From the title of Heather Radke’s new book “Butts: A Backstory,” and its cover image of a ripe, callipygian peach, one might expect a book of provocative photos, or perhaps a chronicle of a personal fetish. But “Butts” is in fact a carefully researched and reported work of cultural history. The blunt word choice for…
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Putting aside the burgeoning 2010s twee revival, the word “quirky” gets a bad rap in fashion. But when Alessandro Michele, then largely unknown, came onto the scene seven years ago, he made eccentricity feel cool again after years dominated by tastefully…
Courtesy of retailer It’s safe to say TikTok is an interesting social platform. You can find videos about literally anything under the sun—from funny skits to unhinged dating advice, plus a plethora of life-changing product recommendations you didn’t know you needed. I, personally, can scroll for hours on end, hitting that Like button on nothing…
Ask yourself this: If you could curate the ultimate dream wish list, what would it be? Would it be a mind-blowing experience to create a multitude of core memories? Perhaps it’s a collection of the most iconic designer bags to ever grace the pages of ELLE. Maybe it’s an endless array of the best fine…
It was go time. Just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday night, security teams raced across Fifth Avenue with police barricades, closing off one of New York City’s main arteries to traffic. A grand piano was wheeled into position in front of the dark Saks Fifth Avenue facade between 49th and 50th Streets. And then: Elton…
“Here, smell this,” said Hans Mathurin, 29, as he pulled off the road, rolled down his window and snatched a leaf off a bush. After a skull-rattling ride along treacherous, bumpy roads en route to a Creole cooking class, I wasn’t quite in the mood to smell, much less eat, anything, but I took the…
In 2019, when a record 10.4 million people visited the islands, a breaking point was reached. By the time the pandemic hit, locals were relieved to have their home to themselves. In June, the Hawaii Tourism Authority rocked the tourism industry when it announced that, for the first time in more than two decades, it…
If your idea of a winter vacation means trading snowmen for sand castles, it’s time to make your Caribbean escape. From Anguilla to Turks and Caicos, new hotels have sprung up across the region, including an off-the-grid, eco-chic hideaway, a getaway beside one of the largest reef systems in the world, and a resort steps…
Are “going-out tops” — that Y2K wardrobe staple for party hopping — back? Moda Operandi, the luxury fashion retailer, held a 2000s-themed night to celebrate its ready-to-party Club Moda collection on Nov. 17 at the Palace in TriBeCa . Sienna Miller, Ziwe, LaQuan Smith and Lauren Santo Domingo were among those who danced to a…
American consumers’ spending on winter holidays including Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa has grown, rising from some $567.6 billion in 2012 to around $889.3 billion in 2021, according to data from the National Retail Federation, a trade group. Among the 93 percent of Americans that celebrate Christmas, according to a 2019 Gallup poll, a growing share…