Author Archives: By ERIC KONIGSBERG

Imbedded at Vogue, Trying a Charm Offensive

With “The September Issue,” the director R. J. Cutler learned how to film a fashion editor whose first words are “Go away.”

Grosse Pointe Blues

Mrs. Roy Chapin Jr. and her family at their Grosse Pointe, Mich., home around 1970, from the Slim Aarons book “A Wonderful Time.”The automotive industry’s current woes are so severe, members of the local ruling class say that they feel threatened to an extent they haven’t before.

Between a Soft and a Cushy Place

Caitlin Macy lives on the Upper East Side.The author of “Spoiled” explores subtleties of privilege and the failure and rejection in the waning days of the Second Gilded Age.

Running on Book Sense and Charm

Some see Michael Ignatieff, the opposition Liberal Party leader, as a throwback to Pierre Trudeau.A literary man about town may be Canada’s next prime minister.

Care for an Absinthe? Ptooey!

This clear-green liquor used to be available only on the black market, but nowadays its exclusivity factor has faded.