Lifestyle
Will Dress Shirts Return to the Office?
Jim Moore, GQ’s creative director at large, said he had recently noticed point-collar dress shirts coming back into fashion, a style he had not seen much since its surge in popularity in the mid-1990s. He echoed Mr. Paget’s observations about how attitudes toward dress shirts were evolving.
“I think the dress shirt is important again, but it’s not the same as it was,” Mr. Moore said. “Now, I don’t think you need a ton of dress shirts, you need basic ones, but the right ones — the right color blue, a few beautiful ones in white, a long point collar, a spread collar and a button-down collar.”
While the quintessential dress shirt — the kind often made of cotton in a poplin or twill weave — is by no means extinct, its halcyon days may be behind us, said Sean Estok, who oversees men’s tailored clothing and shoes at Macy’s department stores.
“Customers aren’t buying four dress shirts at the same time anymore, they’re refreshing one or two,” Mr. Estok said. “They don’t need a closet to have 50 different dress shirts like they once did, because office life is not the same.”
The dress shirt’s reign as a white-collar wardrobe staple was once underscored by the garment’s many permutations: Versions designed to be worn with their shirttails hanging out, for example, or the no-iron shirts introduced in the late 1970s, which were treated with a chemical process meant to prevent wrinkling. (Many brands — Ralph Lauren, J. Crew, Brooks Brothers, Proper Cloth — still offer versions.)
Mr. Moore of GQ recalled the popularity of no-iron shirts exploding in the 1980s, the decade when he began working at the publication. Mr. Moore, who is also a stylist and consultant for men’s wear brands including Todd Snyder, Hugo Boss and Canali, described the ’80s as a golden age for dress shirts that was heavily influenced by the wardrobes of financial types associated with that time.
The Met Gala steps are a stage where celebrities strive not merely to look pretty, but to create indelible, avant-garde fashion moments. The most memorable looks tend to commit to the often abstract theme and take risks not typically seen on award show red carpets. Sometimes that works; other times it ends in disaster.
This year, guests stepped onto a mossy-looking, trompe l’oeil cobblestone carpet surrounded by a backdrop that recalled a Monet canvas. It was fitting for the evening’s brief: “Fashion is art.” It may be a bit on the nose for an event whose raison d’être is to raise money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s fashion-focused Costume Institute.
There were fake nipples and molded torsos; flowers and feathers; dripping jewels and one delightful burst of bubbles.
For close followers of our past most stylish lists, what follows is a shift in approach. Typically, we bring you a distillation of the looks that got people talking — the good, the bad and the most interesting. This year, since we now give you a chance to vote on your favorite looks, we’re saying, unequivocally, that these were ours (presented in no particular order).
Naomi Osaka
In this Robert Wun gown, spurts of blood — in the form of delicate feathers — spring from incisions in the fabric.
No other garment had quite the same movement as this frosty, fringed frock by Tom Ford that shimmied whenever Taylor struck a pose.
Chase Infiniti
Inspired by the “Venus de Milo,” this primary-colored Thom Browne gown is a no-naked take on naked dressing.
Troye Sivan
In a sea of sequins and other opulent baubles, what at least presented as a pair of distressed denim trousers — by Prada — was like a palate cleanser.
If Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring” made a meal of her signature accessory.
Beyoncé
A look that was worth the decade-long wait for the star’s reappearance at the Met Gala.
Gracie Abrams
Gold adornments and jewel accents made Abrams look completely Klimtian in this peachy Chanel gown.
It’s goth meets grande dame. No engagement ring needed to get the people talking.
Alexi Ashe
For the real heads: the Yves Klein Blue body-print dress from spring 2017, one of Phoebe Philo’s last collections at Celine.
Glenn Martens
Other men on the carpet looked as if they had tried needlessly hard when Martens, the creative director of Maison Margiela, appeared in this undeniable tuxedo. This is how every man should dress.
A profusion of bubbles continuously spouting from this teacup dress brought some joie de vivre to the carpet.
Alexa Chung
It should be illegal to look so good for so long on so many red carpets.
Tory Burch
Many tried corsets; several donned sheer skirts. But none managed to look quite so delicate, elegant and demure as Aboah did, in custom Simone Rocha.
Tessa Thompson
More Yves Klein Blue, in whimsical curlicues by Valentino.
Stella Bugbee, Jacob Gallagher and Marie Solis contributed reporting.
Wi Spa, with its hot and cold tubs, specialty saunas and napping nooks, has long been a beloved L.A. destination for rest and rejuvenation. Now Koreatown’s most popular spa is kicking up its wellness offerings, getting ahead of the self-care trend. Or a head of it.
Wi Spa is opening a head spa. It’s more than halfway through construction of Root Head Spa, slated to debut within the next two months. It will be located on the lobby level, in the space that formerly housed a gym, with seven individual treatment rooms.
The idea for this new edition began before the head spa trend became so popular in Los Angeles, says Min Jung, a Wi Spa manager. After researching the various types of head spas, Wi Spa decided to create theirs “in the Japanese Yume Head Spa-style,” she says. Treatments will clean, exfoliate and moisturize the scalp, and they will include a gentle head massage. (“Yume” means “dream” in Japanese, a nod to the sleepy state the treatment leaves guests in.)
“But this is not a massage, this is not a head wash, it is actually a scalp treatment,” Jung says.
Videos of Chinese and Japanese-inspired head spa treatments started popping up on social media in 2022 — the arc-shaped “waterfall bath” is especially visually intriguing. We chronicled the rise of the trend, which first began proliferating in Asian communities such as Arcadia, San Gabriel, Temple City and Rosemead, in 2024 and 2025 — now there are head spas across the city.
Scrubbing the scalp aids circulation, strengthens hair follicles and helps to prevent dandruff, itchiness and inflammation, among other benefits, practitioners and dermatologists say. In our coverage, we said it “might be the most relaxing spa service in L.A.”
Wi Spa’s Himalayan Salt Sauna, a visitor favorite.
(Wi Spa)
An hourlong Wi Spa head spa treatment will cost about $150 to $200, Jung says, adding that prices are not yet set. That’s the upper end of average in L.A. for the treatment. Wi Spa’s $40 entry fee (which includes access to spa amenities) will not be waived with purchase of the head spa treatment, as it is with other Wi Spa services, such as a body scrub or massage, which typically exceeds $160.
Also in the works: Wi Spa is planning to build a wellness center on its third floor, in what’s now a skincare area. The new offering will likely include an infrared sauna and a red light therapy bed, among other things. This past summer Wi Spa also opened a salon for blowouts, called Root Style Bar, adjacent to its women’s dressing room. So (cue the violins) guests no longer have to trek out to their car with wet hair or attend post-spa events with a DIY blowout.
Next up: a spa-wide renovation to freshen up existing areas.
In the meantime, visitors may not know: Wi Spa has an “Aescape” AI-powered massage robot on its premises.
Reporter Deborah Vankin tries out the Aescape massage robot at Pause Wellness Studio in 2024.
(Christina House / Los Angeles Times)
We wrote about Aescape when it debuted at Pause, a wellness center in Studio City — it performs a 3D scan of your body to deliver custom robot massages. (Cyborg butt massages are not to be underestimated.) There are now several Aescapes around L.A., including at Equinox gyms. Wi Spa leased theirs this past summer. Guests can book robot massages for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes or an hour for $1 a minute, making it more affordable than Wi Spa’s manual massage offerings.
We’re partial to the most affordable massage option at Wi Spa, however: the plush, blue-lighted massage chairs scattered throughout the spa. Bring cash. It’s just $10 for a 30-minute “luxury” full body massage — and it’s surprisingly effective.
Vote for your favorite looks from the 53 below.
This page will order itself based on votes. Return to see how the race is shaking out before it closes.
The poll closes May 5 at 6 p.m. ET.
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Beyoncé
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Rihanna
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Sam Smith
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Rebecca Hall
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Zoe Kravitz
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Doja Cat
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Jon Batiste
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Eileen Gu
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Suleika Jaouad
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Janelle Monáe
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Lisa
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Patrick Schwarzenegger
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Colman Domingo
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Skepta
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Kylie Jenner
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Sombr
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Sabrina Carpenter
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Connor Storrie
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Chase Infiniti
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Hudson Williams
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Kim Kardashian
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Madonna
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Cher
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Alysa Liu
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Stevie Nicks
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Rachel Sennott
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Simone Ashley
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