Author: Channing in the City

Why Don’t You’ is my weekly tribute to legendary editor Diana Vreeland who penned a column of the same name for Harper’s Bazaar for 26 years begging, “Don’t just be your ordinary dull self. Why don’t you be ingenious and make yourself into something else?” I love...

Just a month earlier my friend and I sat on Langston Hughes's steps in Harlem, praying for courage. This time we were invited inside....

I was slow to embrace the pajamas-as-a-lewk trend. Well, save for a few pairs of drape-y pants that I’ve always been careful to pair with heels and structured tops. That way it was clear that I was actually dressed—and not out in these streets wearing...