Fashion types bring flair to prince's polo game Updated: 6 min ago | Leave a comment Bring on the white pants: Memorial Day rule be damned. Many in the invitation-only crowd of about 400 who gathered to watch Prince Harry's team win the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup at the Greenwich Polo Club on Wednesday brought out their summer clothes, including white pants, floral sundresses and even some... Read More

Wineries want to help raise a glass to veterans Updated: 9 min ago | Leave a comment If you're looking to raise a glass to veterans this Memorial Day you might consider filling it with wine that will raise funds for them, too. A number of wineries are making the veterans-and-vines connection. And if you're not so fine on wine, there's even a liquor — Wild Turkey — that's gotten into the spirit... Read More

What do we eat? New food map will tell us Updated: 11 min ago | Leave a comment Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food... Read More

The careless art of the wonderful summer cocktail Updated: 15 min ago | Leave a comment The art of the summer cocktail is something I take most seriously. Because several years ago I realized what surely is obvious to most people... But I can be a bit slow. Summer is better with a signature cocktail. Not a fancy dinner cocktail. Not a party cocktail. And certainly nothing that anyone who goes by the... Read More

Dior presents cruise fashions amid stars in Monaco Updated: 18 min ago | Leave a comment The glittering star power of Cannes migrated up the coast to Monaco for front-row seats at Dior's colorful, sexy cruise fashion show. With the Mediterranean Sea the picturesque backdrop, Dior showcased its 2014 collection on Saturday night. It was a wet, cold and generally miserable outside the white stage, but... Read More

Helen Ford Wallace: Parties, Etc.: May 19 Published: Sun, May 19, 2013 | Leave a comment Junior League 85th Anniversary Gala, Wedding Showers, Baby Shower, Ribbon Cutting Reception, Spring Picnic, Read More

20-40-60 Etiquette: Do I give to panhandlers Published: Sun, May 19, 2013 | Leave a comment A reader wants to know how to handle panhandlers, and the 20-40-60 Etiquette panel offers some suggestions, with Features Editor Matt Price as guest. Read More

Geneva auction sells nearly $5M of actress' jewels Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013 | Leave a comment A diamond jewelry collection belonging to Italian screen actress Gina Lollobrigida fetched $4.9 million at auction, some of which she plans to donate to stem cell research, Sotheby's said Wednesday. The auction house said eight bidders fought for Lollobrigida's pair of diamond and natural pearl earrings, which... Read More

Hellmann's whips up campaign for centennial Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013 | Leave a comment A lot changes in 100 years, but the key to Hellmann's success may be that not much has changed for the mayonnaise. To celebrate Hellmann's centennial birthday, owner Unilever is launching a marketing campaign to drum up attention for the country's top-selling mayonnaise, whose formula remains almost the same as... Read More

How food color can warp time when cooking Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013 | Leave a comment Ever tried toasting hamburger buns on a grill? It takes uncanny timing to achieve an even medium brown across the buns. Typically, they remain white for what seems like far too long. Then it's as if time accelerates, and they blow past toasted to burnt in the time it takes to flip the burgers. The same phenomenon... Read More

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Roberta Armani, Giorgio’s niece, is a good fit for role as the brand’s ambassador to Hollywood

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013 | Leave a comment There are few designers working today who have had as big an influence on fashion as Giorgio Armani. Founding his company in Milan in 1975, he modernized the suit, giving it a relaxed, soft silhouette, and created a daytime uniform of power and success that defined men’s and women’s style for two decades. He... Read More

It’s not a toy box: Barbie’s Dreamhouse goes life-size Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013 | Leave a comment Days of Malibu living are long gone for Barbie. The iconic doll has moved to Florida and is inviting people to step into her life-size dream house, the first one now open worldwide. Barbie The Dreamhouse Experience, a 10,000-square-foot building with an “endless closet,” elevators, a kitchen, bedroom, and... Read More

Mood: Five hot Hollywood hairstyles Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013 | Leave a comment Crank up the heat on your warm weather hairstyle with inspiration from Hollywood's hottest trendsetters. Read More

Jazz up classic campfire s'mores Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013 | Leave a comment S'mores are seen as the symbol of summer and campfire snacking, but there are ways to jazz them up. Read More

Punk fashion: Subversiveness fades to black Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013 | Leave a comment Last week’s Met Gala — the annual Vogue magazine-sponsored fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute — celebrated the opening of an exhibition called “Punk: Chaos to Couture.” For days people buzzed about the red carpet parade — Miley Cyrus’ spikey hair, Nicole Richie’s... Read More

Barber, 82, offers haircuts for hugs in Conn. park Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013 | Leave a comment Each Wednesday, barber Anthony Cymerys sets up his chair in the shade of an oak tree in Hartford's Bushnell Park. For longtime clients, the homeless or those just down on their luck, the fee is always the same: a hug for a haircut. The 82-year-old Cymerys, who is known as Joe the Barber, began offering his... Read More

Women have more options for breast cancer surgery Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013 | Leave a comment One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be beautiful." Jolie... Read More

Easy ways to jazz up the classic campfire s'more Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013 | Leave a comment Three simple ingredients — a marshmallow, a piece of chocolate and two graham crackers. The symbol of summer and campfire snacking. And there are so many possibilities for jazzing it up! Once you have a toasted marshmallow, you can sandwich it between all kinds of cookies, crackers and the like. Or you could... Read More

Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013 | Leave a comment A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. This month, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the U.S. government to approve five varieties of biotech potatoes. They're engineered not to develop ugly... Read More

Reality TV's new stars: Small businesses Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013 | Leave a comment There's no business like small business. Mix the high stakes of running a small business with a dash of family drama and throw in a camera crew and you get hit reality television shows such as "Pawn Stars," ''Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" and "Duck Dynasty." Turning small business owners into stars has become a... Read More