For 20 years now, Target has debuted its limited-edition designer collaborations to great fanfare that often resulted in a crashed website, hundreds of rabid shoppers hoarding merchandise, and endless check-out lines. Fashion fans who lived through the store’s first launches from the likes of Proenza Schouler, Jason Wu, Altuzarra and Rodarte, but walked away empty…
My friend does missionary work in a developing country. She’s in her 60s. She took up with a local man, and now her Facebook page is filled with heart-shaped photos of them and proclamations of how he’s changed her life. She mentioned an age difference, but wouldn’t say how old he is. (He looks to…
A 10-foot-tall inflatable red lota, a wall covered with balloons resembling bags of Maggi noodles, and a painting of an angry bindi-wearing woman declaring “Mera jism, mera hathyar!” These works of art at Maria Qamar’s exhibition, “Fraaaandship!,” at Richard Taittinger Gallery feel like her colorful, politically engaged Instagram feed brought to life. Her Pop art…
Most Americans say it’s not ideal for a child to be raised by two working parents. Yet in two-thirds of American families, both parents work. This disconnect between ideals and reality helps explain why the United States has been so resistant to universal public child care. Even as child care is setting up to be…
Image Patricia Altschul and her butler, Michael Kelcourse, have become fan favorites on Bravo’s “Southern Charm.”CreditHunter McRae for The New York Times CHARLESTON, S.C. — The first glimpse viewers had of Patricia Altschul on “Southern Charm,” a Bravo reality show about the lives of the rich and reckless in Charleston, was consistent with all of…
Jake Gyllenhaal was getting emotional last Thursday night. Along with Tom Sturridge, he stars in “Sea Wall/A Life,” a pair of monologues about men who are committed to their wives, now playing at the Hudson Theater in Times Square. “It’s an unusual thing to see in drama,” Mr. Sturridge said. “We’re so used to dramatizing…
Image CreditPhoto illustration by The New York Times. Top, Travis Rowan/Alamy; right, Joe Schildhorn/Patrick MccMullan, via Getty; left, Dominique Mollard/Associated Press In 2014, Ghislaine Maxwell spoke at a Council on Foreign Relations event in Washington, D.C. She was there in her capacity as the founder of the TerraMar Project, an oceanic conservation group she started…
Image Zai Nixon-Reid, 19, in Manhattan.CreditAnnie Tritt for The New York Times Anna Kinlock, 17, was at the Brooklyn Museum the other day wearing mid-calf black leather platform boots with small silver spikes, buckle straps and five-inch heels. Fishnet stockings, a mini gray lace dress and a long black wool cardigan completed the look. Anna…
She was an heiress without a cause — an indifferent student, an unhappy young bride, a miscast socialite. Her most enduring passion was for birds. But Cordelia Scaife May eventually found her life’s purpose: curbing what she perceived as the lethal threat of overpopulation by trying to shut America’s doors to immigrants. She believed that…
Until recently, as far I was concerned #HotGirlSummer was still going strong and you were going to have to pry those vibes out of my cold, dead hands. With two weeks of August and plenty of sweltering days and hot nights still on the horizon, why would I start shopping for fall and winter clothes?…