The Piaget Polo 79, unveiled Feb. 5, may be new, but it looks an awful lot like one of the watch brand’s most recognizable models: the Polo, first released in 1979. “We had a huge history during the ’70s about creativity,” said Rémi Jomard, Piaget’s director of products and innovation, who added that the best…
Lisa Adams is convinced that the secret to calming the chaos of life begins each morning in her favorite room, the closet. “Every house, big or small, has one,” she said, “and everyone has a certain way they want their stuff.” Since establishing her company, L.A. Closet Design, in 2007, Ms. Adams, 50, has designed…
Each season, Tory Burch puts on one of the best shows of New York Fashion Week—and this time was no different. One of the highly coveted seats? Reserved for model Barbara Palvin Sprouse. The Hungary-born Victoria’s Secret Angel boasts an impressive résumé, including a 2016 debut in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She joined the…
As an impending snowstorm loomed over New York City late Monday night, the bouncers at the Box filtered through a steady stream of musicians, models and internet personalities in fur coats (or no coat at all) for the designer LaQuan Smith’s after-party. The blowout, known for shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, fabulous looks and spectacle at every turn,…
It’s been a big week for Usher. After delivering a dynamic halftime performance at the Super Bowl, the R&B star married his partner, Jennifer Jean Goicoechea, in Las Vegas on Sunday. “We can confirm that Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea took the next step in their relationship and did get married on Sunday night in Las…
A Sweetheart Reminder on Valentine’s Day “Hello?” Mom repeated into the phone. The caller began singing his college fraternity song. It had been almost 70 years since she was crowned Alpha Phi Alpha’s “Sweetheart” at Howard University. Widowed and living alone, Mom couldn’t place the song and had forgotten it was Valentine’s Day. Dinner dishes…
While Feb. 13 is not a federal holiday, a deeply meaningful celebration rooted in the Black community exists: Black Love Day. The first Black Love Day was established on Feb. 13, 1993, when Ayo Handy-Kendi, a spiritual community organizer, felt compelled by a higher power to bring her community together, she said in an interview…
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On Monday, Puppets and Puppets, the six-year-old New York fashion brand/art project, had its last show. Its founder and designer, Carly Mark, had decided it was too hard and too expensive to keep making clothes and trying to build a business in this city, despite being known as “downtown N.Y. gold,” as Highsnobiety called her,…
Over the last few weeks, Batsheva Hay has stopped women outside a dance studio, on the subway and inside a grocery store. She has slid into strangers’ DMs. You’re beautiful, she has told them in her warmest, most this-is-not-a-scam voice. Would you consider modeling? Ms. Hay is a New York fashion designer, and this is…