“The Europeans are trying to entice the North American retailers toward contributing more to collective safety monitoring by watering down accountability,” Ms. Hajagos-Clausen said. “At one level, of course we want more brands to sign up — after all, the same factories produce for both American and European and other international brands. But all that’s…
By Charanna Alexander The death of a parent can be a devastating and life-altering experience, especially for a child. Genevieve Kingston, the writer of this week’s Modern Love essay, was 3 when her mother discovered that she had advanced breast cancer. Just before Ms. Kingston’s 12th birthday, her mother died, leaving behind a box of…
But I am nearly out of time, and have to make speedy decisions about, say, the melon scooper that I didn’t even know I owned until I dug through this drawer. And the extra apple slicer. For some inexplicable reason we own two — but maybe one will break, so do we keep the spare?…
The palatial, four-story mansion at 53 Prospect Park West, with a sprawling garden and a pair of pedestaled lions keeping guard out front, has had a long, rich history in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Built in 1901, just after the borough was incorporated into New York City, the brick-and-limestone structure was part of what was known…
Consider Your Motives If the gossip is negative and doesn’t serve any actionable purpose, keep it to yourself. “People love new couples. People love babies. It’s not all negative,” Mr. Hilton said. “Of course, train wrecks — people being very messy or sloppy publicly — do get a lot of attention. I won’t deny that.”…
For the last few months, scenes from Lake Como in Italy, where Ridley Scott is filming of “The House of Gucci,” the movie about the murder-for-hire of Maurizio Gucci by his wife, have trended on social media. Viewers have cooed over the clothes and the stars, Adam Driver and Lady Gaga, while the family itself…
The scenic coasts of Northern Tuscany and Southern California are separated by approximately 6,000 miles; one runs along the Tyrrhenian Sea and the other, the Pacific Ocean. And yet guests at Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi on the Pacific Coast Highway may find themselves transported — at least for the night — from the beachy…
“It’s short-shorts summer,” said Milo Ventimiglia, the “This is Us” actor who created a social media stir this April when he was photographed leaving a Los Angeles gym in teeny shorts that barely covered his muscular quads. After a year in Zoom shirts, guys were ready to chuck their baggy sweatpants and embrace thirst-trap short…
Shaun Ross is fond of flouting public perceptions. In 2013, he appeared in the music video for Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts,” playing an imperious beauty pageant instructor who browbeats the pop diva as being too curvy. “I’m probably the only person in her life who has ever been told to rough her up,” he said. At…
On the morning of my high school graduation, a strand of pearls made a sound like a maraca as I drew them from the box. Her note read: “There seemed to be a tradition in my family that when girls graduated from high school, they received a string of pearls. Well, my string of pearls…