Let them eat macarons—I believe that’s how the famous command was actually meant to go. And today, New Yorkers can eat them just like the Parisians do: Ladurée, Paris’ famed macaronerie, in business since 1862, opens its first stateside outpost in Manhattan. During the Paris shows, even those editors who subsist on Evian and [...]

No matter how much you think that fashion folk eat or don’t, one thing is for sure: They love a macaroon. Loïc Prigent famously captured Marc Jacobs basing Louis Vuitton’s Polka Dot Fleurs handbag on them. Monique Lhuillier based an entire collection on Ladurée’s pastels. And I’ve witnessed several instances of the sandwiched meringue sweets [...]

As fashion resurrections go, Carven is shaping up to be an interesting case. For one thing, its founding couturière, Mme. Carven, is still very much with us—at 100 years old and counting—although it’s been years since she has had a hand in her namesake house. For another, the newly recast ready-to-wear house is betting that [...]

The scene: the Ladurée tea room at Harrods, which is hosting the launch of André Benjamin’s Benjamin Bixby line. The time: late night. In attendance: a bunch of ravenous and low-blood-sugared journalists, buyers, and publicists who have been running around to the shows and events all day with no lunch, no dinner—nothing but Red Bull [...]