But the tall tale never quite hooks you. It’s not ripped from the headlines, but Tyler Cornack’s comedy “Mermaid” certainly seems inspired by them — specifically, the strange “Florida ...

Designers love to look at staple silhouettes and rework them, and that goes for the latest drop of blazers, too. Waist-skimming, rib-hugging, and sometimes belly-bearing, cropped blazers are ...