We're happy to present a post from designer David Stark! Each year, we look forward to kicking off the spring gala season with New Yorkers For Children’s A Fool’s Fête, definitely one of New York City’s most glamorous evenings! So often we wrack our brains to come up with a conceptual decor idea that relates to a foundation’s mission, but sometimes the goal is to just be . . . Read more

Last week, Housing Works presented New York City’s most popular interior design benefit event at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, Design on a Dime. The eighth annual Design on a Dime featured more than 50 of the world’s top interior designers, who created unforgettable room vignettes with new merchandise, which was donated and then sold for 50 to 70 percent off retail pricing. If you Read more

If you've ever taken your diaper-wearing daughter to the beach or pool, you've probably experienced the frustration of changing her while she's wearing a wet, impossible-to-pull-off swimsuit. When new mom Kimberly Goodwin took her daughter, Reese, to the beach in Nantucket for the first time a couple of years ago, she found inspiration from that frustration and created genius swimwear line, Read more

Kate Moss and Jamie Hince were hand in hand for a walk in sunny London today. They were out for their latest walk in their new neighborhood of Highgate Hill, home to their new five-bedroom mansion once owned by the English poet William Blake. Though they bought the pad more than a year ago, Kate and Jamie needed to wait for renovations, including the reported installation of a wine cellar and Read more

Scarlett Johansson cohosted an Obama fundraiser in NYC last night with Vogue editor Anna Wintour. The "Runway to Win" event was held at a Theory store, and instead of new boyfriend Nate Naylor, Scarlett brought along her brother Hunter. Anna and Scarlett gathered a large group of fashionable New Yorkers, like models Karolina Kurkova, Chanel Iman, Karlie Kloss, and Joan Smalls. Designer Rachel Roy Read more

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley linked up with NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg this afternoon to celebrate Gossip Girl's 100th episode at Silver Cup Studios in Queens. Michael issued a Mayoral Proclamation to mark the milestone for the series, which has brought jobs and acclaim to the Big Apple during its five-year run. Michael and his Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver also Read more

With influences ranging from Coco Chanel to Robert Venturi and Tony Duquette, interior designer and founder of 50 for Fifty Noa Santos's style is modern, fearless, and refreshingly lacking in minimalism. Noa's business, 50 for Fifty, charges clients $50 for 50 minutes of personal design consultation, making the possibility of interior design much more accessible to a range of renters and Read more

Johnny Depp wore in his signature shades for the NYC premiere of The Rum Diary last at the Museum of Modern Art. The Big Apple debut of the film was its second premiere this month. Just a couple of weeks ago, Johnny was in LA with his castmates Amber Heard and Aaron Eckhart to unveil the off-kilter comedy on the West Coast. Amber made a quick trip east for the affair, having stepped out Monday at Read more

The couple that laughs together stays together — that's the case longtime comedian couples seem to make. Some of these twosomes work together, like Jason Jones and Samantha Bee of The Daily Show, while others are currently conquering TV separately, like Amy Poehler and Will Arnett. Either way, we can imagine lots of laughs are shared at home once the cameras stop rolling. A new study might say Read more

Remember Richard Scarry books, where, thanks to his intricate illustrations and jump-right-off-the-page action, you could just stare at his colorful drawings for hours? Artist Julia Minamata's work might evoke a similar reaction. "I love makeup," Minamata explains on her personal blog, adding, "I don't own a lot or even use very much, but seeing new color palettes, formulations, textures, Read more