Is there a more costume-conscious city anywhere than here? Maybe not. We Crescent City residents are an army of self-styled designers, armed with pinking shears, sewing machines, box knives and hot ...

Up above, "Tamara de Lempicka" puts on a Ritz and a different kind of fashion show. With more than 90 works on view, the first major U.S. retrospective of this Art Deco siren celebrates her particular ...

''It's hideous!" fumes my friend V., warming up to one of his favorite rants: the unbearable ugliness of the Sears on Main Street. "It's right there on the light-rail line! At the entrance to the ...

“Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!” said Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved novel, The Great Gatsby. That’s exactly the sentiment as Art Deco officially turns 100 years this year.

Art deco buildings don't just dot the downtown skyline; they're dispersed around metro Detroit, too. When it comes to art deco architecture in Detroit, everyone knows the Fisher Building, the Guardian ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In today’s homes, it’s always a delight and surprise to see spaces that perfectly encapsulate bygone eras ...