Always in bloom
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower,” French existentialist Albert Camus observed. The White Plains Beautification Foundation must share that…
Short takes
Green Chimneys – which serves children with special needs at a Brewster farm and wildlife center – holds its Fall Harvest Festival 10 a.m….
Rebel without a pause
James Dean died in a California car crash 60 years ago Sept. 30. Thames & Hudson remembers the actor with a new book of…
Ladies sing the blues at ArtsWestchester
In Sept. 25, ArtsWestchester in White Plains will present a blues concert as part of its 2015 Jazz Fest. But if that has you…
42 re-focuses on food
On a clear day, you can see — well, perhaps not forever, as the song goes, but certainly as far south as Manhattan, as…
Hog heaven
Photographs by Anthony Carboni. Marlon Brando as “The Wild One.” Steve McQueen’s “The Great Escape.” Lawrence crashing after Arabia. Few vehicles command the sleek…
Stretchy, curvy and a touch of leather
Credits for David Koma’s Autumn/Winter 2015 Collection – Stylist: Elodie David Touboul; Hair: Karin Bigler at Jed Root using Bumble and bumble; Makeup: Andrew…
teNeues presents “The Stylish Life: Equestrian”
The equestrian season comes to a close in WAG country this month with the American Gold Cup at Old Salem Farm in North Salem…
Dior between the covers
France, 1946 — The country reels from the infamy of Nazi conquest and collaboration. But just as there has been a strong pocket of…
The deathless style of James Dean
Sixty years ago this month — Sept. 30 to be exact — James Dean was killed in a car crash on his way to…
The naked truth
In his seminal 1956 book “The Nude,” art historian Kenneth Clark considers the difference between the words “naked” and “nude.” “To be naked is…
Zang Toi is fashionable, inside and out
Photographs courtesy Zang Toi. Zang Toi and Mary Jane Denzer are showing off one of his designs in her eponymous store near The…
Changes in store for Neiman Marcus Westchester
When Neiman Marcus designs one of its 41 stores, the luxe retailer considers two elements first — the merchandise and the shopper. That credo…
Avril Graham: Setting the trends
Avril Graham. Photographs by John Rizzo. As executive fashion and beauty editor of Harper’s Bazaar, Avril Graham has one of the most glamorous jobs…
Maserati turns 100 with new car and book
“Handcrafted” takes on new meaning in “One of 100: Maserati and Zegna” (Assouline, 224 pages, 100 illustrations, $195), which celebrates the 100th anniversary of…
Edgewater Point, where residences double as beach houses
Photographs courtesy Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty Some folks don’t have to leave their homes to go on vacation. Sherrie Pellini’s home…
The high life on the high seas
When Leonardo DiCaprio sold his Cape Cod-style mansion in Malibu, the property went for $17 million. When he wanted a little R&R off the…
Life Time ups its game
Photographs by Anthony Carboni. It’s the Fourth of July weekend, time when America takes a nap, but you’d never know it at Life…
Castle Hotel & Spa offers a most royal treatment
Not every hotel offers helicopter service, but then, not every hotel is the Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown, which was justly part of…
New teNeues tennis book serves an ace
“Few accessories evoke a life of leisure and luxury as quickly as a tennis racquet,” Ben Rothenberg writes in the introduction to “The Stylish…