Courtesy of the subjects; Getty Images Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. “Fashion has basically operated in this black box for so long,” says New York State Senator Alessandra Biaggi. She’s talking about the way that, unlike the finance, food, and automotive industries, fashion has been able…
It’s no secret where to get seeds for famous-name tomatoes like Sun Gold or any of the other catalog standbys you’ve come to count on. But don’t stop there. An entire world of genetic diversity and cultural history is available to those who look a little further, courtesy of an emerging group of seed sellers…
Ms. Lawrence, the Dartmouth spokeswoman, reiterated that new courses and programs of study are the domain of educators, not administrators. “Faculty members who have an interest in — or who are currently teaching courses in — Asian American studies are exploring the possibility of developing an Asian American studies minor, including assessing the number of…
My 30-year-old daughter is in a polyamorous relationship with a married man. She brought him home for the holidays, and while he was charming, I felt uncomfortable. (This may have been triggered by my husband’s infidelity that led to our divorce.) Now, my daughter tells me she would like to bring this man on our…
If you’ve indulged in a bit of online shopping over the past few years, you’ve surely come across the name Afterpay. The company, co-founded by Aussie Nick Molnar at only 24, has become one of the most popular payment-plan options, alongside competitors like Klarna and Affirm. At 30, Molnar was named Australia’s youngest self-made billionaire,…
A simple scroll on TikTok reveals that contouring is back from the dead. It is back after a backlash against the sculpted, drawn-on look often associated with the early 2000s. (Remember strobing? Baking?) It is back after a pandemic in which many people swore off makeup altogether. But the look is not what you may…
When Sagal Jama, a student and content creator in Toronto, noticed that balaclavas were becoming a popular winter accessory, she was ecstatic. “As the seasons change and trends also change, I feel like I have to force my outfits to the conditions of wearing a hijab and my level of modesty,” she said. She would…
“No matter what any rock star tells you, they’re all conscious of the cult of personality,” Alex Ebert said, looking like a tenured musicology professor with his tan button-down shirt, shaggy beard and horn-rimmed glasses, while seated amid grand pianos and organs. “For a lot of them, that’s their primary occupation.” Mr. Ebert, 43, would…
Welcome. On the last day of last year, I asked what, if anything, you were looking forward to in 2022. Since then, I’ve been thinking of Anne Shirley’s optimistic query in “Anne of Green Gables”: “Marilla, isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” When I…
Between 400,000 and one million years ago, our ancestors made fire. This one creation changed the course of daily life, and it would take yet another few hundred thousand more years, according to the National Candle Association in Washington, D.C., for candles to appear. Candles and candlesticks have since become fixtures of religious observances, a…