Lifestyle - Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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Washington Post food critic Elazar Sontag entertains your restaurant questions, rants and raves.

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Though other measures of runway diversity, such as size, are backsliding, older women have never been more visible Famous faces not seen on Australian runways for over a decade have made a return to Australian fashion week . On Monday afternoon Australian supermodel Gemma Ward opened the show for Melbourne designer Toni Maticevsk i. Ward was not the only model to signal a change in casting for the week to come. Though they have less name recognition, many of Maticevski’s other models were part of a new wave of maturity on Australian runways. On Monday evening, former Victoria’s Secret angel Shanina Shaik walked for heritage Australian fashion label Carla Zampatti. Continue reading...

Co-founder of Gap whose tastes helped establish the template for the clothing brand’s affordable ‘preppy’ look The first branch of Gap was a single small storefront selling men’s denim and vinyl discs at 1850 Ocean Avenue, in the classy Inglewood neighbourhood of San Francisco, the city which, at the time of the store’s opening, 1969, was at the centre of hippy and other youth cultures. The founding story is that a middle-aged real-estate developer, Donald Fisher , couldn’t find Levi jeans in his size – with a 31in inseam – in the city, and set up the store to supply Levi’s piled wall-high in all cuts and sizes. But much of what the world now thinks of as Gap actually came from his wife, Doris Fisher, who has died aged 94. The Fishers invested their life savings in the $63,000 start-up cost of the store, which Donald wanted to call Pants and Discs. The night before they had to instruct the signwriter what to paint on its fascia, Doris came up with “The Generation Gap” (referring to the divide between their age group and the then-young baby boomers), then shortening it to “The Gap”; although her style choices for Gap clothes often diminished rather than accentuated age and gender differences. Continue reading...

In a trend embraced by families, friend groups and pros from “Dancing With the Stars,” travelers are exchanging embarrassing apparel. Mesh crop tops, anyone?

They’ve maintained a special bond through the years, getting together to celebrate milestones like her birthdays and his retirement.

Our food critic’s restaurants of the year showcase vigor, vision and persistence in shaping the city’s food scene.