November 21, 2017

Jewelry: The Secret World of the Gem Carver

Advertisement In Résonances de Cartier, the house’s most recent high jewelry presentation, the diamonds, emeralds and rubies that are de rigueur in such collections were combined […]
November 21, 2017

India’s Jewelry Tradition of Gold is Turning to … Concrete?

In India, gold jewelry has long been used to celebrate marriage and childbirth or presented as gifts during religious festivals. Ornate bridal pieces still are popular […]
November 21, 2017

When ‘Fashion Takes a Trip,’ Jewelry Comes Along

Advertisement Fashion and jewelry are among the most visible indicators of what a society values, what it lacks and desires, mourns and celebrates. Such connections are […]
November 20, 2017

Remembering Azzedine Alaïa: The Designer Who Took Time

Advertisement The last time I saw Azzedine Alaïa, the Tunisian-French designer who died this past weekend and was possibly the last of the great couturiers, it […]
November 18, 2017

Azzedine Alaïa, Fashion’s Most Independent Designer, Is Dead at 82

Advertisement Azzedine Alaïa, one of the greatest and most uncompromising designers of the 20th and 21st centuries, has died in Paris. He was 82. The cause […]
November 18, 2017

For the First Family of Pleasure Products, Toys Are Us

LOS ANGELES — Back in 1976, when Chad Braverman’s father, Ron, invested a small grubstake in a manufacturing start-up, consumers bought his products at the back […]
November 18, 2017

With…Anne Wojcicki: The Doyenne of DNA Says: Just Chillax With Your Ex

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In 2007, Anne Wojcicki, then 33, lassoed the moon. She was getting her new company, 23andMe, a mail-order genetics testing firm, off […]
November 18, 2017

Confirm or Deny: Anne Wojcicki

Advertisement Maureen Dowd: Google has too much power. Anne Wojcicki: I would say they have too much power in the real estate market and they’re driving […]
November 18, 2017

Big Sonia: I’m Still Here

Advertisement Midway into “Big Sonia,” Sonia Warshawski, the outsize centerpiece of this poignant documentary, ushers viewers into her bedroom, lifts a pillow from the bed and […]
November 17, 2017

Open Thread: Open Thread: This Week in Style News

Advertisement Each week, the Open Thread newsletter will offer a look from across The New York Times at the forces that shape the dress codes we […]