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July 21, 2016

You Can Take Jon Favreau Out of Washington …

LOS ANGELES — Stretched out on his living-room couch here, Jon Favreau watched Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday night with little […]
July 21, 2016

Vows: Two Men Gone Country and Their Dreamgirls

Vows By LINDA MARX Cooper Boone is a study in contrasts. He has square-danced for nuns and saw fit to croon the theme song for Powdermilk […]
July 21, 2016

You Can Dance. You Can Jive, Geraldine Visco.

“I’m an extrovert,” said Geraldine Visco, wearing a bell-bottom body suit, gold chains, a pink cowboy hat, neon blue lipstick and little stars painted on her […]
July 21, 2016

Critical Shopper: ‘Oh, Thanks, These Are Just My Gym Clothes.’

Critical Shopper By KATHERINE BERNARD Athleisure is a usefully proportioned portmanteau: It uses all of the word “leisure” but less than half of the word “athletic.” […]
July 20, 2016

Governors Island, a Grand Space to Play

One recent Saturday on Governors Island, with a glorious gray dome of clouds covering New York Harbor, a Mister Softee truck idled on the car deck […]
July 16, 2016

At Home With: Childhood Tales From the Chelsea Hotel

Like many an only child, Nicolaia Rips grew up largely in the company of adults. While other Manhattan youngsters were being herded into Mommy and Me […]
July 16, 2016

Books of Style: Tracy Tynan’s Costume Drama

“Wear and Tear: The Threads of My Life,” by Tracy Tynan. Scribner, 320 pp., $25. However tough it may be for a parent to cope with […]
July 16, 2016

Fashion Review: Gotta Catch ’Em All! New York’s Fashion Frenzy

Throughout New York, fans are racing to catch them all. It was inevitable they’d sneak into fashion week, too. By the third day of New York […]
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 […]