For his Fall Risk — a brand that forgoes convention — Targon drops a new cashmere line at the height of summer.

Starting an apparel line is risky business, but John Targon is certainly up for the challenge…again. In early 2019, the New York-based designer launched Fall Risk, a label that eschews standards that the industry has practiced for decades. For one, Targon doesn’t follow the seasonal fashion calendar, preferring to introduce his collections in somewhat sporadic drops he calls “volumes.” His third, Volume 3, surfaced at Communitie Marfa and Communitie East as a line of cashmere waffle separates, a peculiarity during the high summer months when swimsuits and light, breathable fabrics are de rigueur.

This outside-the-box way of thinking is evidently the whole point of Fall Risk. Targon created it after a few months of consulting for a number of fashion, beauty, and automotive brands, which was preceded by a short stint designing at Marc Jacobs. His claim to relative fame, however, was a five-year run at Baja East, a label he created in 2013 with Scott Studenberg that offered bodysuits, chunky knits, tops, and bottoms with a sporty, street-inspired vibe — and that won the LVMH Prize in 2015 and the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2016. Before then, he earned his stripes through merchandising and branding roles at Givenchy and Celine. Indeed, working at both start-ups and big-name companies gave Targon a breadth of experience, teaching him what it takes to succeed in the fashion business. Now that he is riding solo, he’s decided two throw the rulebook out the window — perhaps the best move he could make. …

Need to Know: Scott Baker and Mary Ann Hesseldenz of Baker + Hesseldenz Studio discuss their practice, their inspirations, and what a vacation home, a sofa, and lucite have to do with each other.

Mary Ann Hesseldenz wasn’t going to let a sofa get in the way of her view. The fashion veteran had what she described as an ideal perch for viewing the Catalina Mountains from her Tucson vacation home and a perfect spot for a sofa for reading or a lounging in the window. …

Preserving the feel of its past life as a Borscht Belt–era country inn, the newcomer shows off elevated offerings like a speakeasy-style bar, modern European bistro, and A-frame cabins.

Opening Shot is a column that peeks inside new hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops with interiors to drool over.

Farmhouse Catskills

Location: Catskills, New York

On Offer: A restored century–old farmhouse serves as the centerpiece of a sprawling property designed to entice a new generation of travelers to The Catskills. The hotel’s 75 guest rooms, many appointed with Simmons mattresses, Bower Studio lighting fixtures, and sculptural tubs by Jaime Hayon, are scattered among several unique structures including a handful of bungalows, a cluster of secluded A-frame cabins, and a retrofitted two-level pool house. The menu at the indoor-outdoor bistro is made up of simple, seasonal dishes that showcase regional produce, organic meat, farm-fresh cheese, and sustainably sourced fish. …

On what was once a set of 19th-century French railroad tracks, Ho Chi Minh City’s revamped Central Park will offer a vision of Vietnam’s architectural future and a reminder of its colonial past.

LAVA and ASPECT Studios have won a competition held by local officials in an effort to breathe new life into Ho Chi Minh City’s Central Park.

The firms will tag team on turning a dilapidated and underused park, which was fashioned from a colonial-era French railway station, into a world-class recreational space, featuring new playgrounds, sports zones, outdoor art galleries, theater pavilions, and a sunken garden, adding layers of greenery to the urban environment.

The site will also feature artificial trees which will collect and recycle rainwater to be used in watering plants, drinking fountains, and fire hydrants. Other types of artificial trees will control ventilation and provide fresh air, while others equipped with solar panels will supply clean energy for information screens, charging docks, and WiFi. …

The star designer’s first offering of home goods for his Off-White brand collection brings together streetwear sensibilities and a hushed, minimal elegance.

This was pretty much inevitable. Virgil Abloh, who has a seemingly endless number of plates spinning on an endless number of sticks, has given us our first look at his premiere offering of home goods for his massively popular Off-White brand. Called — of course — Off-White Home, it includes an assortment of ceramic table and bath objects, towels, sheets, and more. It is neither a surprise that much of it features Off-White’s instantly recognizable arrow branding, nor is it a shocker that there’s a simple, cushy elegance to much of it. …

The Nike “Moon Shoe” is a rarity so prized, it commanded a record price at a recent Sotheby’s auction.

A pair of Nike “Moon Shoe” waffle racing flats size 12.5 netted $437,500 at a Sotheby’s auction earlier this week, breaking an all-time record for any sneaker at auction and making a very good case for becoming the most expensive trainers ever.

Crumpled and discolored — though still unworn — the Nikes from 1972 are now the property of financier and collector Miles Nadal who had previously paid $890,000 for other items from the auction — a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Stadium Goods — pre-sale.

According to reports, the pair will soon be on display at the Dare to Dream Automobile Museum, Nadal’s own private exhibition space for his dozens of rare cars and other high-ticket collectibles. Indeed, the “Moon Shoes” are less like some limited-run Virgil Abloh-designed AF1s, than the 1886 Karl Benz Motorwagen, the world’s first motorized car, which is also a part of Nadal’s collection. …

From a sky-scraping trophy to off-the-ground runways, the 2019 Fentress Global Challenge winners reimagined the air travel experience in daring ways.

For its seventh Global Challenge competition, Fentress Architects received proposals for the airport of 2075 from more than 500 students from over 50 countries. In the end, the selection of winners offered a strong and unexpected message about where the air travel industry could, and perhaps should, be by the end of the century.

According to reports, Lynch, Lashana Lynch will be taking on the codename 007 — the one normally associated with James Bond, the most iconic spy in film history — in the 25th installment of the Bond franchise due in theaters April 2020. It will mark the first time that a woman — and a black one at that — takes on the famous alias since moviegoers first became familiar with it 57 years ago.

From Sean Connery’s machismo to Daniel Craig’s swagger, each performer has brought their own sensibilities to 007, offering a new spin on the general public’s ideal of a “man’s man”. Yet, there are certain attributes that run through all of 007’s iterations: ingenuity, sophistication, and an impeccable sense of style. …