In the decade since the stunning Moshe Safdie-designed Crystal Bridges Museum opened in Bentonville, Arkansas, founder Alice Walton has made it her mission to bring the art world to her home state. Specifically, the once sleepy town where Walton family patriarch Sam Walton founded Walmart. This fall, her niece-in-law, Olivia, has made the fashion world…
Avoiding waste by repurposing remnants is not new. But it is timely. Some luxury houses, including Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Marni and Coach have embraced this trend, though later than many environmental advocates would have liked. And labels including the upscale Stella McCartney and Marine Serre, as well as Re/Done, Zero Waste Daniel and the…
There are pie-eaters and cake-eaters, often fixed in their tastes. But Ovenly, the Greenpoint, Brooklyn, bakery with branches elsewhere in the borough and in Manhattan, has struck a compromise: a cake inspired by pie. Rich six-inch brown sugar cake layers enclose a pie-like salted caramel-apple filling, the entire confection robed in cinnamon buttercream. Serving eight…
While tragedies such as the deaths of 151 people at a Halloween event in Seoul are rare, anyone attending a big gathering should keep these safety tips in mind, experts say.
What are you grateful for this year? Can you tell us about it in no more than 100 words? For Thanksgiving, The Times is inviting readers to share short, mighty tales of gratitude in the style of The Modern Love column’s Tiny Love Stories. Capture a big life moment or a smaller encounter: a personal…
LAS VEGAS — Carlos Padilla walked to his pickup truck with a shoulder bag full of campaign literature and an agenda for shaping the future of the country. It was 20 days before the midterm elections, and Mr. Padilla, a pastry chef, was on his way out of the headquarters of the Culinary Workers Union…
Courtesy of retailers If you’re anything like me, you would rather deal with the cold before covering your outfit with a fall jacket. Being a Southern girl living in the city, I’m still not used to grabbing a jacket in the fall. But alas, here we are. That said, when you have a fabulous bomber…
Today is Halloween, an ancient autumn holiday rooted in Celtic druid traditions that, over the course of a few thousand years, has morphed into the all-out, ghoul-happy, trick-or-treat candy fest we celebrate today. When my daughter was very young, we made sugar cookies shaped like skeletons and black cats. Now, she just wants to costume…
In the world of fuss-free and versatile clothing options, bodysuits are clear winners. For one, not having to repeatedly tuck your shirt into your pants is truly revolutionary. And today’s bodysuits just keep getting better, offered in a wide range of sizes and silhouettes to work for various body types and occasions. You’ll find everything…
