These four restaurants were synonymous with their owners, all serving their takes on soul or Southern food. Before they arrived, a craving for soul food meant heading uptown to Harlem for takeout containers or sitting down at Sylviaâs, opened by Sylvia Woods in 1962 near the famed Apollo Theater. These newer places continued the story,…
VERBAL Jacob Arabo, because of his links to the music world. Heâs done it all â jewelry, watches. He made the celebrity jewelry scene first. He worked with Nigo, Pharrell Williams and created colorful pieces using different technology. He first started with a little booth in New York, making custom jewelry for artists and then…
For spring, designers are embracing the elegance of timeless, uniform-inspired clothes. Photographs by Luis Alberto Rodriguez Styled by Carlos Nazario Feb. 24, 2025 Above, standing, from left: Shea Estrin wears a Dries Van Noten jacket, $1,495, and pants, $1,065, driesvannoten.com; and stylistâs own tank top. Bryce Elder wears a Gucci jumpsuit (worn as a shirt),…
In handwritten vows, followed by an exchange of rings, Mr. Marchetto told Mr. Bowen that their love transcends the kind that runs the risk of short-circuiting. âAfter 15 years together, we have empathy for each other,â he said. âOur love accommodates mistakes.â Mr. Bowen told Mr. Marchetto that their love strives âto nourish, not devour.â…
Of all the unexpected gifts this job has given me, perhaps the greatest one is the opportunity to be a visitor in the worlds of design and fashion. Anyone who has been allowed entree into a realm they never knew well (but were always curious to know better) understands that much of the fun of…
In Fashion shows the best of the seasonâs runway collections, as seen in the pages of T Magazine. Models: Aminata Ndoye At Next Management, Jeannie Pfeiffer At Women Management. Hair: Tamara McNaughton. Makeup: Alex Levy. Casting: Bert Martirosyan. Set designer: Alice Jacobs. Production: Shay Johnson Studio. Photo assistants: Shen Williams-Cohen, Arjay Estanislao. Styling assistants: Jasmine…
Outside the Coach show on Monday, a woman was marching around topless on Park Avenue. Her semi-nudity was a little startling, given the snow still piled on the sidewalks, but it went with the animal rights sign she was holding while shouting: âCoach leather kills! Coach leather kills!â These days you have to be pretty…
On Thursday, just as the fashion world was gathering in New York for its ready-to-wear shows, Gucci added yet more uncertainty to an already tumultuous industry by announcing that the designer Sabato De Sarno was leaving. He had been at Gucci only two years and was scheduled to unveil his spring collection in Milan on…
Growing up, Kyle Smith did not like sports. âI was scared of the boys in sports,â said Mr. Smith, 31, who is gay. He described himself as the type of teen who was way more interested in watching âThe September Issue,â the documentary about the inner workings of Vogue. Mr. Smith, who was born in…