September 14, 2017

My Space: A Tour of Philipp Plein’s Master Bathroom in Manhattan

My Space By STEVEN KURUTZ Philipp Plein Age 39 Occupation Fashion designer Location Upper East Side His Favorite Room In 2015, Mr. Plein bought a four-bedroom, […]
September 14, 2017

How to Quit a Magazine, by Cindi Leive

Cindi Leive, the editor in chief of Glamour, says that a writer has about three seconds to grab a reader’s attention, so let’s blurt this out: […]
September 14, 2017

Review: Watch Manolo Blahnik Make Famous Friends — and Shoes

The most potent, and poignant, tribute in the sweet back-scratch of a documentary “Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards” is that Anna Wintour lets […]
September 14, 2017

Cover Story: Jon Hamm’s Second Act

I had only two or three questions for Jon Hamm. I wanted to know if fame had rattled him. I wanted to know if, more than […]
September 13, 2017

Who Knew? For Red Carpet Trends, Look North

TORONTO — At 2 a.m. last Friday Grace Jones was in the Broadview, a strip cub turned boutique hotel in Toronto that features pole dancing bars […]
September 13, 2017

Fashion Review: Ralph Lauren Wants to Take You for a Spin

On Tuesday night approximately 150 Mercedes S-class sedans and a host of SUVs wended their way out of Manhattan, ferrying more than 250 guests northeast to […]
September 12, 2017

48 Hours With Carolina Herrera Before Her Show

It is Friday afternoon inside the sunlit, plush showroom of Carolina Herrera’s headquarters, a space she’s occupied in New York’s garment district for over two decades. […]
September 12, 2017

Dispatches From the Nomad Musician Alex Zhang Hungtai

Alex Zhang Hungtai is a man of many names. As Dirty Beaches, he released several critically acclaimed indie rock albums, mixing what Pitchfork called “grimy, dissonant […]
September 12, 2017

Fashion Review: At Helmut Lang and Oscar de la Renta, Wrestling with History

One of the weirdest things about watching fashion shows on 9/11 — a juxtaposition that might in itself seem inappropriate but unavoidable, and has been since […]
September 12, 2017

Vivien Leigh’s Jewelry on Auction at Sotheby’s

LONDON — Rarely has a sale of a grandmother’s hand-me-down jewelry gotten such attention. But when that grandmother was the double-Oscar winner Vivien Leigh, the glare […]