Melvin Sokolsky, a photographer who pushed boundaries by creating fantastical tableaux for fashion bibles like Harper’s Bazaar that seemed to defy both gravity and logic, died on Aug. 29 at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 88. The death was confirmed by his son, Bing. Mr. Sokolsky was an untrained photographer who grew…
Rommy Hunt Revson was renting a house in Southampton, N.Y., in 1986, stressed from her recent divorce from a Revlon heir, John Revson, when she conceived of a hair band to hold a ponytail without damaging the hair. “I don’t know why, but I became somewhat determined to figure out an invention that used fabric…
Jeremy Moeller Everything old is new again. More specifically, the best 2000s trends. Slip skirts, platform shoes, and baguette bags (which are currently taking over the NYFW spring/summer 2023 runways) have all been among the iconic era’s revival, with designers reimagining them for here and now. If you’ve been paying any attention to celebrity street…
Three thick gold lines were splashed on the floor of a cavernous warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yards where the Gabriela Hearst show was to take place. The two on the outside were slightly curved, to enclose the inner one. “Do you recognize the shape?” Ms. Hearst asked backstage before the show. She grinned, a…
It’s an August morning in northern Wisconsin, the kind that residents of the small town of Bayfield dream about in the darkest months of winter. The sun glistens on Lake Superior, a gentle north breeze cools the 70-degree air, and the City Dock, lined by sailboats and yachts, is quiet save for a small circle…
We’re halfway through September, and I’m already starting to feel the stress and hectic whoosh of fall. Unfinished tasks are piling up like fallen leaves — and let’s not even talk about my inbox; it’s a terrifying place (current unread email total: 2,429). There’s a kid to send off to school, lunches to pack, and…
It was, perhaps, inevitable in 2022 that TikTok users would figure out how an of-the-moment slicked-back bun could double as a self-care moment — and just as inevitable that the multitasking hairstyle would go viral. Hence the Olaplex bun, where the “slick” of the bun comes from Olaplex No. 3, No. 6 or No. 7,…
We drove long, winding roads lined with wild marjoram and sage and dried-out pom-poms of woody fleabane through which unfazed goats looked at us with yellow eyes. The wind-borne clouds cast sporadic, aquatic shadows over the gray road. The sea itself, far below, was so churned as to seem snowcapped. Close up, the wind silvered…
The city’s nightlife went into overdrive last Thursday as New York Fashion Week returned with a torrent of private dinners, fancy cocktails and packed parties. To kick things off, there were dueling parties at Saks Fifth Avenue (which featured the singer Chlöe) and Bergdorf Goodman (Karen Elson), with a fleet of Uber Black cars going…
A reader wonders how to negotiate the sensitive subject of her husband’s outdated will, which she worries could leave her and her child without a place to live.