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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Style

Design Notebook

In Milan, Plush Reality

Sway lights by CKR for Established & Sons.
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Sway lights by CKR for Established & Sons.

This year’s International Furniture Fair was marked by the contradictory pursuits of social consciousness and unrestrained luxury.

Interactive Feature: New Design From the Milan Furniture Fair

Highlights from the fair, where pieces made of industrial waste contrasted with deep-cushioned sofas that provide infantile comfort.

The Pragmatist

A Roof Over Your Head Isn’t Enough

To protect your house from water, inspect and repair the gutters.

On Location

In the British Countryside, a Well-Packaged Life

Remy Blumenfeld and Henryk Hetflaisz are based in London, but spend much of their time at their estate, in the countryside.

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Glass Houses in the Countryside

In England, a modernist villa and a guest pavilion on a 23-acre estate.

Shopping for Laundry Gear

Stuart Leslie, an industrial designer, shopped for accessories that look good enough to put on display.

In the Catskills, Assembled From a Kit

A modern prefab house made of galvanized steel is awash in light and air.

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Hosted by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the week-end log festival celebrated traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.

Scene City

Mayor Bloomberg’s Washington Adventure, Reporters, Politicians and Stars Mix

At Mayor Bloomberg’s party, a motley assemblage, including George Clooney and Barbara Walters, hungry for lobster rolls.

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Photos of The Moment | RWB

Sonny Vandevelde's Australian fashion week photo diary.

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Vain Glorious | A Fragrant Pop-Up

The first pop-up shop dedicated to Odin's fragrance line opens tomorrow at 11th Street.

The Collection: A New Fashion App for the iPad

Get complete coverage of fashion and style and the latest looks from the runway.

Shopping Slide Shows
Gustavo Arellano at Mitla Cafe, the oldest Mexican restaurant in California's Inland Empire.
Axel Koester for The New York Times

Gustavo Arellano at Mitla Cafe, the oldest Mexican restaurant in California's Inland Empire.

Gustavo Arellano, a journalist and Orange County native, is perhaps the greatest (and only) living scholar of Mexican-American fast food.

The Pour

Cheese Reunites With Its Old Pal, Red Wine

It is simply untrue that red wine and cheese cannot complement and improve each other.

On the Highest Floors, Food Comes to the Workers

At the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea, trucks offering inventive dishes are put on a freight elevator and rolled out onto bays on the upper stories.

Sounds of the Kitchen

For a new generation of American chefs, one of the most crucial ingredients in the kitchen is audible, not edible.

Empellón Cocina

Inside the chef Alex Stupak’s Mexican restaurant in the East Village.

New York Health Department Restaurant Ratings Map

Interactive map of health violations at restaurants in New York

POCANTICO HILLS, N.Y., APRIL 21 Jennifer Wu and Andy Woo with a well-wisher before their ceremony at Blue Hill at Stone Barns.
Michael Nagle for The New York Times

POCANTICO HILLS, N.Y., APRIL 21 Jennifer Wu and Andy Woo with a well-wisher before their ceremony at Blue Hill at Stone Barns.

What’s a missing tooth — or two — on the path to true love?

Katherine Williams and William Cooling Jr.

The couple were married in Key Largo, Fla.

Alyssa Cherif and Zack Oakley

The bride is a manager with the United States Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy; the bridegroom is a lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy, working as a nuclear engineer.

Katherine Grady and Albert Haber

For this couple married in St. Louis, being a significant other comes with its privileges.

Field Notes

Bridal Hunger Games

Wedding photos (if not the marriage) are forever, so brides are increasingly going on crash diets, cowed by the prospect of wearing a revealing and expensive gown.

Well-Mannered Columns

Wedding Q. and A.

Answers to readers’ questions about low-budget weddings.

Wedding Q. and A.

Answers to readers’ questions about how to tell friends or relatives they are not invited to your big day.

Marriages by Fran Drescher

The actress Fran Drescher is the officiant for two same-sex marriages at the Out NYC hotel in Manhattan.

In this video, the Dutch model Saskia De Brauw shows off an array of chic Chanel lacquers.

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Collect Call | Gray Foy and Joel Kaye's Eight Rooms of Wonder

Two friends and collectors, compulsive accumulators both, live among eclectic treasures in their 57th Street apartment.

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Ristretto | The Daily Grind

The secret to brewing excellent, flavorful coffee at home? Grind your own beans.

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Profile in Style | Misha Nonoo

A New York-based fashion designer shares her recipe for a good dinner party.

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Spring Staples | The Punchy Clutch

Milla Jovovich, Erin Beatty and Kate Mara were recently seen sporting spring's pop-colored and printed clutches.

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L.A. P.O.V. | The Quiet Allure of the Larder at Maple Drive

Excellence where you least expect it: a tiny cafe tucked into an office building in L.A., courtesy of Suzanne Goin.

The Moment
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Vain Glorious | Virgin's Code Red

Virgin Airlines's new spa at New York's Kennedy Airport offers a solution to plane bed head.

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What's in Store | Maison Kitsuné

The Maison's first North American store at the NoMad Hotel retains a distinctly Parisian feel.

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Look of The Moment | Gwyneth Paltrow

The "Avengers" actress is the picture of the modern lady in a Burberry dress and carrying a Victoria Beckham bag.

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Edible Selby | Net Gains

An urban fisherman lures foragers into San Francisco's waterways.

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Past Perfect

Restoration Hardware, the curator-retailer that sells retro-chic furnishings, has also become a collector of vintage architecture.

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A Little Something Schiaparelli?

A selection of rare Elsa Schiaparelli jewelry goes on sale next week, timed to a big museum show at the Met.

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