Fans say the devices provide benefits, including help with lubrication, but detractors say overuse can cause damage. Do you need a watch winder? The answer is as varied as the timepieces wound on them. Useful but often misconstrued, watch winders are mechanisms, usually in the form of a box or a container, meant to mimic … Read more
An exhibition at the Clockmakers’ Museum explores the links between the brand Breguet and English society. With numerous horological innovations to its name since its founding in 1775, Breguet has crafted timepieces that are often included in displays on the history of watchmaking. But the watchmaker’s links with English society are the focus of “Abraham-Louis … Read more
Group running has exploded in New York City. As friendships, marriages and even rivalries emerge, the benefits are proving as social as they are physical. On a Thursday evening in early September, the Upper West Side Run Club met on the steps of the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. It was 6:30 p.m., … Read more
If you had suddenly been blindfolded and transported to Dahlia, a cocktail lounge that opened in May at the Downtown Proper hotel in Los Angeles, you might have asked yourself: Where in the world am I? The high walls are painted dusty rose, and the booth cushions are upholstered in velvety brown, like the desert … Read more
Ron DeSantis wears a “Ron DeSantis” shirt. Tim Scott sports a “Tim Scott” hat. Self-branding is all the rage for presidential candidates. To find out why, we asked Vanessa Friedman. Some politicians need no introduction. The rest are running for the Republican nomination for president. Ron DeSantis has the words “Ron DeSantis” plastered across the … Read more
Bottega Veneta and Diesel take some winning risks; Versace and Moschino go spelunking in the archives. “Judging is an instinct.” “You’re already giving a score to this look in your mind, just express it.” So droned the Voice of God at the Sunnei show over the weekend as Milan Fashion Week drew to a close. … Read more
At a speed-dating event in August, $25 bought attendees 20 dates with strangers, each roughly five minutes long. When the first blind dates began, it wasn’t long before some people — mostly men — tried to go out of order so they could talk to the person they were most attracted to. “There’s a seat … Read more
Sabato De Sarno’s first collection arrives. Think of it as a breeze, rather than a wind, of change. Sabato De Sarno, the designer who was essentially unknown outside the industry until he was handed the keys to the $10 billion Gucci kingdom earlier this year and tasked with reinventing a brand that had already been … Read more
Creía que ser sexualmente atrevida era un juego que tenía permitido jugar. No tenía idea del castigo que me esperaba, ni de la sorprendente sanación que llegaría. En más de una ocasión, un hombre me ha inmovilizado bajo su cuerpo. La segunda vez, yo tenía 23 años, estaba en la cama de un hostal en … Read more
A precious object finds its way home. It started with an email. The subject line: “Sylvia Kanner’s Siddur.” Kanner was my late mother’s maiden name. Siddur is the Hebrew word for prayer book. I was, to say the least, intrigued. The sender explained that she had purchased several Judaic items on eBay. One was a … Read more
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