For years now we’ve reserved top billing on our holiday shopping list for kids we don’t even know. Last year, Jason, 6, got puzzles and a train. The year before, we bought Michelle and Neesha (sisters, 7 and 9) Old ...

He’s baaaack! And — no surprise — he’s up to his usual antics.

In Kitchen Confidential, bad boy Les Halles chef Anthony Bourdain dished about what goes on behind the swinging doors at restaurants. (By now we don’t need ...

Okay, so maybe once upon a time you thought ripped jeans were cool. But somehow, a hole in your favorite cashmere V-neck handed down from your gramps isn’t funny.

And when that chain-smoking trendoid at Thom burns a hole in ...

Men. Can’t live with ’em. Can’t live without ’em. Can’t shop for them!

When it comes to holidays, most guys are stuck somewhere around age 10: It’s all about the toys. So what are their top sugarplum visions this season? ...

Hazelnut-cream chocolate truffles?
Sugar-dipped violets?
Lovely gifts, but so high-concept.

Frankly, my dear, we’d rather do as the southern belles have been doing since the good old days and send good old-fashioned candy.

Milo and Millie, a three-month-old retro ...

Is there any better time for sample sales than December?

What: Christian Dior
When: 12/14-12/16; Fri. 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: 725 Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, fifth floor conference center.

You open the closet door.

You see them.

Those sad, lonely castoffs. You wore them once, if at all. (To think you bounced the rent check to pay for them.) You vow never to be trendy again — and then ...