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Amazon’s Most-Loved Gift Section Is Here To Save Your Holiday Shopping This Year

When it comes to shopping during the holiday season, the world is your oyster. But with an ocean of gifts to explore, the hunt for the perfect present can feel a bit overwhelming. Amazon is thankfully narrowing it down. The online retailer just released its ” data-vars-ga-product-id=”bfedd98c-2d0d-4c79-ac94-c639ce242338″ data-vars-ga-product-price=”0.00″ data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand=”” data-vars-ga-product-sem3-category data-vars-ga-product-sem3-id data-affiliate-network=”{"id":"91c93b81-faf3-4605-9c92-bf0c3d25e239","metadata":[],"network":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","metadata":[]}}” data-affiliate=”true”>Amazon’s Customers’ Most-Loved…

Andrew Lloyd Webber Plays the Hits

It was the reopening night of “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway, and Andrew Lloyd Webber was D.J.-ing the after-party. From a booth built earlier that day on 44th street in Manhattan, Mr. Lloyd Webber, the play’s composer, whose career has lasted decades and who has won four Tonys and an Oscar, mixed music,…

Inside the Thai Temple Where Tattoos Come to Life

The sky was streaked with purple when I boarded the early-morning train from Bangkok to the Nakhon Chai Si District in central Thailand. For the entire hourlong ride, a monk sat quietly in front of me, smiling, gusts of wind swirling the orange robes over his tattoos. We disembarked at the same stop, a small…

A Surprise for Two ‘Creatives’: An Artists’ Loft in the East Village

“It was a very lax process.” That is not something you usually hear in stories about finding the perfect apartment. But for Amanda Paulsen and her partner, Peter Zusman, it’s what happened — one viewing with a brief conversation, and the next day everything was settled. “At first, it felt like it was too good…

Ralph Lauren’s Polo Bar Reopens in New York City

On the deck of his home in Montauk, N.Y., over the sound of crashing waves — a vigorous white noise, more roaring than soothing — Ralph Lauren said he was glad to be back. Two days earlier, he had returned to New York for the first time since relocating to his Colorado ranch this spring.…

Ralph Lauren Restarts the Fantasy

On the deck of his home in Montauk, N.Y., over the sound of crashing waves — a vigorous white noise, more roaring than soothing — Ralph Lauren said he was glad to be back. Two days earlier, he had returned to New York for the first time since relocating to his Colorado ranch this spring.…

Amanda Knox Was Exonerated. That Doesn’t Mean She’s Free.

“That’s the sort of trap I’m in, where I’m constantly having to be in conversation with something that I would rather not,” Ms. Knox said. “I’m constantly told that I should just disappear.” The Making of a Caricature What happened that night in Perugia may be debated forever. But there are some basic facts —…

Everything I’m Trying On Via Amazon This Month

Amazon The rub of online shopping isn’t the inability to touch and feel—it’s how the joy of discovery and that special stumbling-upon-ness mostly gets lost. When I’m buying virtually, it’s nearly always for something I already know I want. That can be a need (like the perfect black crewneck sweater) or a specific desire triggered…

My Boyfriend Is Ready for a Makeover. What Do I Do?

My boyfriend is turning 37 this month and has stated that he’s ready for a wardrobe update. His current look is heavy on graphic T-shirts (bands, sports teams) and jeans. He’s a software developer and works remotely but is ready to invest. When it comes to high-quality casual staples for men, what’s most important to…

Why Is an Italian Luxury Brand Having a Show in Michigan?

DETROIT — Around 2015, when Daniel Lee was a designer no one had ever heard of, working behind the scenes at Celine, he went on vacation to Jamaica, somehow ending up in Detroit along the way. He didn’t know that much about the city except the obvious: It had a history with cars (which he…