Style

Actors, designers and musicians turned out at a party to celebrate the Business of Fashion’s annual index of industry leaders.

By Jessica Roy

The New York mayor is accused of accepting free luxury travel in exchange for political favors. How large was he living? A writer puts the experience to the test.

By Sarah Lyall and Clark Hodgin

Scrutinizing the costumes in Netflix’s “The Perfect Couple.”

By Guy Trebay

For decades, Combs and other celebrities have commented on his party lifestyle. Here’s some of what they have publicly said.

By Maya Salam and Jonathan Abrams

The events helped the music mogul raise his profile. But one woman who worked at them has said in court papers that the parties had a dark side, too.

By Jesse McKinley and Sarah Maslin Nir

A brilliant Loewe collection, some good ideas from Courrèges and Junya Watanabe, and a step forward at Alexander McQueen.

By Vanessa Friedman

Christian Louboutin enlisted the French Olympic synchronized swimming team to introduce his new Miss Z stilettos at Paris Fashion Week.

By Jessica Iredale

Adam Dressner, a lawyer turned portrait artist, began painting eccentric New Yorkers a few years ago. Many of them made an appearance at a recent exhibition.

By Steven Kurutz

She had a long, award-winning career as a screen and stage actress, finally becoming a household name with her memorable turn in “Downton Abbey.”

By The New York Times

Jessel Taank hits a fashion week party — with Pavit in tow — and pours tequila behind a bar.

By Sarah Khan

Why professional designers swear by supermarket décor.

By Tim McKeough

After Jonathan Filiberto, a medium known as Jonathan Mark, matched with Jessica Rega on a dating app, it took months before he shared what he did for a living.

By Jenny Block

The actress Jessica Phillips and Chelsea Nachman, a theatrical publicist, felt an instant attraction after first meeting seven years ago. But it took a few years before their romance took off.

By Tammy LaGorce

After getting caught in a moment right out of a rom-com, it was clear Kevin Turner had a choice to make. He chose Dr. Nicholas France.

By Vivian Ewing

Grayson Warrick is the son of a retired ballet dancer. Alyssa Hubbard grew up dancing. And the two first met in preschool in New York.

By Sadiba Hasan

Celebrities including Pharrell Williams and Forest Whitaker ate plant-based dishes (and admired the kitchen) during an event to toast UNESCO, the U.N. cultural agency.

By Alyson Krueger

By examining the work of designers of African descent, a new exhibition in Manhattan finds common threads and, more interestingly, divergences.

By Sandra E. Garcia

Fan groups that once partnered with Oakland’s ownership turned into its most vocal critics. With nothing left to fight, they will stage a funeral of sorts.

By Jack Nicas

With a new store, Steven Alan is trying to reconjure the magic of the boutique that put him on the fashion map.

By Max Berlinger

An iPhone feature has some users baffled as they are asked to share their location with work acquaintances, dead relatives and people on other continents.

By Jessica Roy

The Major League Baseball team the Athletics played their final games this week in the Oakland Coliseum, which has been their home base in California for the past half-century. They’re expected to relocate to Las Vegas for 2028 at the whim of their billionaire owner, John Fisher, and in the meantime play in a minor-league ballpark in Sacramento. Jack Nicas of The New York Times explains how the plan to build a stadium in Las Vegas is driven by a single factor — money — and what it’s meant to Oakland.

By Jack Nicas, Farah Otero-Amad, Rebecca Suner, Laura Salaberry and David Seekamp

Olivier Rousteing’s new muse is … makeup? For everyone.

By Vanessa Friedman

The popularity of videos that show young people inhaling nitrous oxide from whipped cream chargers has prompted TikTok to block searches, and the vendor to halt sales.

By Callie Holtermann

A message on Instagram falsely claims that whoever shares it can legally bar Meta from sharing their data and photos. Don’t fall for it.

By Madison Malone Kircher

Unable to treat her parents as often as she would like, a reader is unsure how to encourage them to take a big step toward financial self-reliance.

By Philip Galanes

Politicians often lean toward hyperbole, but the frequent use of the word “love” in the former president’s fund-raising notes is an increasingly common tactic for him.

By Jesse McKinley

It’s standard practice in Berlin, and camera covering is catching on in London, Ibiza and New York as clubs seek to protect an anything-goes atmosphere.

By Thomas Rogers

Health care systems have been putting therapists’ progress reports online, much to the surprise (and anger) of some patients.

By Christina Caron

Signs of self-assurance were apparent in outfits on and off the runways at Milan Fashion Week.

By Simbarashe Cha

Owners and staff star in a new generation of goofy commercials on social media.

By Madison Malone Kircher

It isn’t easy or fast, but it can be done. Here’s what worked for one couple.

By Margaret Roach

Saint Laurent and Dior struggle with the answer.

By Vanessa Friedman

The 82-year old singer received several standing ovations at an exclusive SoHo Sessions performance that drew fans including Kevin Bacon, Jerry Seinfeld and Amy Schumer.

By Rosalie R. Radomsky

For many people, celebrating the winter holidays means marking it in eccentric and sometimes downright inexplicable ways.

By The New York Times

Hollywood luminaries gathered for the Albie Awards; and the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera drew a crowd of philanthropists and Broadway stars to Lincoln Center.

By Louis Lucero II, Sarah Bahr and Rachel Sherman

Moo Deng, whose name translates to “bouncy pork,” has united the internet while following a familiar path to stardom.

By Becca Foley and Noah Riffe

Wearing her perfectly imperfect watch helps the “She Taught Love” star feel close to her late father.

By Amelia Diamond

For Les Deux Magots, 2024 is more than a milestone.

By Tina Isaac-Goizé

“The Substance” figures in the long line of movies about what you might call menopausal derangement syndrome — the ostensibly crazy-making tragedy of a woman living past 50.

By Rhonda Garelick

A pasta-making witch from a beloved 1975 fable is being hailed online as the blueprint for a very specific strain of autumnal coziness.

By Callie Holtermann

A reader proposes retiring a fashion term often interpreted as a double entendre. Our fashion critic explains the origins of the tie-neck blouse and its name.

By Vanessa Friedman

Vintage soccer jerseys have become a streetwear staple, and a target of major investors. Their real appeal lies in the memories they conjure.

By Rory Smith and Jack Roe

The restaurant reviewer Keith Lee tastes takeout dishes in his car, and sometimes offends whole cities in the process.

By Korsha Wilson

Standout shows from Bally and Bottega Veneta bring Milan Fashion Week to a close. Gucci, Versace and Moschino do some recycling.

By Vanessa Friedman

One Small Step, an initiative that facilitates conversations between people with opposing views, is trying to tackle political polarization.

By Joseph Bernstein

“The Golden Bachelorette” offers a glimpse at how dating changes after losing the love of your life. This is what it’s really like.

By Catherine Pearson

Party-hopping across boroughs with Emily Witt, whose new memoir takes her from literary New York to the city’s underground nightlife scenes.

By Rachel Sherman

As long as they get good grades. Plus: a new top editor at i-D magazine and a nascent ‘it’ bag.

By Misty White Sidell

Escaping a kidnapper at age 12.

By Kimberly Bridson

Liv Schmidt has inspired debates with videos that some believe encourage disordered eating. One social media site tried to remove her.

By Ella Quittner

The costume designer of “Sex and the City” and “The Devil Wears Prada,” now 82, still heeds her family’s advice.

By Ruth La Ferla

We found new and revamped adults-only hotels and resorts for those who want to get away from it all.

By Stephanie Rosenbloom

A tiny apartment in London shows that you don’t have to paint everything white to make a space feel larger than life.

By Julie Lasky

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons take on the style echo chamber. Fendi celebrates choice.

By Vanessa Friedman

When Samantha Rosensweig, who is well versed at lip reading, picked up on a chat John-Jay Pontrelli had with his cousin, she used the opening.

By Tammy LaGorce

Gregory Addicott was on another date when he met Christopher Traina. Six weeks later, they became official and began a “press tour,” introducing each other to their respective families and friends.

By Jenny Block

Despite differing schedules, Kelly Downey and Gregory Harrington, a celebrated violinist, found a way to make things work.

By Linda Marx

The company behind the resealable containers filed for bankruptcy, but the term outgrew its origins decades ago.

By Scott Cacciola

The former fake heiress let her tracking device steal the show in her “Dancing With the Stars” debut. To survive another week, she may need to show some emotion.

By Annemarie Conte

This season at London Fashion Week, outfits on and off the runway felt a bit more mature.

By Simbarashe Cha

For 30 years, David Lauterstein has been making jockstraps, harnesses and other gear with his partner. In a new memoir, he paints a (very) colorful portrait of gay New York in the 1990s.

By Erik Piepenburg

GU, Uniqlo’s trendier sibling, is opening its first store outside Asia in SoHo, collaborating with the subversively witty Jun Takahashi of Undercover.

By Jessica Iredale

A group of people who participated in the reality competition show this summer are suing MrBeast’s production company.

By Madison Malone Kircher

On the runway were ball gowns, sequined jackets and, yes, hats.

By Misty White Sidell

Influential women in entertainment talked politics, fashion week and fall travel plans at a party to support emerging filmmakers.

By Alyson Krueger

The society fixture, decorator and philanthropist Mica Ertegun helped define the tastes of an era. Now her great collections are going on the block.

By Guy Trebay

Because of a family rift, the girl is unaware that she has an uncle in a 35-year same-sex relationship who wants to help. Is it possible to reach out without creating trouble?

By Philip Galanes

The former star of a beloved children’s show survived the rumors of his own demise and then found a new home on social media. He is still ready to listen.

By Madison Malone Kircher

The actor’s new book shares sexual fantasies from anonymous women around the world.

By Anna Martin, Reva Goldberg, Emily Lang, Davis Land, Christina Djossa, Amy Pearl, Jen Poyant, Lynn Levy, Daniel Ramirez, Aman Sahota, Marion Lozano, Pat McCusker and Dan Powell

Sure, you can hit Harrods. But the British capital also has small specialized shops, some centuries old and still crafting items by hand. Here, a selection of singular shopping experiences.

By Alexander Wooley