Is Your Swimsuit Hurting the Ocean?

“Surfing is how I meditate,” designer Cynthia Rowley tells me at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. We’ve driven out to Montauk for CR Surf Camp, a fledgling event that merges the Insta-posing of a Revolve retreat with the muscle demands of a varsity sport. Behind us, Christina Caradona (aka @TropRouge) is live streaming on…

How to Buy a Sectional Sofa

What’s so great about a sectional sofa? “It’s the Swiss Army knife of seating,” said Chris Weir, a partner at Studio Collins Weir, an interior design firm in Sausalito, Calif. “You can program a space for multiple uses with one piece of furniture. You can have a cocktail party with perched seating, but then also…

Naked Came the Strangers

Where was he headed, that naked guy clambering his way through the crowd? The date was Dec. 6, 1969, and the place was the Altamont Speedway in Northern California. Though there are many reasons to recall a moment when, as Rolling Stone described it, “everything went perfectly wrong’’ — a day when famous bands didn’t…

The Magic of Swimming Holes

The Look In California, water is precious. The state’s hidden pools are yet another reason to treasure it. Photographs by Angal Field Written by Jenny Odell Produced by Eve Lyons Image Floating, at Aztec Falls in San Bernardino County, Calif.CreditAngal Field for The New York Times There is something about a swimming hole that implies…

Brandy Melville, Birkenstocks, and Beach-Wave Hair: Inside the VSCO Girl Vibe Taking Over the Internet

There’s Insta “baddies” with their on-fleek eyebrows, alt “e-girls,” who wear mesh shirts with Sailor Moon skirts, and, more recently, “soft girls,” twirling around in pastel sundresses to Lana Del Rey. But a new tween-girl Internet lifestyle subculture has entered the lexicon—and she comes with a metal straw in tow. Meet “VSCO girl.” Who is…