On an older car, following the owner’s manual mileage recommendation for severe conditions will help to keep the lubricant and its blend of protective additives fresh (if you no longer have the manual, they are often available online and from the automaker). The systems built into many new cars that remind you of required service,…
I am a young professional starting my first major job at a large company. I was fortunate, in my early 20s, to invest in nice designer pieces. Most of the clothing is inconspicuous, but the shoes, and especially the purses, are obviously designer goods. I don’t want to send the wrong message to my colleagues…
More people, more trash, less parking Chelsea Hirdman and her partner, Paxton Mueller, bought their van on July 4, 2019, shortly before the lease on their home in Boulder, Colo., was set to end. The couple, both 27, worked in Boulder and would go camping on the weekends. “During the workweek, it was just random…
When designers showcased their spring collections last fall, no one knew what 2021 would have in store. Embracing a new world of live stream shows and digital formats, brands met the fashion moment with a much-needed spark of optimism. A happy array of mood-boosting hues, dreamy patterns, and playful silhouettes burst forth on the virtual…
April 2, 2021 Care and community take different forms after a painful year of plague and protest. By Gioncarlo Valentine and Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. After a year of disproportionate loss from the pandemic and the continuous threat of police violence, on top of centuries of discrimination and disenfranchisement, what does healing look like for…
Not everyone wants to be with one partner forever, even if monogamy has had a long history of being the norm in romantic relationships. As more people begin to challenge old traditions, new forms of relationships are emerging. At the start of the pandemic, when most of the world longed for connection, Haili Blassingame, the…
That said, you can do only so much and, frankly, you have done enough. You may well be surrounded by people who are unwilling or uninterested in living in the real world where diversity exists. If that’s the case, it could be that you need to move on to an organization whose values are more…
La cantidad adecuada de amigos Ahora estamos en primavera. El clima mejora, los restaurantes, bares y estadios vuelven a llenarse, y las tasas de COVID-19 se han desplomado a nivel nacional. Es hora de reunir a la vieja pandilla, ¿cierto? Para muchas personas, seguro que sí. Pero no siempre es tan sencillo. “Nos acercamos a…
Owens/OWENSCORP; Courtesy of the designers. Getty Images Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. As Fashion Month shape-shifted and swelled beyond its bounds, I spent the past two months Zooming with designers, hearing how they’re adapting to this moment in time and what their customers are asking for…
ENFIELD, Conn. — The bones of Brooks Brothers stores are scattered across 100,000 square feet here in a warehouse near the Massachusetts border, mixed in with a sea of cardboard boxes and junk. There are legions of mannequins, empty circular tables that once displayed neckties, posters of horseback-riding gentlemen from a bygone era. There is…