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Photo: Hugo BurnandFlora Vesterberg, a curator with a masters degree from The Courtauld Institute of Art and contributor to Vogue Scandinavia, and Swedish financier Timothy Vesterberg were introduced by their best man Alexander Danielsson,…

In the pantheon of ill-fated 20th-century blondes, Marilyn Monroe might be the only character more difficult to portray than Diana, Princess of Wales, so interest in Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’s 2000 novel has been…

“Antoine is here.” At just six years old, Lev Glazman didn’t immediately understand the cryptic message his mother had just received from a friend at the door of their apartment in ’60s-era Soviet Leningrad. Antoine, a smuggler, was…

Reflectors should understand their individualism and hone it. However, their energy can be so unpredictable that they need to rebalance more than all the other energy types. According to Human Design, Reflectors should wait about 28 days —…

My younger brother told me that he is proposing to his girlfriend of six years. He’s 25 — which, from my perspective as his older sister in a committed, unmarried relationship, is too young to propose. On top of this, his soon-to-be fiancée…

In a recent poll, 9 out of 10 Allure editors agreed — beauty product claims can be pretty damn confusing. (And one person was out sick that day). Why all the linguistic gymnastics?For starters, brands are incentivized to make their products…

Before Mary Quant, it was almost impossible to run upstairs in a skirt or shed a discreet tear while wearing mascara. The 60s fashion designer, who gave mass-market appeal to thigh-skimming miniskirts and pioneered clothes for working…

Unexpected color choices are gaining traction, such as black window trim: “I can remember when that was considered so weird,” Ms. Sloan said. Shabby chic surface treatments, with simulated patina and distress marks, are appearing on…

After embracing a work-from-home lifestyle for a year (and some), I’ve done the work to make my setup feel a bit more office-like. My long-neglected desk is now fully reorganized and functional. I also invested in houseplants just to be…

This article is part of our latest Design special report, about creative people finding fresh ways to interpret ideas from the past.The married founders of the architecture and design firm Roman and Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen…