As Jason Kelce strode to a dais on Monday to announce his retirement from the N.F.L. after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, he appeared to be playing the role of traditional masculinity to perfection. His face framed by his familiar Bunyan-esque beard, Mr. Kelce wore a cutoff T-shirt, sandals and a gold Rolex. Taking…
Our only child is 33 and unmarried. We have a good relationship with her. She lives 30 minutes away from us, and we see her frequently. She met a man three months ago, and he has now moved in with her. The problem: We would love to meet him and become part of their lives…
One month, four cities, hundreds of shows. After all that, Nicolas Ghesquière of Louis Vuitton brought the curtain down on the fall season with a no-holds-barred 10th anniversary show — in front of 4,000 celebrities, guests and brand employees — that not only celebrated his decade at the house but the whole absurd, delightful enterprise…
The acclaimed author delves into a Modern Love essay about parenting, poetry and persistence.
This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, interiors and products. In the lineup of climate villains, architecture towers above many. The building and construction industries account for some 37 percent of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions, according to the United Nations Environment Program. Three of the most commonly used…
In my mother’s kitchen, in the cabinet above the stove, lives a rectangle baking pan. It is chestnut brown, true to the 1970s, the decade she bought it as a young wife and new mother. It has knife scrapes along the bottom, spatula scratches along the sides, a few dents here and there from being…
This article is part of our Women and Leadership special report that coincides with global events in March celebrating the accomplishments of women. This conversation has been edited and condensed. Madison Marsh was a teenager when she started wondering about the fragility of life. Her mother, Whitney Marsh, had just died of pancreatic cancer at…
You could almost see the gears in Adam Neeley’s head turning. The jeweler from Laguna Beach, Calif., was holding a transparent case containing more than 38 carats of gemstones — bright green peridots and pale pink morganites — cut into large, tapered baguettes. It was late January, Day 2 of GemFair, a wholesale event at…
Rie Harui’s name may not ring a bell among fashion watchers, but her fledgling jewelry brand, Riefe, certainly does. A longtime protégée of Yohji Yamamoto, Ms. Harui, 42, is one of the few jewelry designers in the fashion world to co-sign pieces produced for a leading designer in addition to running her own independent brand.…
This article is part of our Women and Leadership special report that coincides with global events in March celebrating the accomplishments of women. This conversation has been edited and condensed. Lynne Hughes, 59, a Detroit-area native, lost both of her parents by the time she was 12 years old. When she was 9, her mother…