MILAN — Being the height of fashion for 50 years is quite a claim. Cleo, the fanciful shoe designed by the Venetian haute cobbler René Caovilla, with its sinuous strap coiling up the ankle, is celebrating just that: half a century on the soles of partygoers. It has been worn by the likes of Mary…
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Lundyn Carter had only been shopping for her wedding dress for a few days, but she was already frustrated by the process. “I noticed a lack of diversity in sizes and styles and this added pressure to make a decision quickly,” she said of her search nearly nine years ago. When she remembered that her…
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In case you haven’t heard, it’s been a wet winter on the West Coast. While the deluge was devastating for many residents, some have welcomed the rain: fungi, and the foragers who love them. “Mushrooms love rain,” said Iso Rabins, the founder of Forage SF, a Bay Area-based company that offers classes on foraging mushrooms,…
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MILAN — Ever since Pharrell Williams, pop culture Renaissance man, was named creative director of Louis Vuitton men’s wear just over a week ago, nabbing one of the most high-profile positions at one of the most high-profile brands in the world, a sort of existential debate has gone on about the meaning of the term…
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Although maternal mortality rates declined worldwide from 2000 to 2020, almost 800 women still die of pregnancy-related complications every day, according to a grim report issued Wednesday by the World Health Organization and other agencies of the United Nations. Despite early improvements in maternal health during the 20-year period, progress has stalled in many regions,…
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From a cultural point of view, olive oil, like wine and pasta, is “an ambassador of ‘made in Italy,’” he said, and associating with “a colossus like Starbucks” could improve the visibility of Italian olive oil producers. Some olive oil producers are intrigued by the new horizons that could open from adding olive oil to…
DetailsMost Americans think they know the story of the pandemic. But when a writer immersed himself in a Covid oral-history project, he realized how much we’re still missing.
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Vilailuck Teigen has lost many of her purses to chile spills. Teigen, known adoringly to her fans as Pepper, always keeps on her person bird’s eye chiles from her native Thailand — either in whole or powdered…
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Prepare to be in your bag this fall. No, not in an emotional way—in the literal sense. Fall 2023 bag trends are shaping up to be total dopamine dressing, and I’m here for it. Based on New York Fashion Week’s runways and street style, times are a-changing when it comes to what’s hot and what’s…
DetailsIt pained her to see how Alzheimer’s was stealing her father’s memories. As he drifted further away, she struggled to connect with him — until she found his old journals.