Behind the Look: Bibhu Mohapatra on Creating a Custom Dress for New York’s Diwali Gala

Angela Pham/The Glenlivet Stepping into Bibhu Mohapatra’s elegant Tribeca atelier, it might seem easy to spot what inspires the renowned Indian-born, New York-based designer. There are the rich hues of color boards and a collection of fashion’s greatest tomes. Yet for Mohapatra, there’s another, less tangible muse that inspires his couture creations: his memories. Mohapatra…

TikTokers Mourn the Shutdown of Omegle

Romain Degrave first discovered Omegle three years ago, when he was still in high school. Since its inception in 2009, the online service, which randomly pairs strangers for anonymous video chat sessions, had been connecting users across the globe for moments of discovery, whimsy, cross-cultural exchange and political debate. The delight of Omegle was in…

Rugs That Ripple Like a Stream

T Introduces: A Fashion Designer Carries on the Legacy of a Textile Artist The fashion designer Marco Zanini’s mother is Swedish, but growing up in his father’s native Italy, he never gave his Nordic roots much thought. It wasn’t until he turned 30 that he “became passionate about anything Scandinavian,” says the Milan-based 52-year-old, who…