Saturday, February 26, 2011

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Fashion Review

Milan Shows How It All Makes Sense

GUCCI A wool jacket, cowl-neck sweater, blow blouse and a fedora with feathers.
Antonio Calanni for The New York Times

GUCCI A wool jacket, cowl-neck sweater, blow blouse and a fedora with feathers.

The Milan collections continue with Fendi, Gucci, MaxMara, Versace, Prada and Gianfranco Ferré.

On the Runway Blog

Versace: New Baroque

Donatella Versace was back in the family palazzo tonight, on a baroque carpeted runway, with Duran Duran in the front row, but the collection didn't vibrate with that extra feeling.

Dior Suspends Top Designer After Report of Altercation

Dior’s design director, John Galliano, is accused of making an anti-Semitic slur during a drunken tussle at a Paris bar.

T Magazine

Scorecard | Fendi Wins!

Another day of runway looks, another Scorecard at your service.

2011 Modern Love College Essay Contest

Attention college students, how’s your love life these days? Submit your essay and the winning author will receive $1,000. More information and contest rules.

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Luxury and Unrest

Can consumerism benefit from the departure of dictators?

On The Street | Seriously

The men’s wear being worn in New York is sending early signals that the era of dressing down is over.

House Proud

The $200 Microhouse

The Gypsy Junker, one of four structures Derek Diedricksen built at his home in Stoughton, Mass.
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The Gypsy Junker, one of four structures Derek Diedricksen built at his home in Stoughton, Mass.

For ingenuity, thrift and charm, Derek Diedricksen’s tiny, playful structures are hard to beat.

Now in Brooklyn, Homegrown Tobacco: Local, Rebellious and Tax Free

Since 2009, Audrey Silk, a retired police officer, has kept secret her patch of homegrown tobacco, but growing restrictions on smoking have changed her position on staying quiet.

Seeds Straight From Your Fridge

Growing a kitchen garden in the most literal sense: a crop borne of the pantry instead of the usual seed catalog.

Domestic Lives

Empty Rooms, No Regrets

Less than one week after moving, returning to the old apartment.

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A Railroad Baron's Home, Remade, in Buenos Aires

In an 8,000-square-foot house, built in the early 1900s, narrow corridors and small rooms were replaced with ample spaces filled with light.

Tiny Homes With Scavenged Charm

Derek Diedricksen has built four microhouses at his home in Stoughton, Mass., using salvaged materials and ingenuity.

Shopping for Exotic Design With Yasmina Kossmann

The United States residential design director for Tai Ping, the carpet company, proved that you don’t need to leave New York to find desirable objects from around the world.

The Natalie Portman by Eamon Rockey.
Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

The Natalie Portman by Eamon Rockey.

The Tipsy Diaries

A Toast to the Nominees, With Drinks They Inspired

In honor of the Academy Awards on Sunday, four bartenders come up with drinks to honor four nominees.

In Pittsburgh, Trading Pirogi for Farm-to-Table Fare

Pittsburgh’s food and restaurant culture has been undergoing a transformation, with a new emphasis on what’s fresh and local.

Restaurant Review: Burgermeester in Amsterdam

Burgermeester, a chain in Amsterdam, serves good burgers, if you aren’t guilt-ridden looking at cow photos.

Books of The Times

‘Blood, Bones & Butter’

Gabrielle Hamilton’s brilliantly written new memoir, “Blood, Bones & Butter,” is rhapsodic about food, but it’s not just for foodies.

Recipes for Party Dips and Appetizers

Savory bites to set out at an Oscar party.

A New York City Doughnut Tour

A look at three of the city’s doughnut greats: Dough, Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop and the Doughnut Plant.

Ai Fiori

Photos of the chef Michael White’s restaurant at the Setai Hotel on Fifth Avenue, which Sam Sifton reviews this week.

The ceremony at the Pierre Hotel officiated by Rabbi Mordecai Feuerstein.
Tina Fineberg for The New York Times

The ceremony at the Pierre Hotel officiated by Rabbi Mordecai Feuerstein.

Leora Klein and Emmanuel Werthenschlag found a common interest in Philip Roth novels.

Anna York and Alejandro De La Cruz

The bride works for a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles; the bridegroom, for one in Oakland, Calif.

Michelle Oliver and Andrew Fisher

A wedding in New Jersey for a nurse and a marketing representative.

Sarah Ashfaq and Joshua Lantos

A couple who met when they were graduate students at Penn — she from a devout Muslim family, he from a Jewish one — marry in Glen Cove, N.Y.

Kayte Walsh, Kelsey Grammer

The couple were married Friday on the stage of the Longacre Theater on Broadway, where Mr. Grammer until recently was one of the stars of “La Cage aux Folles.”

Q&A;: Your Weddings Questions Answered

Planning or attending a wedding, but not sure of the proper way to go about it?

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Vows: Mia & Andrew

After Mia Oliver accompanied Andrew Fisher to pickup a dog from a shelter, their bond was strengthened.

The Spring Fashion issue highlights the season's most notable, wearable and desirable trends.

The Real Housewife of Paris

Just because she's a whirlwind of glamour and work doesn't mean Salma Hayek won't cook dinner. Au contraire.

T Magazine

Photos of the Moment | Prada

Scenes from the Milan Fashion Week photo diary of Sonny Vandevelde.

Off With Her Headpiece!

Forget about Kate Middleton's dress - the real drama lies behind the royal jewels.

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Must Haves | Spree Association

Embrace your wrists, heels and toes with something ornamental.

Tough Cookies

The bizarros get all the attention, but it's hard-working politicians like these who are actually minding the store.

Changing of the Avant-Garde

French cinema is in the throes of revolution, and the actor Tahar Rahim is the leading man.

The Moment

The Selby | Juice Press

Antebi's detoxifying elixirs are guaranteed to sluice the most stopped-up systems.

Team Evil

A posse of four, so named for its cheeky exploits, reunites in red leather and black. Blame it on Alexa Chung.

Early Birds

The desire to play outside in your undergarments seems to be a persistent fashion fantasy.

T Magazine

Bookshelf

LSD in the 1950s. Behind the scenes at the New York canteen Prune. "Yohji Yamamoto" at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Just some of the subjects covered in our book selection this month.

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Photos of the Moment | Max Mara

Scenes from the Milan Fashion Week photo diary of Ioulex.

Suddenly Susan

When the author shacked up with Susan Sontag’s son, and his brainy mom, in 1976, three was not company.

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Styled to a T | Aubrey Plaza

The actress who portrays the can't-be-bothered intern on NBC's "Parks and Recreations" lights up the office.

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The Night Shift | Rinko Kikuchi

The feisty actress and freshly minted New Yorker Rinko Kikuchi works the season's new minimalism.

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