1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (254+ words) The Ford Mustang was never just a car, of course. Since its mid-1960s debut, it has carried the American fantasy of appetite and escape: speed, rebellion, asphalt, and desire pressed into one body. Kozo seems to understand that a car, like…...

3+ day, 7+ min ago  (468+ words) The launch of the new Audemars Piguet " Swatch "Royal Pop" collection quickly turned into one of the biggest watch drops of the year, with fans camping outside stores for nearly a week before the watches were officially released on May…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (142+ words) This is the kind of night that should not be politely penciled into the calendar. It should be circled in lipstick. Pen + Brush will throw open its doors to a spiked-heel, generously boozed, art-cascaded affair that understands pleasure as philosophy…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (236+ words) London has always known what the Puritans only theorized: pleasure is not the enemy of discipline. Pleasure is discipline refined. Pleasure is the moment rigor loosens its collar, steps into candlelight, and remembers it was meant to be felt. Hedonism…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (785+ words) As a child, East Tremont native Markisha Marie Williams always loved playing dress-up, especially in high heels. Today, at age 34, she's living her childhood dream as creator of the shoe brand M. Marie, which has drawn attention from celebrities and fashion…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (351+ words) The embellished'masks of Milandou Badila, known professionally as'King Paris, resist the passivity of image; they assert presence, subtly shifting spatial awareness. What emerges is less an object than an encounter " a reminder that radiance, in its most enduring cultural applications,…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (593+ words) The French have always understood that elegance is not an accessory'it is a philosophy. It is the curve of a glass, the weight of a silk hem, the shimmer of light against mirrored brass. As a lifelong Francophile, I have…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (374+ words) There are lunches, and then there are lunches'the kind that turn an ordinary Friday into a fever dream of flavor, friendship, and soft laughter over clinking glasses. This past hazy Friday, as the city shimmered in its late-afternoon languor, I…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (217+ words) Marc Jacobs is taking over The Standard's Soda Shop at the High Line with an immersive, joyful installation. Throughout the month, visitors to the Soda Shop will experience a transformed space inspired by Marc Jacobs' new line JOY, highlighting the…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (666+ words) A Brooklyn youth basketball coach was arrested Thursday on federal charges alleging he paid minors, including at least one he met through a church-run program, to produce explicit material that he shared through an encrypted messaging app. Michael Jafferakos, who…...