We’re pre-ordering Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom now. He is on the cover of Time magazine this week, hailed as the Great American Novelist. No small feat—Time hasn’t featured a living author on the cover since Steven King a decade ago.
Tory Entertains: Jamie’s Birthday at La Esquina
Niche Media’s Cristina Cuomo gets us in the mood for an endless summer.
Every beautiful picture in Leroy Grannis’ Surf Photography of the 1960s & 1970s will transport you to someplace sunny and sandy. Surf’s up.
Even if you can’t surf in New York City, you can still enjoy the laidback atmosphere at Thomas Wilson, Eugene Ashe and Robert Guarino’s Réunion Surf Bar in Hell’s Kitchen. We especially love their specialty cocktails, like The Hang Ten, Réunion Sunrise and The Acid Drop, all served in Eames-inspired highballs. Here, Réunion’s signature Mermaid. […]
Bianca, Jean, Marlon…See the denim icons who inspire us.
Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story is an incredible combination of wit and beautiful story-telling.
Albums that make us think of summer year-round. Aquemini — Outkast Arular — M.I.A. Doolittle — The Pixies The ArchAndroid — Janelle Monae The Queen is Dead — The Smiths Dangerously in Love — Beyonce College Dropout — Kanye West Elephant — The White Stripes Exile on Main Street — The Rolling Stones Babylon by Bus […]
Henri Matisse had an extraordinary view of the world—bold, geometric, abstract and undeniably beautiful. The Museum of Modern Art’s current Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 exhibit explores one of the artist’s most experimental periods.
Watercolorist Caitlin McGauley illustrates her 10 favorite things about summer, from fresh-picked strawberries to rooftop cocktails.
July 13- July 17 The New York Philharmonic is performing Romeo and Juliet or West Side Story every night this week in one of New York’s boroughs, starting tonight in Central Park. July 17 Summer and Music in Long Beach, CA, is celebrating SoCal circa 1976 with a tribute to legends Bob Dylan, Neil Young […]
Annie Hall is playing tonight at the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Bring a blanket and popcorn to watch this iconic movie against a Manhattan backdrop. It starts at sunset.
If you have a weekend afternoon to spare, don’t miss the Museum of Modern Art’s Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography. It celebrates the work of important women photographers over the last 160 years, including some of our favorites, like Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin and Tina Barney. Especially illuminating were the early prints […]
We can’t wait to watch the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Winning documentary Smash His Camera of legendary paparazzo Ron Galella on HBO on June 7 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT). We are equally excited to see Clic Gallery’s retrospective of Galella’s most legendary photographs from June 1-30.
Gigi Mortimer, Glamourpuss NYC accessories designer and mother of three, shares her summer wish list.
There are funny people, and then there’s Mindy Kaling. The comedian, writer and The Office’s clueless fashion-lover is both hilarious and stylish. Her book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) will make you laugh. So will the following q+a…
Charlie Rose is a master of conversation — equally adept at teasing out telling details from financiers to fashion designers. So who better to be our first ever Cat’s Meow?
London blogger Susie Bubble mixes color and print.
Amanda Brooks, author of I Love Your Style, layers up for fall.
Check out Marie Claire’s chic accessories editor, Taylor Tomasi Hill, one of our picks for Best Dressed.
Go behind the scenes on our Spring shoot with Tina Barney.
Check out Hanneli Mustaparta, one of our picks for Best Dressed. We love how she takes risks with fashion — and looks effortless doing it.
India — a goldmine of inspiration. On Tory’s recent trip there with family and friends, she and photographer/filmmaker Gordon Hull took hundreds of photographs to capture the journey. “We were tourists in the best sense of the word,” she says. “Visiting unbelievable palaces, meeting extraordinary artisans and soaking up the history.” See all of the pictures from the extraordinary trip.
Genevieve Jones, our latest Best Dressed pick.