This article is part of a series examining Responsible Fashion and innovative efforts to address issues facing the fashion industry. PARIS — The Belgian designer Olivier Theyskens may be fashion’s greatest hoarder. For years — since his art school days in Brussels in the mid-1990s — he has kept nearly all of the fabric swatches…
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LONDON — Savile Row tends to be quiet in late August, as the financiers, oligarchs and occasional rock stars who patronize the street’s bespoke tailors are on vacation. But there was plenty of commotion at No. 40, where sartorial traditions were being gently upended and new ones were being forged. Inside the airy space were…
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Best Husband Ever My husband and I are both teachers. On our 10th anniversary, I suggested that we review our vows and give grades for how well we had achieved our commitments. Going line by line, we gave our ratings on vows like, “I promise to share life’s joys and to comfort you in its…
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Susan L. Solomon, whose frustration over lags in finding a cure for her teenage son’s Type 1 diabetes prompted her to establish what became a leading independent stem cell research laboratory, died on Sept. 8 at her home in Amagansett, N.Y. She was 71. The cause was ovarian cancer, according to her husband, Paul Goldberger,…
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If I told you that Carolina Herrera’s spring/summer 2023 collection was full of florals, I know what you’d say: Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking. But actually, they were groundbreaking! Inspired by the classic novel The Secret Garden, creative director Wes Gordon’s gorgeous collection of breezy, blooming prints seemed so vibrant and so alive that they practically…
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American lobster may be a beloved and delicious splurge, but it is no longer a sustainable seafood choice and consumers should avoid eating it, according to Seafood Watch, a group that monitors how fish and other seafood are harvested from the world’s oceans. The organization made the announcement last week, motivated by concerns that the…
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Jōji Below street level, with an entrance from Grand Central Terminal, sits this concise Japanese restaurant in the One Vanderbilt skyscraper where Daniel Boulud has his grand, leafy restaurant Le Pavillon. Mr. Boulud is running it with Marc Holliday of SL Green, the building’s developer. It’s a luxury enclave with a 10-seat counter and a…
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Honey cake, a springy loaf called lekach in Yiddish and traditionally served at Rosh Hashana, is not my favorite holiday dessert. So I was thrilled when, in the 1990s, Charles Fenyvesi, a colleague of mine at The Washington Post, shared a tantalizing family recipe for a Hungarian honey cake with thin, biscuit-like gingerbread layers. Essentially,…
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Frances Tiafoe sweats a lot. The 24-year-old American tennis player had a breakout performance at this year’s U.S. Open, beating Rafael Nadal in the round of 16 and making it all the way to the semifinals. During each match, he repeatedly changed his shirt. After he lost to Carlos Alcaraz (who would go on to…
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Officials at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego had already begun work on a $1.2 billion transformation of its campus when the pandemic hit, forcing them to switch gears. As hospitals nationwide struggled to deal with surging cases, it became clear that the facility’s new design would need to evolve. “When the pandemic came along,…
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