Of course, the warnings from carriers could simply be posturing to pressure the government into leniency. Passenger-rights advocates say airlines are trying to scare fliers. And the Department of Transportation says carriers have a lot of other options to avoid fines.

Still, on Tuesday, Continental Airlines Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Smisek threw down the gauntlet, calling DOT's rule "stupid." Even though many passengers will risk long delays to get where they are going, "the government by God says, 'We're going to fine you $27,500...

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City Island Hop

Despite being surrounded by water, Manhattan doesn’t make for your usual island living. But if an escape is what locals are after, try a jaunt to City Island, the cozy fishing village in the Bronx that happens to give a setting (and a title) to a new indie flick starring Julianna Margulies and Andy Garcia. City Island is a hilarious take on family dysfunction, and Garcia had a double dose of blood-runs-thicker-than-water: The actor’s real-life daughter Dominik Garcia-Lorido plays his daughter ...

Dita Von Teese, Nouvelle Parisienne

Elie Saab’s post-show party in his sweeping apartment in the 16th was well under way, with a parade of top French fashion editors, Princess al-Thani of Qatar, and a lavish Lebanese buffet, when Dita Von Teese swept in around midnight. France’s newest American expat, who now splits her time between Paris and her home in L.A., was a rare sight this fashion week: She attended the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac show (she’s dating the designer’s son, Louis Marie), but s...

To test the services, we ordered main and side dishes from each, kept them in the freezer for several days (companies recommend consuming the meals within 30 days), then followed the preferred preparation methods. There's no such thing as instant gratification. Some dishes took almost an hour to heat in the oven; one required defrosting throughout the day.

Our first order, from Dinewise Inc., of Farmingdale, N.Y., arrived after just two days. We had perused the menu's roughly 90 vegetarian, low-carb, low-sodium and even diabetic e...

DALLAS—Last fall, more than 200 people crammed into one of this city's premier contemporary art galleries for a three-day show. The white walls, accustomed to paintings that sell for thousands of dollars, were home to less rarified fare.

The show? Eight Track Tapes: The Bucks Burnett Collection. "It was packed," says gallery owner Barry Whistler.

Presiding over the affair was James "Bucks" Burnett, a portly fellow with long gray hair and a white beard. He wore a tailored brown suit covered with images from the album cover...

Mad Men has already inspired designers to incorporate retro '60s styling into their collections. Now their fashion has caught the eye of Barbie.

This July you'll be able to buy replicas of Don and Betty Draper, Joan Holloway and Roger Sterling for $74.95 each. The dolls feauture every last detail, from Betty's classic pearls to Joan's signature pen necklace. But the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency staff is just one of the many fictional—and nonfictional—characters to get immortalized in plastic.

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We normally think of America Ferrera as fairly conservative. She has a beautiful smile and is an extremely talented actress, but tends to stay out of the spotlight more than, say, her Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costar Blake Lively.

But that was not the case at last night's New York premiere of Our Family Wedding. Girlfriend looked hot!

The sleek hair and bamboo earrings framed her stunning face, and a flirty 1980s Angelo Tarlazzi dress from Frock vintage showed off her feminine figure. It reminded of us Cate Blanche...

Even the envelopes tell a story of growing fame and isolation. Salinger's earliest letters to Mitchell bear the return address "J. Salinger" or just "Salinger." Then the name disappears, leaving only "P.O. Box 32, Windsor, Vt. 05089"—as though he wanted his letters to be secure against prying mailmen, who might be tempted to steam them open if they knew whose words they were handling. Finally, with the last couple of letters—written in the early 1990s—there is no return address at all; Salinger has effaced himself c...

The Future Of Fashion, Part Four: Olivier Zahm

As we enter a new decade, the fashion business, like the rest of the world, is encountering significant economic and technological change. In this new series, Style.com’s editor in chief, Dirk Standen, talks to a number of leading industry figures about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Olivier Zahm’s love of women is well documented, not least by Zahm himself on his Web site, www.purple-diary.com. But the French editor and founder of the twice-y...

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In our weekly Test Drive features, staffers weigh in on products so you don't have to waste your money at the beauty counter. Well, now we're conducting style test drive-bys on the street!

Click play to see what our discerning testers think of Nanette Lepore's Nanette eau de parfum spray ($68).

The Mann Event

Aimee Mann is better known today as a composer of sad-eyed, symphonic chamber pop, whose dour songs won her an Oscar nod when Paul Thomas Anderson used them in Magnolia. But in the eighties, as part of the Boston-based new wave band ‘Til Tuesday, Mann was in full avant provocateur mode—with a wardrobe to match. When we read on Racked that Mann was selling a collection of her outfits through NYC vintage dealers Vagabondnyc, we contacted proprietors Andrea Perini and Naveed Hussain for a closer l...

Minnie Mortimer Grows Up

“Grown-up” clothes are the talk of the runways in these nose-to-the-grindstone times. They’re what’s next for Minnie Mortimer, too—though in the spirit of a good time, she’s not one to take maturation lying down. “I really think that the clothes reflect that my own life is changing,” the designer said at home in L.A. “I’m just straddling that time in my life when I’m still a young girl who wants to go out, and yet I’m being d...