Lisbeth Salander: Bringing Back Leather and Spikes

The character created by Stieg Larsson, along with other rebel girls in books and movies, has inspired fashion designers.

Fashion Review: Elie Saab Offers Cocoons and Color

The chrysalis styles shown by Elie Saab stood out among the usual sequins, embroidery and lace.

Motherlode Blog: Transferring 2 or more embryos doesn't mean more babies, and it does mean more risk.

Transferring more than two embryos during in vitro fertilization doesn't mean more live births - but it does mean more risk.

Motherlode Blog: Is jail the best place for the high school senior who slept with his freshman girlfriend?

They may be teenagers in love, but she's below the age of consent, and he's in jail. How can we protect young teens without destroying the lives of newly minted "adults?"

Fashion Review: Dior’s Couture: True to Code

There's still no successor named to John Galliano but, after seeing the summer 2012 couture collection, perhaps the next designer is already in place.

Motherlode Blog: Why I Don't Rat Out My Son's Friends

I know my 14-year-old doesn't tell me everything, but we do talk, and if he thought for a minute I'd "narc" on his friends, he'd shut me out.

On the Runway Blog: All the Buzz With Adrien Brody

When Adrien Brody wasn't preparing for his modeling turn in the Prada show on Sunday, he was talking about trends in men's facial hair.

Fashion Sales and Events, Week of Jan. 26

The Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa moves into its sleek new Fifth Avenue space; Patricia Field is having a sale.

Independent Hair Salons in New York

A number of under-the-radar salons are thriving.

On the Runway Blog: At Men's Fashion Shows, A Mix of Aspiration and Powerful Intrigue

The movies often keep fashion designers in duds, as we saw at Miuccia Prada's fall men's show in Milan and a few days later at Rick Owens in Paris.