Need an easy holiday gift that still seems like you put in effort? Something special? Something personalized? Forget monograms and nameplate necklaces. Starting in early November, you can get cheeky by stamping your name on a pair of Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty boxer briefs. The popular lingerie brand’s new initiative, called Savage X You, allows…
I met Mr. Kale on the checkout line at Whole Foods in TriBeCa more than two years ago. It was in the cards — sort of. A few hours earlier, my friend, Stephanie, had told me on the phone that she was now a practicing Wiccan — a modern witch who dabbled in “white magic,”…
When a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections hit India in the spring, hospitals were overwhelmed with sick patients and crematories struggled to bury the dead as the bodies piled up. Now India is celebrating one its most important holidays — Diwali, the festival of lights — and many fear another wave of infections as…
Bahamas, Bridgehampton, Super Bowls Mr. Rubin’s business strategy of including players in long-term profit shares as well as his criminal justice reform efforts make him a rarity among white billionaires, said Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the former Los Angeles Lakers superstar who is now an owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a member of Fanatics…
Joseph Valonis, who married Ms. Valonis in 1966 and died of heart disease, was a Navy veteran. Mr. Mirra joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953. After 51 months of active duty, he became a reservist. From 1957 to 1992, he was recalled to active duty twice: first in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis…
Pfizer announced on Friday that its pill to treat Covid-19 had been found in a key clinical trial to be highly effective at preventing severe illness among at-risk people who received the drug soon after they exhibited symptoms. The antiviral pill is the second of its kind to demonstrate efficacy against Covid. It appears to…
New York, London, Milan, and Paris were once considered the only capitals in which great style could be found. With the ever-increasing globalization of the fashion industry, however, this antiquated notion is falling by the wayside and emerging designers in once overshadowed corners of the globe are finally getting their due. One hub on the…
Glam disco was the theme at the 25th Hulaween party, held on Oct. 30 at Cipriani South Street to benefit the New York Restoration Project, the nonprofit started by Bette Midler to protect green spaces. The American Ballet Theater honored Jenna Segal at its fall gala on Oct. 26; the performance was followed by a…
Airlines make it easier to stick with the program Over the past 18 months, each airline has taken a different approach to hanging on to its biggest spenders, but their goal is the same: to make it easier for customers who have achieved status to keep it. Alaska Airlines, for example, is giving a 50…
Averi Harper and Kenneth Robinson, who met on a San Francisco train in September 2015, knew they might be destined for a future together when they realized their schedules had something in common: neither worked on Mondays or Tuesdays. “When we first started dating, we had unconventional schedules, we were both working long, odd hours,”…