The fact that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg decreed September 4 to be Elie Tahari Day at the brand's Midtown pop-up shop last week gives the designer good reason to celebrate. The road to success for Tahari is a classic story of hard work and gumption: In 1971, he was ... More

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The last time the Danes invaded anywhere, it was shortly after the Battle of Hastings in the 11th century. Famously pacific as their army battalions were, however, their brigade of chefs have shown themselves to have an appetite for conquest. Even the most casual observer of the New York City restaurant ... More

Have we entered a new golden age for jewel thieves? In May, $1.4 million worth of Chopard gems were stolen from a hotel just off the Croisette during the Cannes Film Festival. Within a week, a necklace valued at $2.6 million vanished from a party at the Hotel ... More

From an obsessive mother in Mildred Pierce to a child's sexual ambiguity in Kathleen Winters' Annabel, the stories that influenced the songs on Tales of Us, the new album from beloved British electro-pop duo Goldfrapp, are anything but predictable—but anyone who's followed the music of Alison Goldfrapp and ... More

Some of the greatest moments of the ’90s, as far as we’re concerned, took place within the world of modeling. Mark Wahlberg dropping trou for Calvin Klein. Stephanie Seymour in "November Rain." Bridget Hall as the face of Versace. For much of that decade, in fact, Hall’s beauty was the ... More

"I got Salinger." It's what Newsweek photographer Michael McDermott told the newsroom after capturing J.D. Salinger on a two-day stakeout at the famously reclusive author's mailbox in the '70s. And it's what director Shane Salerno is telling Hollywood now. On September 6th, his bio-documentary Salinger hits theaters in tandem with More

It's not surprising that the Wedgewood Hotel in Downtown Vancouver has the refinement of Old Europe: The property's owner, Eleni Skalbania, was born and raised in Greece before opening the family-run boutique hotel in British Columbia 25 years ago. Skalbania lends her personal touch to each of Wedgewood's ... More

This week’s red carpet premiere of the hit HBO series Boardwalk Empire was a family reunion of sorts. Members of the cast and crew including Steve Buscemi and creator Terence Winter gathered at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Tuesday night for the fourth season premiere and were joined by fellow actors ... More

The French Consul General was looking over the guest list for his consulate's Christian Dior show when he spotted a familiar name. It was the late 1950s and the diplomat was a denizen of Fifth Avenue, with its uniformed chauffeurs, white gloves and American aristocrats. He recognized the name not ... More