We don’t need science to tell us a well-chilled glass of good Champagne is a singular delight—and that much of its magic comes from the effervescent prickle of bubbles popping on one’s tongue. Don Ho didn’t write “Crisp Flavor, Oak-y Finish.” He wrote “Tiny Bubbles.”
On December 25, Vera Rubin, the astrophysicist who discovered evidence of dark matter in the universe, passed away at age 88.
Christmas Eve is around the corner. If you’re anything like me, you haven’t finished your shopping—and can think of better ways to spend those precious hours of the holiday season with friends or family.
On Dec. 1, Donald Trump faced a stiff brief breeze at the airport in Indianapolis, on his way to visit the Carrier air conditioning plant. The wind was not only strong enough to move the president-elect’s hair, it also whipped his red power tie over his shoulder, revealing its underside to a photographer.
In the autumn of 2014, Emily Weiss, a 29-year-old New Yorker, published a post on her beloved beauty blog, Into the Gloss, announcing the launch of her new cosmetics line, Glossier.
On a Nov. 15 conference call with Democratic National Committee members, Barack Obama gave Democrats a prescription for post-election hope: 10 or so days of moping, followed by grass-roots organization across the US—likely with Obama himself eventually leading the charge.
In the days following the election of Donald Trump, many of us wondered how we got here. As Quartz’s Gwynn Guilford wrote, Trump ran a successful campaign exploiting many Americans’ fears: of immigrants, of terrorism, of change.
For months, Donald Trump and his surrogates have been a seemingly endless source of despair-inducing discourse. But once in a while, a Trumplet will say something so indisputably funny that we have no choice but to laugh. (See here, here, and here.)
In a memorable moment from the 2016 presidential election season’s last debate, Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman.” That inspired us at Quartz to create our favorite new cocktail, a hot pink tequila-based punch that’s a little sweet, a little tart, and 100% nasty.
One of the rare joys of this presidential campaign has been the resurfacing of old photographs of Hillary Clinton. As we look at these vintage images it occurs to us: Man, maybe she has been a style icon all along. An anonymous Instagram user has created an account that confirms: Yes. Yes, she has.
Instagram announced on Nov. 1 that the app is testing technology that will facilitate shopping through the app. Starting next week, about 20 US retail brands—J.Crew, Warby Parker, and JackThreads among them—will be able to integrate product information into their posts with special tags.
There’s a real art to finding the perfect emoji, image, or GIF to respond to a text. And for Molly Young, there is no better source than early Netherlandish portraits.
The Wing, a new co-working space and social club for women only, opened in New York City on October 10. It already has 250 members, 1,300 applications pending, and over 25,000 followers on Instagram. The club, with its feminist leanings, clean design, and luxurious amenities has tapped into the needs, ambitions, and aesthetics of many New York women. Here, a look inside from photographer Natalie Keyssar, who texted Quartz’s photo editor upon her arrival: “I want to live here.”
To enter the Wing, a new women’s co-working space and social club in Manhattan’s Flatiron district, is to walk into a rose-tinted world where the people are kind and hard-working; the coffee is strong; and someone always has a hair tie.
By all accounts, Hillary Clinton appears to be having an awesome birthday.
The benefits of meditation—increased focus and clarity, decreased anxiety, and a heightened capacity for empathy among them—hold obvious appeal. The thing is, sitting still with one’s thoughts, let alone transcending them, is actually really hard. Therein lies the appeal of one of the latest waves in the movement toward mindfulness that’s sweeping Western cities: the sound bath.
Regardless of politics, I think many can agree that this week—along with this entire presidential campaign—has felt interminably long.
Over eight years as America’s first lady, Michelle Obama has dazzled us with her fashion choices for the White House state dinners. For her final turn hosting such an occasion—on the heels of her wildly popular speech rebuking Donald Trump—she went all-out glamorous.
Yesterday (October 11), a 17-year-old makeup artist named James Charles joined the ranks of models and spokespeople including Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Drew Barrymore to represent CoverGirl cosmetics.
Last week, when San Francisco-based Pax Labs announced the latest version of its vaporizer, the Pax 3, designed for use with both marijuana flowers and wax concentrates, one of my colleagues piped up, only somewhat facetiously: “Where can we line up?”
Here’s a theory.
Donald Trump, a man who has made an ill-fitting dad hat the trademark accessory of his campaign, said earlier this month he felt that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, lacked a “presidential look.”
A Vermont-based reader of the Toronto Star, has an idea: Hillary Clinton should emit the sound of a pigeon every time that Donald Trump tells a lie during tonight’s debate.
Anyone who has attended a fashion show can tell you there’s a great deal of waiting around: Models endure hours of hair and makeup. Attendees gather outside venues, and kiss cheeks. Hired cars idle. Champagne is passed. It’s these liminal moments—when many of us reach for our phones to pass the time—that interest the photographer Landon Nordeman.
