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Recognize this dress? It’s the pink strapless William Travilla gown worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 musical “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” accessorized by matching pink full-length gloves, and you can’t imagine anyone else wearing it. (It’s the gown in which she sings “ Diamonds...Read more

BERLIN — AI-powered shopping agents that can independently research, compare and order products on behalf of customers are raising serious legal and privacy questions.

While AI-assisted chat advice is already relatively common in online shopping, providers are steadily expanding their agents to cover the shopping itself — all based on ...Read more

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: What is the protocol for showing your naked toes in sandals?

--Francesca T.

Dear Francesca: Common sense and brutal honesty.

Our feet are in hiding much of the year so their appearance is easy to hide or forget about. Take a good hard look and if your toes are ungroomed or plain ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A rectangular serving tray in Sheila Bridges’ latest assortment of tableware features a swanky Black couple shaking their groove things in front of Independence Hall.

Dressed in flowing, red, white, and blue regalia, Bridges’ dancers appear happy and at ease...Read more

So, what would you wear if you were being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire? (I confess I have personally given this rather more thought than a non-British person should.)

If you are Cynthia Erivo, at her ceremony in May, you wear this elegant and faintly Elphaba-adjacent suit from Givenchy by Sarah Burton, with a beautifully ...Read more

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Dear Answer Angel Ellen: My purse was stolen while dining in a first-class restaurant recently with my girlfriends.

Needless to say, this crime destroyed my evening, but I am still feeling the repercussions of losing my checkbook, glasses, cash, expensive wallet, house keys, driver’s license and much more. Not to mention ...Read more

NUREMBERG, Germany — People do still use pens and pencils. Some will still grab a highlighter to mark up sections of a document. Others might even write a letter or relax with a sketchbook.

Most don't.

They read their texts online, they take notes using a phone and haven't posted a hand-written letter in years. At work, the office cupboards ...Read more

At the Gold Gala in Los Angeles earlier this month, an annual event celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander leaders in entertainment, fashion, sports and culture, Priyanka Chopra Jonas was honored with the Global Vanguard award for her 25-year career in Bollywood and Hollywood.

She accepted it in this angelic white gown, homeandleisure/fashiondaily/fashiondailynews/s-4201887">Read more

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: Until recently I never had this problem before, but in the warm weather, my fingers are swelling up. The swelling isn’t a huge amount but it makes my rings — especially my new engagement ring! — really difficult to remove to give my fingers a rest.

I tried using lubricants to enable me to slip ...Read more

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