Thessaly La Force

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Writer (for @nytimes @newyorker @parisreview @aperturefnd @harpersbazaarus and elsewhere) and lapsed magazine editor. Represented by @thecleggagency.

Articles

On a Trip Across Northern Italy, Getting to Know the Artisans Keeping Tradition Alive

1 week ago | cntraveler.com | Thessaly La Force

All products and listings featured on Condé Nast Traveler are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. It is 4 a.m. and I am being led through the sleepy foothills of Berri, a small town in the Italian region of Piedmont, by Daniele, a licensed truffle hunter, and his petite white hound Bianca. The stars glitter in the cold, crisp air.
On a Trip Across Northern Italy, Getting to Know the Artisans Keeping Tradition Alive

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Thessaly La Force

14 hours agoIf You Have Leftover Wine, Save It for These 7 RecipesThe secret ingredient in these recipes is wine. Don't toss your leftover wine. Instead, use it to spruce up your cooking, regardless of if you have red or white wine on hand. Cooking with wine can draw out new and exciting flavors in your meal that can be harder to achieve without the imbibe. Plus, …2 days agoThe Genius Iced Coffee Trick We Wish We’d Known About SoonerIt’s literally dessert in a cup.
Kevin Beasley Will Soon Unveil His Largest Artwork Yet

3 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.com | Thessaly La Force |Ike Edeani

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through links in this article. Among the many peculiar relics of the World War era are the utilitarian structures that were erected, like some Brutalist versions of Stonehenge, along the southern coast of England.
Kevin Beasley Will Soon Unveil His Largest Artwork Yet

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Thessaly La Force

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by Architectural Digest editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Among the many peculiar relics of the World War era are the utilitarian structures that were erected, like some Brutalist versions of Stonehenge, along the southern coast of England.
Inside the Magic, Mystical World of L’Enchanteur

3 weeks ago | vogue.com | Thessaly La Force |Miranda Barnes

In a magnificently preserved brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, a portrait of Soull and Dynasty Ogun’s mother, Elthire Josephine, sits above a fireplace. The twins—who use the brownstone as the showroom, atelier, and gallery for their lifestyle brand, L’Enchanteur—have lovingly recreated this image of their mother, who died four years ago, in their jewelry. “It was taken when she was getting her immunization forms when she became a US citizen,” Soull says with a smile.
Why Boho Chic Is Having a Moment-Again

2 months ago | wmagazine.com | Thessaly La Force

From left: Looks from the Spring 2025 runways of Saint Laurent, Chanel, Hermès, Rabanne, and Chloé. Images courtesy of the brands. “Don’t you think ‘boho chic’ sounds annoying?” Sienna Miller asked The Guardian in a recent interview. Miller has repeatedly objected to being the poster woman for the trend, a mantle she wore for a good portion of the noughties. The 1960s and ’70s simply resonated with her, she’s claimed. She wore whatever she picked up at vintage shops around London.
Helen Garner, The Art of Fiction No. 255

2 months ago | theparisreview.org | Thessaly La Force

The critic Fredric Jameson died at the age of ninety on September 22, 2024, a little more than a year after the first of the three conversations that form the basis of the text below. In spite of Jameson’s years, the news came as something of a shock, given the productivity he kept up into his tenth decade.
Toast, the Low-Key Brand, Expands Its U.S. Presence

Jan 18, 2025 | nytimes.com | Thessaly La Force

At the end of last year, the lifestyle brand Toast quietly opened its second store in the United States on Elizabeth Street in New York's NoLIta neighborhood. Suzie de Rohan Willner, its chief executive and an unassuming and warm presence, had flown in from London opening week. Standing by the newly installed store shelves, with glasses and close-cropped hair, she could easily be mistaken for a Toast customer. She also likes to wear Toast's clothes, which are utilitarian and no-nonsense.
Why Scandinavian Design Became the Key to One Brooklyn Writer’s Renovation

Oct 27, 2024 | yahoo.com | Thessaly La Force

How Danish Design Inspired One Writer’s KitchenIllustration by Mari Kanstad JohnsenWhen I decided last year to embark on gut-renovating a Brooklyn apartment for my growing family, the first thing I thought about was the kitchen. I love to cook, and I love to host, and I wanted something different from the one that had been installed in our current place, of which a very chic friend of mine (French, naturally) once remarked “how American” it looked.
香りで魅了するランウェイショー。フレグランスが開く、ファッションの新たな扉

Oct 19, 2024 | vogue.co.jp | Thessaly La Force |Anzu Kawano

見る人の潜在意識に訴えかけるショーを求めて今年初め、ニューヨークを拠点とするファッションデザイナー、ウィリー・チャバリア（WILLY CHAVARRIA）は2024-25年秋冬のショーでパルファムドゥマルリーの「ハルタン」を自分だけでなく、モデルや客席に置いたバラ、そして会場となったブルックリンのグリーンポイント・ターミナル倉庫中にスプレーした。ウッディでムスキーなウードの豊潤な香りに、ラベンダーやベルガモットなどのデリケートなフローラルノートがミックスされている「ハルタン」は、野性的な一本だ。男性的でありながら威圧感はなく、チャバリアにとっては自身のコレクションへ観客を誘うもうひとつの入り口となった。「ウィリーは目に見えるものと見えないもの、それぞれの力を組み合わせたのです」とパルファムドゥマルリー＆イニシオ・パルファム・プリべアメリカ部門CEOであるイヴァン・ジャクリーヌは説明する。「香りを使えば、見ている人の潜在意識に訴えかけるメッセージを伝えることができます」...