Fashion

Thanks to a popular saying, most people in New York expect April showers. Almost just as predictable: the confusion over how to dress in the transitional weeks of spring, when the temperature...

Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be edited.Mute Those Wedding BellsI work for...

Slava Zaitsev, an effervescent and enduring Soviet-era fashion designer, once called the “Red Dior” by the Western press, whose over-the-top theatrical creations and persona made him a go-to couturier at home, died...

To many people on the internet, the actress Toni Collette is known simply as “mother.”Ms. Collette has played more than her share of mothers throughout her career: a matriarch with dissociative identity...

Who Cares About Being Cringe?The effect of all this information is felt everywhere from drop-off to play dates, with millennials taking parenting seriously in a way that might elicit eye rolls from...

CHICAGO — Moments before 10 a.m., a security guard thanked the crowd for being cooperative.When the clock struck the hour, it became clear why: The doors of the Marriott Chicago O’Hare conference...

King David Kalakaua, the last king to rule Hawaii before its constitutional monarchy was overthrown, revived many ancient Hawaiian practices, most notably hula.“Hula is the language of the heart, therefore the heartbeat...

Today’s newsletter is a tale of two very different book sagas. One involves Taylor Swift. The other is the story of a little-known Twitter user with a risqué name who accidentally instigated...

You see them on Instagram and in design magazines: those perfectly composed coffee tables that tie a living room together and hint at the fabulous taste of the homeowners.How do those tablescapes...

After the meditation class, Mr. Flower called Ms. Savage to ask if him being transgender was a problem for her.“I guess not,” Ms. Savage replied.But in truth, Ms. Savage was flummoxed; her...