July 16, 2016

Critic’s Notebook: John Varvatos and Todd Snyder Animate Men’s Fashion in New York

It was a Kellan Lutz season. The “Twilight” hunk popped up seemingly everywhere during New York Fashion Week: Men’s — a style Zelig. There he was […]
July 15, 2016

Vows: For Obama’s Speechwriting Team, the Message Finally Got Through

Vows By SARAH WILDMAN When Kristen Bartoloni came on board as a researcher on the White House communications team in 2011, there was one rule she […]
July 15, 2016

Modern Love: At Sea, and Seeking a Safe Harbor

Modern Love By PUTSATA REANG This past December, after not talking to me for several months, my mother called from her rural Oregon home. I listened […]
July 15, 2016

Social Q’s: When Is It My Turn to Talk?!

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My sister-in-law lives far away. She calls to check in every week or so and runs through a laundry list of […]
July 13, 2016

The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy

CULVER CITY, Calif. — “Are we ready to expose ourselves?” J. D. Fuller asked, halfway through the graduate-level psychology class she teaches on Tuesday nights at […]
July 13, 2016

On the Runway: Hermès Steps Into the Shoe Wars With a Stake in Pierre Hardy

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY The shoe wars are once again about to escalate. Hermès International, the French luxury group, announced on Wednesday that it had […]
July 11, 2016

On the Runway: Wimbledon’s Fashion Winner: Kim Sears

On the Runway By ELIZABETH PATON Britain has recently lurched from one constitutional and leadership crisis to the next in the wake of its decision to […]
July 11, 2016

Burberry C.E.O. to Step Down, Ending Dual-Role Experiment at Helm

LONDON — Burberry’s chief executive is resigning from that post, ending an experiment in which the British luxury house became the first publicly listed fashion company […]
July 9, 2016

Table for Three: Audra McDonald and Zachary Quinto on Public, and Private, Drama

Table for Three By PHILIP GALANES “Not to be dramatic,” said Audra McDonald, fluttering her hands around her face in a comic pantomime of theatricality, “But […]
July 8, 2016

Vows: Ethan Nichtern and Marissa Dutton: Meditations on the Cool Boredom of Love

Vows By ERIC V. COPAGE The problem with Hollywood’s romantic comedies, Ethan Nichtern explained during a talk in Manhattan on meditation and desire, is that they […]