The change of seasons offers an opportunity to make changes of your own — not just in the way you dress, but in the way you dress the rooms you live in. “I grew up in a house where it was a family event to change literally everything — like slipcovers, curtains, pillows and even…
This weekend, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married for the third time, following a just-for-fun ceremony in Las Vegas with Elvis presiding and an intimate legal ceremony in Santa Barbara, Calif. But in every sense, this was the Big One — hosted at a castle in Portofino, Italy, and staged in front of a…
LOS ANGELES — The thing about endangered creatures is that by the time you notice they’re in trouble, it is probably too late to get them back. The same can probably be said of subcultures. Beautiful or colorful, anomalous and strange, largely unnoticed however distinct, members of subcultures consume, create, disport and express themselves in…
AUSTIN, Texas — On a warm evening in March, sorority girls in sundresses and frat guys in moisture-wicking polos lined up at Cain and Abel’s, a popular bar near the University of Texas at Austin, for a drink ticket and a chance at everlasting love — both courtesy of Ilios, a dating app that matches…
Courtesy Summer is quickly approaching, which means we can finally look forward to beach days, summer picnics, and fun weekend vacations. Unfortunately, the arrival of summer also signals the arrival of sweaty nights for some of us (especially if you, like me, do not have an air conditioner that works for your space). But summer…
Name a clothing item more versatile than leggings—you can wear them to work out, lounge on the couch, run errands, or just pair with a nice oversized blouse for brunch. But in the world of leggings, there’s one brand that reigns supreme: Lululemon. And, if you’ve never thrown on a pair of comfy Lulu leggings,…
LOS ANGELES — Oliver Sim was happy to be a monster. Too happy. On the London set of the short film “Hideous,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, the 32-year-old musician was living his fanboy fantasies of becoming a creature from a horror movie. “They were like, ‘You have to relax your…
On Sunday, the last day of the seventh straight week of a tumbling Dow, as titans of industry and finance gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for a delayed World Economic Forum, a different gathering took place in front of the New York Stock Exchange. There was screaming. There was jostling. There were gathered police officers and…
I didn’t understand then how much would change, or how quickly. Soon after, the park road was closed because of melting permafrost and landslides, locking a bike trip to Polychrome Pass into the archives of the past. I couldn’t see past the present chaos of family life, each hour messy and loud, to a picture…
It was a week of delicious parties in rarefied settings. On Wednesday, Burberry took over Lucien, the East Village canteen frequented by art-world insiders, chain-smoking models and Chloë Sevigny. About 60 guests sipped martinis and ate steak frites at the 10-day pop-up that features Burberry’s check pattern on everything including the awning, stools and, of…