Christian VierigGetty Images Winter is coming and we’re ready to end the year with a bang. I mean bag. We want a new bag. But before you blindly jump into a new investment, we reached out to the top buyers in America for industry tips on the styles edging toward it-bag status. Get excited, because…
In August, Barneys New York announced that the company filed for bankruptcy. Kith investor Sam Ben-Avraham launched a Save Barneys NY campaign and reportedly bid $260 million to keep the retailer open but later withdrew his bid. On Thursday, October 31, Barneys’ ongoing bankruptcy saga ended after a judge approved a deal to sell Barneys…
[This is the weekly Styles newsletter. You can sign up for “Wait —” right here.] Unless you are this man, you are probably aware that the United States will elect a president next year, and that many candidates are running for the job. You are probably also aware that lots of people have thoughts about…
Beth Ditto sprawled on her back and kicked her legs like a turtle in distress. “No! No! No! No! No!” she screamed. Ms. Ditto, 38, who spent nearly two decades fronting Gossip, the post-punk dance band, has recently reinvented herself as a solo artist and an actress. She now plays Bets, a seemingly demure housewife…
The Halloween wedding of Teresa-Catherine Antoinette Deleski and Gabriel Peguero, of Magnolia, N.J., was attended by a dozen guests. Or maybe more. “One of the things that makes this fun is you never know how many uninvited guests are going to show up,” said Joanne Schwartz, who married five couples Oct. 31 at the Burlington…
Love Letter is a weekly email about relationship highs, lows and woes. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox every Friday. Let’s face it, we’re all busy and sometimes it’s easy to take our loved ones for granted, especially our friends. This week in Love Letter, our newsletter about the highs, lows and…
There’s a town in Virginia called Rural Retreat, just off the old Lee Highway in Wythe County. The population: 1,500, give or take. As a concept, getting away from it all has broader appeal. This fall, Canyon Ranch — a pioneer in wellness long before it was a marketing bonanza — will open a dedicated…
In 1971, a team of Danish researchers found that an Inuit population in Greenland had lower cholesterol levels and incidence of heart disease than Danes and Inuits who lived in Denmark. A theory arose: The indigenous people’s high marine-fat diet gave them heart protections. Since then, fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids — the health-boosting…
Can you build an empire out of jam? If you’re Jessica Koslow, the answer is yes. At 38, she is the chef and owner of Sqirl, a rough-hewed restaurant in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles that, eight years after opening, routinely has a line of people three dozen deep on Saturday morning. Ms.…
The monochrome colors. The minimal trim. The shapeless styles. The benchmarks of typical winter wear have to be practical—but not boring! Cold weather apparel has gone through a tremendous transformation over the years, making it easier than ever to keep warm and look fresh off the runway. Outerwear, especially, can be equal parts functional and…