love.