Spark Notes is a recurring series about the lightbulb moments in sexual development. For homosexuals of my generation, certain phrases held very specific but not exactly standard meanings. Every ’80s ...

Smith & Hawken, the upscale gardener’s catalog, is branching into clothing with a new catalog of ready-to-wear items and is returning to its roots by adding a new garden tools-only specialty catalog.

Fashion might be a magic show, but don't confuse the model with the magician. That role belongs to the photographer, the art director, the person who lays the graphics down and around the beautiful ...

Lots of gay guys will tell you that the moment they knew they were gay was when they lingered in the underwear aisle of a department store as a kid, ogling the torsos on the packaging. Another version ...

`He has been quietly stalking her around the 17th Century mansion. Furtive glances over breakfast, a “chance” meeting by the squash court. Now who is that behind the antler hat stand?” She strolls ...

The private-equity owner of the women’s clothing catalogs Spiegel and Newport News is close to buying Massachusetts-based mail-order company Appleseed’s, according to sources familiar with the deal.

Whenever I get the winter clothes catalogs and the fall fashion magazines, I always swoon over images of the cute little sweaters, fabulous boots and sexy skirts. As a fashion junkie, I can picture ...