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Garments on hangers in a clothing store.

Style

How to Build a Small Wardrobe Around Colors You Wear

Build a flexible wardrobe palette from the clothes you already wear. Use color, value and repetition to make combinations easier without strict seasonal rules.

A garment label identifying wool content; fiber content does not replace the full care instructions.

Style

How to Read Clothing Care Labels Before Laundry Day

Read the care label before choosing a wash cycle—or buying the garment. Learn why fabric content alone cannot describe the needs of a finished piece.

Josephine Baker photographed outdoors in an archival portrait.

Culture

Josephine Baker: Performance, Style and a Public Life

Josephine Baker’s public image combined performance, deliberate theatrical style and documented wartime and civil-rights work. A closer look at the full career.