We’re approaching the thick of summer, although you wouldn’t know it from the weather over the last week. The usual burst of sunny skies we tend to see around Leaving Cert time has been replaced by outbreaks of heavy rain and cold spells. Just a few weeks ago, we were gearing up to brave bare legs and arms, and now […]

When it comes to sartorially successful sister-in-laws, it’s hard to beat Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Sofia. While Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle might get all the international headlines for their reflective fashion choices, the Swedish royal family have been displaying an endless array of effortlessly elegant ensembles for years. At Tuesday night’s Polar Music Prize in Stockholm, which […]

STRANGERS on Facebook aren't necessarily the best source of medical advice. But baby Sophia owes her eyesight to the social media network, after a group of mums diagnosed her rare tumour. Mum Amanda Dobbins, from Cardiff, first noticed a tiny mark on Sophia's face when she was just a few days old – but was assured by medics that it […]

16 Simple Outfit Tips That Will Make You Say, “Why Didn’t I Think of That?” Hey, hi, hello, good morning, you have to pick out an outfit now. Oh, the horror. I know what it’s like to stand in front of my closet for a solid hour touching dresses and skirts I still haven’t worn, wondering how I’m ever going […]

Royal, philanthropist, and global style icon Meghan Markle can shortly add “Fashion Editor” to her résumé, too. The Duchess of Sussex will join British Vogue Editor-in-Chief Edward Enninful to helm the fashion magazine’s September issue, the biggest issue of the year. Dream collaboration, you might say, but not entirely unexpected given Edward’s mission to diversify the publication, and his affinity […]

“That dress was quite a game changer for me,” Clare Waight Keller said recently by telephone from her family house in the remote English county of Cornwall. Naturally she was referring to the austerely simple white silk cady couture dress, and hand-embroidered veil, she designed for the 2018 wedding of Meghan Markle to Prince Harry. “Life before was obviously less […]

There are trends in movies just as there are trends in fashion, and occasionally the twain shall meet — and not just on the runway. Such will probably be the case this summer, anyway, as the gangster movie, after a period of dormancy that followed the 2007 finale of “The Sopranos,” returns with a vengeance. First comes Quentin Tarantino’s “Once […]

“Something is missing,” said Cynthia Erivo, the Tony-award winning actress, as she judiciously eyed her reflection in the airy studio of Chris Gelinas, a designer. She was wearing a dress adorned from one shoulder to the next with hundreds of ostrich feathers, some of which were shipped to California and hand dipped in a delightful lemon yellow dye. This was […]

Yashreeka Huq and Elika Cokely The couple initially met at an impromptu L.G.B.T.Q. Pride party that Ms. Huq gave in 2015. A mutual friend sent Ms. Huq an email chain also inviting people Ms. Huq didn’t know, and Ms. Huq, curious about who might also show up at her apartment, looked up all the people who were copied in the […]

Pregnant women are given a long list of medical recommendations that can come across as patriarchal don’ts: Don’t eat raw fish. Don’t consume deli meats. Don’t do hot yoga! Don’t drink. There’s scientific evidence that these activities can have negative impacts on the health of the fetus, but the one that seems to be the source of most debate is […]