Nicole, itâs so interesting that you speak about two New Yorks, because my thesis is that fashion week was a reflection of the city as it is today, where the dissonance between its air-brushed mythology and the gritty reality of the streets is as loud as a jackhammer, and as pervasive as the stink of … Read more
About halfway through Jane Wade’s fall 2024 show, a model walked out carrying a snowboard. Earlier that day, meteorologists announced that a powerful winter storm would be hitting the Northeast. It snowed overnight and well into the next day. It was the most snow New York City had seen in years. Wade, who hails from … Read more
In late February, farmers from across the US will gather in Houston, Texas, to witness the crowning of their champions: the winners of the National Corn Yield Contest. Every year, thousands of participants brush up on the contest’s 17-page rule book and then attempt to plough, plant, and fertilize their way into the record books. … Read more
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Usher and Jenn Goicoechea may be making it official. People reports that the singer and his longtime girlfriend obtained a marriage license in Clark Country, Nevada, earlier this week. While the marriage certificate has not been filed—meaning they haven’t officially tied the knot—it does signify that Usher and Goicoechea are in it for the long … Read more
The most iconic Mapplethorpe look consists of a motorcycle jacket, a pair of leather trousers, a worn-in pair of Western boots, a leather sailor cap, and—sometimes—a turtleneck. This was, and still is, the ultimate “leather daddy” uniform. Lest we forget much of Mapplethorpe’s work examined BDSM culture in New York, and he himself was a … Read more
Tonight’s crowd at the Super Bowl LVIII match in Las Vegas, where the Kansas City Chiefs faced off against the San Francisco 49ers, was majorly star-studded: Taylor Swift, Ice Spice, Lana Del Rey, Kim Kardashian, and Lady Gaga were just a few of the stars spotted taking in the game from the audience. (Or, in … Read more
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when the phrase “solo travel” was most likely to evoke imagery of Julia Roberts cycling wistfully down a grassy path in Ubud, or of Diane Lane dragging her suitcase toward a Tuscan villa. This cinematic (and perhaps a little idealistic) depiction of what it looks like to … Read more
“Someone has said that you don’t create your own dreams, rather a dream is given to you and it’s up to you to embrace it. That is what Lisa and I did 10 years ago, and the dream was to create something special out of this historical yarn with roots in China, combined with a … Read more
To help distinguish one from the other, doctors may look for swelling that ends abruptly at the wrist or ankle and assess the ability to pinch the skin on the feet without difficulty, both of which would indicate lipedema. What is lipedema surgery? In a word: liposuction. In a few more words: It’s a more … Read more
