Critic’s Notebook
Like Mona Lisa, Ever So Veiled
By CATHY HORYN
The designer Rei Kawakubo will be honored on Monday with a lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
The New York City socialite Amanda Brooks is packing up for a farm in England a little more than a year after being appointed fashion director of Barneys New York.
The designer Rei Kawakubo will be honored on Monday with a lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
The jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth’s style may appear random, but she says it’s the same one she’s had since she was 5.
Ms. France left her job as former editor in chief at Lucky Magazine and started a new career as a blogger writing for 40-something women.
LuAnn de Lesseps, a real housewife of New York, hosts a Memorial Day weekend charity benefit.
It’s certainly not unprecedented for designers to quit the labels that bear their names, but Simon Spurr’s decision has industry insiders puzzled.
The London-based shoe designer’s first store in the United States is set up like the galleries that dot its home in the meatpacking district.
Guys with beards are everywhere, but what to do when you can’t grow one?
At this NoHo restaurant and bar you’ll find plates like “duck in a jar,” cocktails like the Foxy Brown and a doorman who might deny you the chance to try either one.
A preview of events, from a celebration for Toilet Paper magazine to the Whitney Museum of American Art’s annual Art Party.
Exclusive skin care products prove attractive to hotels and weary travelers.
When T.S.A. regulations went into effect in 2006, several high-end cosmetic companies began to offer miniature versions of their most popular cleansers and creams.
Kiana Hayeri returned to her native Iran a few years ago to explore the dual lives of many young women who face restrictions on how they look and act in public.
When shoppers go to buy sunscreen, they find shoes, bikinis and laundry detergent that are also meant to block harmful rays. Many have doubts about such items.
Queen Elizabeth has long been a fan of printed headscarves and the catwalks in this Jubilee Year have been filled with similar designs.
How two young Britons behind the Fat Radish became the go-to caterers for New York’s art and fashion set.
Who is Priscilla Chan, the princess bride who married Silicon Valley’s crown prince?
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The diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, to be celebrated this weekend, is the occasion for unprecedented display of royal treasures from Buckingham Palace.
Rei Kawakubo, of Comme des Garçons, is being honored with a lifetime achievement award.
Some on the list are very familiar faces, others are newer nominees.
Madison Square Park held its children’s fair on May 19 with music, games, popcorn and cotton candy. The children, in their summery hats, resembled butterflies.
Union Jacks and crowns are popping up all over the place.
Shampoos for the silver foxes wanting to polish up their pearly white tresses.