Since taking the creative director reins at Balmain in 2011, Olivier Rousteing has presented collection after collection that seamlessly melds the maison’s heritage with modern-day panache. Baroque embroideries, utilitarian influences, and military details are deftly infused into each season’s offerings, with colors, silhouettes, and styling evolving to mirror the trends and predict the cultural zeitgeist.…
For millennials (and Gen Xers) of a certain age, there’s nothing novel about saying J.Crew’s swim assortment holds a special place in our hearts. Those were the catalog pages I studied most closely in high school, aspiring to move up from the department store suits my mom would buy for me. I still remember the…
For the born-and-bred Southerner, few culinary experiences rival the intense satisfaction of biting into perfectly fried okra. “Whether it was at Sunday dinner, in a cafeteria or in a restaurant, a meal simply wasn’t complete without fried okra,” said Marcus Davis, who owns Kulture, a Southern restaurant in his native Houston, where Black food takes…
If this summer has taught me anything, it’s the importance of an amazing overnight bag. Weekends by the beach are made significantly less luxurious when my clothes are everywhere and there’s nothing to keep my things in order. Ever suffered the same fate as me? Luckily, I found the perfect bag to solve all of…
Stephanie Johnson has had two moments of fame. The first came when she was a burlesque dancer who went by the stage name Tanqueray in the gritty Times Square of the 1960s and 1970s, a time when “10,000 men in New York City knew my name,” as she once put it. She re-entered the spotlight…
In a quiet corner of the bohemian district of San Frediano, hidden behind an 18th-century iron gate that opens onto a whimsical wisteria-covered alleyway, lies a Florentine cultural treasure: the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, or Antique Florentine Silk Mill, which has been producing precious textiles since 1786. To enter through the atelier’s large, worn timber door…
WASHINGTON — Few people understand the power lunch better than Ashok Bajaj. The restaurateur began his career here in the waning days of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, when he opened the Bombay Club a short walk from the White House. Eight of the 10 restaurants he operates today are, like his first, located downtown. They’re conveniently…
For such a simple product, a peg rail can solve a surprising number of storage problems. It can easily hold a mountain of coats, as well as various other essentials — hats, bags, umbrellas, brooms. “It’s a really smart object to have in the home,” said John Arndt, a founder of Studio Gorm, a product…
“A lot of us were raised with this mentality of, ‘Find your passion, be happy, the money will follow.’” “I’m in a good place right now, but it probably won’t last.” We Aren’t “I’m confident I’m going to die at my desk.” “By the time he was my age, my dad had five kids and…
PARIS — What must the early July tourists think of the crowd that descends on this city for the haute couture shows? Do they know about the different species of costumed show people? That most of the celebrities and influencers they see have been dressed up like dolls by other people? That the fashion houses…