Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry company by volume, is on a mission. Known for its sterling silver charms, made to be strung in great numbers on the company’s bracelets, Pandora has been in danger of becoming what Karen Giberson, president and chief executive of the New York-based Accessories Council called a “one-hit wonder.” It needed…
Stephanie Webb planned and hosted Thanksgiving for more than 48 years. She would wake up at 4 a.m. to start setting the table, spend all day cooking for about 16 guests — including her two children and three grandchildren — and then clean the house once everyone left. She compared her Thanksgiving ritual to “putting…
New York City has many icons, like the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center. And Bloomingdale’s, the department store that opened shop in 1872 and this year is marking its 150th anniversary. “To celebrate, we desired to create iconic pieces that paid homage to our rich history,” Marissa Galante Frank, the store’s fashion director of…
I am a witness for the prosecution in my former boss’s sex crimes trial. It’s a relatively straightforward role, but I am dreading it. What do I wear to take the stand and testify in open court? — Kate, Los Angeles We spend a lot of time thinking about and reacting to what the plaintiffs…
Los medicamentos que suelen prescribirse para tratar la depresión son efectivos hasta cierto punto, pero no porque corrijan un “desequilibrio químico”.
Raised in Flushing, Queens, he graduated from Jamaica High School; earned a bachelor’s degree in 1956 from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., where he majored in biology and minored in psychology; and received a medical degree from what is now the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn in 1960. Dr. Rosenthal’s…
The sartorial spirit of Thierry Mugler, the enfant terrible of 1980s French fashion, came to life at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday for the opening of the designer’s retrospective. Habitués of the city’s nightlife and fashion underground channeled his over-the-top style. Many wore vintage Mugler or fanciful outfits of their own creation. Also on Tuesday,…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood-testing start-up Theranos, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on Friday for defrauding investors about her company’s technology and business dealings. The sentence capped a yearslong saga that has captivated the public and ignited debates about Silicon Valley’s culture of hype…
To hear some people on TikTok tell it, we’ve spent years in a “panoramic.” Or perhaps it was a “panini press.” Some are in the “leg booty” community and stand firmly against “cornucopia.” If it all sounds like a foreign language to you, that’s because it kind of is. TikTok creators have gotten into the…
BARCELONA, Spain — Even in dark Gucci sunglasses, Héctor Bellerín couldn’t walk the few blocks from his apartment to the parking garage where he kept his battery-powered Cupra Born without causing a scene. Most of the swarming fans held their composure; one young woman trembled as she asked the professional soccer player for a picture.…