Journal — Guide

Hoop earrings are so accommodating that you can wear them anywhere. You wake up and want to spruce up your school drop-off outfit? Put on a pair of hoops. You have an important meeting and want to look polished without being overdressed? Reach for a small pair of hoops. Going...

An engagement ring marks a moment. A solid gold wedding band is the one that stays for life after. That is what makes choosing it a different kind of decision. It will be on your hand the day you sign a mortgage, the day you hold your newborn for the...

Cleopatra claimed all emerald mines in Egypt as her own personal property during her reign and wore them like a personality trait while also gifting them to her closest political allies. A few thousand years later, Elizabeth Taylor played her on screen and then went home to a personal emerald...

Why Most Bridesmaid Jewelry Ends Up Unworn There is a very specific corner of many jewelry boxes that nobody talks about. A little pouch, a ribbon-tied bag, a velvet box that feels too guilty to throw away and too forgotten to open. Inside: the bridesmaid jewelry from that wedding two...

There's a specific kind of day that defines life between New York and New Jersey. It starts on a 7:42 train, runs through a full workday in midtown, and ends at a restaurant in the West Village where you somehow still have the energy to order a second glass of...

Memorial Day weekend has a way of shapeshifting. Saturday is a beach chair and cooler day. Sunday is someone's backyard with smoke coming off the grill day. And Monday tends to dress itself up a little, it's mostly candles on the table kind of night, so something nice to wear...