HOLLADAY, Utah — Ten years ago, Georganne Bell was a lonely Army wife stationed in South Korea with two small children and an oven so small she couldn’t fit a 9-by-11-inch cake pan into it. Baking cakes had always been her creative outlet, but without a decent oven all she could make were cookies. They…
Honestly, it’s never too late to buy the perfect gift. Even after the big day, no one will turn up their nose at a nicely wrapped, superbly picked present. With the holidays creeping closer every moment, we’re helping you tick off some gift-buying boxes on your to-do list (or just inspiring some personal retail envy).…
Riverdale star Lili Reinhart is continuing her foray into fashion. After appearing in H&M Studio’s campaign earlier this fall, Reinhart is the face of stylist Ilaria Urbinati and the Mighty Company’s Breakup Collection. Urbinati and The Mighty Company’s Jessie Willner designed three luxury galactic-inspired jackets for the brand that takes the common breakup expression “I…
Over the years, Jonathan Feldman and Lisa Lougee have bought and sold numerous houses. “We thought of ourselves as serial flippers,” said Mr. Feldman, 52, the founding partner of the San Francisco-based firm Feldman Architecture, where Ms. Lougee, 51, works as an interior designer. “It supplemented our struggling, fledging professional careers.” But by 2011, Feldman…
Image A once vacated strip in the West Village of Manhattan is back on the retail map.CreditRebecca Smeyne for The New York Times “Did you ever see ‘Gilmore Girls’?” said Rachelle Hruska MacPherson, the founder of Lingua Franca, an Instagram-born line of cashmere sweaters, hand-stitched with punchy and political sayings like “booyah” and “i miss…
Image Roma Cohen, a designer for the fashion label Alchemist. His brand’s aesthetic represents the emergent casual-luxe style of Miami.CreditScott McIntyre for The New York Times This week the art and fashion glitterati will breeze into South Florida for the annual ritual known as Miami Art Basel, filling their Rimowa suitcases with the latest resort…
Getty ImagesChristian Vierig This year alone, a slew of major fashion labels have adopted a sustainable approach to fashion by completely forgoing fur in its future collections, including Burberry, Donna Karan/ DKNY, Donatella Versace, and most recently, Jean Paul Gaultier. Today, Chanel is getting on board with fashion’s shift toward ethical sourcing, as the brand…
As far as alter egos go, pop culture has commandeered the term a bit. We’re used to seeing celebrities share theirs with the world as a way to express another side of the artist, but it’s more than a marketing ploy. An alter ego—a variation of oneself—is something anyone, anywhere, can utilize to step more…
The ’90s are back which means Versace is too. Versace is smart to bring back the motifs it made famous 30 or so years ago—the fluorescent fluffy knits, the shiny pleather, the logo-mania, the skin-tight and skin-bearing silhouettes, the kilts and the safety pins. The supermodels and Insta-influencers who were literal babies in the ’90s…
Getty ImagesFabian Palencia / EyeEm A pro shopping tip: Once you find the perfect party dress, invest and never look back. A great style can take you from cocktail to black-tie soirée and intimate dinner date to wee-hours-of-the-morning dance party. Even if a silhouette or cut doesn’t appear super versatile at first glance, you can…