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Should a Life Coach Have a Life First?
The face of the profession is becoming increasingly fresh, with some clients receiving motivational guidance from coaches young enough to be their children.



Scotty Bowers and His Sexual Tell-All of Old Hollywood
Scotty Bower’s new memoir, “Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars,” offers a lurid account of trawling an X-rated underworld.



What I Wore: The Soprano Danielle de Niese - What I Wore, From Jan. 18 to Jan. 24
The soprano Danielle de Niese finds herself always a bit dressed up, even on casual days.



Studied: Blogging as Therapy for Teenagers - Studied
Researchers find blogging provides a therapeutic value for teenagers.



Modern Love: Embracing Marriage, Flaws and All - Modern Love
I’d spent the past couple of years applying myself to my marriage — thinking about marriage, reading about marriage, and trying forms of couples’ therapy.



Social Q’s: Take Pride in Doing Good, Not Looking Good - Social Q’s
Questions about compliments paid an eldest daughter, on the gift for a destination wedding, on unequal work schedules and on a gift check gone astray.



Independent Hair Salons in New York
A thriving cohort of independent, proudly under-the-radar salons are offering individualized attention and low-key advice. Herein, a guide to some of the standouts.



Skin Deep: Cartoon Characters Inspire Makeup Lines
There is a growing market of fully grown women who buy cosmetics collections that feature cartoon characters.



Noticed: In Brooklyn, Committing to a Man Bun
In neighborhoods like Williamsburg and Bushwick, some men are twisting their long hair into a form more famously worn by librarians and Katharine Hepburn. Meet the man bun.



Up Close: Club Promoter John Blair
John Blair is the life behind XL, the new gay megaclub in New York.



Trading Up: Men’s High-Tops For Sophisticated Fashion Tastes
The trend is away from overdesigned high-tops, even with jeans, according to a fashion expert.



Boîte: Greenwich Village Country Club in Greenwich Village - Review
The club opened last November above Bowlmor Lanes, is a monstrous shrine to frat culture and preppy nostalgia.



Fashion Sales and Events, Week of Jan. 26
The Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa moves into its sleek new Fifth Avenue space; Patricia Field is having a sale.



T Magazine: A New Player on the Fashion Stage
A fashion boutique provides an alternative to the industry's standard method of presentation, the runway show.



The Carpetbagger | Below the Line: Dressing the ‘Bridesmaids’
Leesa Evans, a costume designer for "Bridesmaids," discusses her process.



Well Blog: Phys Ed: The Dangers of High Heels
Women who normally wear high-heeled shoes walk differently from those who normally wear flats and may be at greater risk of strain injuries.



Charla Krupp, Self-Help Author on Women’s Looks, Dies at 58
The author dispensed down-to-earth style tips.



On the Runway Blog: Oscars: Not the Usual Suspects
There were no major fashion plates among the Oscar nominees announced this morning, but that might provide for a more exciting red carpet at the Academy Awards.



Scene City: HBO Hosts Silent Party for Abramovic at Sundance — Scene City
HBO holds an event for the Marina Abramovic documentary at which silence is required.



On the Runway Blog: Forties Hair Returns
For anyone who needs visual inducement to see “Richard III” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, there is Haydn Gwynne’s hair.



On the Runway Blog: Now, Online-Only Fashion Shows for Busy Editors
KCD is offering a new service wherein it will produce some shows in an entirely digital format so that overtaxed editors can watch them online.



Opinion: Louboutin and the Little Red (Litigious) Shoes
Christian Louboutin says Yves Saint Laurent shoes infringe upon its trademarked red sole. But can a color be trademarked?



Opinion: Saudi Women Break a Barrier: the Right to Sell Lingerie
No longer will only men be allowed to sell a bra to a woman clothed head-to-toe in an abaya.



Chefs, Butlers and Marble Baths - Not Your Average Hospital Room
Private chefs prepared to cook anything, elegant surroundings and even butlers are among the amenities in lavish suites of some hospitals.



Tulum, Mexico Is a Hot Spot for Fashion Insiders
For a number of fashion insiders, Tulum, Mexico has become the antithesis to St. Barts and Miami, with a remote location that allows them to party in relative obscurity.



Danah Boyd: Cracking Teenagers’ Online Codes
Teenagers’ access to the Internet should not be restricted, says an expert on social research who says she benefited from it herself when she was young.



On the Runway Blog: And in Couture Is ...
The process of picking a dress for the Oscars is a mystery to me, and I’m glad no one ever asks me for advice.



Fashion Review: Haute Couture: The Fine Line
Once again, haute couture is speaking loudly. But what exactly is it saying?



On the Runway Blog: Valentino's Lawn Party
In Valentino's spring couture show, a nod to dreamy young ladies in French courts.



On the Runway Blog: Jean Paul Gaultier: All This Craziness
Mr. Gaultier's couture collection took cues from Amy Winehouse, evoking her chaotic essence in a marvelous show.



Fashion Review: In Paris, the Hunt for Modern Masculinity
In Paris, the most engaging shows asked simple questions: How can high fashion seem dynamic? How can a sense of masculine grace that doesn’t feel retro be created?



In Attendance: Milan’s and Paris Men’s Shows
Some of the boldface names who attended the fall 2012 men’s shows in Milan and Paris.



On the Runway Blog: Back to the Hood for Men at the Paris Shows
The Raf Simons show recalled some of his early collections — the skateboard culture captured in a video he did in the mid-90s called “16, 17, How to Talk to Your Teen.”



On the Runway Blog: Fashion Silhouettes, Sharply Drawn
At Givenchy, Riccardo Tisci crammed a lot into a collection that (according to the press notes) was based on the notion of the American dream.



On the Runway Blog: At Men's Fashion Shows, A Mix of Aspiration and Powerful Intrigue
The movies often keep fashion designers in duds, as we saw at Miuccia Prada's fall men's show in Milan and a few days later at Rick Owens in Paris.



Umit Benan Sahin’s Breakout Show in Milan
The Umit Benan collection was described as the breakout of the men’s wear season.



Fashion Review: Italian Men’s Fashion Week Shows in Milan Go Conservative
Men’s Fashion Week in Milan brings out a streak of conservatism and a connection to the brighter, more affluent past.



On the Runway Blog: All the Buzz With Adrien Brody
When Adrien Brody wasn't preparing for his modeling turn in the Prada show on Sunday, he was talking about trends in men's facial hair.



Front Row: In Milan, a Zoo Roams Large — Front Row
By the time the fall men’s collections came to a close, there was a feeling of having just visited the zoo.



On the Runway Blog: Men’s Designers Get Their Pelts
Despite the latest signs of continued economic turmoil in Europe, men’s wear designers are not shying away from luxury fabrics for fall.



Runway Slide Shows
See complete collections from New York, London, Milan and Paris.



Fashion Review: Gaultier’s Couture Elegance — With Eyeliner
Jean Paul Gaultier, for whom borderline bad taste is a stock in trade, created a collection in the image of the late Amy Winehouse.



On the Runway Blog: Fashion Fund Confidential
I found myself oddly compelled by a new Web series that goes behind the scenes of the most recent CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition.



On the Runway Blog: Givenchy's Deco Punk
Cameron Diaz was having a private tour of the Givenchy spring couture collection, courtesy of Riccardo Tisci, when I popped in to see the clothes.



On the Runway Blog: Flying the Friendly Skies of Chanel Couture
Karl Lagerfeld spends enough time in the air to eventually think it might be a hoot to stage a Chanel show inside an airplane.



Independent Hair Salons in New York
A number of under-the-radar salons are thriving.



Fashion Review: Chanel Takes Flight and Givenchy Shows Craft at Paris Couture Week
Karl Lagerfeld had an airplane body built in the Grand Palais to show his shades-of-blue collection.



Fashion Review: 3 From the Runway
Maxime Simoens, Yiqing Yin and Gustavo Lins offer summer 2012 couture collections.



Motherlode Blog: A survey of 8- to 12-year-old girls suggests more online media use means less happiness.
A Web survey finds that the more time 8- to 12-year-old girls say they spend online, the less happy they say they are.



Motherlode Blog: How do you choose a legal guardian for your child when there's no obvious choice?
How do you choose a legal guardian for your child when there's no obvious choice?



Motherlode Blog: Parental Quandary considered: It's not the sex offender next door we should fear, but the one we never see coming.
It's not the sex offender next door we should worry about. It's the one we never see coming.