My Parents Were Both Dying. Then I Found Out I Had Cancer

My Parents Were Both Dying. Then I Found Out I Had Cancer

Everything took on a sickening poignancy: the boisterous din at our Saturday brunch place where, just a week before, my girlfriends and I had scrolled through the latest celebrity facelifts and griped about our jowls; the Santa Monica mountains coming back to life after the fires; Henry’s flag-football mouth guard on the kitchen table, imprinted…

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Veronique Gabai Debuts Rose Première by Kelly Rutherford

Veronique Gabai Debuts Rose Première by Kelly Rutherford

According to Veronique Gabai, “the natural ingredient of rose is to bring you the feeling of love, whatever kind of love you need.” For her, that love is friendship. In her latest fragrance launch, the beauty and fashion veteran honors her friend of 15 years, Kelly Rutherford, and their shared love of the South of…

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An Elegy for the Kennedy Center

An Elegy for the Kennedy Center

Tempting as it is to blame Trump for the Kennedy Center’s fate, he does not bear sole responsibility. The idea of a national arts center was always more of a noble dream than a reality. Kennedy’s own reputation as an arts patron rang a little hollow; most of the work was done by his impeccably…

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Inside Anne Klein’s Women Who Do Awards

Inside Anne Klein’s Women Who Do Awards

Anne Klein looked across and beyond fashion for its latest awards event. The brand looked to honor a handful of women at its Women Who Do awards luncheon Wednesday in New York, which was hosted at the Rainbow Room by Sara Haines of “The View.” Recipients included InsideLines founder Atoya Burleson, Dr. Hauschka skin care…

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“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography

“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography

When Blume started writing, the market category of young-adult (as opposed to children’s) literature was defined by politically motivated novels that took up social issues, such as drugs and teen pregnancy—“problem novels,” Oppenheimer calls them, using the terminology of the time. Blume didn’t write “problem novels,” he stresses. He quotes her in an interview, somewhat…

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In the Age of A.I., What Is Taste? And Do We Still Have It?

In the Age of A.I., What Is Taste? And Do We Still Have It?

With artificial intelligence continuing to dominate corporate strategies and news headlines, Silicon Valley has embraced a new buzzword, one that may feel too close to home for those already feeling embattled by automation. That word is “taste,” and in recent months it has become as much of a tech-world cliché as “disruption” was in the…

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Ring in the ‘Love Story’ Finale With These Sunglasses Inspired by JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s Signature Style

Ring in the ‘Love Story’ Finale With These Sunglasses Inspired by JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s Signature Style

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Shop Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and JFK Jr.’s Favorite Sunglasses Styles View more + If you’ve been following — and engaging in — the hype around Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s ’90s-minimalist wardrobe and that of her Kennedy-heir beau, which was…

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Were the 2026 Oscars a Swan Song for Warner Bros.?

Were the 2026 Oscars a Swan Song for Warner Bros.?

The couple got into a Warner Bros.-issued Suburban. “Larry, do you have my speech?” Carter called out. (It would remain unread; she lost to Kate Hawley, for “Frankenstein.”) Her first film was Spike Lee’s “School Daze,” in 1988, and five years later she got her first Oscar nomination, for Lee’s “Malcolm X.” “Denzel and I…

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