“Despite the awkwardness, the cheek, or social, kiss is displacing the handshake, once the customary greeting in American social and business circles. It may be a growing Latin influence, an aping of European manners, the influx of women in the workplace or just a breakdown of formality: no one seems to know. It’s not just Read More
Cad: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor , by Rick Marin. Hyperion, 284 pages, $23.95.
Everyone knows that Manhattan is filled with women who can status-check in a nanosecond. A flick-of-the-eyes subway scan tells them if the shoes are Prada or knockoff, how much the purse cost, whether the highlights came from Anna Wintour’s latest Read More
Wednesday 5th
Lingerie, men’s magazine editors …. Hmmm, we must be ramping up to Valentine’s Day, that holiday which-face it-rarely comes off well, whether one is single or mated …. Tonight, Victoria’s Secret beauty Ingrid Seynhaeve hosts a men’s shopping night at Henri Bendel , where fellas can learn how to buy lingerie. Sponsoring Read More
