Last week in a sprawling apartment overlooking the Hudson River in New York, about 10 women sat at a dining room table eating avocado toast and tasting baby food. With children on laps, latched to breasts or in utero, they had come together to discuss parenting and nutrition. The babies babbled. The adults bantered. (“Everyone…
A new era of Marc Jacobs is coming. On Wednesday, Women’s Wear Daily announced the designer will launch a new label called The Marc Jacobs, which will debut with pre-fall 2019 designs. Unlike its runway counterpart, The Marc Jacobs will be offered at a more affordable price point, though we still don’t know what that…
A woman who received a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a healthy child, researchers in Brazil said on Tuesday. It is the first such birth to be reported. Uterine transplants from living donors have succeeded; at least 11 babies have been born this way since 2013. But a viable procedure…
They mounted the sweeping steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art long after night had fallen, the celebrities and models and socialites and titans of business, the 1,000 special guests in their finery and furs, past the paparazzi and a row of ushers standing at attention like a newfangled Praetorian Guard. Anna Wintour was there,…
If you’ve ever gone grocery shopping when you’re super hungry, you may have bought a few foods in strange combinations that you later regretted. “It’s not just one thing that you’re more likely to buy,” said Michael Crossley, a neuroscientist at the University of Sussex in England. “Your entire perception of everything is slightly altered…
As far as Bogotá neighborhoods go, Quinta Camacho is small — about six square blocks. But a wave of new establishments in recent years has made this quiet pocket in the sprawling and hectic metropolis worth exploring. The centrally located enclave is known for its brick, Tudor-style houses built in the 1940s and ’50s. While…
Image The yoga class at Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat overlooking Paradise Beach on Paradise Island.CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times Birds fly south for the winter, and why shouldn’t you? With the approaching cold weather, it’s time to fire up the laptop and start planning that much-deserved vacation. Whether you’re single or coupled up, traveling solo…
Two years ago, my son, who is now 14, erupted in anger and stormed off to his bedroom. He’d been having frequent fits of rage and anxiety, yelling and throwing things around the house or simply breaking down in tears. During his latest one, I was startled by how his tantrum abruptly fell silent. His…
Merriment was in the air on the fall runways with eyes glittering with metallics at Marc Jacobs and Jill Stuart, gold leaf at Akris and crystals at Kate Spade. With all the sparkle, it was easy to imagine the models all partying together at a splashy holiday bash. Fast forward several months, and we’ve figured…
Image Yellow vests protest against fuel prices in Bordeaux, France.CreditCaroline Blumberg/EPA, via Shutterstock Someday the “gilet jaune,” the fluorescent yellow hazard vest that has become synonymous with the French outcry over fuel prices, growing income inequities and much more, will end up in a museum as one of the most effective protest garments in history.…