“Fashion is a form of escapism,” says designer Tom Ford, and how better to escape the heat than in his new Yves Saint Laurent boutique?
Why Did Bonnie Fuller jump from Us to American media? Can she work her newsstand miracles at the tabloids?
Readers sound off the death of Allen Myerson and the challenges facing learning disabled teens.
The Guardian is coming to the States, and get this: It’s defiantly highbrow and intends to stay that way
Turns out it’s fine to politicize the events of September 11—as long as you’re a Republican, that is
Love and lust on the sidewalks of New York
Brighten up your apartment with handblown glass vases in arange of brilliant hues
From gilded thongs to Scrabble-themed cuff links, the week’s most irresistible objects
The casual, coverall look.
Three cool new stores fill Chelsea’s infamous retail gender gap.
Claude Berri’s The Housekeeper is a fine romance; T3 takes itself way too seriously; Sinbad’s starstruck
A staged Leonardo cuts a genius down to size; 8 Days is weak
Walter Isaacson’s Benjamin Franklin: America’s founding
At MoMA QNS, the work of Max Beckmann seems to bear the weight of the world
A new troupe’s dancers are smarter than their dances; ABT’s brilliant homage to nostalgia
At Morrells, plenty to wine about; Amuse fares better
A Lizzie Grubman roman à clef , Us Weekly dupes Kate Hudson, and more
Camelot’s history. Today we like political couples for the pure Schadenfreude of it.
Lizzie’s new Hamptons spot.
A tribute to the women—and children—of war.
Fannypack’s three young rappers just want tohave fun—and rid the world of “cameltoes.”
Knicks, horses, even card tricks: These camps are recipes for summer-break sanity.
Beer gardens where more than buds bloom.
Theater-festival season brings in hundreds of new plays.
