Black Tape Project’s creator and self-proclaimed body tape “pioneer” Joel Alvarez said its 2023 New York Fashion Week show was its “final.” “Today is the day. My final performance.

My flashlight, clad in pink gaffer tape to stand out from the crowd. I should have gotten the pencils in hot pink, too; it was an option. Tim Heffernan/NYT Wirecutter All of that, and the roll is ...

The two main kinds of tape have been effective in different studies. Rigid tape. This type doesn't stretch. It's designed to help keep an area from moving. Elastic tape. This type, also called ...