Lo que tu bigote dice de ti

Hace medio año, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, guionista de Los Ángeles, se estaba afeitando la barba cuando llegó a la región entre la nariz y el labio superior y pensó: “¿Y si me detengo?”. “Al principio me sentí cohibido, porque nunca había usado solo bigote”, aseguró. Pero tras comprobar que su mujer no lo odiaba y darse…

Ann Roth Is Hollywood’s Secret Weapon

The designer has been the trusted collaborator of — and provocateur for — a pantheon of top directors, including Mike Nichols, Nora Ephron, Steven Spielberg, Anthony Minghella, John Schlesinger, Brian De Palma, George Roy Hill, Hal Ashby, Joe Mantello, Jack O’Brien, M. Night Shyamalan, Stephen Daldry, James Brooks and, early in her career, Dino De…

A 1920s Wristwatch With a Story

Susy Dyson, the British-Peruvian model who was a fixture of 1970s jet-set social circles, is a firm believer in letting things go. “When you put things for sale, things start to happen, you see,” she said during a recent phone call from Peru, where she now lives. “Energy moves.” Which is why she was not…

Has Your Watch Been Lost or Stolen?

About five years ago, executives at Compagnie Financière Richemont, the Swiss luxury group that owns 11 high-end watch brands including Cartier, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Vacheron Constantin, began to notice a worrisome trend. “Watch and jewelry theft was increasing quite alarmingly,” Frank Vivier, Richemont’s chief transformation officer, said on a recent video call. “People in…

Mi fetiche por una segunda piel

De joven, como coreanoestadounidense en una ciudad resplandecientemente blanca al pie de las Montañas Rocosas, a menudo quería salir de mi propia piel. “No, pero ¿dónde naciste?”, me preguntaban mis compañeros. “¿De dónde eres originalmente?”. “Idaho”, insistía con los dientes apretados. En momentos así, quería una segunda piel que pudiera cambiar por la mía. Al…

Tony Bennett, Always a Class Act

Like his singing voice, Tony Bennett’s personal style was supple, straightforward and sure of itself. He resisted the temptation to change his approach to music when rock overtook the pop charts, and he largely stayed away from many sartorial trends that came and went during his seven decades in show business, wisely sticking with tuxedos…