One recent Saturday morning at Steps on Broadway, a rehearsal studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, ballet dancers pirouetted to recordings of classical piano music while an instructor guided them. Some of the dancers were retired pros practicing at the barre. Others were weekend warriors indulging “Swan Lake” fantasies while getting in some…
It has been 12 months since Russia began a brutal invasion of Ukraine, forcing millions to flee the country and devastating the local economy, including the budding Kyiv fashion scene. The war is the reason that Ukraine Fashion Week came to London this season, with three designers — Ivan Frolov, Ksenia Schnaider and Julie Paskal…
In the weeks leading up to my February trip to snowy Vail, I was told by several people — promised, really — that I would “feel the magic” of the 50th anniversary gathering of the National Brotherhood of Skiers before I even arrived in Colorado. “There’s a palpable excitement in the air,” said Mackenzie Phillips,…
Once a month during the winter season, Laura McDonald, owner of Rad Max Vintage, hosts a pop-up shop at a bar named Le Chamois, at the base of Palisades Tahoe, a ski resort in Olympic Valley, Calif. The crowd there — a mix of skiers and nonskiers — comes to party, dancing to classic tunes…
As each day passed on the beaches of Sanibel Island, Fla., Beth Ann Rueter Sharer and Jay Goad fell more deeply in love. The two had connected on New Year’s Eve 2021 through SilverSingles, a dating site for people over 50, and on Jan. 2, 2022, had an engaging lunch at a Ruby Tuesday restaurant…
Catherine Ann Lukaszewski was on a small side street in Los Angeles, looking for the Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, when she met Steven James Whalen who was looking for the same. It was November 2016, and they were participating in the Great Los Angeles Walk, a self-guided pedestrian tour of part of the city.…
The first time Alison Brooke Zhuk encountered Jay Phillip Parker, in 2004, he was a disembodied voice on a speaker phone in a Miami conference room, ready to close a deal. At the time, Ms. Zhuk and her husband were buying a house in Miami Beach; Mr. Parker, a real estate lawyer, was the attorney…
We became sloppy with birth control. The chances of conceiving, I thought, were low, even for couples who were trying. I never thought I would actually get pregnant. Until there I was, taking test after test, and then stupidly bursting into tears. After 12 years, I thought I understood how much my husband wanted a…
Chelsea Anais Wilson was on her way to meet her cousins at a magic show at Illusions Bar & Theater in downtown Baltimore in May 2019 when her phone ran out of juice. “I was using my phone as a GPS,” said Ms. Wilson, 31, who walked through a bustling Preakness Stakes Week event with…
Dress, boots, Dior. Helmet, Eric Javits, $6,500. Bracelet, Paco Rabanne.Adrienne Raquel Shirt, $1,425, skirt, $945, Dolce& Gabbana. Earrings, W.Rosado.Adrienne Raquel Top, $735, shorts, $445, Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini. Boots, Marni, $1,590.Adrienne Raquel Dress, Valentino, $4,200. Head scarf, Bora Aksu, $100. Sunglasses, CÉLIAvalverde, $106. Adrienne Raquel Sweater, $2,340, skirt, $1,830, skort, $1,750, handbag, $2,500, slingbacks, Prada.Adrienne…