When your floors are littered with dirt, wood shavings or spilled cereal, having a well-designed broom and dustpan at the ready can make the cleanup a lot easier. “When you’re doing work, it’s more pleasurable to use something that’s properly designed,” said Taylor Levy, who, with her husband, Che-Wei Wang, runs CW&T, a Brooklyn design…
This article is part of the I Want to Thank You series. We asked readers to tell us about who helped get them through the pandemic; this is a selection of their stories about health care workers. We’ve published an article about family and friends, and a forthcoming article will focus on inspirational figures. Health…
I’ve always enjoyed a sturdy pair of slacks and a polo from Old Navy, and I’ve never felt the need to spend more than a few hundred dollars on a suit. But I just got a big promotion, and I’ve gotten the feedback that, given my seniority, I should buy some “nicer” clothes that “reflect…
What happens when fashion week collides with the Armory Show and the fall art season? Lots of parties, of course. Three big museum openings took place on Sept. 8, including the Wolfgang Tillmans retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Nearby, the Museum of Arts and Design celebrated the costume designer Machine Dazzle; the bohemian…
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. An imposing building — an eyesore to some, a sentimental landmark to others — has long fortified a section of the beach at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, transforming a swath of shoreline along the…
“A controversial cover is by nature a good cover,” Ms. Wintour said in an email. “You want a cover to make people sit up and take notice, and get them talking — what is the point of a cover otherwise? Of course, Will knows this as well as anyone.” Mr. Welch’s office on the 25th…
It was the weekend of New York Fashion Week, and it was raining on Tommy Hilfiger’s runway parade. The designer had come back to his home base with his signature see now/buy now preppy cosplay after a few years away and with a special “Tommy Factory” extravaganza modeled on Andy Warhol’s Factory. (The two men…
With that targeted strategy in mind, though, there were skeptics in the industry. “To be honest, the first time I heard about Casa Dragones, I was like, ‘What’s this tequila in a perfume bottle?” said Ivy Mix, 37, the author of “Spirits of Latin America” and a co-owner of the Brooklyn cocktail bar Leyenda and…
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To Be Made Whole In January 2020, I got a great job. While modest, I was thrilled with the salary and fantastic health insurance. I was doing something new and exciting for a company I respected. Then the pandemic hit and in late July I was told that I would be laid off. Fortunately, a…