Why Do I Feel Sick Before My Period?
Researchers don’t fully understand the menstrual cycle’s effects on the immune system, but experts say there are reasons some may feel sick at certain points.
I’m a Fashion Editor, and I Shop at the Dump
When I began thrifting and scrounging my way to some semblance of personal style, there was still something shameful about admitting that your clothes had a past, unknowable-to-you life. I’ve spent a decade and a half covering fashion (I’m Elle’s fashion features director now), and over that time I’ve seen the industry awakening to sustainability…
Deadly Venom From Spiders and Snakes May Also Cure What Ails You
TUCSON, Ariz. — In a small room in a building at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the invertebrate keeper, Emma Califf, lifts up a rock in a plastic box. “This is one of our desert hairies,” she said, exposing a three-inch-long scorpion, its tail arced over its back. “The largest scorpion in North America.” This captive…
The Wildest Looks of the 2022 Met Gala
Dove Cameron in Iris van Herpen With structured tassels, intricate boning, and sheer panels, Dove Cameron’s Iris van Herpen number looks like it came from an alien planet. Which, to be clear, is a huge compliment.
The Best Dressed Celebrities at the 2022 Met Gala
Kim Kardashian in Jean-Louis and Cartier Kim took the theme of “Gilded Glamour” not so literally, so as to embody the Gilded Age, but rather shimmied into Marilyn Monroe’s original dress (yes, the very same) worn during the actress’s iconic rendition of “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.” Kardashian only wore the dress for a few minutes,…
The Story Behind J Balvin’s Met Gala Look
One night last fall, J Balvin, the reggaeton rapper, shared a photo of the back of his bare neck. Deep red imprints formed a kind of collar as if someone had tried to choke the Colombian superstar with scalding hot chains. In reality, Mr. Balvin had just come from his first Met Gala, at which…
Christine Baranski Is an Expert in ‘Gilded Glamour’
When Christine Baranski’s character on “The Gilded Age” looks out her window at the mansion across the street, she sees the equivalent of a Trump casino. “She’s absolutely appalled by what money is going to do to her world,” Ms. Baranski said. “It was just wretched excess. But it was a glorious time that celebrated…
Megan Thee Stallion Is a Gilded ‘Hot Girl’
“I love gold,” Megan Thee Stallion said on Saturday night, sitting in a makeup chair somewhere in Memphis, getting ready for a festival performance — a good thing, too, considering that 48 hours later, in New York, the rapper would attend her second Met Gala drenched in the stuff. When she arrived at the Met…
Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith Do the Most at the Met Gala
Briefly, in the planning process, Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith discussed gender-swapping their looks for the Met Gala. “I was going to wear the tuxedo with tails, and he was going to wear a gown,” Ms. Turner-Smith said. “I’m not sure I could have pulled off your exact look,” Mr. Jackson said, referring to the…
Met Gala 2022: Stars, Many Times Over
May 2, 2022, 4:59 p.m. ET May 2, 2022, 4:59 p.m. ET A new biography of the Vogue editor Anna Wintour was written with details supplied by members of her circle.Credit…Calla Kessler for The New York Times When Anna Wintour, officially an honorary co-chair of the Met Gala, unofficially its prime mastermind, takes her customary…