On the Runway Blog

Resort: Castaways in Manhattan

By CATHY HORYN

Yves Saint Laurent.

The resort collections are underway, and they're practically like being on vacation.

Social Q’s

How to Be a Foul-Weather Friend

By PHILIP GALANES

A woman writes about the issue of marital infidelities and a friends’ foursome.

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TRANSFORMER Marc Jacobs on the runway at the end of his February fashion show in New York.

The Survivor

By RUTH LA FERLA

In his long career, Marc Jacobs has known success and failure. And he takes them both in stride.

Slide Show: Marc Jacob's Most Notable Runway Looks

Noticed

IN PRINT Kourtney Kardashian, left, Nicole Polizzi and Lauren Conrad are among a collection of celebrites with book deals.

In Their Own Words? Maybe

By JULIE BOSMAN

There is an understanding among publishers, editors and agents that ghostwriters are behind many novels by celebrities.

Skin Deep

SUCKED AWAY Tony Silla performs pore treatment on Julie Kokesch, starting with a heat mask, left, followed by extraction, center, and a galvanic current mask, right, which he said stimulates collagen.

Do My Pores Look Big to You?

By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS

Fixated on pores, women — and men — seek products and treatments that will give them a flawless look.

Beauty Spots

By HILARY HOWARD

Lip quenchers and glosses in shades just right for summer.

Scene City

TEETERING At the Hamptons magazine party last Sunday at the Southampton Social Club.

No Rest on the Hamptons Party Tour

By BOB MORRIS

For many at a party for Hamptons magazine last Sunday at the new Southampton Social Club, it was a traditionally beautiful evening with a storied history.

Hamptons Parties

DRESS-UP Danielle Gordon, 18, a senior in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, in her prom dress from Notte by Marchesa.

The Prom Dress Moves Into the Designer Leagues

By MARISA MELTZER

The designer label is finding its way into proms around the country.

Parallel Lives

With These Rings

By STUART EMMRICH

What does Cheri Daniels have in common with Elizabeth Taylor and Natalie Wood?

Entry Level

Kristy Whitwell, right, is the event and party coordinator at the Scholastic Store in SoHo.

For Her, Nearly Every Day Is a Party Day

By ROBIN FINN

Kristy Shelberg is the event and party coordinator for the Scholastic Store in SoHo.

HER LIFE IN FOCUS Farrah Fawcett in 1989. Her final story became the object of a lengthy battle.

The Long Goodbye

By JIM RUTENBERG

When the iconic ’70s actress Farrah Fawcett died in June 2009, the legal fight over how she would be remembered had only just begun.

Slide Show: A Wrenching Documentary

TRANSFORMED David LaChapelle has reignited his photography career.

David LaChapelle: An Unexpected Life

By GUY TREBAY

After walking away from his 20-year career as a photographer, David LaChapelle has returned as an artist, with several new exhibitions.

Mirror

The Case for Laugh Lines

By DOMINIQUE BROWNING

Over time, friends don’t look the way they used to. It’s not aging so much as the fight they’ve put up against it.

On the Runway Blog

Blinded by Brights

By CATHY HORYN

As fashion took a giant leap into solid brights this spring, J Brand followed suit, and its colored denim is flying off the shelves.

Beverly Hills: Still Elite, but ...

By LAURA M. HOLSON

The town, glamorous since the 1920s, now resembles an upscale Southern California shopping center, some say.

Possessed

MYSTERY The painter David Salle at his studio in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

A Narrative Has Many Blanks

By DAVID COLMAN

Grouped together, a vase, a plastic anteater and a coil of sheet metal create a story to be untangled about the life of the painter David Salle.

Modern Love

What Is Carved in Stone

By DAVID MARK SIMPSON

A season among the petroglyphs makes a young man reconsider all those love-related text messages.

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NICHE Pinot grigio from Cupcake Vineyards.

No Crumbs or Icing, Just Grapes

By AUSTIN CONSIDINE

Women are buying more wine, so winemakers are coming up with labels aimed at attracting young mothers and cupcake lovers.

Social Q’s

What’s Race Got to Do With It?

By PHILIP GALANES

Confronted with — and handling — rude questions about race.

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WHAT'S HOT? A lot. Visitors to the Hamptons this season will find new clubs, restaurants, shops, shows, workouts and a fresh scene in Montauk. Above, the Navy Beach restaurant in Montauk.

Clouds Have Lifted, and the Hamptons Beckon

By JULIA CHAPLIN

Our guide to where to eat, drink, shop and sweat in the Hamptons this summer.

DRESSED FOR SUCCESS Maria Sharapova, in Paris a few days before this year's French Open.

Maria Sharapova Extends Her Reach

By ERIC WILSON

Maria Sharapova’s competitive nature goes beyond the tennis court as she fights for turf among athletes who aspire to be brands.

A Former Geek Offers Hope

By JUDITH NEWMAN

Alexandra Robbins, author of “The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth,” has built a career giving voice and shape to the lives of teenagers.

Up Close

A MAYOR AND HIS CONSTITUENTS Andrew Kirtzman is working to revamp Fire Island Pines.

Guardian of the Pines

By ALEX WILLIAMS

A former political reporter now at the helm of a beachside gay community, Andrew Kirtzman is working to turn a timeworn Shangri-La into a chic resort.

Scarves by, from left, Echo Design, Theodora & Callum, Burberry at Bloomingdale's, Mickey London at Anthropologie and Loquita.

It’s a Turban, It’s a Dress (It’s a Scarf)

By RUTH LA FERLA

Forward-thinking merchants are championing scarves’ versatility, anointing this once-humble wardrobe understudy as the unlikely diva of the spring and summer season.