Pendant watches are having something of a fashion moment — just cue the Watches and Wonders fair held in Geneva this spring, where fashion houses including Chanel and Hermès presented several styles of pendant timepieces in their lineups of creations for the year. With their swaying, sautoir style, these new pendant watches embrace a continuing…
Silicon and Ceramic In 2001 Ulysse Nardin was the first to use silicon in a watch, called the Freak, creating escapements in the lightweight but extremely hard material, eliminating the need for lubrication. It remains unclear who was the first to make a ceramic watch: Even Rado, often credited for this “first,” says its Rado…
Martha Hill, a real estate agent in Oakland, Calif., was merely keeping on top of new listings in 2019 when she spotted a remarkable loft about to go on the market. “I happened to catch it online the night before, and knew I had to make a beeline to see it, because it looked so…
In July 2019, Elle Woodworth was raising three children with her husband in Fort Myers, Fla. when she had an idea to generate income that would change the course of their lives. Not that she had such high expectations at first: “I was only trying to solve a problem,” she said. The townhouse they were…
Millennials may have been the first generation to come of age online, but their Gen Z successors have truly grown up with it — and hardly ever log off. A 2018 Pew Research Center survey found that 95 percent of teenagers have access to a smartphone; 45 percent say they use the internet almost constantly.…
Before Rebel Wilson, the Australian actress and comedian, publicly revealed her new relationship, an Australian columnist who covers celebrities had given her representatives less than two days to comment before he published a column about the new couple. In a since-deleted column published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday, the columnist, Andrew Hornery, said…
Meghan Markle brought her most elegant businesswoman style to visit Project Fearless. The Duchess of Sussex partnered with the Amsterdam-based nonprofit, which works to empower young women and nonbinary students to further their education, be creative, and become the best versions of themselves. Chris Allerton Meghan joined the organization’s first entrepreneurship course as a guest…
Payton Iheme’s wide-ranging career has taken her from collecting intelligence in the Army to advising the White House on science and technology. Working for a dating app wasn’t the most obvious next move. But as Bumble’s head of public policy for the Americas, Ms. Iheme, 43, has found a cause that synthesizes her past experiences,…
There were Hollywood stars, athletes and even a wartime president (Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, in a recorded video). Time held its 100 Most Influential People in the World gala on Wednesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center, with a dinner and a performance by Mary J. Blige. Free Arts, which brings art to underprivileged children in…
Getty + Design Leah Romero Black people are often called resilient. We continue to survive the unthinkable while leaving the world more beautiful and equitable than we found it. More than resilience, it’s our innovation and ability to see what is not yet present—justice, joy, autonomy—and bring it to life. Anifa Mvuemba knows this. As…