Trading Excess for Intimacy

PARIS — Lara Stone, the gaptoothed Dutch-English model often compared to Brigitte Bardot who was at the top of models.com’s Top 50 models in the world list from 2010 to 2012, has done many things in fashion. She has been on the covers of Vogue, had a Calvin Klein exclusive and married a celebrity (the…

Yves Saint Laurent Takes Paris

PARIS — Sixty years to the day after showing his first collection under his own name, Yves Saint Laurent, the designer who is synonymous with French fashion and who died in 2008, is once again taking Paris by storm. Or rather, his creations are. From Saturday through May 15, 50 pieces from the couturier’s vast…

A Cooks Tour: 3 Picture Books About Famous Foodies

SWEET JUSTICEGeorgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus BoycottBy Mara RockliffIllustrated by R. Gregory Christie ALICE WATERS COOKS UP A FOOD REVOLUTIONBy Diane StanleyIllustrated by Jessie Hartland BORN HUNGRYJulia Child Becomes “the French Chef”By Alex Prud’hommeIllustrated by Sarah Green Whether kids know it or not, the plate of food in front of them can be so…

For Them, It Was Love and Baseball

Erik Braverman and Jonathan Cottrell’s wedding at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, where Mr. Braverman works as a senior vice president for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was a celebration of love. Also of progress. “We knew it would mean a lot to a lot of people,” Mr. Cottrell said, including the 75 vaccinated guests who…