February 2018

Inspired by romance

Mother love

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In her affecting new memoir, “The Bridesmaid’s Daughter,” Nyna Giles charts her mother’s journey from fashion model and Grace Kelly bridesmaid to homeless shelter resident – and her own attempt to understand her.

Victoria’s secrets

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Queen Victoria, the woman who gave her name to an age of probity and prudery even – think piano legs sporting a kind of pantaloons – was herself not particularly Victorian. At least not when it came to men.

Modern Zen luxury

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This angular, Zen-like home on Greenwich’s Thunder Mountain Road – with its striking use of green brick, Asian influences and floor-to-ceiling windows – is Modern with a capital “M.”