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In Paris, MAD Honors Paul Poiret, “the First Art Director in the History of Fashion”
On Tuesday night in Paris, MAD—as Paris’s museum of decorative arts is now known—inaugurated “Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast,” the…
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From the Archives: A Garden of American History at the White House
Throughout both flower gardens, the green patterns are an essential architecture or bone structure rather than an intricate decoration for…
Beauty
On Juneteenth, a Celebration of Pride, Joy, and History in Austin, Texas
Thursday morning rears a bright and warm beginning to the 27th annual Austin Central Texas Juneteenth parade. Music hits the streets as a…
World
Kadir Nelson’s “Major Taylor, a Champion Who Led the Way”
For the cover of the June 2, 2025, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson features Marshall W. (Major) Taylor leading a parade of bicyclists from…
World
How American Photography Came Into Its Own
The earliest photography was voracious and encyclopedic. There was a whole world of things that had never been seen in this particular,…
World
In Daniel Kehlmann’s Latest Novel, Everyone’s a Collaborator
Can a historical novel be morally serious, even tragic, and also playful at the same time? For a writer of fiction, history is a dangerous…
Beauty
The 70 Best Dressed Men in Met Gala History
Every year, the Met Gala’s red carpet is a place where celebrities are encouraged to pull out all the stops. So long as they honor the…
Beauty
The Dark History of the Far Right’s Natalism
I had my first child in December; he will also be my only child. I’m going one-and-done with kids for the same reasons many women in the…
Fashion
The Best Met Gala After-Party Outfits in History
You've probably seen plenty of Met Gala fashion retrospectives, but most of them focus on red carpet looks. Yes, that's where some of the…
Business
These archaeology trips let travelers get their hands on history
Some vacations take you to destinations that feel futuristic, while archeological tourism transports you to a completely different era in…
Business
Who Pulled Off the Biggest Crypto Heist in History? Signs Point to North Korea
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Argentina prays for native son Francis, the first Latin American pope in history
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — “Francis, the city prays for you.” Those were the words projected onto Buenos Aires' most iconic monument, the…
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Filmmaker RaMell Ross’s Black History Month Guide to Contemporary Art
I’m so attracted to Tiona Nekkia McClodden’s complex, research-based practice because of the amount of intellectual labor that goes into…
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Trump’s Black History Month Event Has Quite an Interesting Guest List
When Trump was sworn in as president last month, the office had 936 employees. The administration plans to reduce that number to 150,…
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Runway, Meet Slopes—A Visual History of Winter Wonderland Fashion Shows on This Snow Day
This New York Fashion Week was one long but very chic snow day. But while the streets were lined with slush, designers kept the snow off…
Lifestyle
What Black History and Dreams Have to Do With Off-White’s First Soccer Kit Designed for AC Milan
MILAN— “Let’s be honest — who needs another collaboration? Nobody, and that’s coming from one who has lived through and witnessed many of…
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Octavia Morgan Los Angeles Makes History as the First Black Plus Size Woman to Launch a Fragrance at Ulta | The Curvy Fashionista
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World
A Visit to Madam Bedi: A Personal History by Tara Westover
My friend Sukrit invited me to India. His mother lived in Delhi. He said I should get out of England and give my eyes something new to…
Lifestyle
Aknvas Fall 2025: Youthquake With a Bit of History
Designer Christian Juul Nielsen took a page from the history books to anchor his fall collection, taking a deep dive into Danish…
News
Brooklyn’s Outlandish Hosts Black History Month Hike
On the surface, hiking can seem as if it has a low barrier to entry. How hard is it to get up and go outside? Dig deeper and you will find…
World
“The Fishing Place” Puts History Into the Present Tense
The best filmmakers, looking to the past, see the future. The Holocaust and the Nazi menace to Europe have been filmmakers’ mainstays for…
World
The Hidden Histories Lost in the Los Angeles Fires
At her house, Kohner-Zuckerman showed me souvenirs of her parents’ world, which were nestled amid memorabilia of her beach days. One was a…
Lifestyle
Trump and Biden add to long, strange history of presidential pardons
All it took was a few strokes of the pen for Donald Trump and Joe Biden to add to a long, strange American tradition. The presidential…
Lifestyle
Newsom suspends landmark environmental laws to ease rebuilding in wildfire zones
Landmark California environmental laws will be suspended for wildfire victims seeking to rebuild their homes and businesses, according to…