The Restaurant Dress Code Is Back

One unusually warm evening in the West Village, while other New Yorkers were outside walking their dogs in sneakers and T-shirts, a family of five sat primly in the front window of a formal dining room, each of them garbed in a stylish blazer. A couple in a velvet corner booth wore suits — his…

Everything Cheugy Is Cool Again

Around this time last year, tons of fashion obituaries materialized after a viral TikTok introduced the word “cheugy” to the world. The culprit list of cheugy items is an exhaustive one, from Rae Dunn pottery to Gucci belts, side parts, and #girlboss culture, but its lengths managed to reinvent how consumers viewed plenty different sectors…

The Look: May’s Best-Dressed List

It’s starting to look a lot like summer—style-wise, that is. After countless Covid variants, events are (finally) back in full force, and we’re happy to see our favorite celebs out in the world wearing real clothes again, like in the Before Times. Without further ado, we’ve rounded up the standout ‘fits at the hottest events…

Rescuing Ukrainian Family Recipes

Food memories from childhood summers tend to stick. Olga Koutseridi, a graduate student adviser at the University of Texas at Austin, formed hers in Mariupol, the small city on the Black Sea whose name has become synonymous with the worst devastation Russia has inflicted on Ukraine. While she was growing up, her family often moved…