I was never exactly an unadulterated fan of Alessandro Michele, the recently-no-longer Gucci designer. I often found his collections overwrought and self-indulgent; unedited, like the rambling monologues he would conduct after shows in the guise of a news conference, throwing himself into a thronelike chair in exhaustion. Yet for the last week, ever since the…
My husband and I own a vacation condominium (with two bedrooms and two bathrooms) that we like to make available to our five adult children. We don’t use it over the holidays, but the kids’ use of it during this period has become contentious. Four are married, one is divorced and they all have children.…
Partying Till Sunrise The ritual builds community with non-Jews too. Shay O’Brien, a Ph.D. student studying sociology at Princeton, attended her first Shabbat dinner at a friend’s home on the Lower East Side at the beginning of November. “It definitely felt more special than a regular dinner,” said Ms. O’Brien, 32. And: “Someone made homemade…
Thanksgiving may be past us, but that only means one thing: The holiday season is just beginning. Your last handful of weeks before we officially ring in 2023 are sure to be chock-full of festivities, and there’s no doubt you’ll need a few good outfits to have on hand. Naturally, such ensembles also include a…
Hoping for More I worked three teaching jobs and slept in our apartment’s unheated kitchen to give my teenage children the bedrooms. I had scant time for food shopping, insufficient time to sleep, zero time for anything else. We subsisted on rice, beans, pasta, tuna, peanut butter. It seemed absurd to hope for more —…
Getty + Design Leah Romero Everyone wants to be Emma Chamberlain, or at the very least be her friend. How could you not? She’s effortlessly cool, wildly stylish, and refreshingly low-key. “Low-key” for someone with 16.2 million followers on Instagram, that is. The internet-influencing, coffee-sipping, art-collecting, sweater vest-wearing 21-year-old is, ostensibly, good at everything, which…
Christian MacDonald If the last few seasons of fashion shows have taught us anything, it’s that sheer is here. The world of tights can seem intimidating or even old-fashioned, but brands like Wolford and Fogal are making the wardrobe staple anything but. On the runways, Valentino, Nensi Dojaka, and Victoria Beckham are just a few…
Courtesy What you put on your feet when you walk outside can say a lot about you, but why not treat your indoor shoe choice with just as much care? Sure, you’re not strutting down a runway in your house (or you are, we don’t judge), but from your bedroom to the kitchen is just…
Robin Engelman lived in the Los Angeles area for three decades, waiting for a sense of belonging that never came. “I never quite felt at home,” said Dr. Engelman, 56, a psychologist. “I was raised in rural Pennsylvania and wanted a smaller town that was more green and more friendly, with seasons and trees. I…
“It’s going to happen the way he wanted it to happen, or it’s not going to happen at all,” said Anne Pasternak, the director of the Brooklyn Museum, who planned Mr. Abloh’s exhibition with him and then worked with Ms. Abloh after his death. But, Mr. Burke said, she’s “not Yoko Ono.” Ms. Haley just…