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☆ The Unlikely Return of the Doily
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Emilia Petrarca | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When you think about lace, “modern” probably isn’t the first word that comes to mind. The centuries-old fabric, made by looping, twisting or knitting thread into various open-weave patterns, is more likely to evoke images of quaint cottage curtains or your grandmother’s bridal veil. One features a fish design and another was inspired by patterns popular in the Ottoman courts of the 16th century. In their own homes, Köprülü and Muessel often use the mats atop silver breakfast trays or place them in the center of a dining table as decorative elements. “But you could frame them and put them on the wall,” says Köprülü.

Persons: Gohar, Nadia Gohar, Laila, Süreya Köprülü, Naz Muessel, “ They’re, ” Organizations: New Locations: New York, Eastern, Milan

☆ Ballet Flats for the Bow Obsessed
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Gisela Williams | Emilia Petrarca | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This week, she released a collaboration with the New York-based footwear brand Loeffler Randall, adding her signature bows to its Leonie ballet flat. “I often wear ballet flats with my clothes because they’re the right shape and tone,” Salter explains, alluding to the soft, off-duty nature of the look. The flats, which have an elastic strap you can tuck in, currently come in ballet pink and black moire embroidered with Salter’s illustrations. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Subscribe .

Persons: Salter, Sandeep Salter, Randall, Leonie, ” Salter, ”, “ It’s Organizations: New York, New, The Locations: Brooklyn, New, New York

☆ A Designer Inspired by Black Elegance, Soca Music and Blue Devils
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Emilia Petrarca | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Less than a week after presenting his third collection as Ferragamo’s creative director in Milan this past September, Maximilian Davis was at ease. The clothes — a luxurious combination of asymmetrical dresses and Italian tailoring — had been well received. As he spoke, quietly but with confidence, he gestured gently with his hands, like a conductor keeping an unhurried tempo. But despite the pressure to update a storied house for a new era, Davis, who now lives in Milan, has stayed true to his community. “It’s something that my mother could wear, but also my sisters.”

Persons: Maximilian Davis, —, Davis, Kelela, Liz Johnson Artur, nightclubbing, Grace Wales Bonner, Mowalola Ogunlesi, Maximilian, Salvatore Ferragamo, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, “, ” Organizations: London College of Fashion, Wales Locations: Milan, Manchester, England, Trinidad, London

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☆ Yes, Sophisticated Going-Out Tops Exist—and They Look Nothing Like What You Wore in the 2000s
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Emilia Petrarca | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

IT WAS BOUND to happen at some point. Along with low-rise jeans, the recent Y2K-style renaissance has resurrected going-out tops. If you’re over 30, you no doubt remember them—those sexy, strappy, sometimes bedazzled and always bordering-on-bad-taste camisoles that Paris Hilton and her ilk wore while cavorting at night clubs. Now they’ve reappeared, most notably at Celine’s recent Los Angeles show (in shimmering gold) and on Versace’s spring runway (in sheer, beaded violet). But as Gen Z and the TikTok set embrace this dubious early-2000s look, women who wore it the first time are wondering what to sport for a stylish night out that doesn’t channel Tara Reid circa 2003.

☆ Designers and Meghan Markle Like the Taste of Her Cakes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Emilia Petrarca | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Claire Ptak first learned about Meghan Markle through Ms. Markle’s former lifestyle blog, The Tig, a so-called hub for the discerning palette that she started in 2014. After Ms. Ptak, the owner of Violet, a cafe and bakery in London, published “The Violet Bakery Cookbook” in 2015, she sent a copy to Ms. Markle, who later asked to interview her. “Great questions,” Ms. Ptak, 48, said of that conversation. Ms. Ptak had by then been living in London for about a decade. Last year, Ms. Ptak made a version of the cake for a birthday party for the couple’s daughter, Princess Lilibet Diana.

☆ Wing It or Plan It: Do Travelers Without Itineraries Have Better Vacations?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Emilia Petrarca | Margot Dougherty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

MAP IT Travel can be free-wheeling or fanatically arranged. For the recurring series That’s Debatable, we take on a contentious issue of the day and present two spirited arguments—one in favor and the other emphatically opposed. TRAVELERS OFTEN fall into two camps: those who plan ahead and those who go with the flow. The former group relishes the research; the latter loves the serendipity of a laissez-faire approach. Here, two writers with opposing views hash out whether to lock in a game plan or let fate intervene.

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