Her style contribution as first lady deserves a reassessment.Rosalynn Carter, who died on Sunday at age 96, was rarely included on any list of best-dressed first ladies. She was not generally called “stylish” or “trendsetting.” She did not play the White House dress-up game, at least as designed ...

The Parisian designer Elie Top has an entourage of stylish confidants to help spark his creativity.During couture week in Paris in July, amid the packed schedule of lavish events and parties, the jewelry designer Elie Top hosted a notably intimate dinner party for 14 friends in his design ...

Jewelers are helping women mark life changes in the form of future heirlooms.When the personal shopper Negar Alaya’s son River Declan Bear was two months old in July 2022, she began looking for a piece of jewelry to commemorate his birth.“I wanted something a little magical, a little ...

Authors draw on records and personal descriptions to illuminate brands’ approaches to creativity.Is jewelry storytelling entering an age of authenticity?From social media to reality TV, polished and aesthetically pleasing images have been giving way to real, more widely relatable looks.The trend has been reflected in publishing, too, as ...

A 50-piece collection pays homage to the founder’s signature silhouettes and design codes.“David Webb is unquestionably one of the leading 20th-century American jewelry designers,” Medill Higgins Harvey, associate curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said, “distinguished by his originality, the bold sculptural quality ...

Keith Nielsen, who oversaw costumes for four Hallmark Christmas movies out this year, shares his approach to dressing festively. (It does not involve ugly sweaters.)Several years ago, Keith Nielsen was feeling less than cheerful when a friend told him about an internship opportunity with the costume department of ...

Last month, Gabie Caballero got a call from her brother inviting her to his home in Houston for a Thanksgiving feast. “As soon as he mentioned food and Thanksgiving, I felt overwhelmed,” Ms. Caballero, 46, said.Ms. Caballero takes Mounjaro, a diabetes drug similar to Ozempic, for weight loss ...

When women post about their engagements and upcoming weddings on social media, an unexpected, potentially damaging specter arrives: targeted weight loss ads.After Lauren Aitchison became engaged in March 2022, she began seeing targeted ads for wedding content everywhere, with marketing phrases like “shredding for the wedding” and “bridal ...

Some people are pulling back — in socializing, spending, eating — not to avoid Covid, but to bolster their mental health.Right after Halloween, Ashley Guerra started being inundated with invitations — for Friendsgiving, for holiday parties and for New Year’s Eve.“The holidays always feel a little chaotic,” said ...

The minivan life takes a turn when the kids are old enough to drive.My life is pretty relaxing right now, but there’s a chilling period each day that derails all of my sleekest and sturdiest emotional trains, and that’s the dark corridor between 8:30 and 8:42 a.m., when ...

Nakata Hanger wants its products to be utilitarian, but also to reflect the best of Japanese craftsmanship.Since 1946, when the Nakata family established its factory specializing in clothing hangers, the handmade wooden product has not evolved much. But its fans wouldn’t want Nakata Hanger’s product to change.“The shape ...

Many couples, especially those in Asia, seem to like having the same or similar timepieces.Watch brands and collectors are both enjoying a bit of matchy-matchy action right now as his-and-her looks in timepieces are turning up everywhere.Piaget plans to celebrate the coming Chinese New Year with a special ...

An 80-year-old enterprise still does things the old way but is also looking to the future with new styles and quirky colors.There is a low buzz of banter and machinery in the workshop of George Horn Ltd., a family-run glove-making business in a converted woolen mill in the ...

A bite of bruschetta helped lay the foundation for the relationship between the conductor Michael Repper and Vanessa Moody. That honesty served them well when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.Michael Eric Repper’s history of unflagging devotion to a narrow set of passions dates back to the ...