PITTSBURGH — Nisha Blackwell looked up from a pile of fabric as the door to her small business — Knotzland Bespoke Bowtie Studio in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania — swung open to admit both a customer and frigid February air.

As Blackwell rose, the customer said she was looking for an electric blue bow tie as a gift for her friend, "a bow...Read more

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I don’t usually doubt myself when dressing for an event but I’ve been invited to a special evening performance in one of my city’s most beautiful, historic buildings and I am doubting my instinct, which is to really dress up in evening attire, although the invitation gives no indication that it ...Read more

Buying nail polish or ordering frozen meat for delivery can seem pretty routine. But one Chicagoland couple is working to make such products and services more readily available and accessible to America’s growing Muslim population.

Iqra Isphahani, 30, and her husband, Ibrahim Ali, 33, own ...Read more

One last gasp of Oscar fashion, and we’re done for the year: Here’s best actress nominee Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), singing “Home” and “Defying Gravity” during the opening moments of the Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday, and I just thought this dress deserved one last look.

It’s by Vivienne Westwood, and it looks like she�...Read more

Move over, chips and cookies — snacking is getting a GLP-1-era makeover.

A recent Cornell University and Numerator study found households with at least one GLP-1 user (medications like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Zepbound) cut grocery spending by 6% within six...Read more