Last July, at the beginning of Couture Week in Paris, the fashion designer Julie de Libran — fresh off an acclaimed five-year tenure as the artistic director of the legendary French brand Sonia Rykiel — debuted her own namesake line. She presented the first collection, which consists of 21 dresses that are available to order…
Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain The king and queen of Seattle grunge, Kurt and Courtney were more or less the most influential couple of 1990s fashion. The Nirvana singer arguably started the entire grunge trend, with his mismatched, oversized outfits and shaggy mop of hair. Similarly, the Hole frontwoman was known for her torn, sheer…
Teeny tiny bags were the biggest things to come out of the fall/winter 2019 Paris Fashion Week circuit, thanks to Jacquemus’ now-famous Le Chiquito purses. But if Nina Ricci has its way, the latest cult-fave accessory just might be a literal bucket worn as a hat or bag—you choose. On Friday, Nina Ricci presented its…
I had polenta on the brain the other day. The image in my mind’s eye was bright and sunny, and so was my mood. That polenta should be my idea of comfort food is perhaps a bit odd. I never had it as a child, so it’s not about nostalgia. But polenta, when cooked properly,…
Q. Does the flu vaccine become less effective over the course of the flu season? If yes, should I delay getting my flu shot until later in the season? A. Yes, immunity to the flu virus may wane over the course of the flu season, so you don’t want to get your flu shot too…
For the first time, Saudi Arabia is officially opening its doors to tourists interested in visiting the kingdom for more than religious reasons. The ultraconservative Middle Eastern kingdom announced a new e-visa program on Friday that will allow people from 49 countries to enter the country for tourism, for stays as long as three months.…
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In the early 1990s, a young Australian chef named Bill Granger had a bright idea: Why not spread avocado on toast? Nearly three decades after that successful experiment, the long and sometimes bizarre history of the avocado has reached a new and potentially controversial turning point — albeit without the Instagram potential of avocado toast.…
Meredith Golden says that finding your soulmate on Tinder is easy, as long as you swear off one vice. It isn’t cigarettes or cheese fries. It’s slimmer, sneakier. That cardinal sin: the exclamation point. “Punctuation should not be excessive, especially in an opening message,” said Ms. Golden, who ghostwrites for those struggling on the dating…
Airlines often go (a little) out of their way to help parents with young children, offering them fruit juice, toys and baby seats. Now, a special accommodation may benefit another class of fussy traveler (usually less tearful, but no stranger to tantrums): people who are annoyed by babies. Or at least that’s the case on…