“What the hell is the point of working out in a dress?” I used to think. That was then, back when I was still uncultured. Now, I’m a champion for exercise dresses. If you, too, are wary of the idea, allow me to explain. Picture this: It’s a hot, sticky day. You leave the gym…
As both a food editor and a semi-functioning member of society, I’m a little embarrassed to admit how frequently I eat popcorn for dinner. (A couple of times a month, at least.) And I delude myself only slightly: It’s vegetable adjacent. Nutritional yeast is the backbone of my fine-tuned and finely ground house popcorn topping,…
While jewelry may not be the primary reason one attends a fashion show, you simply cannot deny the power it has to make an outfit. With that in mind, knowing the best fall 2023 jewelry trends is imperative to ensuring all your cold-weather ’fits have the right finishing touch. Among all the fall 2023 fashion…
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As the winter sun ascends over a mustard farm, pale orange bleeding into sharp yellow, a line of 36 girls all dressed alike — T-shirts, track pants, crew cuts — emerges into an open field, rubbing sleep from their eyes. Under a tin shed, they sit on their haunches, bent over stone mortars. For the…
MILAN — Being the height of fashion for 50 years is quite a claim. Cleo, the fanciful shoe designed by the Venetian haute cobbler René Caovilla, with its sinuous strap coiling up the ankle, is celebrating just that: half a century on the soles of partygoers. It has been worn by the likes of Mary…
Lundyn Carter had only been shopping for her wedding dress for a few days, but she was already frustrated by the process. “I noticed a lack of diversity in sizes and styles and this added pressure to make a decision quickly,” she said of her search nearly nine years ago. When she remembered that her…
In case you haven’t heard, it’s been a wet winter on the West Coast. While the deluge was devastating for many residents, some have welcomed the rain: fungi, and the foragers who love them. “Mushrooms love rain,” said Iso Rabins, the founder of Forage SF, a Bay Area-based company that offers classes on foraging mushrooms,…
MILAN — Ever since Pharrell Williams, pop culture Renaissance man, was named creative director of Louis Vuitton men’s wear just over a week ago, nabbing one of the most high-profile positions at one of the most high-profile brands in the world, a sort of existential debate has gone on about the meaning of the term…
Although maternal mortality rates declined worldwide from 2000 to 2020, almost 800 women still die of pregnancy-related complications every day, according to a grim report issued Wednesday by the World Health Organization and other agencies of the United Nations. Despite early improvements in maternal health during the 20-year period, progress has stalled in many regions,…