Finding Her ‘Barack Obama’ With the Help of a Friend

Olivia Castor and Austin McNair met at Harvard through Ms. Castor’s roommate, who had a knack for matchmaking. One day in April 2017, during the spring semester of her senior year at Harvard, Olivia Melissa Castor received a call from her roommate, who said, “Liv, I found your Barack Obama.” …

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Katie Couric, Anna Wintour and Danny DeVito Party Before the U.S. Open

The U.S.T.A. Foundation hosted a gala, and John McEnroe held a tournament to raise money for tennis scholarships and community programs. On Monday evening, the first day of the U.S. Open, actors, designers and former professional athletes walked into a side entrance, lined with tennis fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium …

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Al terminar la universidad, aposté todo por mi novio

Cuando mis amigos iban en pos de empleos interesantes y la facultad de derecho, yo me fui a México detrás de un chico. Diez meses después de salir de la universidad, estaba sentada en una pequeña cabaña de un pueblo costero mexicano, haciendo una pausa de mi crisis de identidad …

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A German Noble Family’s Pearls and Diamonds to Be Auctioned

Sotheby’s has scheduled a November sale in Geneva for more than 200 pieces from the House of Württemberg. More than 200 jewels and precious objects from the House of Württemberg, formerly one of Germany’s noble families, are on display until Monday at Sotheby’s New York, the first stop on a …

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Book Review: ‘Pockets,’ by Hannah Carlson

In her nifty “Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close,” Hannah Carlson unbuttons the politics behind who gets to hide their belongings, and where. POCKETS: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close, by Hannah Carlson This review of Hannah Carlson’s cultural study of pockets was grievously delayed. …

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A Fashion ‘Prodigy’ Makes a Big Debut. No Pressure.

Peter Do held up a pair of Helmut Lang jeans by their pockets, pulling them against his waist. The denim was off-white, splattered with white paint and softened with age. I’d already reached out to feel the fabric, pinching it between my fingers, when Mr. Do said that he’d never …

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A Landmark Year for a Rare Calendar

After 60 years, the Italian tire company Pirelli hired a Black photographer to produce its not-for-sale calendar, which has evolved from a showcase of (scantily clad) bodies into a vehicle for ideas. Wearing a gold strapless gown, Angela Bassett stood before two massive gilded doors while resting one hand on …

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Fashion Tribes of New York

Ralph Lauren, Coach, Proenza Schouler and Khaite: Recognize your camouflage? It’s been a while since New York was the main character in any costume drama, a while since it starred as anything other than a problem: abandoned, messy, crime-ridden, economically challenged. But as New York Fashion Week began, the city’s …

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What Leotard Can Compare to This?

More than 100 designer costumes from the New York City Ballet are featured in a new book photographed by Pari Dukovic. As a boy of 8, Pari Dukovic would pick up his camera, a gift from his father, and explore his native Istanbul. He learned to station himself on the …

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Patti LuPone Sings for the LuPonettes

Last weekend on Fire Island in New York, far from the bright lights of Broadway, Patti LuPone performed at the Ice Palace nightclub for some of her most adoring fans. These die-hards, sometimes called LuPonettes, included a man who had seen Ms. LuPone in the 1979 production of “Evita” and …

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