Finneas O’Connell likes to disappear. A tendency toward self-effacement may seem like an unexpected character trait for the youngest person ever to win a Producer of the Year Grammy, a prize that has pride of place in Finneas’s living room, alongside the other nine he’s earned for his work with his sister, Billie Eilish. But … Read more
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“The best hair gel is going to give you the most hold with versatility,” says pro hairstylist Mideyah Parker. “Meaning you can use it in the foundation of the hairstyle to create the look you’re going for, or you can use it at the end as a finishing touch to secure out of place hair.” … Read more
Plenty of us dream about, read about, and fantasize about fairy-tale endings. Fairy-tale beginnings, though? Not so much—unless you’re Erdem Moralioglu. After almost two decades of building his namesake label around dreamy dresses and romantic brocades fit for storybook heroines in array after array of lush botanicals, he’s only now setting about launching a bag—called, … Read more
When I entered my 30s, I vowed to myself that I would begin getting my act together. This includes—but is not limited to—drinking less, working out more, being more responsible with my finances, and attempting to cook at home more regularly. My kitchen (which just so happens to be unusually large for a New York … Read more
In Loving Corrections, activist adrienne maree brown’s new collection of essays, the often fraught work of correction—which is to say, effecting some personal, professional, and/or political change, sometimes by confronting other people espousing harmful ideas—is rooted in a place of mutual trust, and a shared vision for the future. This isn’t to say that the … Read more
That criminalization kills. That it endangers sex workers, even when they’re ostensibly not the targeted party—as with the so-called Nordic model. People do this work because it is work, meaning it pays: It is a way to earn a living. It’s fine for you to not like it or be uncomfortable with it or feel … Read more
Three years ago, Francesco Clemente was in his Manhattan studio speaking with a friend, a devoted vegetarian, by phone. “She was asking me if we should go have a meal at Daniel’s restaurant,” recalls Clemente, meaning the much-acclaimed and then newly plant-based Eleven Madison Park, helmed by chef Daniel Humm. “I said to her, ‘I … Read more
Recently, in the name of research, I found myself on a waterbed for the first time since elementary school. I put on a set of headphones, and the bed began to pulse in sync with the hypnotic, repetitive sounds blasting into my ears. My entire body was vibrating like the floor of a nightclub. As … Read more
There is something fascinating about watching Rowlands through Cassavetes’s lens, first as the rakish escort Jeannie, and then as middle-aged mother Sarah, both of whom seem to wander like lost souls onto and off the screen, guided by Cassavetes’s uniquely theatrical hand. A viewer might almost imagine the two characters as the same person, separated … Read more
Elena Petrossian and Verónica González, founders of art-food duo AnanasAnanas—who have created interactive culinary experiences for brands like Prada, Cartier, and Dries Van Noten—say that working with ice resonates with them because, like food, it is temporary. Many of their recent projects have pushed the boundaries of its scale and use. “We designed 3,000 pounds … Read more
