The Barbershop Renaissance

By DAVID COLMAN

Joshua Bright for The New York Times

F.S.C. Barber on Horatio Street in the West Village looks old, but it isn’t. It opened in 2008.

Authentic-looking barbershops have popped up all over Lower Manhattan for men who want classic cuts in a nostalgic, manly setting, far from the salon.

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With a few flicks of a comb, men can change their style. “Guys want to look neat,” said Steven King, a comb distributor.

Dig Out Those Pocket Combs

By DAVID COLMAN

The comb is a friend to any number of haircuts, including the classic military “high and tight,” the Elvis, the Steve McQueen, the greaser and all the longer styles.

The Gimlet Eye

A Jaguar XJS was included in the estate sale of items owned by Dominick Dunne, the former movie producer, self-styled investigative journalist, novelist and television fixture who died in August 2009.

Trading on Sentiment at Dominick Dunne’s Estate Sale

By GUY TREBAY

Some of the writer’s things are worth more than others, in real terms.

Front Row

Kate Middleton in a Daniella Issa Helayel dress in September 2009.

Is Issa in Line for Throne?

By RUTH LA FERLA

The designer Daniella Issa Helayel has been a longtime favorite of Kate Middleton.

Bruce Weber at home in Golden Beach, Fla.

A Chronicler of Fashion Turns to the Heart

By RUTH LA FERLA

The fashion photographer Bruce Weber exhibits emotional photographs of Haitians in Miami.

Skin Deep

Beauty Gifts for All Ages

By HILARY HOWARD

Reliable and affordable holiday gifts, from skin creams to fragrances to books.

2010 Holiday Gift Guide

Critical Shopper | Modern Anthology

Manly, or Close

By JON CARAMANICA

A home-furnishings and clothing store in Dumbo, Brooklyn, caters to a specific vision of masculinity.

Scene City

An East Village Guy, Up in Lights

By IRINA ALEKSANDER

For David Duchovny, his first New York stage role is “like a boxing match.”

The Buzz

N.Y.C. Party Preview, Nov. 28 to Dec. 5

By DENNY LEE

The Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year and Art Basel Miami Beach are highlights.

Crib Sheet

The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend

By HENRY ALFORD

The pope, Kelsey Grammer and others in the news this week.

Bits Blog

What's in a Name? Fashism's Founder Explains

By JENNA WORTHAM

A little insight into the origin of a fashion start-up's name.

Mister Cartoon, a tattooist, is offering his services in a boutique hotel.

Well-Appointed Guest Rooms, and Tattoo Suite Down the Hall

By DIANE CARDWELL

Mister Cartoon, a popular Los Angeles-based tattoo artist, is working out of the Marcel at Gramercy as part of a strategy to draw a more creative hotel clientele.

Green Blog

A Second Life for Italian Lingerie

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

Used bras collected at Intimissimi's stores will be recycled into decidedly unsexy soundproof panels.

In the global beauty industry, blond hair is valuable. At this plant in Yukhnov, Russia, hair is washed, dyed and sorted.

For Russia’s Poor, Blond Hair Is Snippet of Gold

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

Poverty is common in parts of some former Soviet states. So is blond hair, which is in demand for hair extensions.

This Life

Time-Shifting Holidays

By BRUCE FEILER

Turkey on Nov. 26; light the menorah on Nov. 27? There’s a historical precedent for that.

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Hundreds attended a paddle-out in Huntington Beach, Calif., to remember Andy Irons.

Honoring the Surfer Andy Irons With a Paddle-Out

By ABBY AGUIRRE

The beloved surfing champion was remembered with a “paddle-out,” a way surfers around the world honor their dead.

The New Club Kids

By ALEX WILLIAMS

Want to party at the latest night spots? Meet the new scenemakers in New York.

Bar Mitzvah Studies Take to the Web

By AMY VIRSHUP

Some choose to forgo the temple for bar and bat mitzvah lessons.

Studied

Fearless Preschoolers Lack Empathy?

By PAMELA PAUL

A study of preschoolers finds that risk-taking children lack empathy.

Possessed

Adam Lindeman in the company of his Urs Fischer sculpture.

A Collector Bets on the Dark Side

By DAVID COLMAN

Adam Lindemann calls his contemporary collection “a wild bet on the future.”

Modern Love

Alone When the Bedbugs Bite

By TESS RUSSELL

The worst thing about bedbugs isn’t the bugs themselves, or even the painful bites. It’s the isolating way others react when you give them the news.

Times Topics: Modern Love

In Praise of Shadows and Light

By SUZY MENKES

An exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London illuminates three decades of design by Japanese visionaries.

Browsing & Scouting Reports

Multimedia

Michael Haar gives a beard trim to Rick Ramirez at F.S.C. Barber.

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Barbershops Offer a Snippet of Nostalgia

Crowds line up at Manhattan’s new crop of retro barbershops for solid, classic cuts.

FOR THE VERY BUSY Mobile Beauty Emergency Collection ($68); Flossbox ($29.94 for six); “InStyle: Ultimate Beauty Secrets” ($22.95).

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Skin Deep: Beauty Gift Guide

By HILARY HOWARD

Holiday gift ideas for the very busy, the traveler, friends of the Earth, tween and teens and others on your list.

2010 Holiday Gift Guide

Sunday Mass, Notre Dame D’Haiti Catholic Church, Little Haiti, Miami, 2003.

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Bruce Weber’s Exhibition

His first major show in an American museum is an exhibition of portraits of the Haitian community in Miami at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Life as a Runway: I Know I Am, but What Are You?

By RUTH LA FERLA

Pee-wee Herman’s Broadway show is a magnet for mavericks of every persuasion.

Taking Bets on the Royal Dress

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Billy Reid, Designer, Wins Major Fashion Award

November 16, 2010

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Now Online | Design & Living Winter 2010

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

Look of the Moment | Cause Celeb

November 24, 2010

Bon Voyage | A New Line From Azzaro

November 24, 2010

Retail Strategy Keeps MB&F; in Demand

By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP

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.

Volna Is Taken Down by Global Watch Crisis

By NAZANIN LANKARANI

Volna tried to position its watches as a marriage of Soviet watch-making heritage and Swiss know-how, but it struggled with quality concerns and a global industry crisis.