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Sun’s Out, Bumps Out
Like most mothers’ remarks, this one was well meaning. Sarah Brown was 22 weeks pregnant and had started posting more images of her exposed belly on her social media account. In one photo, the hem of a gray T-shirt crept up her bare, newly rounded midriff. She wore a beige blazer over the T-shirt, and her husband’s A.P.C. jeans hung low on her waist. Brown, a handbag designer and stylist, thought it was a good look.
Michelle Obama and Cardi B Celebrate Black Women on America’s 250th
Michelle Obama and Cardi B Celebrate Black Women on America’s 250th The Essence Festival drew attendees from around the country to New Orleans for parties, panels, concerts and unity. Women walked around booths in the Beautycon section of Essence Festival where they were given branded totes filled with product samples.Credit...Emily Kask for The New York Times July 6, 2026, 12:14 p.m. ET At this year’s Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans, attendees lined up around the boulevard.
Ellie the Elephant’s Still Got It
Last week, Ellie the Elephant, beloved mascot of the New York Liberty, was preparing for her birthday party. It was to be a bash involving dance routines and costume changes, held in front of 17,000 people at Barclays Center. Naturally, the team was pulling out all the stops: Ellie was celebrating the big 0-6. Across the street, at the Brooklyn Basketball Training Center, more than five dozen young people ages 4 to 16 were practicing choreography for Sunday’s halftime show.
Knicks Fever? These New Yorkers Are Immune.
Knicks Fever? These New Yorkers Are Immune. Not everyone in the city is being swept up in the team’s championship drive. Some are just trying to see a Broadway show, or spin some yarn. It might not seem like it, given all the jerseys one sees on the street these days. But it is a provable fact that not every New Yorker is all in on the Knicks.Credit...DeSean McClinton-Holland for The New York Times June 8, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET There is something in the air in New York, and it’s orange and blue.
Knicks Fever? These New Yorkers Are Immune.
NEW YORK -- There is something in the air in New York, and it's orange and blue. The city is crackling with a particular electricity that results only from the combination of excellent temperatures, a low dew point and a winning home team. Anecdotal evidence suggests that people have been warmer to one another in exchanges on the subway.
The Cast of ‘I Love Boosters’ Want You to Think Critically
In “I Love Boosters,” the latest outsize comedic provocation from Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You”), everyone is looking for a way out of something: a job, a uniform, the trappings of a toxic relationship. Everyone is trying to crack the code of a system that they are a cog in. While the word booster is a slang term for a shoplifter, in the film it can also be seen as a method to propel oneself out of that broken system.
Got a Minute? This Man Wants to Hear About Your Fit.
NEW YORK -- Walking through SoHo with Maurice Kamara, you get the sense that he is judging every outfit he sees. "Nice fit," he told someone sitting on a bench outside Balthazar last month. "I like your fit," he said to another gentleman he passed crossing Broadway in lower Manhattan. On these walkabouts, he is appraising creativity, whimsy and confidence through the way people style their clothes.
Got a Minute? This Man Wants to Hear About Your Fit.
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Walking through SoHo with Maurice Kamara, you get the sense that he is judging every outfit he sees. “Nice fit,” he told someone sitting on a bench outside Balthazar last month. “I like your fit,” he said to another gentleman he passed crossing Broadway in Lower Manhattan.
The Comedian With the Job ‘a Million Girls Would Kill For’
Caleb Hearon likes his bacon soft. As he ordered lunch at a diner in Brooklyn, he politely asked the waitress to keep the bacon in his sandwich crunch-free. He laughed while chatting with her after making the request. The boom of his cackle, his Midwestern earnestness and his softness draw people to him.
Mingling With Jeff Bezos and Stevie Nicks at the 2026 Met Gala Cocktail Party
At this year’s Met Gala, some famous public figures were hidden behind masks, blindfolds, headpieces and makeup that created the illusion of a marble statue or an aging man. You might not know it to look at them, but the night was a celebration of the body. Guests including Colman Domingo, Doja Cat, Janelle Monáe, Kylie Jenner and Bad Bunny showed out on Monday night, wearing outfits that riffed on the idea of “the dressed body,” the focus of the new fashion exhibition.
Vogue Alumni Stage a Reunion for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’
Vogue Alumni Stage a Reunion for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ A gaggle of former and current Vogue employees convened for a Saturday night screening of “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” The dress code for the evening? Interview chic.
Her Nails Get People Noticed
When Yulenny Garcia immigrated from the Dominican Republic to the United States as a 21-year-old in 2014, she knew that she wanted to do nails. “I was looking for a passion,” Ms. Garcia said in Spanish. “I noticed that the beauty market here had a lot of possibility.” Within two years of arriving in New York, she had completed a cosmetology program and found a job at a salon. By 2018, Ms. Garcia had opened a nail salon of her own in the Bronx, called Muñeca Nails.
Her Nails Get People Noticed
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Saturday Night at the Golden Corral, the Bronx Way
The place was packed. In the back, a cook hovered over a deep fryer as hot oil crisped chicken skin to an auburn brown. Just to the cook’s right, a grill was cool to the touch, but there was so much heat in the Bronx Golden Corral that night. A few steps ahead, Zack Fox, an actor and D.J., had transformed a buffet into a D.J. booth. The turntables and the crowd were illuminated by blue and pink strobe lights. People danced, whooped, twerked and fanned themselves.
Every genre has its bad guy, villain, heel. In the world of salsa, that dark genius was Willie Colón, who died on Saturday at the age of 75. His predilection for playing the antagonist came across in a variety of ways.
When most people walk into a museum or a gallery, their eyes dart about the walls of corridors and halls, taking in whatever is on display: paintings in frames, sculptures on plinths, pottery shards in vitrines — the art, in other words. They are not necessarily preoccupied with where the dust sits in the room. Bruno Goppion is not like most people. When he enters a museum, he is looking for, as he put it, an invitation to a pristine experience. Are the display cases cloudy?
How Toñita, a Brooklyn Icon, Joined Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl Original
How Toñita, a Brooklyn Icon, Joined Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl Maria Antonia Cay, known as Toñita, who runs a social club in New York, had to keep her appearance a secret for nearly two months. The halftime show gave her a star turn at 85. Maria Antonia Cay, known as Toñita, is well known among Puerto Ricans in New York City as the owner of the Caribbean Social Club, a popular gathering place in Brooklyn.Credit...José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times Published Feb. 9, 2026Updated Feb.
A Closer Look at Mamdani’s Custom Carhartt Jacket Original
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. As the first major snowstorm of his administration approached New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani needed to coordinate a citywide agency response. He also wanted to find a new coat — one that was unassuming and modest, but still able to distinguish him while he addressed New Yorkers during the storm.
Karamo Brown Says He Felt ‘Emotionally Abused’ During ‘Queer Eye’ Run Original
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. The reality TV star Karamo Brown, who provides poignant therapy sessions on Netflix’s soup-to-nuts makeover show “Queer Eye,” surprised audiences on Tuesday when he failed to join his cast mates in planned daytime TV appearances, citing mental health reasons.
New Nike LeBron Shoe Honors MLK Jr. by Evoking Motel Where He Was Killed Original
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. On Tuesday, one day after the 40th observation of the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Nike is planning an unusual tribute to the civil rights icon: a sneaker in a shade of teal inspired by the site of his assassination.
Pierre Laborde Bags Are Sending New Yorkers Into a Frenzy at the Grand Bazaar
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. On certain Sundays, there are two lines to get into the Grand Bazaar, an open-air market on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. One line is just to get through the chain-link fence, beyond which shoppers can browse handmade sweaters, rugs and vintage coats. The other line is for a chance to buy a handbag made by Francis Pierre Laborde.
How the Quarter-Zip Sweater Became a Symbol of Maturity for Gen Z
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Why Are Young Men Embracing the Quarter-Zip Lifestyle? How one of the stodgiest garments in the Western wardrobe caught on with the Nike Tech crowd.
Jordan Firstman Is Breaking Through Lifetimes
Sometime in 1985 I had lunch with Sam Francis in the cafeteria of The Washington Times, where we both worked. You may never have heard of Sam …
Jordan Firstman of ‘I Love LA’ on Past Lives, Good Fortune and ‘English Teacher’
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Jordan Firstman’s voice was bouncing off the walls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As he walked through an airy court filled with sculpture from Roman antiquity, pausing to look at the busts and fragments, he had a realization. “OK, the rich went off,” he said.
A 'Missing Piece' of Harlem Returns, With a Bash
TORONTO -- How can you tell when you've just been part of the greatest World Series game of your lifetime? Or maybe we should make that anybod…
The Studio Museum in Harlem Celebrates Its New Space
Style|A ‘Missing Piece’ of Harlem Returns, With a Bash https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/style/studio-museum-harlem-building.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Not everyone who grows up in Harlem is able to spend a lifetime in the fabled neighborhood.
Zohran Mamdani’s Rings Tell a Story
At a PinkPantheress concert last week in Brooklyn, a camera panned across the crowd, projecting the faces of cheering fans on a giant screen behind the singer. Eventually the camera came to rest on a pair of hands that were joined at the wrist and held open to reveal a get-out-the-vote message written in black marker on both palms. The hands — and the words — belonged to Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York.
Zohran Mamdani's Rings Tell a Story
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Tyra Banks Says It’s ‘Hot Ice Cream.’ Everyone Else Just Says, ‘Huh?’
Style|Tyra Banks Says It’s ‘Hot Ice Cream.’ Everyone Else Just Says, ‘Huh?’ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/style/smize-dream-tyra-banks-hot-ice-cream.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Even those who have tried it struggle to describe the model’s baffling concoction. That includes Ms. Banks herself.
KPop Demon Hunter or Armadillo?: Choosing a 2025 Halloween Costume
Style|Demon Hunter or Armadillo? Store-Bought or Homemade? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/style/halloween-costume-ideas-2025.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Halloween is all about choices.
Seth Meyers, Emma Roberts and More Stars Gather for Inaugural Tom Wolfe Literary Prizes
Style|Dinner With Seth Meyers, Emma Roberts and the Spirit of Tom Wolfe https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/style/air-mail-tom-wolfe-prizes-dinner.html You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.
Mark Ronson Strolls Through His DJ Past Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. On the streets of Lower Manhattan, the famed record producer looks for signs of those sweaty 1990s nights. Listen to this article · 5:58 min Learn more Mark Ronson outside the onetime site of Buddha Bar, a New York nightclub.Credit...Peter Fisher for The New York Times Sept.
Nike Sneakers You Earn the Right to Buy, One Free Throw at a Time Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The artist Tom Sachs, whose longtime partnership with Nike was suspended over suggestions that he ran a hostile studio, isn’t making it easy to nab his latest design for the brand. Listen to this article · 5:30 min Learn more The Mars Yard 3.0 is the ninth shoe Tom Sachs has designed for Nike.Evan Jenkins for The New York Times; via Nike Sept.
Andrew Cuomo Hits Fashion Runway at Style Across the Aisle Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. On the eve of New York Fashion Week, there was one runway that was already teeming with action. In the 100-plus-year-old beaux-arts-style building near City Hall that serves as New York County’s Surrogate’s Court, the music bounced off marble walls on Wednesday night as the audience slowly filled the chairs. The models for the evening?
TikTok Influencer Nicolas Nuvan Samples the City in His NYC Street Interviews
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Walking around Brooklyn with Nicolas Nuvan is an exercise in glad-handing. Passers-by stop, and Cheshire cat grins spread across their faces. Some ask him for a selfie, others shout his name from their cars to get his attention. Many simply wave. Street vendors offer him free food or drinks, and all Mr. Nuvan asks in return is for people to open up to him.
Ahead of BET Awards Tribute to '106 & Park,' Hosts Recall the Show's Defining Moments Original
Ahead of a planned 25th-anniversary tribute during the BET Awards, past hosts of the influential video countdown show reflected on the moments they can't forget. When Ginuwine set his mind to arriving on a stretcher for a performance of his hit song "Pony," BET's "106 & Park" was the only place to do it.
E.L.F. Beauty acquired Mrs. Bieber's cosmetics brand for $800 million in cash and stock upfront, with another $200 million contingent on future growth. Rhode, the upstart beauty brand founded by the fashion model and entrepreneur Hailey Bieber, has been acquired by E.L.F. Beauty for $800 million in cash and stock, an eye-popping sum for a line of blushes and lip glosses that's not yet three years old.
Claire Danes, Michelle Monaghan and More Stars Attend Annual Whitney Gala Original
A surprise musical performance capped the annual gala at the Whitney Museum of American Art, honoring the artist Amy Sherald. The stars gathered at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Tuesday night for the institution's annual spring gala. Actresses, reality stars, conceptual artists, fashion designers, stylists, curators and R&B icons came together to celebrate the 95-year-old museum. During cocktails in Kenneth C.
Andre 3000's Met Gala Piano Was Both a Fashion Statement and an Album Teaser Original
The rapper and musician's miniature Steinway teased his new album, "7 piano sketches," which he released on Monday. It can be a challenge to make an impression on the Met Gala's red carpet, especially when the competition includes Diana Ross wearing a feathered overcoat with an 18-foot-long train, Bad Bunny toting a bag fit for a bowling ball, and Rihanna arriving fashionably late - with a baby bump.
Israel's 'Intensive' Escalation, and Air Traffic Control Crisis
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Behind the Scenes of the Met Gala's 2025 Cocktail Party Original
While a starry group of co-chairs greeted guests, Spike Lee, Venus Williams, Zoe Saldaña and Rihanna discussed the significance of dandyism and the importance of the event. Lupita Nyong'o celebrated the Black dandy at the 2025 Met Gala with a powder blue suit by Chanel. While a starry group of co-chairs greeted guests, Spike Lee, Venus Williams, Zoe Saldaña and Rihanna discussed the significance of dandyism and the importance of the event.
At his first Met Gala, the director fulfills a lifelong fashion dream. Ryan Coogler has always wanted to wear a cummerbund and tonight, he finally gets the chance to do so. "Today is the first day I actually put one on my body," Mr. Coogler said about the shark colored waist sash, in a video interview from his fitting.
The first time the painter Jordan Casteel saw the dress Charles Elliot Harbison designed for her to wear to this year's Met Gala, she immediately started to cry. "Not only was it beautiful to see this garment that is tailored quite literally for me," she said from her couch after her final fitting for what will be her first time attending the event. "It is something that feels like they were thinking about me from the beginning to the end in designing it." "This is a fever dream," she added.
In NYC, a New Generation of Fitness Buffs Inspires Outdoor Workouts Original
In the haze of a fall sunset, dozens gathered at a jungle gym at Macombs Dam Park in the Bronx. The sun crept below the horizon, casting an amber hue over the more than 50 people there, some doing push-ups, others pull-ups, a handful running laps around a track in the shadow of Yankee Stadium. It was Sept. 30, the 15th consecutive Motivational Monday held at the park. People had traveled from as far as Long Island and Yonkers to do one thing together: work out.
On X, the Definition of 'Blocking' Is About to Change
A lot has changed on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter since Elon Musk bought it two years ago. The company, renamed X, is on the verge of yet another major shift, with changes coming for what happens when one user blocks another. The block function, a powerful tool which makes your account effectively invisible to anyone of your choosing, will soon let those people see what you are posting.
As Plant Sales Move Online, the Sill Closes Its Last Retail Store Original
A decade ago, house plants were so popular among millennials that many would refer to themselves as plant moms or dads, devoting social media accounts to their plants and promoting it as a lifestyle. It was a time when trendy stores dedicated to plants made perfect sense. The way people purchase plants has been changing, however, and companies are shifting to accommodate Gen Z.
PETA Wants More Than a Friendly Statement From Pharrell Williams Original
At the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday, Pharrell Williams, the creative director of Louis Vuitton, was the target of a PETA protest - again. While the credits rolled on his movie, "Piece by Piece" - a story about his life, told through Lego animation - Mr. Williams was handed a microphone. A woman then rushed the stage holding a poster that read "Pharrell: Stop Supporting Killing Animals for Fashion." Mr. Williams's reaction, to some, was unexpected.
Does Beyoncé Granting Kamala Harris Permission to Use Her Song Mean Something More? Original
The Beyoncé anthems returned to the campaign trail this week. On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris walked out during her visit to campaign headquarters in Wilmington, De., as Beyoncé's song, "Freedom," blared through the speakers in the background. Ms. Harris, 59, spoke to her supporters after President Biden, 81, stepped away from his re-election campaign on Sunday and endorsed her as the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate.
Jack Schlossberg Is Named a Political Correspondent for Vogue Original
There is no shortage of pundits in the media class eager to help Americans understand the current political moment. Not many of them had over 100,000 followers on TikTok before starting their gig. In his playful way, Mr. Schlossberg, 31, has captured the attention of his social-media-native audience. Whether that is because of his remarkable resemblance to his uncle, John F. Kennedy Jr., or because of his ability to distill complex Supreme Court rulings into bite-size videos, it's hard to say.
24 N.B.A. Prospects on Their Draft Day Outfits
The future of basketball strolled into Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday night decked out in suits by Armani, Versace and Dolce & Gabbana, among others. The towering, baby-faced athletes were dressed in their best for the night of their lives: the N.B.A. draft. Their arrival at the draft was a culmination of years of hard work and dedication. On draft night the young men could finally show up as who they have always aspired to be.
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