In 2020, four women broke down some of the last remaining gender barriers in sports. In December, Becky Hammon made basketball history when she became the first woman to coach in an NBA regular-season game. Earlier in 2020, Sarah Fuller, a Vanderbilt University athlete, was the first woman to play in a game for a … Read more
Pieter Mulier, a behind-the-scenes designer, has landed a job that will put him squarely in the spotlight. Myriam Serrano, the CEO of Alaïa, announced Mulier’s appointment as the maison’s new creative director today. His first collection for the house will be spring 2022, though in keeping with the habit of the late Azzedine Alaïa, who … Read more
Photo: Chris Tyler Music publicist Iris Herscovici and Joe Falconer, the guitarist for indie band Circa Waves, met the old-school way—in a bar late one night. He was DJing her then-flatmate’s work Christmas party when he played “Celebrity Skin” by Hole. “I was like, ‘That’s my jam,’” Iris remembers. “Within a month, I told him that I … Read more
Sometimes it feels like fashion designers are clairvoyants. Cake and the eating of it, the themes of Henrik Vibskov’s fall show, were inspired by a side project with a jazz ensemble a long while ago. At that time the designer had given no thought to his 20th anniversary in fashion; nor could he have predicted … Read more
Even in the Before, pre-fall was a disjointed, mostly digital season. Some brands used it to double-down on essential items. Others considered it as a testing ground for ideas that may filter into fall shows. As such, synthesizing the pre-fall collections came down to finding noteworthy takeaways as opposed to overarching themes. Despite the slowdown … Read more
Shortly past 5:30 on Friday morning, after nearly 15 straight hours of debate, the Senate took a crucial step toward approving President Joe Biden’s ambitious $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, with Vice President Kamala Harris returning to the Capitol in the pre-dawn hours to cast the first tie-breaking vote of her vice presidency. The 51-50 … Read more
SHE CRIES as she gets the vaccine. “It’s amazing, it’s amazing,” Rochelle Walensky, M.D., murmurs as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital pierces her deltoid with a needle. “Usually it takes 10 to 15 years. The fact that we have it in one.…” Walensky shakes her head in wonder. “Yay for science,” the nurse says. … Read more
Classic Deviled Eggs Ingredients: 6 hard-boiled eggs, halved, yolks removed 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 cup mayo 1 teaspoon sea salt Pinch of paprika, for garnish Instructions The easiest way to make the deviled egg filling is to puree the yolks and seasonings in a food processor. Otherwise, use a … Read more
Sometimes functional fashion can be boring and—dare I say it—downright ugly. But the best rain boots, luckily, have received fashion-forward revival in recent years, making them versatile, functional, and chic. One of Phoebe Philo’s gifts to us as the creative director of Celine was a pair of wildly beautiful rain boots. More recently Dior, Balenciaga, … Read more
