Perfumes have become a focus for Estée Lauder, particularly as the premium fragrance industry saw an unexpected bump during the pandemic, with shoppers seeking out small luxuries. Estée Lauder’s recent perfume acquisitions include the brands Frédéric Malle, Kilian and Le Labo. While hundreds of fragrances are released every year, a hit such as Chanel No.…
Forever Intertwined My first friends were my cousins and siblings. After eating early family dinners, we spent many Sunday evenings sprawled across our grandparents’ bed. We lay sated, entranced by the television, our limbs crossing limbs, our heads lying on each other’s thighs and stomachs, like we were playing a great game of Twister. We…
By the time Dua Lipa announced that there would be a Latin American leg of her “Future Nostalgia” tour, Will Laura Schmidt, who lives in Peru, had already bought plane tickets to Europe so he could attend the singer’s concert in Munich in May. Mr. Schmidt, 25, had been watching online clips from her tour,…
The money would help pay for addiction treatment and drug education programs in communities across the United States.
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. More than a million people have seen “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime” over the course of a run that’s taken the show from Montreal and Paris to Rotterdam and Munich. But until this month, it had never come to New York, where the…
Travel in winter Targeting slow periods, many deals aim to fill first-quarter vacancies. In New Orleans, ONE11 Hotel is offering up to 30 percent off rooms booked Nov. 25, normally from $210 a night, for stays through Feb. 1. From Nov. 25 to 28, the Westin Indianapolis will offer 20 percent off rooms starting at…
It’s not complicated: Avril Lavigne remains one of fashion’s most revered style icons. The cover of her 2002 debut album Let Go kicked off a frenzy for goth couture that continues to influence today’s biggest stars, from Olivia Rodrigo to Willow Smith. The iconic image features Lavigne posing with her arms folded, with her hip…
Britain announced on Monday that it would contribute $1.19 billion over three years to combat H.I.V., tuberculosis and malaria across the world, about half the amount aid organizations had hoped for and more than a month after other Group of 7 nations had pledged their support. Once a leading donor to poor nations, Britain has…
SOKA, Japan — When the independent watchmaker Daizoh Makihara decided to use the Japanese traditional glass cutting technique called edo-kiriko for the dial of his first watch, he contacted eight companies that specialized in the technique. But only one agreed to do it. “Most edo-kiriko companies are family businesses so they don’t usually have the…
Until 1804, fewer than one billion people roamed our planet. More than a century later, in 1927, we crossed two billion. Since then, the world population has shot up in the shape of a hockey stick, boosted by the triumphs of modern medicine and public health. The latest marker was passed on Tuesday, when the…