LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — It was a week before Sismas, the holiday party hosted by the jewelry designer Simone I. Smith, and organizers were on a phone call to discuss the menu. “Darling, you already know I want oxtail,” Ms. Smith, 52, told her planner, Janice Diamond, and her chef, Nancie Greene, on the call.…
Presta atención a los temas que animan y despiertan el interés de las personas que están en tu lista de regalos. Observa las cosas que tienen en su casa y oficina, lo que visten, los colores que prefieren, lo que capturan en fotos y lo que les gusta comer y beber. Por ejemplo, si les…
If you had more shoes on your wishlist than goals for 2023, you’ve come to the right place. Shoes will make or break your outfit, your night, and your whole life if you let them. The runways—and the streets—of spring 2023 fashion month were stomped on by all kinds of footwear. And according to two…
Elizabeth Chan is very clear on the matter: Christmas is not a competition. “You can love whatever you want about it as much as you want,” Ms. Chan, 42, said. “It’s how much it fills you with joy, and everybody has different levels of joy in their heart. But that doesn’t mean one way of…
When I was in elementary school, I desperately wanted an Easy-Bake Oven. I even wrote a short story, based on a dream I had, in which my family and I were trapped during a tornado and I saved us from starving by making cakes in my Oven. But year after year, Christmas, Hanukkah and my…
With “Outfitumentary,” Ms. Hardy, 45, who exhibited sculptures, photography and a fashion show at the 2012 Whitney Biennial, seemed to anticipate the prevalence of “fit pics,” “outfit of the day” photos and selfies on social media. But the film is also a fascinating self-portrait of Ms. Hardy’s gender expression in a specific time and place.…
DURHAM, N.C. — The chef Ricky Moore was 10 years old when his maternal grandmother, Bernice McClease Loftin introduced him to a tradition that would define his professional trajectory — and his holiday celebrations. For more than seven years, Ms. Loftin would hand Mr. Moore, her eldest grandchild, a cold 16-ounce glass bottle of Pepsi…
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. “I had a friend who was going back to work, who’d had a baby and was let go during the pandemic. And she literally said to me, ‘Will you just send me five links and I’ll buy those things?’” That was…
Case counts of Covid, the flu and R.S.V. are ticking up. Here’s what you need to know if you’re planning on flying during the holiday season.
Courtesy/Yousra Attia There are perhaps few universal truths in the sport of skiing, but this is one of them: If your winter gear can’t handle the challenge, then neither can you. I’ve been skiing since I was a toddler, and I’ve spent enough days powering through -5 degree weather to know a well-insulated women’s ski…