Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York arrived at the Met Gala on Monday evening dressed in a custom Brother Vellies ivory wool jacket dress with an organza flounce and the message “Tax the Rich” emblazoned in red across her back. In video footage shot before her arrival, she can be seen making her way to…
We’re by the ocean, but it’s not just any beach. It’s Jacob Riis Park, where queer people flock to get away from city noise and flaunt our bodies, curves, bulges, rolls, scars… everything that makes us beautiful. “It’s the place where I’ve seen more Chromat in the wild than any place on earth,” says Becca…
To prepare for the role, Berry did not just watch fights (she’s a lifelong boxing fan), but also asked female M.M.A. fighters why they chose this sport. “Now this isn’t true across the board, but my research taught me that men and women often fight for very different reasons,” Berry said. “Many times men fight…
Usually, early fall—and more specifically September—is my favorite time of the year. In French, we call it la rentrée, which doesn’t have an equivalent word in English, but it basically means back to school. It might seem regressive, I admit. But there’s just an energy I’ve always loved about that time. First of all, everyone…
“My grandfather was a truck driver,” said Mr. McNicol, who throughout the creation of this debut collection held on to his 9 to 5 job as a medical underwriter. “My grandfather kept his clothes for 20 or 30 years, and that really speaks to me in terms of how I see my designs.” If there…
When was the last time you really looked at a tree? One of Marc Wolf’s vivid childhood memories is of doing just that: walking around his New Jersey backyard with a tree identification book when he was maybe 8 years old, exploring the towering individuals around him. It wasn’t until decades later that he began…
As the world slowly reopens after more than a year of Covid quarantine mandates, many brides and grooms are eager to get out of their homes, to try new things and to revisit pastimes. Instead of kitchen items that will never get used or tchotchkes that take up space, now is the time for family…
The pandemic has changed so many things about how we all live, perhaps most immediately what we wear: on our feet, around our waists, on our faces and especially on our lips, which after a brief hiatus this summer are once again often covered by masks. I am a longtime lipstick lover. In my medicine…
For the first time since the designer Kenzo Takada resigned from his namesake label Kenzo in 1999, a Japanese designer will once again run the Paris-based brand known for its multicultural ethos and energy. Nigo, one of the first of the streetwear superstars and an in-demand collaborator with multiple brands great and good, was named…
Our First Days In some pre-fall cleaning, I waded through more than 2,500 family photos. Only one made me cry. It wasn’t the image of me in my parochial school jumper but my mother’s note on the back of that picture: “Oct. 1964. Lorraine first grade. My first day of work.” She became a single…