This article is part of a series examining Responsible Fashion, and innovative efforts to address issues facing the fashion industry. Before the pandemic began, leather was a go-to material for the handbag designer Shelley Parker. But when life went remote during the lockdowns, Ms. Parker, 54, couldn’t stand the idea […]

Seven crooks swiped nearly $500,000 worth of luxury bags and jewelry from an Upper East Side consignment shop this week, cops said. The suspects entered The Real Real on Madison Avenue near East 71st Street around 6 p.m. Sunday, while it was open, police said.  They grabbed 17 Hermes bags, […]