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Muse of the World

The socialite heiress and fashion designer Daphne Guinness recalls musical advice from David Bowie, being best friends with Alexander McQueen, and dating Bernard-Henri Lévy

The Long on Shorts

Shorts are the most troubling of male garments. We’ve called on six men’s-wear experts for tips on when and how to wear them—if at all!

The Affluenza Set

Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s Gilded Age housewarming party has his Newport neighbors abuzz about his renovations and social ambitions

The Totes of Summer

What does your media-branded tote bag reveal about you?

Bring In the Suits

Dunhill’s new creative director is bringing Britain’s men’s-wear traditions to the next generation

Filippo Sorcinelli

Dubbed the “Pope’s tailor,” the designer behind Atelier LAVS makes ecclesiastical vestments for the Vatican and salacious perfumes for the masses

Lucky Ducks

The newest .01 percent status symbol? A $28,000 duvet made of eiderdown, gathered from rare Icelandic waterfowl

Haute Damn!

The latest trend in French design? Ceramics, pottery, and home accessories decorated with colorful language

A Night to Remember with Salman Rushdie

Gay Talese, Lisa Taddeo, Marlon James, Tony Danza, and others gathered at the Waverly Inn for a rousing book party in celebration of the writer’s new memoir

From Radical to Dame and Back Again

The photographer Ki Price’s portraits of Vivienne Westwood pay homage to Britain’s punk poster child turned couture designer in celebration of her birthday

Isabella Bowie

With her shoe company, Izie, the young designer has her sights set on reviving the high heel

Owen Mears and Emily Cameron

With Ffern, a small-batch natural-perfume line, the English siblings are reviving organic fragrances

Viva Biba!

Twiggy! Bardot! Pet food? A new exhibition in London pays tribute to Biba, the brand that made everything it touched fabulous—from silk sheets to baked beans

Star, Spangled

Thanks to Dita Von Teese, who is now in residency at the Jubilee Theater in Las Vegas, the art of the striptease remains alive and well

Mixed Bag

Phoebe Philo’s new brand was expected to be the hottest thing in fashion. So why has the enthusiasm cooled?

Rule of Three

Have the Bidens ruined aviator sunglasses for the rest of us? How to avoid looking like a rent boy on the runway! And more, in our column on how to live …

Clio Peppiatt

The London-based designer’s embroidered clothes and beaded bags have been snatched up by Julia Fox and Taylor Swift

The Swan Who Was Spared

The real reason Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, Truman Capote’s guest of honor at the Black and White Ball, was the only “swan” he didn’t betray

Immortal Beauties

What does it really take to become a fashion icon? The society queens of Feud: Capote vs. the Swans provide a few clues

Belles of le Bal

Le Bal des Débutantes, in Paris, is a coming-out party to rival them all. The photographer who has documented it for 25-plus years takes stock of how a glamorous, unusual ritual has adapted to the times

Circus Act

At the couture collections in Paris, the dazzling runway shows were met with even more frenzied activity on the streets

Waiting for Jolie

With her new downtown boutique, Angelina Jolie may have created the most sustainable clothing store ever—by making it virtually impossible to shop there

The Prince of Parties

The Russian émigré Prince Serge Obolensky bestrode New York’s nightlife like a colossus

Better by Design

Nina Campbell, the legendary British interior designer, shares her decorating tips, from the importance of lampshades to tricks for mixing patterns