Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Until recently, golf was not exactly synonymous with style. If anything, it was synonymous with its polar opposite, calling to mind Jack Nicklaus’ plaid pants, Tiger Woods’ polo shirts, or Jon Daly’s Zubaz-style trousers. But lately, a whole host of leisure…
When Kay Redfield Jamison, author of “Fires in the Dark,” had a manic episode early in her career, she had to face hard truths about her illness and life.
Good morning. “Sister, I do what I do, and I do it better than most, and I take some satisfaction in that,” John D. MacDonald wrote in “One More Sunday.” (The novel is, I think, out of print, but available at your more discerning libraries.) “I am like a very dependable dog. They throw a…
Mr. Bezos has been a guest on similar boats, according to Bloomberg: In 2019, he was spotted on Eos, a 305-foot sailing yacht owned by Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg. Bill Tripp, a Connecticut-based naval architect, said the appeal of this type of boat is clear: “When you are on a powerboat, you ask,…
These once-daily supplements claim to boost energy, nourish your gut, support your immune system and more. But health experts aren’t convinced.
Art of Craft is a series about specialists whose work rises to the level of art. Are blacksmiths going extinct in America? Not according to Crag Kaviar, a prominent practitioner of the craft who is based in Louisville, Ky. If anything, he said, “there’s been a revival.” The industrial revolution rendered a lot of traditional…
The idea for an office mahjong league came unexpectedly to Bella Janssens, the director of the architectural design firm Food New York, which has collaborated with Virgil Abloh, Axel Vervoordt and Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art. During a flight from Amsterdam in 2021, as post-pandemic travel resumed, she felt inspired while watching “The Joy Luck…
It’s 2023, so why was this list of the best plus-size clothing stores harder to craft than I expected? Size inclusivity within the fashion space has unfortunately been an uphill battle for as long as I can remember. And these days, is it really too much to ask for brands to extend their sizes beyond…
After Keith Quinntarus Jefferson and Constance Chinyere Ejismekwu matched on Tinder in December 2018, it didn’t take long for them to realize they had something special. They initially communicated via FaceTime on New Year’s Eve and went on their first date the next day. It was a Tuesday night. They bonded over tacos at Three…
In the second part of the experiment, involving 450 new subjects, the researchers gave each participant 72 descriptions of emotional songs, which expressed feelings including “contempt,” “narcissism,” “inspiration” and “lustfulness.” For comparison, they also gave participants prompts that described a conversational interaction in which someone expressed their feelings. (For example: “An acquaintance is talking to…