You’ll stay up all night reading Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Marriage Plot: A Novel, a love story set at Brown University in the 80s, Paris, Calcutta, Athens and the NYC subway. When you’re finished, pick up Eugenides’ Pulitzer-winning Middlesex and The Virgin Suicides.
Tory shares how she is wearing one of the season’s biggest trends — graphic prints. See the feature…
Dickens, Kipling, Churchill and other art and political luminaries made London’s Dover Street Arts Club a famed spot to throw a party or meet tête-à-tête in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The old townhouse was recently redone and re-opened…with Mark Ronson djing in the basement nightclub and Gwyneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney helping with […]
Nathan Myhrvold is a renaissance man. The former Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft — who has degrees in math, geophysics, economics and theoretical physics and has worked closely with Stephen Hawking — is also the author of Modernist Cuisine, a visual, exciting look at molecular gastronomy, otherwise known as the science of cooking. Here, he shares his insights and inspirations.
Ann Dexter-Jones is rock royalty. The philanthropist and mother of the prolific Ronson clan has had everyone from Al Pacino to Keith Richards for a family meal. She invited us over to see her jewelry designs, which are worn by everyone from Kate Moss to Ringo Starr. “It’s rock ’n’ roll jewelry for women and secure men,” she said. We couldn’t help but also notice her collection of George Condo paintings, Helmut Newton and Harry Benson photos and a picture of Keith Richards’ hands.
Award-winning British blogger Roséline Lohr of This Is Glamorous shares what is inspiring her this fall. See her wish list…
Muriel Brandolini — the interior design world’s Queen of Color — is auctioning pieces from her personal collection tomorrow. Expect a mix of 19th and 20th Century art and furniture from legends like Yves Klein and Ron Arad. Brandolini also designed several rooms, all for sale, for the event. Can’t make it? Pick up The […]
It doesn’t get more classic than JG Melon’s Bloody Bull, Tory’s favorite fall drink. We prefer ours with one of their famous cheeseburgers and cottage fries.
Cecil Beaton, aka Rip-Van-With-It, influenced generations of New Yorkers like Truman Capote and Andy Warhol. Read all about the photographer’s love affair with NYC in curator Donald Albrecht’s Cecil Beaton: The New York Years book and exhibition at the The Museum of the City Of New York. Jane Bowles, David Herbert and Truman Capote, Morocco 1949 […]
Danny Meyer’s Eleven Madison Park was just bumped from one Michelin star to three (like winning an Oscar for Best Film, Director and Actor at the same time). With its cathedral-height ceilings and near-perfect food, it has long been a New York City culinary gem. For those who want to learn how to create salads so meticulously crafted […]
New foodie website The Food-Life features “food stories” and recipes from tastemakers in industries like fashion, publishing and music. Here, a word with the founders Lauren Levinger and Michael King.
Q: I want to buy a little black dress, but my friends tell me I need to step outside my comfort zone and get something colorful. Is the LBD really passé? — Leah, Charlotte, SC A: I love color and print, but a black dress is a perennial. It can have a cool edge with […]
Gerhard Richter, one of Tory’s favorite artists, is having a moment — globally. In the coming months, major galleries around the world are hosting their own exhibitions of his colorful abstract works. If you’re in the neighborhoods (we wish we were), check out the Michael Schultz Gallery in Seoul, Korea, the Galerie Marian Goodman in […]
Think penny loafers are an old-fashioned prep school look? Think again. Click through to see how some of our favorite bloggers styled their Penny Loafers with a dose of street chic.
What are you doing this weekend? Click through to see three fall wardrobe ideas whether you’re into apple-picking, college ball or gallery-hopping.
Vanity Fair‘s Contributing Editor Elizabeth Saltzman is heading to Panama for surfing, star gazing and Scrabble.
Trendy bars and nightclubs come and go in Paris, but Caviar Kaspia is forever. The restaurant’s signature Beluga caviar baked potato is the ultimate indulgence for editors and buyers after a month of city-hopping for New York, London, Milan and Paris fashion weeks, ending today.
Waris Ahluwalia, the jeweler behind House of Waris, shares his fall Wish List.
Q: If I buy just one look this season, what should it be? — Julia, London A: This season, the best investment is a tailored suit. A perfectly-cut jacket and trouser never goes out of style and can be worn in so many ways. I love a men’s-inspired chalk-stripe look paired with a bow blouse and leopard […]
Marie Claire’s Associate Market Editor Amanda Hearst is inspired by San Francisco, where today we are opening our first accessories-only boutique. Here, Amanda shares her fall Wish List.
Our Waverly Blouse has endless styling possibilities. Our favorite looks are ladylike, casual and eclectic. See the feature…
Elle Accessories Director Kate Davidson Hudson picks her favorite piece from our fall jewelry collection and shows us how it works with her signature style. See the feature…
Model Du Juan, our Best Dressed, keeps our Waverly Blouse loose and louche with distressed jeans. See the feature…
Paul Poiret’s famous Thousand and Second Night soiree in 1911 and Truman Capote’s 1966 Black and White ball are the stuff of fashion lore. We can relive them through Bals: Legendary Costume Balls of the Twentieth Century, for which historian Nicholas Foulkes researched nine of the most glamorous events, including first-person accounts from attendees like […]