My boyfriend (of eight months) and I are deeply in love. He frequently talks of marriage and our future together. We’re in our late 60s, but because of geographic distance we only get to spend a few hours together every week — and never at his house. Why? He lives with his cruel ex-wife who…
“We believe you are all sitting at the table because you bring something to it,” Lily Montasser told the room at the Jane Hotel in the West Village on a Thursday in late March. The group — 10 men, 10 women — had come for a night of cocktails, getting-to-know-yous and, hopefully, some romance. To…
Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French presidential election on Sunday was not just a victory for the young president’s vision of France and its role in the world, or centrism versus the far-right wing, though it was both of those things. It was also a victory for fashion, especially high fashion, and the role it…
Courtesy The act of giving a gift is a rewarding one. The act of shopping for said gift, on the other hand, can be a little stressful, especially when the recipient is someone as dear to you as your mom. What do you get for the person who has given you so much? Whether it’s…
For other older parents, the changes wrought by the pandemic helped clarify their limitations, in ways that were painful even as they brought them something akin to wisdom. Sarah Balcomb, a writer who has a 9-year-old daughter and lives in Lexington, Va., realized that she was permanently done with reproduction the way that Hemingway once…
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Wellness obsession, virtue signaling, toting around green juice—consider them all a thing of the past. The national mood has shifted to one of gleeful self-pollution: downing martinis instead of natural wine, nights out bingeing your substance of choice over nights in…
“Everybody deserves some type of luxury,” Ms. Bunn, 36, said. Kelly Augustine, a 35-year-old stylist, looks for rings that are open and adjustable when dressing clients. She also keeps a running list of jewelry designers who are size inclusive. Her favorites include L’Enchanteur (sculptural, wearable talismans), Automic Gold and JLANI Jewels (eco-conscious, everyday pieces), and…
If you’ve been procrastinating on replacing your old pair of wonky headphones, consider this a sign to finally make moves. Amazon is having a major sale on Beats Studio Buds, and it’s a deal you don’t want to miss out on (unless you don’t mind throwing your precious dollars away). Beats Studio Buds are currently…
A hair salon set in a former church is unexpected. Add a chandelier made of at least 20 disco balls? That’s a good time, says Yoshi Burke, the salon’s owner. Mr. Burke, 32, opened the aptly named Disco Salon in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta in March, and though the space is surrounded by…
In the hands of Hunter Shaffer, the sentence you are reading right now would take seven or eight seconds to type. This entire article would be done in just over seven minutes, and a recent Sunday Styles print section of The New York Times would take about 86 minutes. During a recent online competition, Mr.…