Whether you’re driving a Cadillac Lyriq or lying flat across its back seats — the celebrity-approved style hack for keeping red-carpet gowns wrinkle-free — you’re traveling in the lap of luxury. After all, the all-electric SUV has a roomy cabin, 126-color LED dual-zone ambient interior lighting to set the vibe and a glamorous panoramic fixed... ... Read full Story
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city. What’s making our luxury list this week? Andrew Scott on stage, Axel Arigato’s opens their first U.S.... ... Read full Story
The key to lush locks isn't necessarily a deep conditioner or all the serums money can buy. According to the hair gurus of TikTok, it's this unusually sourced item. ... Read full Story
The clogs for dogs are breathable EVA foam booties designed to be both comfortable and durable so pooches can go on walks in style. ... Read full Story
The behemoth plastic carry-all has gone viral online for holding everything a parent might need for a beach day or after-school pick-up. ... Read full Story
The “camel toe” has reportedly made a major comeback, this time with a modern new name after being dubbed “crotch cleavage” by Gen Z. ... Read full Story
With the aid of stylist duo Wayman + Micah, Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) has been winning the red carpet this year. His new film, “Sing Sing,” about a wrongfully-convicted incarcerated man who joins a theater troupe, is already generating another round of Oscar buzz. And just yesterday, it was announced that Domingo will be... ... Read full Story
B.A.B.E. of Brooklyn is a beloved brand and barbershop. But the original babe? That’s co-founder Wil Allen’s mom, a licensed cosmetologist. Mrs. Gracie Allen began doing hair in the 1960s in her Crown Heights house and a local salon (her late husband was a Navy seaman who served in WWII and the Korean War). With... ... Read full Story
For someone with millions of followers across his social platforms, content creator Nick Cassano, aka Nicky Cass, is surprisingly low-key. Although he played baseball throughout childhood and in college (graduating from Montclair State University in New Jersey with a marketing degree), he never dreamed he’d throw out the first pitch for the Yankees and the... ... Read full Story
Pendry Natirar resort is opening just an hour's drive from NYC in Somerset Country, New Jersey — on a 90-acre estate with a working farm, a sprawling spa and plenty of fine dining. ... Read full Story
Actor Chase Stokes may be living the luxe life in LA, but his heart is still running around down South. “I was in Malibu the other day,” the baseball-capped Netflix star tells Alexa over Zoom, “and it was high tide, and you couldn’t even go on the beach because the water was up to the... ... Read full Story
“The Handel & Hendrix [House], on 23 and 25 Brook Street in central London, reopens 18 May.... The 18th century German composer George Frideric Handel called number 25 home for some 36 years, up until his death in 1759. Here, he manufactured hits like coronation/Champions League belter Zadok the Priest, and the Music for the Royal Fireworks with such voraciousness, his manuscripts were often bespattered with food and beer stains. Perhaps you'd equate such sloppiness with Jimi Hendrix; his tenancy in a flat at 23 Brook Street was altogether fugacious; he was only here from 1968-9—though in that time, used it for countless interviews, jam sessions—and referred to it as the only place he ever lived that felt like home.” — Will Noble, The Londonist, 18 May 2023
Did you know?
The word fugacious is too rare and unusual to qualify as vanilla, but the vanilla plant itself can be useful for recalling its meaning. Fugacious (which comes from Latin fugax, meaning “swift, fleeting,” and ultimately from fugere, “to run away”) describes the ephemeral—that is, those things in life that last only a brief time before fleeing or fading away. The word is often used to describe immaterial things, such as emotions, but botanists like to apply the word to plant parts (such as seeds, fruits, petals, and leaflets) that are quickly shed or dropped. Vanilla plants, for example, are said to have fugacious blossoms, as their flowers last only a single day during the blooming season. You may remember this the next time you’re baking with vanilla, and perhaps wishing that its rich, fugacious aroma would linger just a little bit longer.