I went to college for four years but didn’t finish my degree or graduate because of a mental health issue that was undiagnosed at the time. I am not ashamed of this. But with all my friends graduating, I got nervous about finding a job without a degree. So, I lied about having one when…
Matteo Rossetti/Getty Images When Oscar Isaac kissed his way up Jessica Chastain’s arm at the Venice Film Festival, he awakened a sea of starved onlookers. Those few seconds on the red carpet quenched the public’s thirst, and they suddenly knew what they’d been missing. The moment tapped into a larger conversation about the dearth of…
From men in corsets on the fashion runways to paper-towel ads promoting the brawn of women, changing perceptions of gender are upending the way many products are being marketed. Even the watchmaking industry, which long catered to a mostly male clientele, shifted its focus to women in recent decades. Efforts to target female collectors produced…
In 2016 Zhang Jianmin was on a visit to Milan when he decided to buy an expensive suit. The purchase was something of a flight of fancy: Mr. Zhang, founder and president of CIGA Design, a wristwatch manufacturer based in Shenzhen, China, imagined wearing it to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. The annual awards…
In November, Urban Jürgensen, a luxury watch brand founded in 1773, was sold by one set of investors to another. Most of its new owners have chosen to remain anonymous, with a notable exception: Kari Voutilainen, a respected Finnish watchmaker who now is Urban Jürgensen’s chief executive yet continues to run his own brand, Voutilainen.…
Starter episode: “The Body Mass Index” As the title suggests, this show aims to counteract many of the harsh, self-critical messages that people absorb about their bodies. Rebecca Scritchfield is a registered dietitian nutritionist who has centered her counseling practice around rejecting body shame and traditional diet goals. She brings that same gentle, humane approach…
It’s the height of the pandemic, and I’m looking for an apartment for the first time in 17 years. Some things never change: Finding a place in Lower Manhattan is hard if you’re not fabulously wealthy. I have just seen a 150-square-foot studio on West Fourth Street for $2,000 a month, and am told that…
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After a frenetic few weeks when the Omicron variant of the coronavirus seemed to infect everyone, including the vaccinated and boosted, the United States is finally seeing encouraging signs. As cases decline in some parts of the country, many have begun to hope that this surge is the last big battle with the virus —…
On a cold, sunny November afternoon, Helen Harris dashed through the diamond district. She did not have a deadline, per se, and nothing to rush for — scurrying is simply how one maneuvers through this section of Midtown Manhattan, through which so many diamonds that enter the United States eventually pass. Ms. Harris, 40, was…