Reporting here from the Department of Great State Occasions, Minutiae Division. Subject: swan plumes. On the occasion of the long-awaited coronation of King Charles III, expect, please, several gem-barnacled crowns (one St. Edward’s, one Imperial and one recycled from Queen Mary and containing the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds); varied items of sanctified regalia;…
In today’s world of socially shared images, the urge to post a “perfect” photo, free of distractions and blemishes, is nothing new — the practice of manipulating photographs can be traced back to the 19th century. But instead of using laborious darkroom techniques and other manual methods, artificial intelligence and machine learning built into sophisticated…
Three years ago, when I was 15, I saw my dad going into a motel with a woman I didn’t know. I happened to be getting frozen yogurt with friends next door. I was totally freaked out, but I said nothing. I just pretended it never happened. A few months later, my mom asked me…
A look from Roland Mouret pre-fall 2023.Courtesy of the designer In the darkest days of his career, Roland Mouret got a very welcome call. Han Chong, the owner of the brand Self-Portrait, was on the line. It was November 2021, and Mouret’s two-decade-old brand had just declared bankruptcy. Chong had an idea. But first, an…
Mr. Gibbons’s creations, repurposed from hoodies he found in tourist shops on Canal Street, have found a following among New York’s young downtown scene, as well as with pop stars like Charli XCX. Interview magazine recently photographed the TikTok girl du jour Alix Earle in one of his hoodies. Mr. Gibbons began making the hoodies…
For several hours on Friday evening, I ignored my husband and dog and allowed a chatbot named Pi to validate the heck out of me. My views were “admirable” and “idealistic,” Pi told me. My questions were “important” and “interesting.” And my feelings were “understandable,” “reasonable” and “totally normal.” At times, the validation felt nice.…
MIAMI — Tito Gauenzi waved his arm across a party tent tricked out like an oceanfront nightclub. “Miami and polo don’t get any sexier than this,” said Mr. Gauenzi, the chief executive and founder of the Beach Polo World Cup in Miami. The noonday sun sparkling off the ocean turned the lounge seating a blinding-hot…
This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment a creative partner in the design of beautiful homes. More than any other technology, LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have transformed the universe of illumination. Tiny yet mighty, these energy-saving wonders have replaced the once-ubiquitous incandescent bulb, the majority of which will be…
Picture yourself on a sojourn in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Would your preferred game be Pac-Man, pickleball or backgammon? The answer could determine where you stay. Then again, with the variety of games on hand at nearly every one of the Catskills’ newest wave of stylish resorts, there should be more than one…
This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment a creative partner in the design of beautiful homes. Twelve people who had been living on the streets of Seattle are now snug in 12 tiny houses tucked into backyards throughout Washington’s largest city. And each little dwelling is likely the most…