Anne McCarthy

Start typing a reply in Google’s Gmail and it might feel like it is reading your mind. Tap out the letters “tha” and up pops the rest of a sentence in greyed out letters. Press tab and your sentence completes itself.

La mode. Fashion. It’s inextricably linked with French-ness, it seems. You can’t swing a cat in Paris without hitting someone who looks chic and runway-ready...

Jane Austen fans are a devoted bunch. True “Janeites” tend to travel widely to celebrate their favourite author, most often to Bath for the Jane Austen festival. But on the other side of the world sits Governor’s House...

In Wandering in Strange Lands, author Morgan Jerkins is debuting her sophomore album, so to speak—or, her second book. In the music industry, the curse of the “sophomore slump” refers to a breakout artist’s second effort failing to live up to the high standards of the first...

Born to Jamaican parents and raised in London, writer Stephen Thompson knows firsthand the insidiousness and pervasiveness of racism...

French style is quite enviable and aspirational – particularly, the ever-so-sexy Parisian style. Clothing and confidence aside, there are a few other avenues down which to venture if you’re in hot pursuit of a French-inspired look...

There’s something so enticing about shopping vintage – the mystery of each piece, as you wonder: Who owned this before me? And what daring adventures did they have while sporting it?...

This year has been one of great economic upheaval and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 crisis. With uncertainty comes the reality that we have so little control over things. But one thing we do have control over is ourselves, our mindset, and our course of action...

The world around us is rapidly changing, and few industries have been spared. Fashion, it seems, is no exception. This summer, Paris is adjusting to its new pandemic circumstances along with the rest of the world...

Summer is here! From Paris Plages to sunny sidewalk terrasses, Paris is particularly magical in the summer months...

Like many Millennials, I spend a substantial amount of time on my phone. Be it for texting or social media use or the newly coined pandemic-era term “doomscrolling,” my phone is too often at my side...

There are silver linings to be had in the year 2020. And one silver lining is that we still live in a world with Chanel...

It is an understatement to say: times are tough. Since the arrival of COVID-19 in the U.S., the country’s economy – and life as the world knows it – has been radically and rapidly upended...

When I first met Mark in my living room on March 10, the world looked much different. I was looking forward to seeing “Hamilton” for the first time on Broadway in late March. I was planning which outfits I’d wear at the Cannes Film Festival while covering it for a French publication in May...

“Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness..."