Brooke Siem and Leslie Feinberg were just two 20-something victims of the recession when they starting hitting the bottle to make a living. Siem — a trained pastry chef work...

Even the most egregious style offenses can be teachable moments. 2011’s fashion faux pas taught us invaluable lessons to carry into 2012. Don‘t mess with Mum: Princess Bea...

Kim Jong Il, the North Korean dictator who died Saturday, was many things to his country: Dear Leader. Doting father. Crackpot autocrat. But only a year ago, his government’...

Before Paula and Rachael, there was a French dreamboat on your TV screen and alongside Julia Child, teaching you to make a country omelette. Jacques Pepin, 76, now issues his ...

Less than two weeks before Christmas, there are three party dresses hanging behind my bedroom door. Sadly, I will wear none of them. I haven’t received a single invitation t...

Bergdorf Goodman, the famed luxury department store on New York City’s Fifth Avenue, is probably the most intimidating retail outpost in Manhattan. The nine-story palace can...

The New York Times claims to run “all the news that’s fit to print,” choosing the top scoops for its front page. Last week, the Times added RomneyHair (no, not Romney Ca...

Women by nature are cyclical creatures. We remember birthdays. We drink pumpkin spice lattes because it’s fall. And until recently, we respected the fashion laws of our fore...

The holidays make us nostalgic, so, behold, a childhood memory: When I was growing up in Florida, a state known for horrendous hurricanes, my parents replaced checkers with di...

In “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” journalist-turned-novelist Tom Wolfe mocks feature writers, claiming that we’re all biding time before we try our pens at fiction. He's...

Francophiles can add classical musicians to their list of superior French things. Cellist Gautier Capucon, 30, will perform with the National Symphony Orchestra Friday and Sat...

Is there any eternal resting site more beautifully damned than that of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, unceremoniously interred at St. Mary’s Catholic Church along ...

During campaign season, any alleged sexual scandal leads to many questions: What really happened? Who are the anonymous sources? Will the candidate recover? But Speaker of the...

Last month, I pitched an idea for a photo shoot that, in my mind, seemed ingenious. We planned to shoot a woman in menswear, and I suggested we contrast the masculinity with s...

In 2009, when President Obama took the mound at an All-Star baseball game, he displayed an embarrassing lapse in sartorial judgment, donning baggy, high-waisted “mom jeans.�...