NEW YORK — Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry collection fetched a record-setting $115 million — including more than $11.8 million for a pearl necklace and more than $8.8 million for a diamond ring given to her by Richard Burton — at an auction of gems and other memorabilia amassed by the late actress.
The 33.19-carat diamond ring given to...
Every Christmas Eve my grandma would open her gifts ever-so-carefully, making sure not to rip the wrapping paper. It took foooorrreevvverr as she diligently folded every piece into a neat pile to use the next year. We all thought she was crazy. Turns out she was on to something.
Americans generate 25 percent more garbage than average —...
LOS ANGELES — In just 10 years, Alber Elbaz has succeeded in waking the sleeping beauty that was the French fashion house of Lanvin, giving it a modern identity and a must-have status.
His particular brand of imperfect glamour — fraying lace edges, exposed zippers, grosgrain ribbon and pearl trims, sculpted bows and rosettes — has...
She’s graced the cover of major fashion magazines, been the subject of countless style articles and modeled for Revlon and Lancome. She’s also a regular knockout on the red carpet at events, so it’s hard to believe that actress Jessica Biel is just not that “into fashion.”
“On the red carpet, I’m playing a character,” Biel told Vogue...
Some years I go at my holiday decorating with great gusto, fueled by a long list of ambitious decorating projects I can’t wait to try. (Once I hung a huge fallen branch from the ceiling in my dining room, filled it in with faux greens, then decorated it with hanging votive cups. I was exhausted, but man, was I thrilled with the drop-dead-...
