Why I Can’t Quit You, Hoops
Like many Latinas, my mother took my sister and me to get our ears pierced when we were newborns. I gave them up for 12 years though. Here’s why.
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CreditClara Vannucci for The New York Times Brooks Brothers Celebrates 200 Years With a Party — in Florence
The men’s wear brand, now owned by an Italian’s holding company, showcased pieces from its past as well as a new collection.
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CreditChristoph Niemann Social Q’s
Can I Stage an Intervention for a Near-Stranger’s Alcoholism?
Also: making peace with a boyfriend’s sibling, seeking validation at the hair salon and revisiting a recent Social Q.
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CreditVincent Tullo for The New York Times Rex Reed Bangs a Gong on the Mediocrity of Modern Life
The tirelessly acidic film critic recalls when screens were silver, not small; when actors were stars, not celebrities; and when written opinion wasn’t free.
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Credit Outing Death
Once a social taboo, the topic is trending.
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Credit Fake News Jeans: Travesty or Sign of Our Era?
Topshop, the British retailer, has made the issue into a slogan on a pair of pants. Cue controversy.
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CreditNiko Tavernise/20th Century Fox 9 to 5 Dressing, Updated for 2018
In honor of the film “The Post,” an ode to 1970s office wear.
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Me Time
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CreditJuliette Borda You Can Hit a Wall Riding at Home
Drawn to the idea of working up a sweat every day, our columnist got a Flywheel bike to try spinning in her one-bedroom apartment.
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CreditEmily Berl for The New York Times Come on Over to My Place, Sister Girlfriend, and We’ll Co-Work
Quilt, a start-up in Los Angeles, links women who want to schmooze, study and surf the internet — all in the comfort of another’s home, for a fee.
Runway Fashion Collections
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The fall 2018 men’s collection.
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The fall 2018 men’s collection.
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The fall 2018 men’s collection.
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The fall 2018 men’s collection.
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The fall 2018 men’s collection.
Men's Fashion
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Credit Street Style: London Men’s Fashion Week
The fashion industry sweeps through London as the new season begins with the men’s shows.
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Credit Checking In and Carrying On: How the Fashion Pack Packs
For fashion pros embarking on a five-city tour of men’s wear shows, the starting point is the closet, where each deploys his own packing strategy.
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Credit Paris Fashion Week Accessories
Bags, shoes and other fun finery from the catwalks in Paris.
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Credit The Latest Act of a Designer Found, Lost and Found Again
From promising club kid in New York to award winner in Paris to obscurity, and back: André Walker returns to fashion to try again.
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Credit Our Favorite Photos of Paris Fashion Week
Highlights from Chanel, Thom Browne, Saint Laurent and more — on (and off) the runway.
Modern Love
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Credit Modern Love Podcast: Lois Smith Reads ‘Yes, We Do. Even at Our Age.’
On this week’s podcast, the “Lady Bird” actress reads Nancy Price Freedman’s essay about how sex changes over time.
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Credit How 30 Blocks Became 30 Years
A teenager in a wheelchair forges an unlikely but enduring relationship with the young woman hired to care for his infant half brother.
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Credit Modern Love Podcast: Margarita Levieva Reads ‘In the New Year, More Cuddling’
On this week’s podcast, the actress shares one woman’s radical approach to conquering a fear of intimacy.
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Credit Love Calls, and So Does the Priesthood
On a subway platform, she shared a New Year’s Eve kiss with a man planning to be a priest. Could it go any further?
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Credit Modern Love Podcast: Greta Gerwig Reads ‘Sharing a Cab, and My Toes’
On this week’s podcast, the “Lady Bird” director tells the story of an odd encounter with a co-worker.
Vows
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Credit ‘Waitress’ Star Has a Tip for You: Marry Your Best Friend
Betsy Wolfe, a Broadway actress, marries Adam Krauthamer, a French horn player (who also knows how to make a good cup of coffee).
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Credit Of All the Blogs in the World, He Walks Into Mine
Adam Kurtz and Mitchell Kuga floated in the same social media circles until online intrigue led to a 1 a.m. pizza date.
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Credit Feeding Houstonians With a Feast From a Wedding Disrupted
As Hurricane Harvey bore down on Texas, Danya Skolkin and Josh Tillis postponed their wedding. Then they served food ordered for guests to those in need.
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Credit A Digital Message in a Bottle Was Waiting For Him
The couple met briefly on a beach in the Hamptons but didn’t start dating until almost three years later, after he finally found her note on Facebook.
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Credit Two Marines, Taking Semper Fi to Another Level
Ashley Iorio and David Sands attended the Naval Academy together, but they will begin married life mostly apart.
Skin Deep
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Credit Olivia Wilde Doesn’t Do a Painted-on Face
The actress is all about finding natural products that work.
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Credit What Perfume Are You Wearing? Now You Never Have to Tell
At Perfumarie, you smell scents on tap. The catch? You aren’t allowed to know what they are.
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Credit When a Man Needs a Safe Place
At the Club House, a medical man-cave opening next week, a guy can get his private procedures without (gasp) women.
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Credit How Ruby Rose Achieves a Unicorn Effect
Learn what the actress has in her dream beauty closet.
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Credit His Eye Makeup Is Way Better Than Yours
How teenage boys and young men wearing makeup are affecting beauty norms.
Scene City
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Credit Elisabeth Moss, Mariah Carey and Reese Witherspoon Party After the Golden Globes
Still wearing black, celebrities hit parties hosted by InStyle, HBO and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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Elisabeth Moss, Reese Witherspoon, Sterling K. Brown and other winners celebrated with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, InStyle and HBO.
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Credit Debutantes and Divas
Bidding farewell to 2017, the Debutante Cotillion and the Metropolitan Opera held galas before the new year.
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Credit The Golden Globes’ 500 Shades of Black: Did It Work?
The choice by almost every woman to wear black to the awards show made for more personal expression than anyone expected.
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Credit Meghan Markle’s Sheer Top Was a Sneaky Statement for a Royal Portrait
Is a seemingly transparent top appropriate for a royal engagement photograph? The destuffing of the House of Windsor has reached a new stage.
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Credit The Future Is ... Purple
Pantone has revealed its color of the year for 2018.
Up Next
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Credit Super Yaya’s Rym Beydoun Sees the Future of Fashion
The Lebanese-Ivorian designer embraces change: “If down the line I want to make tires, I want it to be possible, you know?”
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Credit Street Etiquette’s Joshua Kissi Diversifies Stock Photos
A self-taught photographer, Mr. Kissi is seeking to create an alternative to photo stock galleries like Getty and Shutterstock.
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Credit A Young Photographer With an ‘Honest Gaze’
Tyler Mitchell, 22, creates color-saturated images that depict black people and other minorities with authenticity.
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Credit Wiki, Formerly of the Hip-Hop Collective Ratking, Strikes Out on His Own
The 24-year-old rapper from New York released a debut solo album and isn’t slowing down.
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Credit Kiran Gandhi, Former M.I.A. Drummer, Releases Feminist Music Project
The outspoken activist made headlines when she ran the London Marathon while “free-bleeding.”
