After 22 hours of bidding on 922 lots, the auction of the late decorator Mario Buatta’s belongings — a giddy assortment of dog paintings, porcelain fruits and vegetables, needlepoint pillows, gilded door knockers, Chinese jardinieres and a thousand other pieces delivered in 19 trucks — fetched $7.6 million, more than two and a half times…
Whatever jersey you’re wearing on Super Bowl Sunday, you’re going to need food to sustain you through the thrilling triumph or the agonizing defeat. And for those of you just showing up for the snacks, we’ve got you covered, too. We’ve broken down our best Super Bowl recipes into five of our favorite football food…
Michou, a flamboyant fixture of the Parisian demimonde who ran France’s most celebrated drag cabaret for more than a half-century, died on Sunday night in a hospital in Saint-Mandé, a suburb of Paris. He was 88. The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said François Deblaye, Michou’s press representative. “He hadn’t been able to breathe very…
Even before Billie Eilish took home five Grammys on Sunday, she had already won the night, at least as far as the game of super-one-upmanship that is the red carpet was concerned. She did it not by opting out, like Alicia Keys (who also wore four different looks in her role as host, plus a…
The 2020 Grammys red carpet was the main stage for unforgettable fashion. But the stars brought out some of their best looks at the exclusive after parties. Some celebrities opted to change up their looks, while others made their debuts at events hosted by Republic Records, Sony, and Universal Records. Below, the best Grammys after…
Early 1990s: The Remnants of the ’80s, Basically Basically the really early ’90s were interchangeable with the late ’80s, except in the early ’90s dresses seemed to have a slightly tighter, lower waists and hair seemed to have a slightly deeper side part.
CASTEL GIORGIO, ITALY — Fausto Carotenuto, the owner of a spiritual wellness and yoga center in Umbria, the ancient Etruscan heartland of Italy, senses bad energy underfoot. A geothermal company wants to build a plant on a fallow field near his land. He envisions apocalyptic consequences if he and his allies fail to stop it.…
It’s the first thing you step on when you get out of the shower or bathtub, and the only thing standing between you and a cold floor (or a wet one) — a small, but essential luxury. But a bathmat can be more than that. When you’re decorating a bathroom, think of the bathmat as…
Despite what #wanderlust boards on Pinterest may want you to believe, it does not feel glamorous to arrive in a foreign country, in the dead of night, bedraggled from a long flight and in need of a cab. Ellen Wright, 29, found herself in such a situation last summer while traveling with a group of…
The show needed to go on. The Grammys red carpet took place in Los Angeles, with many attendees responding to the death of Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter accident just hours before. Mr. Bryant, who was 41, played 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers — his only team — and so has…