Where ‘Just Looking’ Is Just Fine

By GUY TREBAY

Michael Nagle for The New York Times

Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp, organizers of the Frieze Art Fair, which opens under this tent on Randalls Island this weekend.

The London-based Frieze Art Fair brings its distinctive brand of arts entertainment to New York.

A diagram of Cellulaze, a laser treatment that targets cellulite, at work.

Zeroing in on Cellulite

By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS

Cellulaze, a new treatment that requires only one doctor’s visit, is being breathlessly hailed by many as a bona fide solution, but some doctors have reservations.

Front Row

The Frigo No. 1 is $100; it has an interior mesh pouch.

Call It Victor’s Secret

By ERIC WILSON

Are men really ready to shop for underwear the way women do?

Rita Ackermann says she wants to distance herself from her early fans.

An Artist Keeps Her Cool

By RUTH LA FERLA

These days, Rita Ackermann says she is bent on distancing herself from the scenesters, hipsters and rabid fashionistas who helped put her on the map.

Noticed

Hello, Stranger

By CAITLIN KEATING

Web sites and apps help people connect with others they saw only briefly.

Up Close

Iris Love with her dachshunds, Euphrosyne and Diomedes.

In Iris Love’s Wide Circle of Friends

By BOB MORRIS

The fun-loving Iris Love, the New York socialite whose Pekingese won the Best in Show award this year at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, remains in the social loop.

After creating perfumes for others, Francis Kurkdjian now has his own line and a shop in Paris.

Celebrity Perfumes Get Competition

By BEE-SHYUAN CHANG

The experts in blending scents no longer work behind the scenes, as perfume brands seek a pedigree.

Andrew Shaffer needed only 10 days to write a parody of the best seller “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

A Satirist Goes for None-Too-Subtle Shading

By AUSTIN CONSIDINE

The satirist Andrew Shaffer talks about his parody of “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

Trading Up

From Fairway to Runway

By DAVID COLMAN

The kiltie flap, an oddball golf-shoe detail and once an inescapable facet of 1950s country clubs, makes a surprising return.

Slide Show

Boîte

Tender Trap

By BEN DETRICK

At Tender Trap in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, you can buy a pregnancy test or chewing gum and still dance to the D.J.’s music.

The gold souk at the Dubai Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. The mall is now a shopping destination for Chinese tourists.

Dubai Finesses Ease of Luxury Shopping for Chinese

By SARA HAMDAN 1:23 PM ET

Some 214,000 Chinese tourists came to Dubai last year, a nine-fold increase from 25,000 visitors a decade earlier, and stores are responding with incentives and brand names.