The designer wore black.

A break today from the world of hotels.

As anyone with a tangential interest in fashion knows, freelance writer Jacques Hyzagi’s acid-dipped takedown of glossy magazines — and Elle magazine in particular — in The Observer last week was a viral must-read. Its publication just prior to April 1 added to the intrigue. Was it for real? Was he? (His name looks like an anagram.)

Yes, and yes, although it seems he once worked for Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, but never mind. Read more