From birdhouses to boomboxes, ceramic snakes to religious iconography: what’s on show this year at The Shed.
On Show
Legacy of Style
Some of the most extraordinary pieces at The Museum at FIT’s “Fashioning Wonder” exhibit come from the wardrobes of women who shaped style itself.
Finer Things
What Not To Miss At The Winter Show
From Prince Charles’s artwork to a Le Petit Prince transcript, highlights of this year’s Park Avenue Armory fine and decorative arts fest.
Party, party, party!
Auntie Mame’s Holiday Survival Guide
How to brave a $150 Uber ride—and other tales from the front lines of the party season.
Finer Things
Legendary Luggage
A landmark sale of Louis Vuitton trunks is coming to Christie’s—portable caviar bar included.
Travel
Riga: Art Nouveau metropolis
The Latvian capital has the highest concentration of the ornamental architecture style anywhere in the world.
Cheers!
The Connaught Bar Book
The perfect martini or an exercise in madness? These cocktail recipes from one of the greatest bars in the world suggest, perhaps, a bit of both.
Beauty Prep
3 . . . 2 . . . 1: Your Summer Beauty Countdown
When it comes to achieving peak fabulosity this summer, it pays to think ahead.
Art & Culture
Frieze NY Gets its Groove Back
Highlights from this year’s lineup—from urban dance to abstract pieces, provocative pop art to clay sculpture.
Smile Counsel
Finding Your Happy Place
It may be a dark and stormy world, but last month, 800 thought leaders gathered in London to preach the gospel of sunniness for body, mind, and spirit.
From the Archives
Glorifying the Gigolo
In the 1920s, Americans didn’t know what the term gigolo meant. The Marquis de La Falaise set out to change that.
Swan song
The first Mrs. Guest
C. Z.’s mother-in-law was an aviation enthusiast who bankrolled Amelia Earhart’s transatlantic flight.
King meets king
To bow or not to bow
The historic face-off between Mardi Gras monarchy and the former King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson.
DP Books
Audrey Hepburn in Paris
A lush new book takes you inside the Audrey Hepburn/Paris love story that gave rise to some of film’s most memorable fashion moments.
Paid Post
Planning Makes Perfect
From elegant charity galas to edgy club parties, Alexandra Lind Rose’s Gala Productions has become the go-to event planner for Manhattan’s elites.
Dining Out
Rich Torrisi Goes Glam
The New York chef’s glitzy Torrisi Bar & Restaurant is like the cocktail party you don’t want to leave.
Culture
Art Fair Renegade
Scope’s anti-establishment founder has done it his way from the start.
Food & Drink
What & Where to Drink Now
A delicious new book of classic signature cocktails is guaranteed to whet your whistle.
Editor's Letter
About Last Week
Memorabilia
The Unbearable Lightness of Elizabeth Taylor’s Coffee Table
I own a piece of history. I just didn’t want it to hurt my baby.
DP Books
The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
The touching love story of King George VI and Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) and how they rescued the reputation of the British crown.
Art & Culture
Paris calling
Netflix has tarted up New York’s legendary movie theater, and the cinephiles are happy.
Cocktails
Party in a can
Event planner to the social set Bronson Van Wyck turns his hand to ready-made mixology.
After Hours
Literary Dive Bars
What inspires a NYC writer? Cheap booze, good gossip, sticky floors—and maybe just a bit of gloom.
DP Books
Untold Power
The fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson.
DP Books
Don't Call Me Home
Growing up as the daughter of a Warhol superstar.
DP BOOKS
An Appetite for Blooms
Why flowers are delicious—but lotus eaters give flower gourmands a bad name.
New York City
No Boys Allowed: NYC’s Women-Only Hotels
Were they a haven, an escape from male predation, a control of women’s sexuality—or all three?
Gardening
Soil: A Love Story
How dirt under our nails brings joy to our hearts.
Food & Drink
Julie Reiner, NYC’s Cocktail Queen
Traditionally, bars have been the province of men. Then came Julie Reiner, breaking the cocktail-glass ceiling.
First Person
Sexual Healing: Do Women Deserve a Happy Ending?
One woman who had enough of a sexless relationship chose a novel way to get her mojo back.
History Lessons
Choosing Your Woman
“If you Want to be Happy for the Rest of Your Life…” Jimmy Soul had nothing on Benjamin Franklin…
DP Books
Excerpt: A Small Affair by Flora Collins
Wanted: Dead or Alive.
After Hours
Speakeasies 2023
Sometimes you want to go where absolutely nobody knows your name.
Trends
The Face of 2023
Tighten, brighten, lift.
Manners
Sorry Sorry Sorry
Sometimes, alas, an apology is called for. Even among the best people.
GLAMSQUAD
Botox Comes Home for the Holidays
Two New York beauty services now make house calls—needles, IV drips, and all.
Night Out
Cirque de Sauté
Acrobatics and gourmet dining enter the big tent.
Beauty
The Vampire Breast Lift
A bloody good solution to getting that extra bit of oomph.
The Heartland
Barning Man
Inside the Walton family’s new art and music festival drawing the chic-set to the Ozarks.
Paid Post
Planning Makes Perfect
From elegant charity galas to edgy club parties, Alexandra Lind Rose’s Gala Productions has become the go-to event planner for Manhattan’s elites.
Rave On
Burning Man Has Left the Playa
With a two-day Robot Heart bash in Central Park and a Burning Man art installation at Chatsworth House, will the famously counterculture festival finally go mainstream?
After Hours
A LOOK BACK: SECRETS OF A MISTRESS
When it comes to being the “other woman”, has anything really changed since the 1920s?
