Have you ever been told you have the gift of gab? Did your school report cards suggest you pipe down in class? Perhaps you’ve been called a chatterbox on an occasion or two? If you answered yes to one or more of those questions, you might be a yapper. Terms like yapper, yap and yapping…
A few years ago, my in-laws gave our oldest child and another grandchild generous monetary gifts when they turned 13 in the same year. The other grandchild had a bar mitzvah that year, but we’re not religious so our child did not. Still, they both received checks. Our second child turned 13 two years ago,…
In “Challengers,” Zendaya plays a tennis star named Tashi Duncan. Her clothes are central to her identity; the character is sponsored by Adidas and costumed in sporty-and-rich outfits by the designer Jonathan Anderson. “She’ll have a fashion line,” one of Tashi’s suitors predicts to another in the trailer. “She is going to turn her whole…
The chef Samin Nosrat lives by the idea that food is love. Her Netflix series, “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,” and the James Beard Award-winning cookbook that inspired it, were about using food to build community and forge connections. Since then, all of her creative projects and collaborations have focused on inspiring people to cook, and…
Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota, is readying for her national close-up. How else to interpret her recent controversial trip to Texas to “fix” her smile, documented in a lengthy video? You know, the one she posted on X, Facebook and Instagram, singing the praises of Smile Texas, the cosmetic dental clinic that remedied…
Incluso en el contexto de la tendencia de no usar pantalones que prevalece ahora en las pasarelas y en algunos círculos de celebridades, así como la moda de la vestimenta temática en los estrenos de cine, los atuendos de Kristen Stewart durante su gira de prensa para Sangre en los labios han destacado. Pocas veces…
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. In the hands of Dries van Noten, a color combination that might feel “wrong” elsewhere became unaccountably, delightfully right: blood orange and toothpaste green, lavender and canary yellow, mahogany and lime. The Belgian designer, who announced today that he will be…
‘Another Attempt to Make Life Better’ I lifted tiers of tulle off the dressing room carpet and sighed heavily. “Every layer must be hemmed,” I said. “Can you fix it by prom, Mom?” she pleaded softly. I winced. For 20 months, I’d watched our three children shoulder disappointments since toxic mold invaded our home and…
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In a shock to the fashion world, Dries Van Noten announced that he was stepping down as creative director of the brand that bears his name. His fall 2024 men’s show, scheduled to take place in Paris in June, will be his last. “My dream was to have a voice in fashion,” Mr. Van Noten,…