The diamond-studded watch brooch from the late 18th century doesn’t keep time, but its new owner says that doesn’t bother her.Judith Price checks out jewelry auctions all the time, looking for the beautiful, the bargains, the surprises.She found all three in a Christie’s online auction in December. “The ...
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In the show of the season, the brand takes on the war in Ukraine. Valentino embraces love. And Givenchy buckles down.PARIS — In a cold, dark airplane hangar on the edge of Paris, as reports broke of more than 1.5 million refugees fleeing through Europe from Ukraine, Demna, ...
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Like many high school athletes, Bobby, 16, a junior from Long Island, has spent years whipping his body into shape through protein diets and workouts.Between rounds of Fortnite and homework, Bobby goes online to study bodybuilders like Greg Doucette, a 46-year-old fitness personality who has more than 1.3 ...
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A new HBO drama chronicles the 1980s Lakers, whose fluid style and Hollywood flair changed the game and the culture. An N.B.A. writer takes account.When asked to describe the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, the actor DeVaughn Nixon, 38, paused for a moment. “Stylized,” he said. Then he rattled ...
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Spike Lee, Cornel West, and Alicia Keys turn out to celebrate an entertainer who put his career on the line for the cause.“He put his money where his mouth is, and he put his career on the line,” said Laurence Fishburne at a gala Tuesday night celebrating the ...
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Spike Lee, Cornel West, and Alicia Keys turn out to celebrate an entertainer who put his career on the line for the cause.“He put his money where his mouth is, and he put his career on the line,” said Laurence Fishburne at a gala Tuesday night celebrating the ...
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Malcolm Kenyatta, a politician in Pennsylvania, worried Matthew Miller was too good to be true after they connected on social media. He proved even better than expected.It wasn’t long after Malcolm Kenyatta began messaging Matthew Jordan Miller on Instagram in April 2016 that Mr. Kenyatta started to wonder ...
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Margaret Eginton and Gregory Carmichael both liked to eat dinner alone at the bar of their favorite restaurant, until they decided they were better off together.[Click here to binge read this week’s featured couples.]In August 2015, shortly after Margaret Lu Eginton moved into a new house in Iowa ...
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For Caressa Gonzalez, who is Catholic, and Mordechai Miltz, who was raised Orthodox Jewish, things got serious when he crashed her family’s holiday celebration.[Click here to binge read this week’s featured couples.]By the time Caressa Gonzalez and Mordechai Miltz met in December 2016, 10 months had passed since ...
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In my mother’s absence, I’m learning how to construct a sense of self — and femininity — from fragments, friends, music and memories.My mother told me not to start shaving my legs without telling her. I disobeyed. One late November evening when I was 11, I noticed a ...
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Around 1425, the Florentine artist Masaccio painted the first major works in one-point perspective. That revolutionized what artists could do ever after.In Paris in 1839, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre demonstrated his new photographic invention. It changed the nature of visual representation and museum walls haven’t been the same since.On March ...
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Around 1425, the Florentine artist Masaccio painted the first major works in one-point perspective. That revolutionized what artists could do ever after.In Paris in 1839, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre demonstrated his new photographic invention. It changed the nature of visual representation and museum walls haven’t been the same since.On March ...
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As remote work shifts to hybrid models, employees who moved to the suburbs or beyond are becoming weekly fixtures at city hotels on those days when they must make an appearance at the office.Jou-Yie Chou is among a new breed of late-stage pandemic hotel regulars: the super commuter.As ...
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Hamish Bowles had a message for longtime readers of The World of Interiors. “I have not come into this storied title to wreak egomaniacal havoc,” he said, speaking by phone last week from the publication’s London offices.Last fall, Mr. Bowles was named editor of the beloved decorating magazine, ...
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