Fashion & Style

 Social Q?s: He?s 80 and in Demand
This week, answers to readers' questions about a manager's neediness toward subordinates, getting compliments on a knockoff and other issues.

For Spring Clothes, a Lost Season?
If consumers learned anything during the Christmas shopping season, it was that if they sit on their wallets long enough, they could eventually snap up elite brands for fire-sale prices.

Generation B: Two Clans Learn How to Be One
Ignoring the statistics on remarriage, with a therapist's help.

Pulse: In the (New) Pink
In times of trouble, pink is the shopper?s comfort color, and now is no exception. With stores and sidewalks populated with rosier hues, here are some of the best ways to play with pink this season.

Skin Deep: Pressing Açaí for Answers
Skeptics are questioning marketers for proof of the açaí berry?s benefits.

Fashion Review: Some Still Dare to Cross the Line
Reviews of the Comme des Garçons, Dries Van Noten, Givenchy, Stella McCartney, Haider Ackermann, Hussein Chalayan and Tao fall 2009 collections.

Modern Love: A Family That Takes ?No? for an Answer
At a shooting party, lessons are learned about death and denial.

Fashion Review: Showing a Lot, Giving Little
Reviews of the Chanel, Giambattista Valli, Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino fall collections.

Fashion Review: Paris Closes With Camp (and a Little Cake)
Reviews of the Azzedine Alaïa, Chloé, John Galliano, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu and RM by Roland Mouret fall collections.

Fashion Diary: When a Punk Artist Finds Herself in the Throes of Fashion
Beth Ditto, the lead singer of the Gossip, is seduced by fashion.

Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy: It?s Time for the 2 A.M. Lullaby
A mother adjusts to insomnia and discovers that it is not the end of the world, or even abnormal.

Front Row: Gigli Is Himself Again
Romeo Gigli, the Italian designer who almost single-handedly revived a taste for elegant, architectural clothes when he started his company in 1983, shows a fall collection.

Letters
On Generation B.

Orders for ?Aretha?s Hat? Still Going Strong
After Aretha Franklin wore one of Luke Song?s hats to sing at President Obama?s inauguration, interest in his work has exploded.

Asia-Pacific Issue | Surfacing: Still Hip After Blossoms Fade in Tokyo
Nakameguro, once famed mostly for its cherry tree-lined river, has gained a reputation as one of the city?s liveliest neighborhoods.