A new CNN documentary, Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid, by Matt Tyrnauer, goes deep into what shaped James Carville’s incorrigible character, including his Catholic, working-class youth in Carville—a Louisiana town with fewer than 900 inhabitants, almost half of them inmates at the local leper colony. Carville rose to fame for helping Bill Clinton win the 1992 presidential election and coining the immortal phrase “It’s the economy, stupid.” He is still popular partly due to his profane partisanship and his comically fraught partnership with his Republican wife, Mary Matalin, who was working for George H. W. Bush’s campaign when they met. The documentary focuses on Carville’s most recent cause: tirelessly lobbying to get Biden off the ticket. He was one of the first to warn that Biden was too old and unpopular to win, and he said it with brio, rage, and polling data. Nancy Pelosi finally sealed the deal, but it was Carville who first sounded the alarm. (cnn.com) —Alessandra Stanley

Whether they’re aspiring or professional, dancers have to lug a lot of stuff around. They could just cram it into one messy carryall, or they could pick up one of the new dance bags from the luxury accessories firm MZ Wallace, designed in collaboration with New York City Ballet stars Joseph Gordon and Megan Fairchild. There are three styles, all made of quilted recycled nylon: a backpack, a duffel, and a cosmetics pouch. The larger bags keep sweaty clothes from building odors, have mesh sections for pointe shoes that allow them to air out, and lots of pockets for storing small items like sewing kits or foot massage balls. Even the non-balletic among us might be tempted by these handsome bags, which come in neutral gray and blush pink. Who wouldn’t want to be mistaken for a dancer? (From $65, mzwallace.com) —Lisa Henricksson

The motto of Petit h, Hermès’s sustainable sister line, is “Nothing is lost, everything is transformed and an object is created.” The atelier takes leftover materials (think colorful silk scraps, buttery-soft leather, porcelain shards) and reforges them into unexpected novelties, such as a stool crafted from taurillon leather and ash wood or a sleep mask constructed from goatskin and printed silk twill. Running from October 11 to October 26, the atelier will take over the Hermès flagship store on Madison Avenue, displaying a playful, New York–inspired storefront designed by the Dominican-American conceptual artist Lucia Hierro. (From $85, hermes.com) —Paulina Prosnitz

Chopard’s Ice Cube Collection is for fine-jewelry lovers who always keep their cool. (Case in point: the maison’s new spokesperson and downtown denizen Bella Hadid.) In each piece, small blocks are used to evoke the feeling of an urban skyline at night, with diamonds filling the role of glittering windows. The collection is a stylish next step for Chopard’s signature ice cube design, first used in a watch by artistic director and co-president Caroline Scheufele. That was in 1999, and today the range includes bangles, earrings, pendants, cuffs, and a choker and bracelet made of mirror-polished, 18-karat rose gold and diamonds—and, yes, collecting is encouraged, and perhaps inevitable. (Price available upon request; chopard.com) —Ashley Baker

New Yorkers, your prayers have been answered. Well, at least mine have. Paradise Projects and the team behind Le Dive, the Nines, and Acme just opened Elvis—a new Parisian-style café and natural-wine bar in NoHo. Named after a bust of Elvis Presley that once welcomed guests into the Great Jones Café, which held court in the space for 35 years, the new bar’s French flair comes through with its menu (think paté, rillettes, and artichokes), rattan bar stools, and terra-cotta interiors. By the candlelight, guests can sit shoulder to shoulder while sipping on a bottle of Cinsault by Le Fond de l’Air Est Rouge. (elvisnyc.com) —Jeanne Malle

A few decades ago, Swedes Beata Heuman and Catherine Wehtje Hustad went to boarding school together. Today, the former is a celebrated interior designer, and the latter is working with Mille Notti, her family’s textile purveyor that specializes in high-quality bedding. Their collaboration has finally landed, and those who appreciate the finer sheets in life should take note. Start with the double-sided Durham Quilt, perhaps in the faded burgundy Dust shade, and then layer on the Willow Ink duvet cover with a chinoiserie pattern. Made of organic cotton, they’re crisp, breathable, and especially satisfying when freshly ironed. ($428, beataheuman.com) —Ashley Baker