Style

Is That Chic Toothpaste Worth the Price?

Brushing and flossing get a dose of glam.

By Bee Shapiro

Excavating My Childhood Photos — and Myself

I wanted to uncover ancient shards of my childhood gender and piece them back into the whole.

By Jacob Tobia

You’re a Widow. Now What?

When a spouse dies, women (and it’s usually women) are often faced with a daunting list of financial chores that they’ve never tackled before. Here’s how to cope.

By Susan B. Garland

The End of the Bergdorf Blonde

The salon that minted the coifs of a certain breed of “Sex and the City”-era socialite, not to mention tended to Martha Stewart and Hillary Clinton, has left the building. Color us ... wistful?

By Tatiana Boncompagni

Cardi B’s Tips for Making ‘Money Moves’

The rapper talked to Moj Mahdara, the C.E.O. of Beautycon, about financial literacy and how more women in beauty can “chase the bag.”

By Crystal Martin

Undeniable Connections Just Waiting to Be Discovered

She saw herself in the characters in an animated Disney film. The hopeful song sung by a lonely volcano to another spoke to her heart.

By Leah Beckmann

A Profile Photo Only a Nerd Would Understand

Shayla Nastasi joined OkCupid after ending a relationship, but she wasn’t serious about dating. That was until she met Steven Sze.

By Tammy La Gorce

A Business Trip Yields the Investment of a Lifetime

The couple had their first date in Israel in May 2014. But it wasn’t until their second date — months later in Italy — that their romance took off.

By Vincent M. Mallozzi

For Two Longtime Acquaintances, a Second Chance at Love

Caroline Walradt and Peter Travers met in church in the early 2000s, but not until fairly recently did they see each other as more than friends.

By Vincent M. Mallozzi

And You Thought Your Family Was Modern

George Arison and Robert Luo were looking for love. Both wanted a family in their future. Then they found each other. And an egg donor and two surrogates, too.

By Louise Rafkin

With the Birth of My Son, I Stopped Hiding

Fearing judgment of her interracial relationship and mixed-race child, a woman keeps both from her family. Until she doesn’t.

By Tina Chang

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Sex Cures Everything’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

I Had to Do It Without Telling My Beloved

Feeling grateful and able, I donated a kidney to a stranger. The only problem: I made the decision on my own.

By Leah Hager Cohen

Tiny Love Stories: ‘He Left Me on April Fools’ Day’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

It Wasn’t My Wedding Ring. It Was My Only Ring.

Purging my possessions — and some anatomy — revealed what I treasured most.

By Robin Troy

What We Saw at New York Bridal Fashion Week

A quick look at the spring and summer collections for 2020.

By Charanna Alexander

Why Grooms Are Hanging Up the Traditional Tuxedo

Many are walking down the aisle in bolder colors and more creative styles.

By Alix Strauss

This Week’s Wedding Announcements

All of the weddings right here on one handy page for you.

Lauren Wiley, Nathan Terrazas

The couple met during summer 2012 while they were counselors at Camp Takajo in Naples, Me.

Michelle Trone, Thomas Clinch Jr.

The couple met in 2011 through mutual friends while watching a Washington Capitals playoff game.

Why Do 4-Year-Olds Love Talking About Death?

Easter may bring up dark questions from your preschooler. Here’s how to answer them.

By Jessica Grose

Children Are Swallowing Foreign Objects More Frequently, Study Finds

According to a new study in the journal Pediatrics, the rate of foreign-body ingestions among children under age 6 nearly doubled in the two decades after 1995.

By Christina Caron

I Love Throwing My Kids’ Artwork in the Garbage While They’re Sleeping

Like a particularly aggressive strain of kudzu, your children's artistic output will invade every room of your home if you don’t battle it back.

By Jessica Grose

How to Keep Kids’ Art From Cluttering Up Your Home

Little artists are prolific. Take action before torn finger paintings and lumpy clay pots take over your home.

By Jolie Kerr

How to Discipline Without Yelling or Spanking

Tips for when your child is pushing you to the brink.

By Jessica Grose

What Would Texas Be Without Buc-ee’s?

A convenience store chain is the through-line of America’s second-most sprawling state.

By Eve Lyons, Eli Durst and Charley Locke

Work Songs of the Cowboy Poets

Ranchers and seekers of the “mythic West” travel each year to a small Nevada city to practice a tradition born of labor and regional identity.

By Aubrey Trinnaman, Jared Stanley and Eve Lyons

Life Without Longing

Who would I be if I wasn’t hustling to make some other person, real or imagined, fall in love with me?

By Chris Maggio, Melissa Broder and Eve Lyons

From MySpace to the Streets of Lagos

Rock music fans have emerged from the digital underground in Nigeria.

By Jan Hoek, Stephen Tayo, Edwin Okolo and Eve Lyons

‘When I Skate It Just Feels Free’

Figure Skating in Harlem helps young women of color see themselves on ice.

By Flo Ngala, Lovia Gyarkye and Eve Lyons

What’s Behind the Rise of G-Beauty

German skin-care brands are changing the way we view clean beauty.

By Bee Shapiro

How to Wear Spring’s New Lip Glosses Without Looking Like a Tweenie

Remember those early ’90s lip glosses? They’re back in a big way.

By Bee Shapiro

Chelsea Handler Will Not Be Changing Her Face

Perhaps a little Botox, though, or maybe some filler. The comedian and actress, who has written a memoir, shares her beauty secrets.

By Bee Shapiro

All of Your Retinol Questions, Answered

How do you avoid the redness and peeling? Can you use it if you’re in the sun? And more.

By Tatiana Boncompagni

Seasonal Color Loss Is Real. Do You Have It? Can You Fix It?

We’ve got answers.

By Crystal Martin

Gashi, a Son of Kosovo Refugees, Is the ‘Trap Phil Collins’

A few years ago, the rising rapper was a janitor. Now he has millions of streams on SoundCloud and a deal with RCA Records.

By Alex Hawgood

Stefania LaVie Owen, Snoop Dogg Co-Star and Vogue Darling

The young actress from New Zealand stars in “The Beach Bum” alongside Matthew McConaughey and will appear in a Netflix show later this year.

By Alex Hawgood

A Hollywood Colorist Who Transforms Madonna and Kanye West’s Hair

Daniel Moon treats hair like a canvas waiting to be painted.

By Alex Hawgood

Ziwe Fumudoh Uses Humor to Push Racial Buttons

The young sarcastic comedian is a writer on “Desus and Mero,” the new Showtime late-night show.

By Alex Hawgood

A Cabaret Hostess Who Jokes About Her Love Life

Catherine Cohen, 27, hosts Cabernet Cabaret, a weekly standup show at Club Cumming in the East Village.

By Amanda Svachula

Los Angeles Is Mourning Nipsey Hussle. So Am I.

We saw ourselves in Nipsey, because, in many ways, he was part of us.

By Walter Thompson-Hernández

The Disappeared Children of Israel

In the state of Israel’s early years, a number of parents in immigrant transit camps were told that their babies had died. Their families believe the babies were abducted by the Israeli authorities in the 1950s, and were illegally put up for adoption to childless Ashkenazi families, Jews of European descent. A younger generation is demanding answers.

By Malin Fezehai

How My Southeast L.A. Culture Got to Japan

I grew up with Chicano and Chicana culture in Los Angeles and heard it had spread to Japan. I wondered: Is this cultural appropriation?

By Walter Thompson-Hernández

In Britain, Enraptured by the Wild, Lonely and Remote

Rustic shelters called bothies — more than 100 of which are scattered throughout England, Wales and Scotland — are an indispensable, if little-known, element of British hill culture.

By Stephen Hiltner

Finding Female Friends Over 50 Can Be Hard. These Women Figured It Out.

“There were meet-ups that were generalized for those in their 20s, 30s and 40s, but there was nothing for older women,” said the founder of a group in Los Angeles. “And I didn’t want men.”

By Rozette Rago

Drinking While Pregnant: An Inconvenient Truth

Recommending that pregnant women not drink alcohol has been called old-fashioned and even patriarchal. So, as a feminist, my opinion may come as a surprise.

By Jen Gunter

Your Vagina Is Terrific (and Everyone Else’s Opinions Still Are Not)

One year ago I wrote about my vagina and men’s opinions of it. Things have not improved.

By Jen Gunter

Food, My Frenemy

My struggle with a binge eating disorder began at age 12. What followed were years of shame, lies, weight fluctuations and, at one particularly desperate moment, maternity clothes.

By Jen Gunter

Why I Wanted to Learn to Perform Abortions

With the future of contraception in question, looking back to recent history is instructive.

By Jen Gunter

Thank You for Not Eating Your Placenta

As an obstetrician and gynecologist, it’s hard to shock me. Or at least it used to be.

By Jen Gunter

Diane von Furstenberg, Katy Perry and Neil Patrick Harris on the Charity Circuit

Events were held for the DVF Awards, the Brooklyn Museum and the Food Bank for New York City.

By Denny Lee

Gayle King, Trevor Noah and Alice Waters Were Honored

The Hollywood Reporter celebrated its “35 Most Powerful People in Media.” Edible Schoolyard NYC held a spring benefit.

Brooke Shields, Gus Kenworthy and Donald Trump Jr. on the Gala Circuit

The New York Academy of Art, Jeffrey Fashion Cares, the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, and Ramapo for Children held benefits last week.

By Denny Lee

Glenn Close, Jane Krakowski and Sandra Oh on the Party Scene

Ryan Murphy hosted a special performance of “The Prom” for L.G.B.T. students. And AMC Networks celebrated “Killing Eve.”

Rem Koolhaas, Peter Marino and Zadie Smith Were Honored

Raising funds for the New Museum, the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and the International Center of Photography.

By Denny Lee