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FROM A PROFIT perspective, the appeal of synthetic vanillin is clear. True vanilla is a demanding crop, so labor-intensive that at times the market value of the beans has surpassed that of...

One senses that the establishment of Van Cleef & Arpels was preordained. The husband and wife Alfred Van Cleef and Estelle Arpels — the son of a diamond cutter and the daughter...

Long outerwear is the silhouette of the season.

T Introduces: Linde Freya Tangelder’s Luminous New Collection for CassinaIn Linde Freya Tangelder’s opinion, great design starts with demolition. “To pull something down or destroy a little bit of the past gives...

INSIDE A GILDED Rococo room on the Avenue Montaigne in Paris, candied fruits dangled from winterberry tree branches. Hand-sewn to the limbs with waxed twine by the food artist Imogen Kwok and...

BEFORE THE JAPANESE fashion designer Tomo Koizumi started making giant ruffled dresses out of neon-bright polyester organza — sometimes up to 90 yards of it for a single gown, worn by singers like...

WHEN INDIA MAHDAVI first began traveling to Egypt, she was in her late 20s and longing to connect with her ancestral origins. The architect and designer, now 61, was born in Tehran...

Neutral green carryalls and loafers complement any outfit.

Sporty textures add modern energy to classic shirts and suits.

AFTER SATIRIZING EVERYTHING from the western to the Stone Age, Mel Brooks in 1993 released the movie “Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” a sendup of “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” which had...