Fashion

“Why aren’t you eating?” my mother said to me, her Yonkers accent blaring into the otherwise hushed Chinese restaurant. A 77-year-old Italian-American hairdresser who believed that almost all problems could be solved...

Klaus Sperber was born on Jan. 24, 1944, in Immenstadt, a town in what was then West Germany. He was raised by his mother, Bettina, who worked odd jobs. A fling with...

In New York’s SoHo area on a recent overcast afternoon, the windows of the new Jennifer Fisher store had a futuristic glow. Inside, women in flowing summer dresses and fitted denim browsed...

She was known as the “Red Headed Ball of Fire,” a title given her for her stature — she was a diminutive 5-foot-1 — and her fiery hair. She found the moniker,...

anna martinFrom The New York Times, I’m Anna Martin. This is Modern Love.On today’s show, we’ve got two stories about adoption — one from the perspective of a mother and the other...

The perfumer David Moltz has created a collection of perfumes that push boundaries.

“But what about the pink moment?”Despite a poolside mezcal margarita, I could hear the panic in my voice as I reminded my sisters-in-law of a uniquely Ojai phenomenon. We only had 36...

For approximately six minutes — nine, if you count the finale — Astor Hall in the New York Public Library was transformed into a fashion Brigadoon. At 7:30 p.m. sharp, Marc Jacobs...

That’s One Way to ProposeAlthough they knew we were living together, my parents would not allow Michael and me to sleep together under their roof. This rankled Michael. After Christmas, he sat...

To get their ideal retreat in the Hamptons, Frank Selvaggi and Bill Shea didn’t just renovate one house — they overhauled two. But that wasn’t the original plan.In 2015, the couple bought...