This article is part of our latest special report on Design, which is about getting personal with customization. When Wid Chapman and Shachi Shah purchased their Fifth Avenue apartment overlooking Central Park in 2016, they knew they had a lot of work to do. Their goal was to create a personal sanctuary, visually connected to…
My husband believes that I am a germaphobe, and I believe he could be more vigilant. I love him, but he has a habit of touching his face during meals, then bringing his fingers to his mouth (to lick crumbs from them or put more food in). With the coronavirus, much of the media has…
When Vice President Mike Pence was asked, earlier this month, if he would feel comfortable taking his children and grandchildren on a trip to Disney World while the coronavirus is spreading, he responded by saying there was no recommendation for Americans to avoid travel. When pressed on the matter, he added that he and his…
Just over a week ago, Michael Burke, the chief executive of Louis Vuitton, stood in the darkened space in Paris where his show — the last of fashion month — was about to take place and noted that, despite all the anxiety over the new coronavirus, there had been very few cancellations. He pointed out…
A small square package, bound by an elegant white ribbon, greeted the 300 diners who showed up last weekend for the James Beard Foundation’s annual Super Sunday at Chelsea Market. Was it an amuse-bouche prepared by one of the 17 chefs who donated their skills to the fund-raiser, which this year benefited culinary programs related…
Patrick Herning has a vision for the future of plus-size shopping. “Say you’re in Nordstrom with your straight-size friend,” he said, using the term for standard industry sizing. “She sees this Altuzarra blazer, and you can go to 11 Honoré for the same one: same brand, style, fabric, just a different size.” That is his…
Today, LVMH announced the eight finalists who are nominated for the 2020 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers. The fashion house also announced that Rihanna, Virgil Abloh, and Stella McCartney will be on the jury to select the winners of both the LVMH and Karl Lagerfeld Prizes. The winners will be announced on June 5.…
HONG KONG — American lawmakers unveiled legislation on Wednesday that, if passed, would tightly restrict imports to the United States from the Xinjiang region of western China, the toughest response yet to Beijing’s mass detention of minorities and coercive labor practices there. With Xinjiang producing much of China’s cotton and textiles, the legislation could affect…
It was business as usual at Sephora in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan Monday evening, give or take a few face masks not of the soothing mud variety. Customers were browsing the latest Urban Decay palettes, sitting at mirrored stations getting makeup applied by sales associates and stocking up on luxury skin care, including $335…
This article is part of our latest Design special section, which is about getting personal with customization. In architecture, the tension between freedom and restrictions animates the best work. We wonder how a building by, say, Frank Gehry can stand up, given the striking twists and turns of its form. No matter how visually striking,…