“Absolutely not,” I told my husband from the bed as he tried to find the right place on his dresser for Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. “I don’t need him staring at me all night.” The bust was the size of a child’s head and made of white alabaster. Marcus was frozen in an expression heavy with…
Wearing a dark green suit from Express and Cole Haan dress sneakers, Representative Maxwell Frost, Democrat of Florida, took the stage at Metrobar in Washington. He was speaking at an event this summer by Run for Something, a political action committee that supports young Democrats seeking state and local office. “How’s everybody doing?” Mr. Frost,…
Ten years ago at New York Fashion Week, Eden Miller anxiously stood backstage, her spirit stirring with excitement as six curvy women, including Precious Lee, prepared to strut down the runway in her designs. Not only was this Miller’s first time showing at the exclusive, semi-annual event, an accomplishment many designers dream of—she was also…
Luis García, director of the laboratory team at the University of Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Versailles, France, where the chemistry behind SQY51 was developed, is equally optimistic. “If it works — in one year, maybe sooner, we will know if it works — this could be a toolbox translatable to many diseases. Maybe even cancer,” he…
The style on the streets at New York Fashion Week is often an indicator of what people will be wearing as fashion weeks continue in London, Milan and Paris. Based on the crowds outside the latest round of shows, which ended Wednesday, one might wonder if individuality is going out of fashion. While there were…
Solía ser voluntario en la escuela dominical de mi iglesia, y una vez me di cuenta de que el pastor me miraba desde la puerta mientras yo guiaba a un niño a lo alto de un tobogán de plástico. Intenté saludarlo, pero no dijo nada. Siguió mirándome, con los labios apretados, como si intentara decidir…
At some point in the future, the sentient beings running the planet may want to study how the humans dealt with the technological revolution of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. After they have ingested the pertinent scholarly essays and news reports, they will have a pretty good idea of how we managed the…
Fashion month — or the back-to-back fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris — is underway once again. Hundreds of shows will take place before it ends, not to mention dozens of parties. And for every look shown on the runways, there will be others worth noticing on the streets outside the spring…
Close your eyes and imagine the last gossipy conversation you had with a friend in a public setting. Maybe you were complaining about your spouse over a cappuccino in your neighborhood coffee shop. Or loudly talking over the din of the subway about your boss. You love your spouse, and genuinely like your boss, but…
A typical Hollywood charity auction, like the Baby2Baby Gala, might consist of beauty sessions with sought-after dermatologists, autographed books and set memorabilia, and the occasional five-minute photo op. It might also be closed to the public, available only to those connected individuals who can afford to bid richly. The charity auction organized by the Union…