When Megan Debin purchased her Long Beach, Calif., house in 2020, she found her backyard dreary with its cinder-block walls. Dr. Debin, an art history professor and content creator, was smitten with a light blue crab motif she had come across on Instagram. She asked its artist, Tracy Allen, a muralist in Long Beach, to…
Some people go to the Met Gala for the self-promotion. Some go because it’s the ultimate game of dress-up. But Dwyane Wade, the N.B.A. Hall of Famer turned game-show host, brand ambassador and philanthropist, went for something else. He went for the market research. See, this week, Mr. Wade will assume yet another role: the…
Last spring, Oliver Widger quit his corporate job of 11 years, liquidated his 401(k) and bought a sailboat. His goal: to set sail from his home in Oregon and voyage around the world, starting with a first leg of 2,400 miles to Hawaii. Mr. Widger’s journey is different from other ocean voyages in two notable…
My style can be described as modern minimalist meets classic. I own several sheath dresses that fit and flatter, but when I put them on now, they echo what I see as MAGA style. How can I restyle them without sacrificing my aesthetic? — Miriam, Whidbey Island, Wash. There is a very specific look associated…
Stacy London and Clinton Kelly spent more than a decade critiquing Americans’ style choices as the co-hosts of the TLC makeover show “What Not to Wear,” which ended in 2013. Now, the duo is back with a new show and a new message: “Wear Whatever the F You Want.” Streaming on Prime Video — with…
Two days of strobe lights, thumping pop music, fluorescent smiles and shimmering gowns were grinding toward a dramatic conclusion when Sal Malafronte, a hairstylist and pageant industry veteran, began to reveal the 10 semifinalists who had made the cut at the 2025 Miss Maine USA pageant. A crowd of about 300 people had gathered Sunday…
When I met the writer Amy Larocca at a cafe in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn on a recent afternoon, I could not help but notice: She had the glow. Or seemed to. The glow, as Ms. Larocca explains in her new book, “How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure…
We received ours five to seven business days after our Thursday morning meltdown. We had identified our problem — essential information for our household was being shared only in snippets of conversation or haphazard Google calendar invites instead of one central place — and searched for a solution with a monthly installment payment. The Skylight…
As part of “Believing,” The New York Times asked several writers to explore a significant moment in their religious or spiritual lives. Sign up to receive the latest installments of “Believing” in your inbox. I was many weeks into reciting kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer of mourning, for my father when I realized I did…
As part of “Believing,” The New York Times asked several writers to explore a significant moment in their religious or spiritual lives. Sign up to receive the latest installments of “Believing” in your inbox. I was many weeks into reciting kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer of mourning, for my father when I realized I did…
