Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Once upon a time, before Jo picked up a needle and thread, she was a scientist who specialized in microbiology. Although that qualification isn’t ...

This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not ...

Kate Hewitt created a small gift for John Reynolds. She wanted her beau to have a special keepsake to carry with him when he went to war. Maj. Gen. John Fulton Reynolds was shot and died on the ...

Many couples want to find special ways to commemorate all the aspects of their wedding festivities. And it’s often the smallest details that make the biggest impact — like a set of resin bookends with ...

The text from my son said it all: “Dad, there’s an article you were born to write that the world is finally ready for: Bring Back the Handkerchief!” As my son knows, there’s no “bring back” for me.

These handkerchiefs, known as “bordados” in Spanish, were embroidered by Utah Sisters of the Holy Cross and associates of their congregation to commemorate victims of the drug war with Mexico, those ...

The Tory Burch Spring/Summer 2020 collection was inspired by Lady Diana Spencer and vintage handkerchiefs–an ode to Burch’s mother who collected them for years; a tradition Tory herself now carries on ...

Scott Turow is a lawyer and author. His latest novel, “The Last Trial,” is scheduled for publication in May. The text from my son said it all: “Dad, there’s an article you were born to write that the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Don’t knit, stitch!” So went the battle cry of Lady Smith-Dorrien, principal of the Royal School of Needlework, who ...

In the world of lingerie, there's one underwear brand that's as ubiquitous as a Starbucks on every city corner: Hanky Panky. You've definitely seen the pretty-packaged panty, rolled up and ready to go ...