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Prince Andrew’s ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been a source of public scandal for more than a decade. Yet following the recent release of Nobody’s Girl, Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, in late October, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday that King Charles III had formally begun the process of stripping his younger...

Ralph Rucci receiving a standing ovation, 2009. Photo: Bryan Bedder / Getty ImagesRalph Rucci, the CFDA’s 2025 Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, creates garments that deliver luxury that is less quiet than serene. His customers, women like Deeda Blair and Martha Stewart, have refined their environments and personal styles to perfection. They are inhabitants of worlds apart...

Rooms: 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathroomsAmenities: Bathtub, washer/dryer, elevatorCourtesy of AirbnbIt’s one of the more modern stays on our list, but a quick step outside this two-bedroom loft provides all the Gothic charm you need. Inside, a bright pastel color palette—the bathroom, with a celery green sunken tub is a real highlight—provides a sunny antidote to the heavy architecture...

My hair often felt dry and brittle before I realized the importance of scalp care. “Hair follicle bulbs, the bottom-most portion of the hair follicle, reside in the dermis,” explains board-certified dermatologist Brendan Camp, MD. “Healthy skin is important for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the hair bulb and the growth of healthy hair.” The same...

For the basketball-enthused among us, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: NBA season. The 2025–2026 season is already off to a strong start, with many calling it one of the best openings in recent memory. There have already been two double-overtime games, including the long-awaited Pacers–Thunder Finals rematch, plus a pair of 50-point performances from Shai...

The line-up of fall 2025 shoe trends reads like a wishlist of wardrobe classics. A fresh batch of fashion sneakers had the front row craning their necks at the runway shows, including styles presented by Miuccia Prada, who has become a master purveyor of excellent off-duty footwear. Together with Raf Simons, Ms. Prada complemented paper bag-waistband skirts with...

In 1988, Annie Leibovitz met Susan Sontag during a shoot to support Sontag’s upcoming work of critical theory, AIDS and Its Metaphors. A dinner followed, for which the photographer anxiously prepared, reading Sontag’s writing, taking notes. It would be the start of a relationship that lasted 15 years, with Sontag catalyzing Leibovitz’s momentous volume of portraits Women (first published...

Last season, Lee Mathews filled the first portion of her 25th anniversary runway show with dresses, outerwear, and sets that were predominantly white. It brought the focus to her silhouettes, which are characteristically intricate, unconstraining, and wearable in equal measure. Her latest collection was born of a new excitement about other time-honed archetypes. “The pushing forward to find all...

It’s late in the season to be showing a collection, but Tao Kurihara, much like her mentor Rei Kawakubo, isn’t one to follow the crowd. The enigmatic designer, who now shows each season to a small domestic audience at the Comme des Garçons HQ in Aoyama, represents the most romantic side of the CDG stable. It’s also commercially...

Long before their wedding in the golden hills of Umbria, music manager Camille Goldman and music producer and writer Tommy King had unknowingly crossed paths. “After we got engaged, I found a video of me as a fan walking toward the stage where Tommy was performing,” Camille says. “I had no idea that years later, that same band...