Style
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Women Hype Each Other Up With ‘Boots and a Slicked-Back Bun’ Meme
The catchy phrase, chanted in a lilting cadence, was first used by a group of friends cheering on each other’s…
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A Red-Carpet Star Is Born
Cole Escola, the actor and playwright, stood before a mirror at a pastel-colored studio in Manhattan’s garment district, holding a…
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The U.S. Gymnasts Have Already Set an Olympic Record: For Crystals
In Paris, Simone Biles and Co. will be wearing leotards decorated with more than 10,000 crystals.
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Why Is My Brother So Angry That I Changed Tables at His Son’s Wedding?
A reader abandoned the family table at her nephew’s wedding to join her sister at a lesser table, upsetting the…
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Wigs Fit for a Vogue Cover. Or a 7-Hour Flight.
In a lofty office in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Shani Lechan gives her clients the hair of their dreams.…
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The Cheerleader Trap
A new documentary about the young women who dance for The Dallas Cowboys illuminates the deep contradictions at the heart…
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Are You Ever Too Old for a Bikini?
Worried about coming off as an exhibitionist at her daughter’s beach wedding, a reader wonders whether there is an age…
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In Las Vegas, a Violent Sport Sparks Controversy
When the meaty palm of Vasil Kamotskii, a 360-pound, 34-year-old pig farmer from Siberia known as Dumpling, struck the tender…
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Clothes of the Rich, Famous and Fabulous
At couture week in Paris, fashion fans peacocked with industry fixtures in a whirl of formal attire and street wear.
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The Brokes Play the Strokes for an Adoring New York Crowd
A cover band from Toronto brings some 2000s nostalgia to the home city of their indie rock heroes.