A Canadian man says his wife and 8-year-old son died because of food poisoning at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic, according to the civil suit filed at the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario on Monday. Stephen Gougeon, 38, a lawyer from Toronto, is seeking nearly $7 million in damages from the Viva…
First of Its Kind, Last of Its Kind tells the story of an exceptional accessory and the archival piece that inspired it. The 63-year-old Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, the oldest son of a taxi driver and a homemaker, grew up in a one-room apartment in northern Tokyo. As a child, heâd accompany his parents on…
âWe are very happy you are here,â Mr. Sibanda said to our group. In 2022, Mr. Butcher teamed up with Ngamoâs leaders for a pilot project that introduced a different pair of white rhinos into a sanctuary that was much smaller than Mlevuâs: the 420-acre Ngamo Rhino Sanctuary. The goal was to prove that villagers…
Just a week ago, Kim Jones marched out onto an ice rink-size runway in Paris, taking a bow at the conclusion of his latest show as the menâs creative director at Dior. That show would be his last. On Friday, Mr. Jones, a British fashion designer who has held that role since 2018, announced he…
As the curtain went up in the pitch-black theater, glowing red words ran like an English Lit ticker tape across a black digital screen â âeccentricity, gothic, occultism, Madame Butterfly, existentialismâ â in a continuous, random and unceasing stream. Then a woman in a Harlequin ball gown, with a skirt so big it seemed more…
At least one of the fashion industryâs great open questions has been answered. On Wednesday morning, hours after the menâs fall fashion shows concluded in Paris, the Belgian designer Glenn Martens was named creative director of Maison Margiela, replacing John Galliano, the illustrious couturier who bowed out of the brand in December. Mr. Martens is…
As a whole, this sartorial tug of war, cleanly cleaved at the waistline, was one of the sharpest, most digestible ideas of the entire season. It delivered fantasy and wit in a manner that few fashion shows â preoccupied with getting those hit sneakers and bags in a shopperâs field of view â try to…
Frontier Airlines is again trying to join forces with Spirit Airlines, three years after the companies failed to complete a proposed merger. On Wednesday, Frontier said it was willing to pay $2.1 billion in stock and cash for Spirit, a deal that would unite the nationâs two largest budget carriers and could reshape competition in…
As the host city for Super Bowl LIX, New Orleans expects to welcome more than 100,000 visitors for the Feb. 9 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. At least a million more people will be celebrating Mardi Gras, the cityâs biggest tourist draw annually, less than a month later. But a…
It has been described as the most famous watch in the world. Some say it is the most valuable. And now, for the first time in decades, the pocket watch that Abraham-Louis Breguet made for Marie Antoinette has traveled from its home in Israel for public exhibition, in London. A great deal of mystery surrounds…