Dasha Zhukova’s Artful Rise

(She received backlash that year, but for a different reason: In a rare public blunder, she posed for a photograph sitting on a “chair” by the Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard that depicted a Black woman in bondage. The image spurred outrage online, and Ms. Zhukova publicly apologized. ) Behind the scenes, Ms. Zhukova was expanding…

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Ding-Dong, the -Cores Are Dead

Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. “The primacy of clothes.” That was Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ stated starting point for their fall 2023 menswear collection back in January. And it’s a sentiment that designers have been going back to recently, tired of chasing the concentric trend…

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Sharing It All After Baring It All

On a freezing January afternoon, the podcaster and influencer Eileen Kelly welcomed a reporter into her spacious Lower East Side loft. She was wearing her show’s merch — a sweatshirt emblazoned with the word “Prozac” (she also sells Wellbutrin and Lexapro versions). Glass vases on a nearby credenza held six dried bouquets, gifts from ex-boyfriends…

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Shrimp Tacos to Make Right Now

I’ve just returned to New York from sun-soaked Miami, where the gray weather is hovering somewhere between “meh” and “blah.” Reader, I’m over it. I’m ready for spring. I love soups and stews — if you haven’t read it yet, Julia Moskin’s story about beef stews from different cuisines, with recipes and tips, is great…

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