Topic “Style”

By Katy Waldman (Slate)

Two words: thigh gap. This excrescence is the latest in women wishing their bodies conformed to an impossible beauty standard — and my new thing-I-wish-weren’t-a-thing.

A thigh gap is a gap that emerges between a woman’s inner thighs when she stands with her knees together. If you haven’t heard of it, that’s probably because it doesn’t...

By Holley Simmons (The Washington Post)

Summer signals getting away from it all, whether that means two weeks in Tuscany, Italy, or a quick trip to the sea shore.

Perhaps that’s why this season’s fashion trends bend the rules a bit. Think sundresses with sultry peekaboo cutouts, 1980s redux neon suits, warm-weather...

By Shari Hiller and Matt Fox (mattandshari.com)

During the summer, Shari is always looking for projects to keep the kids busy. Here’s a great project that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, is pretty easy and, in the end, you can have a nautical-themed summer party.

The designs she used are actually the designs of semaphore flags used to spell out messages in the boating world. Visit...

By Mary Carol Garrity (Scripps Howard News Service)

Here’s how I wake up every morning: I pour myself a big cup of coffee, then settle into my favorite chair with my feet propped up on an ottoman.

As the caffeine works its magic, I go over the day’s activities until I’m fully awake and ready to get at it. I think of that ottoman as my daily launching pad, proof that these relatively small...

By Samantha Critchell (The Associated Press)

Nicole Kidman is the chameleon of Cannes.

As a judge at this year's Cannes International Film Festival and a fashion-world favorite, Kidman has proven her style savvy in a colorful and cheerful embroidered L'Wren Scott dress, a...