Fashion

And its make-do culture, using whatever is at hand, which often led to comical scenes in settings like museums. There was the time they sent their Bubble Wrap chair, packed in a...

A pair of work pants that sold for $114,000 at an auction this month after being pulled from an 1857 shipwreck could be an early version of Levi Strauss jeans, auction officials...

“I have never quite been satisfied with holiday drinks as I have known them,” wrote Amanda Hesser in the Times in 2000 — a familiar sentiment to anyone who’s encountered the usual...

Jeff and Connie Ordway had been married for 18 years when Ms. Ordway approached her husband about getting her own apartment.It was July 2021 — 17 months into the pandemic — and...

At a resort in Sicily, the well-heeled travelers in Season 2 of “The White Lotus” take a stab at Italian glamour. They swirl wine here, wear Prada there. Not to be outdone,...

It takes more than a red suit and a booming laugh to truly embody Santa Claus. Just ask four men who have been spreading holiday cheer for decades.“People think it’s easy, but...

Name: Bailey GoldbergAge: 23Hometown: Simi Valley, Calif.Now Lives: In a one-bedroom apartment in Downtown Brooklyn, which he shares with his girlfriend and their rambunctious cat.Claim to Fame: Mr. Goldberg is a textile...

In July 2013, Emily Erin Todebush wrote Garrett Odhiambo Arwa an email pretending they knew each other.“I said, ‘Hey, you might not remember me, but we worked together on the Obama campaign,’”...

After Sherilyn Siy’s third quasi date with a man named Charles, she wrote him an email. In it, she outlined three reasons her parents would never approve of him: “You are not...

Buildings were more visually appealing when they were round, like fruit, Mr. Fowler maintained. In his 1848 book, “The Octagon House: A Home for All,” he wrote: “The more acute the angle,...