If you were a woman of certain means (meaning, a lot of means) and had some fancy-do-dah where to go—your husband’s night club, say, or the Academy Awards to pick up yours—you would need a fancy-do-dah frock to announce your right to be there. And if you were amongst the ladies of stratospheric means, you [...]

Richard Avedon, the photographer who “invented” modern fashion photography, had a career spanning sixty years, and the MFA is hosting one stupendously fashionable retrospective of his work. Put your best dress on, Martha, because you are going to want to go. Dorian Leigh, hat by Paulette, Paris studio, August 1949 Photograph Richard Avedon © The [...]

The Secret of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC has opened at the MFA. You should go see it. These Egyptians might not’ve had a 401(k), but they were very very confident that their version of “retirement” would be a glorious one. Talk about a transformational experience! It’s all about the shtuff Let’s say you were [...]