The Khaite designer Catherine Holstein was newly pregnant in the fall of 2022 when the French children’s wear brand Bonpoint reached out to her about collaborating on a capsule collection. Now, the 11 new designs, intended to fit babies and children up to 10 years old and made with materials that are gentle against sensitive…
What’s that you hear? The jingle of chain mail is ringing through the streets as Rabanne partners with H&M for a collection that brings the line’s trademark metallic shine to a wider audience. The 129-piece assortment, part of a line of designer collaborations that has paired the Swedish retail giant with brands like Mugler and…
In his new book, the organizational psychologist Adam Grant shares counterintuitive strategies for higher achievement.
“What’s the craziest thing you ever did for love?” This is Jahad Chris Carter’s favorite question to ask strangers he meets, usually in Washington Square Park in Manhattan, or as he likes to call it, his office. As the creator and host of “Hopeless Romantic Society,” a man-on-the-street-style series on social media and YouTube, he’s…
Like many spouses, Kindred Sparks has a list of marital grievances. But hers are not like everyone else’s. There was the time when her husband, Peter Pietrangeli, left an envelope with thousands of dollars in cash on the roof of his car and drove off. Or the time he left their son’s car seat on…
The narrow, arched room below the Medici Chapels Museum in Florence has some suspiciously virtuosic doodles on the walls. “The hand is very fast, showing great confidence, it makes you think,” Francesca De Luca, the museum’s director, said as she contemplated a muscular nude by the entrance. She pointed out the legs in another sketch…
Couples who get married in October at the Stanley Hotel, situated at the doorstep of the Rocky Mountains in Estes Park, Colo., sometimes have a hard time getting their guests to R.S.V.P. Lauren Nichols and Jeffrey Sheffler, who will marry there Oct. 28, couldn’t convince a dozen of their out-of-town guests to stay on the…
On a warm evening, not long before her guests were set to arrive, Cathleen O’Neil, 30, was stocking the bar for a dinner party at her home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, while her co-host, the chef Feisal Lagos, 39, was hastily adding the finishing touches to his handwritten menu. “The point,” he said, “is for people…
A group of 41 states and the District of Columbia filed suit on Tuesday against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, contending that the company knowingly used features on its platforms to cause children to use them compulsively, even as the company said that its social media sites were safe for…
A few things to consider when planning a November dinner party: It’s important to celebrate the newly arrived fall produce and the change in weather. It’s time for all manner of warming, homey fare. But also: The month signals the start of “the holiday season” and all its various temptations. My approach here emphasizes simplicity…