The style at London Fashion Week tends to lean more punk than it does in other cities. For that, thanks are in part owed to Vivienne Westwood, the late British designer whose decades of bucking convention on the runway advanced a trend of individualism in the streets. Seeing how that individualistic spirit influences the way…
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Oat, soy and almond drinks can keep the word milk in their names, the Food and Drug Administration proposed this week, in an effort to end a long-running battle between the powerful dairy industry and the plant-based upstarts that have been changing the way Americans consume cereal and flavor their coffee. Most consumers, the agency…
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But cultural norms may be further ahead of the state’s legislature. “Buying real fur is not part of the conversation, to be honest,” said Vanessa Shokrian, a wardrobe and editorial stylist in Los Angeles. “People are not dying for it. I think faux fur has become an industry because of it.” Though, as the recent…
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Summer gets a lot of hype for its bounty of produce, but there’s something special, hopeful even, about cooking with winter vegetables. In the speedy recipes below, chard, cabbage, brussels sprouts, tubers and plenty of squash shine their brightest — so much so, that you might not feel as eager for the arrival of spring…
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LOS ANGELES — As was preordained, the opening night of Anne Imhof’s “Emo” at Sprüth Magers, the German artist’s largest exhibition to date in the United States, was a disaster. A charcoal gray pickup had apparently careened off Wilshire Boulevard — past the 10 chunks of Berlin Wall on permanent display outside the 5900 Wilshire…
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This was fitting on multiple levels. Ms. Richardson once gave the cast and crew on one of her films customized condoms, she said. (She played a college student who becomes pregnant with twins.) Also, Diesel is very Portia, a role now so associated with Ms. Richardson that people stop her in the street to yell…
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As she worked to untangle her knots, she did a lot of searching. She was an editor for a literary humor magazine called Opium. She tried to write a novel. (She’s still trying. “It’s about 1,400 pages with 24 major characters and 30 plot lines.”) She went to Peru to experience ayahuasca, the vomit-inducing hallucinogenic…
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“What the hell is the point of working out in a dress?” I used to think. That was then, back when I was still uncultured. Now, I’m a champion for exercise dresses. If you, too, are wary of the idea, allow me to explain. Picture this: It’s a hot, sticky day. You leave the gym…
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