Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Spring 2021 has brought with it the mass re-emergence of some controversial early-2000’s trends: the low-rise trouser, the visible thong, the going-out top. But a different, edgier side of the decade is in evidence too, if not on the runway, then…
Courtesy of Michael Kors Collection Remember places? Specifically, remember New York City? The illustrious town went noticeably quiet during the onset of the pandemic, but with vaccinations on the rise and its former residents returning on their pilgrimage back from the states they inhabited during quarantine, the city is waking up. In a place known…
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The correlation also held whether or not people were taking sleep medication and whether or not they had a mutation called ApoE4 that makes people more likely to develop Alzheimer’s, Dr. Sabia said. “The study found a modest, but I would say somewhat important association of short sleep and dementia risk,” said Pamela Lutsey, an…
Only by ponying up for courtside seats will fans be able to enjoy the luxury of the new Crown Club in Barclays Center, to open when the Nets season starts this fall. The new 7,700-square-foot space is a glossy upgrade for sports arena dining and drinking. There’s a plush lounge, upholstered in green and gold…
Headliner Iris With its November opening derailed by the pandemic, this elegant addition to Midtown Manhattan dining, from the chef and restaurateur John Fraser, is now ready for business. The food makes clear Mr. Fraser’s Greek heritage, something that was less evident in his other ventures, like the Loyal and the North Fork Table, which…
In Finland, a relatively egalitarian society, people tend not to be fixated on “keeping up with the Joneses.” “People often do pretty well in social comparison,” said Antti Kauppinen, a philosophy professor at the University of Helsinki. “This starts from education; everybody has access to good education. Income and wealth differences are relatively small.” David…
Shortly after moving into their renovated brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, at the end of 2019, Jordan Slocum and Barry Bordelon began experiencing a problem that now consumes many urban dwellers: package theft. “It was three or four packages, over the course of a few months,” said Mr. Bordelon, 40. The issue was compounded when Mr.…
The First Amendment prohibits the government from infringing on a citizen’s right to free speech, but homeowners associations aren’t government entities. Their ability to censor expression is much broader. “For a constitutional violation to occur, you need a state actor,” Mr. Rovinsky said. “Yes, you do have freedom of speech, but while the government can’t…
When Jolita Leonas-Arzbaecher was planning her new penthouse apartment in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, she gave her design team some very specific instructions. “My home has to be as unique, dramatic and one of a kind as I am,” she told them. “Dramatic in the sense of being fascinating, unexpected and powerful.” The…