July 21, 2017

Alex, We’ll Take ‘To Have and to Hold’ for $1,000

The category is: “North Meets South.” And here’s the answer: The Canadian high school teacher and the middle school teacher from South Carolina who met as […]
July 21, 2017

Modern Love: The 12-Hour Goodbye That Started Everything

Modern Love By MIRIAM JOHNSON The first time he slept over was an accident. He came to watch a movie, which for me became an exercise […]
July 20, 2017

Kenneth Jay Lane, Jewelry Designer Who Made a Fortune Faking It, Dies at 85

Kenneth Jay Lane, the designer and bon vivant who built a global business from glittering acts of unabashed deception, producing fake and junk jewelry — or, […]
July 20, 2017

The Mad Scientist Behind Nike’s ‘Back to the Future’ Sneaker

BEAVERTON, Ore. — The only things missing were a white lab coat and an electrified hairdo as Tiffany Beers, 37, showed off an assortment of boots […]
July 19, 2017

A Museum Show Asks: How Modern Are Your Spanx?

Most famous of the quips attributed to the Austrian-born American designer Rudi Gernreich — now best remembered for his unisex creations and the topless bathing suit […]
July 19, 2017

At Curlfest, a Celebration of Natural Hair and Black Beauty

As I stood before a slightly foggy bathroom mirror a few weeks ago, my fingers gingerly grasped a few strands of freshly washed hair. Extending my […]
July 19, 2017

Amanda Lepore, Transgender Club Diva, Tells All About Her Plastic Surgery

The transgender night life diva Amanda Lepore is, to quote the filmmaker Joel Schumacher, a “moving sculpture,” a person who has made her own body her […]
July 18, 2017

Surprise! You’re at Our Wedding!

Bite-size berry tarts, cheesecakes and cupcakes were being passed to the 70-plus guests who had gathered for Lauren Pienkowski and Corey Chavers’s engagement party at the […]
July 17, 2017

Grandfather Clocks Are Still Trending

In this gadget-crazy world, there is always a competition to come up with classy gadgets to capture people’s fancy. The more chic and smaller-looking, the better. […]
July 15, 2017

Saying Farewell to a Store That Changed Shopping

When news broke last week that Colette, the pacesetting Parisian concept store that started numerous designers’ careers and helped change the face of retail, would close […]