Style

Skin Deep
Putting Vanity on Hold

As the country plunges into recession, will financial hardship demote the pursuit of physical perfection?

Revising ‘Sex’ for the 21st Century

“The Joy of Sex,” originally published in 1972, has gotten its share of revisions, but this time around the book is written for women as much as for men.

East or West, They Speak Chanel

Who do you turn to when you have $30,000 to spend on Chanel? A power team of two personal shoppers that have a knack for catering to the elite.

Just What You've Always Wanted

The gag gift is a stubborn holiday tradition in many families and small circles of long-term friends. In these cases, stupid wins the day.

Fashion Week Coverage

Fashion Week
2009 Spring Collections

Coverage of Paris Fashion Week, including video, slide shows, reviews, T Magazine’s Photos of the Moment, Cathy Horyn’s updated blog and more.

At Houston Surgeon’s Home, an Ode to His Wife and to God
Bruce Buck for The New York Times
The gilt hall of Dr. Anthony Walter, a retired surgeon, is a tribute to his wife and to God. When working on it, he wears his scrubs.
At Houston Surgeon’s Home, an Ode to His Wife and to God

A retired surgeon’s vision, made by his own hands in his Houston home, is an ode to love and morality.

What Will Change Look Like in White House Décor?

When first families move into the White House, they set a tone through décor.

Design Notebook
Tossing a Rattle Into the Renovation

A food writer struggles to complete a long overdue kitchen renovation while in the throes of labor.

Shopping With Stefan Boublil

Seeking out gifts that speak to both giver and recipient.

Collecting Crèches

Finding a way of not only celebrating and sharing, but also of personalizing the story of Jesus’s birth.

The Fix
Wall-to-Wall Warmth

With radiant heat, a homeowner typically saves about 30 percent on annual home fuel costs per room.

Butter Holds the Secret to Cookies That Sing
Francesco Tonelli for The New York Times
Butter Holds the Secret to Cookies That Sing

When baking cookies, the most common mistakes made by home bakers, professionals say, have to do with the care and handling of butter.

Taking Heat for Not Cooking

Rocco DiSpirito has, for a segment of the gastronomic elite, come to embody the talented chef who squanders his gifts in the scattershot pursuit of fame and fortune.

In Successful Paris Restaurant, Jewish Roots

Daniel Rose, whose tiny Paris restaurant is a runaway hit, reimagined some of the dishes on his menu as recipes for Hanukkah.

Restaurants
The Menu? It’s a Long Story

David Bouley’s Secession, which replaced Danube, has an epic and indefinable menu that comes across as slapdash and undisciplined.

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Frank Bruni and other Dining section writers on restaurants and food.

On the pleasure, culture and business of wine, beer and spirits.

About food — cooking it, eating it, thinking about it and more.

Vanilla Meringues

Mark Bittman makes a light, colorful holiday dessert.

Jane Kallir and Gary Cosimini
Karen Cunningham for The New York Times
NEW YORK, NOV. 29 Jane Kallir and Gary Cosimini at their reception.
Vows
Jane Kallir and Gary Cosimini

When Jane Kallir and Gary Cosimini exchanged vows Nov. 29, they had a better grasp of what they were getting into than most couples. They’d both been married before — to each other.

Field Notes
Different Rules for Different Cultures: Be Prepared

Bringing your own alcohol to a Muslim wedding? Maybe that's not a good idea.

Stacey Sarfatti and Rustin Paul

Stacey Eve Sarfatti and Rustin Ian Paul were married Tuesday at Hebrew Union College in New York. Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson officiated.

Peter Watt and Gerard Cattie Jr.

Peter Norden Watt and Gerard Francis Cattie Jr. were married Saturday. The Rev. Carl L. Christensen, a minister of the United Church of Christ, officiated at the couple’s weekend house in Lyme, Conn.

Tamar Shuldiner and Keith Levenberg

Tamar Miriam Shuldiner and Keith Eric Levenberg are to be married Sunday afternoon at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center. Rabbi Daniel E. Wasserman is to officiate.

Spring Dautel and Sean McManus

Spring Kristy Dautel and Sean Charles McManus were married Saturday in Atlantic Beach, Fla. The Rev. Sam Pascoe, an Anglican priest, officiated at One Ocean, a beach resort.

Portrait of a Lady Killer

Finally, the Oscar winner Javier Bardem gets the girl.

Guitar Hero

As the Fender Jazzmaster turns 50, we look back at the axe of choice for many of the rock ’n’ roll elite.

Blogs

The Moment
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The Moment is a daily blog that spans the T Magazine universe of fashion, design, food and travel.

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Greige Anatomy

A tour of the New York apartment of Francisco Costa, the women’s-wear designer at Calvin Klein, and John De Stefano, a horse trainer and manager.

Dudes in Guyland

New books explore manecdotes, brobituaries and cupgrades. And you thought beer pong was alarming.


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