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Why Does Every Nice Dress Cost $500 Now?

No, you’re not imagining things. Here’s why every summer dress you find is so expensive (or Shein cheap). By Chantal Fernandez

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All the Bridal Looks I’ve Worn Throughout My Engagement By Hanna Flanagan
Everything You Need for a Backyard Wedding By Katja Vujić
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16 Best Wedding Shoes for Every Kind of Bride By Morgan Evans

beauty What Is Skin Care With Growth Factors? Will it cure all my skin problems or give me cancer? By Jennifer G. Sullivan
fashion I Can’t Escape This Vest We’ve once again returned to old millennial indie-sleaze ways. By Emily Kirkpatrick

beauty By Jennifer G. Sullivan How to Start Using Self-Tanner These are the best self-tanning brands and the easiest formats to apply. Choose wisely and proceed with patience.

fashion Medieval Headpieces Are Back, M’Lady Dost thou knowest how to wear them though? We have a guide. By Laura Pitcher
red carpet Cannes Film Festival Red-Carpet 2024: All the Looks Plus, a deep dive on who is in attendance and what films are premiering. By Brooke LaMantia
gone sale-ing Get a Head Start on Your Memorial Day Shopping We’ve rounded up the best sales. By Bianca Nieves

power ‘Mitzvah Night Is CANCELLED’ Inside the sex strike that has infuriated husbands and shaken the ultra-Orthodox world. By Talia Lavin
power Cassie Wants Victims to Be Believed ‘the First Time’ “It takes a lot of heart to tell the truth out of a situation that you were powerless in.” By Tariro Mzezewa

life after roe By Andrea González-Ramírez How Close to Death Must a Person Be to Get an Abortion? The Supreme Court will decide whether hospitals can turn away pregnant people experiencing medical emergencies.

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career Everything You Should Know About Maternity Leave in the U.S. Understanding how it works, what your employer is required to offer, and more. By Alison Green

power All of the Allegations Against Diddy A seventh person has sued Diddy, alleging that he sexually assaulted her several times between 1995 and the early 2000s. By Andrea González-Ramírez

personal finance Do You Shop More When You’re Stressed? You’re doom spending. Here’s how to stop. By Charlotte Cowles

career Wen Zhou, the CEO and co-founder of 3.1 Philip Lim, got her first glimpse of the garment industry working on the floor of a Canal Street factory when she was 12 years old, after immigrating from China in 1985. She’s since supported Phillip Lim through two CFDA Awards and built a multimillion-dollar fashion empire that she’s certain will outlive her.

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relationships Where Have All My Guy Friends Gone? As we get older and couple off, it feels harder and harder for men and women to remain platonically close. But what if we made it easier? By Sarah Wheeler
mental health Is It Time to Quit Therapy? For years, we were told it was the key to living a good life. What if we don’t want to go anymore? By Melissa Dahl

health By Bindu Bansinath Please Don’t FLiRT With Me What to know about the new dominant COVID strain, which scientists have given a very interesting name.

sex diaries The 69 Best Sex Diaries of All Time These are the diaries that blew up our group texts, inspired an internet conspiracy or two, and still make us blush all these years later. By the Cut

health Don’t Trust That ‘Veneer Tech’ Fake certification courses — and their horrifying results — are all over TikTok. By Lindsay Gellman

mental health 21 Ways To Break Up With Your Therapist From plain old ghosting to switching to ketamine. By Alyssa Shelasky

the bigger picture When she launched Girls Run NYC in 2014, Jessie Zapo wanted to make it easier for women of all abilities to run “in fellowship with others”: “Our goal was to create a space where it didn’t feel scary, and you weren’t going to get left behind in the dust.” Now Girls Run NYC isn’t just a running club. For many of its members, it’s a support group.

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cut covers Normani, On Her Own Time Five years after “Motivation,” her debut album Dopamine is imminent. Normani explains the wait. By Connor Garel

taylor swift Every Easter Egg on Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department We called up some Swifties to explain the meaning behind Taylor’s most cryptic songs on the album. By Claire Lampen and Olivia Craighead

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cut covers Brittney Griner’s Joyful Next Chapter The basketball star talks to Megan Rapinoe about the life she’s survived — and the happily ever after she gets to enjoy now. By the Cut
cut covers Normani, On Her Own Time Five years after “Motivation,” her debut album Dopamine is imminent. Normani explains the wait. By Connor Garel
encounter Gayle Rankin Takes Center Stage After years of flirting with mainstream success, the character actress steps into the spotlight in Cabaret. By Emily Leibert
beauty In Defense of Annette Bening’s Face We need to re-evaluate our relationship with aging. By Valerie Monroe
feuds Why Does Everyone Hate My Dog? In a city bubbling over with rage, pets — and their owners — are enemy No. 1. By Bindu Bansinath
culture The Wiz Comes Home to Broadway And it’s queerer and funnier than ever. By Soraya Nadia McDonald
taylor swift The Real Reason Taylor Swift Dresses Like That A close read on a decade of outfits. By Cathy Horyn
advice ‘My Boyfriend Still Shares a Bed With His Ex!’ I’m going to tell you what your friends and therapist won’t. By Emily Gould
culture Lydia West Is in Your Corner After breaking out in the U.K., the actress arrives Stateside with Big Mood, a dark riff on the buddy comedy. By Danielle Cohen
taylor swift Ending a Friendship Over Taylor Swift “Taylor Swift has remained a constant source of comfort and understanding, while my friend has become a distant memory.” By Laura Pitcher
encounter The Brooklyn Power Throuple Making Space for a Baby Literary couple Daniel and Grace Lavery and their partner, Lily Woodruff, are all living and working full time in their Brooklyn apartment. By Choire Sicha
the internet The Cleanfluencers Who Declutter, Haul, Restock, Repeat Meet the content creators making a living by cleaning and reorganizing, one purse tower, acrylic plastic container, and egg organizer at a time. By Charlotte Barnett