It’s a mighty long way from El Capitan to the Louis Vuitton flagship on the Champs-Élysées, but don’t mention that to Virgil Abloh. For his fall 2019 collection, Mr. Abloh, the creative director for men’s wear at Vuitton, introduced a chalk bag not unlike the kind climbers like the free soloist Alex Honnold use to…
Private social clubs would seem to be a perfect match for Los Angeles, where the best parties usually happen behind closed doors. But until recently, the main game in town was the Jonathan Club, which was founded in 1895 and barely registered among the young, dewier set. Everything changed in 2010, when Soho House opened…
A caftan puts April Matthis in a sultry frame of mind. “They give you a feeling of air on your skin,” said Ms. Matthis, an actress in New York. “When the wind hits you a certain way, the line of your body is there. That’s sensual. It’s pleasurable.” It’s a mood, she might have added,…
There’s an image that will stay with me forever: Toni Morrison, Bill T. Jones and Max Roach were all onstage together. Toni Morrison read her beautiful text, Max Roach was at the drums and Bill T. Jones was dancing. And at the end of the evening, Jones took Morrison in his arms and waltzed across…
In a conversation with the Talk columnist David Marchese in The New York Times Magazine, Nicolas Cage answered many questions and raised a few more. It’s worth reading the full interview here. But let us whet your appetite. About that dinosaur skull. Cage made headlines in 2015 when he had to return a dinosaur skull…
It’s hard to remember, now that every e-tailer from the luxury Net-a-Porter to the accessible ASOS has a section on its website devoted to “festival fashion;” now that brands like Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein and Amazon host special “activations” at Coachella; and now that influencers descend on Governors Ball to snap totally manufactured pictures of…
It is played or performed at funerals and memorials large and small, and pushes people to tears in nearly any setting, from bars to supermarket aisles. Singalongs, often pressed through sobs, are unavoidable. “Eternal love,” the most well-known part of the lyrics say, in Spanish. “Unforgettable.” For millions of Mexican Americans, Mexicans, and anyone familiar…
A striking portrait of Beyoncé, shot by the rising photographer Tyler Mitchell for Vogue’s all-important September issue last year, is on its way to the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Mr. Mitchell, who is the first African-American photographer and one of the youngest to shoot a cover for Vogue, announced the news online on…
Image Barneys on Madison Avenue, in 2014.CreditAndrew Renneisen/The New York Times It has been striking, over the last few weeks, to watch the almost gleeful flow of reports and speculation about the maybe-probably-now-confirmed bankruptcy of Barneys New York, the fabled department store. Starting in mid-July, when Reuters broke the news that a rent hike at…
Courtesy It’s hip to be square this season, because every designer is cashing in on this shape of shoe. We’ve seen versions of this ’90s style over the years, but the newest versions are somehow… square-ier? Leading the pack is Bottega Veneta under the new creative vision of Daniel Lee. His first collection of accessories…