The Year on the Red Carpet

It was the year public figures crept back into the spotlight, first with a tiptoe out of doors at the presidential inauguration, then a socially distanced red carpet at the Oscars — and then a full throttle, ball-gowns-to-the-max explosion of pent-up dressing up at the Cannes Film Festival, as if to compensate for the previous…

Chanel Celebrates Craft, and Cardigans

PARIS — Few Chanel customers have probably ever ventured to the industrial fringes of the 19th Arrondissement in the northeast of Paris. But on Dec. 7, they found themselves blinking in the frigid December fog at Place Skanderberg, just outside the Périphérique ring road, waiting for the brand’s annual Métiers d’Art show to begin. Delivered…

Getting Married in the Metaverse

Traci and Dave Gagnon met in the cloud, so it only made sense that their wedding took place in it. On Labor Day weekend, the couple — or rather, their digital avatars — held a ceremony staged by Virbela, a company that builds virtual environments for work, learning and events. Ms. Gagnon’s avatar was walked…