EditorialNatalya Kornblum-Laudi’s red checkered quilt titled “Where I lay,” featuring snippets from a letter that she wrote in response to a breakup, on display at the one-night-only event “Why Is Everyone Breaking Up Right Now?,” in Brooklyn, Feb. 14, 2023. (Ali Cherkis/The New York Times)
EditorialA checkered knit at M.M.LaFleur, where dresses now account for less than a fifth of their sales, in Manhattan, April 13, 2022. (John Taggart/The New York Times)
EditorialRoberto Polo at the Center for Modern and Contemporary Art of Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo, Spain, Jan. 18, 2021. (Gianfranco Tripodo/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople wait in a long line to vote at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on the first day of early voting, Oct. 24, 2020. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)