John Kerry: We’ll Miss Alliances When They’re Gone
It’s easy to excuse the global sighs of relief after an apparently successful easing of the Greenland crisis — a...
Major U.S. Public Transit Systems Brace for Storm With Detours and Warnings
From Boston to Atlanta, transit authorities in U.S. cities were hurrying over the weekend to salt waiting areas and adjust...
It’s So Hard Not to Be Consumed by Rage
James Baldwin once said that to be Black “in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in...
Fine Jewelry Leans Into the Multiwear Trend
When is a necklace not just a necklace? When it also can be worn as a bracelet, its center stone...
Ancient Artifacts Become Modern Jewels
Rebecca Rau was skimming an auction house’s catalog last year when a bronze amulet from the ancient Central Asian region...
The Year of Manufacturing the Body. And Booty. And Boobs.
So long, body positivity. You have been crushed under a mountain of GLP-1s, corsets, panniers and bustles. So long, paying...
Hard Times in the Delta as Farmers Consider Letting Crops Rot
Jack Westerfield stood ankle deep atop 30 feet of unhusked rice, his gray T-shirt and jeans dusty with starchy powder....
In the Middle East, Jewelers See Their Brightest Prospect
On a clear December evening at a beach resort in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Sotheby’s...
The Cult of Charvet
“It’s a bit like the atmosphere of a bazaar here — we don’t like things to be too orderly,” said...
Costume Jewelry That Conveys a Designer’s Beliefs
To Kristy Dickinson, jewelry has always represented something special. “I say, ‘It’s me spewed up in earring form,’” the self-taught...
High January Is the New Dry January
On a chilly January afternoon at a Stew Leonard’s grocery store in Paramus, N.J., prominently featured in the center of...
A Heritage Jewelry House Plans a Renaissance
One of the 20th century’s most innovative jewelry houses is staging a comeback. Boivin has been known for its sculptural...
Jewelry Adapted to Modest Garb
Hannah Al-Lawati remembers the moment that, as a young Muslim girl, she realized making jewelry could be more than just...
In Venezuela, Families Search for Relatives Who Are Detained and Missing
After taking a 10-hour bus ride across Venezuela in a quest to find her missing husband, Carolina Carrizo fashioned a...
Telling the Story of Costume Jewelry
Since a close friend pinned a Trifari brooch on her in the 1980s, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo has been hooked...
