Thursday, December 2, 2010

Fashion & Style

A Look That’s Worth a Million Hits

Stephanie Teymourian, left, an agent with Ford Models, in Chicago with Elena Greenwell, a model who on the Shopbop Web site is known simply to her fans as the Redhead.
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Stephanie Teymourian, left, an agent with Ford Models, in Chicago with Elena Greenwell, a model who on the Shopbop Web site is known simply to her fans as the Redhead.

Fashion sites search for models who will sell to the 3 a.m.-in-slippers crowd.

Once an Editor, Now the Subject

Two new books explore Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s career as an editor.

Scene City | Art Basel Miami Beach

Partying Gets a Jump Start, Night One

Miami Beach can barely accommodate the hordes of dealers, collectors, artists, designers, photographers, journalists and hangers-on that descend en masse for a quick pre-holiday sun and high-ticket spending.

Up Close

The UnMuseum

The new Lower East Side home of the art gallery Sperone Westwater, designed by Norman Foster, seems an almost Trumpian expression of ambition.

Critical Shopper | Soigne K

Cue the Sitar, Cast the Petals

The Soigne K boutique features modern clothing from designers from India. For saris, head upstairs.

The Crush Builds as SoHo Revives

As the retail outlook improved, SoHo once again became a prime location for brands seeking a prestigious address and a high concentration of affluent, fashion-savvy shoppers.

Trading Up

The Pedigree, Knitted In

Designers are playing off against traditional knits, including those from Fair Isle, Scandinavia and the Pacific Northwest.

Scene City

More Accolades in the Year of the Saint

Drew Brees, the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, maintains his focus amid the Sportsman of the Year party.

Boîte

White Noise in the East Village

Open since late summer, White Noise on Avenue B is a shadowy den of a rock ’n’ roll bar.

The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend

Julian Assange is the new Banksy; A raid of a notorious Rio de Janeiro drug den reveals a Justin Bieber wall mural; and other topics.

Skin Deep

When a Trusted Brand Disappears

Pink bars of Camay soap are now sold mainly online, but some of the brand’s aging fans are not comfortable with technology.

Beauty Spots

A roundup of new beauty products: vegan body wash, holiday-party eye shadows and a collection of eyeliners.

T Magazine

Year of the Couturière

Guo Pei is giving Paris some stiff — and heavily embroidered — competition. A special report by Cathy Horyn.

On the Runway Blog

Will Top Firings Change Barneys' Cool?

On Monday, Barneys New York announced that two of its longtime buying executives, Judy Collinson and Julie Gilhart, had been let go.

A Facebook Founder Begins a Social Network Focused on Charities

Chris Hughes is starting Jumo to do for charities “what Yelp did for restaurants.” His site will index charities so users can find and evaluate them.

Acupuncturist Treats 40 N.F.L. Players in 4 Cities

Lisa Ripi has a committed following of N.F.L. players.

You’re O.K., but I’m Not. Let’s Share.

A successor to EST, Landmark Forums can be painful journeys toward self-improvement.

The Making of Fashion’s Latest ‘It’ Girl

How Alexa Chung came to be the most famous person you’ve probably never heard of ... yet.

Slide Show: Alexa Chung, Fashion’s Latest Darling

The British television host, model and pop-culture phenomenon sets her own definition of style, and moves in various fashion circles.

Art Basel Miami’s Big-Buzz 10

Ten must-do spots to schmooze, party, dine and, oh, see art at Art Basel Miami.

Other People’s Divorces

Read the wedding pages each week? The Huffington Post reports on the other side.

Social Q’s

Tip, Tip, Tip

Answers to readers’ questions about salon tipping, intrusive neighbors and other issues.

What I Wore | Christene Barberich

Fashion Goes, Keds Stay

A founder of a fashion Web site relies on some favorite staples.

Slide Show: In Christene Barberich’s Closet

The founder of and the editorial director for Refinery29.com chronicles what she wore for a week.

From The International Herald Tribune

Hermès Reaching Out to China and Beyond

Reviewing the new Hermès store on the Left Bank of Paris, intended to woo local shoppers as much as tourists from China.

Browsing & Scouting Reports
Multimedia
Trading Up: Men’s Sweaters Borrow From Folk Patterns

At the hands of today’s designers, the Fair Isle sweater has manned up and trimmed down, newly invigorated with the youthful spirit that brought it to fame 85 years ago.

Scene City: Art Basel Miami Beach Nov. 30

Photos from the first U.S. Sea launch of The Aquariva, designed by Marc Newson, the White Cube party at Soho Beach House and Bruce Weber’s opening at MOCA.

The Scoop iPhone App

An insider’s guide to what to eat, drink and do in New York, including a shopping section with our favorite places to buy clothes and accessories, compiled by the editors and reporters in the Styles section and T Magazine.

Submit a Question

A neighbor’s twinkle-light crèche getting you down? Or the prospect of (another) dateless New Year’s Eve? Social Q’s is here to help. Send your holiday dilemmas to SocialQ@nytimes.com or send a Twitter message to @SocialQPhilip.

Beauty and style gift guides from the editors of the Fashion & Style section and T Magazine.

T Magazine
T Magazine
Now Online | Design & Living Winter 2010

T's winter Design & Living issue offers plenty of good reasons to cheer for the home (design) team.

More From the I.H.T.

Tommy Hilfiger Dreams of Limitless Horizons

Tommy Hilfiger, all-American icon, opens a new store in Paris -- and in Copenhagen, Lisbon and Torino, Italy. A bigger push in Asia is next.

Retail Strategy Keeps MB&F; in Demand

By introducing four new models in one year, increasing the number of its retailers from 12 to 19, and still keeping the overall number of watches the company releases unchanged, MB&F; has put the pressure back on the stores.

Updates from the T Magazine blog.

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