Skin Deep: ‘Mirror Fasts’ Help Take the Focus Off Yourself
Some people in search of serenity are trying to abstain from looking at their reflections for a day, a week, a month or even a year.
View ArticleFront Row: The Designer Alvin Valley Is Poised for a Comeback
Known for his signature pants last decade, the designer Alvin Valley steps back into the spotlight, this time online.
View ArticleScene City: At the East Hampton Library Authors Night
At the East Hampton library authors night, literary luminaries gather to help a good cause (and to sell some books).
View ArticleAnna Piaggi, Italian Fashion Editor, Dies at 81
Ms. Piaggi was known for her wildly colorful style of dress and a collection of clothes spanning more than 200 years.
View ArticleMotherlode Blog: Helping a Child Adjust to Divorce
Are dinners with divorced parents helpful for a 4-year-old, or confusing?
View ArticleMotherlode Blog: Before Adoption, 79 Lost Days
My birth mother never saw me after giving birth. I never gave the two and a half months before I was placed for adoption much thought, until I had my son.
View ArticleOn the Runway Blog: Denis Piel, Real to the Touch
Many of Denis Piel’s images, which began captivating the fashion world in the early 1980s, are gathered in “Denis Piel: Moments,” to be published next month by Rizzoli.
View ArticleSocial Q’s: An Odd Case of Sibling Rivalry — Social Q’s
When a sister steals her brother’s beau; what to do about a loudmouth friend; when a person tires of her own name; and how to honor business lunches despite difficult diet constraints.
View ArticleModern Love: Sad News Like a Warm Hug Goodbye
Everything around and within me is partly because of his fatherly advice, his example and even the fact that he could get impatient and stubborn.
View ArticleFASHION: Bill Cunningham | Adieu, Anna
A hundred years from now, fashion historians will want to know about the astonishing style of Anna Piaggi, an Italian fashion editor who died in Milan on Aug. 7 at age 81.
View ArticleMen’s Shorts Regain Fashion Status
There are notable figures in men’s fashion, who are chipping away at the pant-hem bias, and working to give short pants more respect.
View ArticleCritic’s Notebook: A Look at Paul Ryan’s Fashion Sense
There is already a lot of amorous language for Paul Ryan, but his suits could use an adjustment.
View ArticleField Notes: The Reinvented Wedding: Smaller and Cheaper
For couples following the lead of Mark Zuckerberg, backyards are in, hotel ballrooms are out.
View ArticleDads Are Taking Over as Full-Time Parents
In the last decade, the number of men who have left the work force entirely to raise children has more than doubled, according to recent United States census data.
View ArticleParents Choose ‘Buddy’ As a Nickname for Their Children
Like “sport” or “champ” of an earlier era, “buddy” has quietly evolved into the go-to nickname for American parents looking to chum it up with their kids.
View ArticleOn Madison Avenue, a New Vibe
Madison Avenue, a barometer of New York City’s retail health, is filling once-empty storefronts with businesses that are bringing younger customers to the street.
View ArticleMotherlode Blog: What Parents Don't Get About Camp
Welcome your camper home, but please, don't try to "get" it.
View ArticleCultural Studies: In Celebrity Climate, From Bump to Paunch, Pudgy Moms Can’t...
Still-pudgy moms struggling to find their way back are bombarded by the celebrity narrative of the mom as bombshell in a looks obsessed culture.
View ArticleCornelia Guest Leaves the Debutante Life Behind
At 48, Cornelia Guest is setting her own course, even selling the family home. What would her mother think?
View ArticleNoted: The Power Plate: A Space Age Relic Inspires a New Form of Exercise
A vibrating workout machine whose technology was once used by Soviet astronauts has a renaissance in the gym.
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