“Cakes are an iconic moment in a wedding,” Mr. Luscia added. The couple’s “represented how we saw our lives and how we saw ourselves: equals, standing side by side as we got married,” he said. Ms. Weinstock attended the pair’s wedding as a guest, and later in the evening, before the cutting of the cake,…
Name: Alok Vaid-Menon Age: 30 Hometown: College Station, Texas Now Lives: In a sunny, two-bedroom apartment with ample closet space in uptown Manhattan with a roommate. Claim to Fame: Mx. Vaid-Menon is a gender nonconforming artist, writer and comedian who uses their work to redefine beauty standards, examine colonialism and explore fluid identity. “The word…
I am a law student and have just accepted a job offer in public interest law. My everyday style could be describe as “12-year-old boy” (graphic T-shirts, frayed jeans, everything oversize). My idea of dressing up is pastel colors or print button-downs. I never wear skirts or dresses and always wear sneakers. How do I…
A hazy concert by Offset. A Gen Z model blew out birthday candles. A book signing at Gucci. The tropical bacchanal of art fairs, private dinners and A-list parties known as Art Basel Miami Beach has returned with a vengeance. Here are some highlights from Wednesday night. Disco Balls and Fried Chicken There was a…
During Celine’s summer 2022 collection presentation in Nice, France, BLACKPINK superstar Lalisa Manobal (known by fans as “Lisa”) made her runway debut as part of her ongoing Celine ambassadorship. In a film accompanying the event, close-up shots of Lisa’s blunt-cut bangs and face-framing bob prepped fans for the even more glamorous reveal to come: Draped…
The Hetrick-Martin Institute, which provides a safe environment for L.G.B.T.Q. youth, held its Emery Awards Ball on Nov. 18 at Pier 60; a dinner buffet was followed by an auction and ballroom dance-off. UNICEF celebrated its 75th year with a benefit dinner at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Nov. 30. And Citymeals on Wheels held…
When Avital Epstein and Gal Cassif met six years ago, they quickly realized they had something in common: rhyming nicknames. His, “Buli,” came from childhood. Hers, “Schmuli,” was coined when she was an adult. Their friends loved it. “I tried to fight it,” Ms. Epstein said. “But no one listened. Now our close friends call…
Maybe it was the sunlight. Or, perhaps the yellow shirt Dannie Lynn Fountain wore the day she met Kaitlyn Aurora Murphy in person. “When I saw her she looked absolutely gorgeous, with a yellow glow,” said Ms. Murphy, who on July 25, 2020, traveled an hour and a half — first boarding a train from…
When Danny Davis, a professional snowboarder, married Hayley Simpson, his childhood sweetheart, on Nov. 29, it might have come as a disappointing surprise to those who have trawled the internet for years attempting to learn the dating status of the 5-foot-9-inch master of the half pipe. “Danny is an absolute heartthrob who is known throughout…
Samantha Fleischman and Allison Saltstein overlapped for three years at Muhlenberg College, a tiny liberal arts school in Allentown, Pa. But they didn’t meet until Ms. Saltstein was a second-semester senior, in January 2010, and the two took the same video production class. “Time almost ran out on us,” said Ms. Saltstein, 34, who graduated…