Raquel Laneri
About the Author
Raquel Laneri is a contributing writer to The Post, where she was formerly on staff as a features reporter. She teaches fashion journalism at Parsons - The New School and lives in Brooklyn.
The Archive
Meet fashion's most pioneering women who once ran Fifth Avenue
June 1, 2024 | 9:00amIt was a safe haven, a playground and even a place of empowerment: a ladies’ paradise where women could congregate, experiment, and even earn a living away from men.
Tragedy of John and Carolyn: New book reveals surprising truth about doomed Kennedy marriage
May 26, 2024 | 8:00amThe fairy tale wasn't all it seemed.
The best celeb engagement rings of 2024: Zoë Kravitz, Zooey Deschanel
May 13, 2024 | 7:00amThe year’s best engagement rings — from Zoë Kravitz’s classic sparkler to Zooey Deschanel’s floral stunner.
Gigi Hadid loves this street style photographer who finds NYC's most outrageous fashionistas
April 15, 2024 | 6:33pm“Fashion can be bought, but style you need to be born with," says shutterbug Joseph Cirillo.
How Cindy Crawford and MTV's 'House of Style' paved the way for TikTok
April 6, 2024 | 10:18am“It opened the door to a lot of people to think, ‘Maybe fashion isn't this sort of tight-assed exclusionary world: it's actually kind of impulsive and fun, and anyone can...
Inside the murder that brought down NYC City Hall
February 24, 2024 | 8:00amWhen Franklin Delano Roosevelt read about Gordon’s killing in the papers, and her tie to the Seabury commission, he immediately took action.
They fell in love at Auschwitz and survived — then they didn't see each other for 71 years
January 20, 2024 | 9:38amDavid Wisnia and Helen “Zippi” Tichauer went their separate ways at the end of the war and didn't see each other again until 2016.
My wife was a serial cheater with a secret life — and I didn't discover it 'til she died
December 4, 2023 | 6:04pm"She was this beautiful woman that came out of nowhere and she seemed to bring chaos with her," writes the woman's husband in a new memoir "I was always kind...
The 38 best books to gift for Christmas 2023
November 25, 2023 | 9:56amRead between the lines to find the perfect present for everyone on your list.
Memoir on motherhood highlights poverty in higher education: 'Babies don’t belong in grad school'
November 4, 2023 | 9:59amStephanie Land's new book is “Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education.”
Burlesque dancer idolized pole dancers over Disney princesses
October 28, 2023 | 2:07pmThroughout her childhood, Fancy Feast dreamed of being a pole dancer. “It just seemed like a more fun, interesting, and expansive way to live one’s life."
How to 'unsubscribe' from the stuff in your life you don’t need
September 9, 2023 | 8:03amInbox got you feeling overwhelmed? "Please Unsubscribe, Thanks" is a radical guide to navigating the relentless noise that has taken over modern life.
It's a Barbie world: Re-released book joins box-office blockbuster, new fashion as summer turns pink
August 5, 2023 | 10:21amIt's been a summer of Barbie, including a movie starring Margot Robbie and a newly re-released book, "The Story of Barbie."
Working for American Apparel was every bit as weird as it sounded: 'It was a cult'
July 29, 2023 | 8:07amKate Flannery was out of work and out of money when a frizzy-haired babe in hot pants handed her a business card. It featured a girl in a bikini and...
Poet Rose Styron had a charmed life full of A-list parties and hijinks
July 22, 2023 | 11:39amRose Styron's new memoir chronicles her star-studded exploits with her novelist husband, Bill Styron.
Sexist pigs, dying friends, and 9/11: What it’s like to be a trailblazing female firefighter
July 15, 2023 | 8:15amClare Frank has been fighting fires since she fudged her birth date to join up in 1982, at age 17.
The women behind Rolling Stones' 'strut and glamour' were even cooler than the band
July 8, 2023 | 11:21amThese ladies -- artists and individuals in their own right -- were “the real rebels, progressives and contrarians,” Elizabeth Winder argues.
Meet the real-life Rockette who inspired a glittering new novel
July 1, 2023 | 10:06amFiona Davis writes gripping historical dramas set in New York City’s most glittering landmarks, from the Frick Collection to the Chelsea Hotel.
How I went from foster care and abuse to 10M TikTok followers
June 24, 2023 | 8:00amInfluencer Alyssa McKay, 22, had a sometimes rough childhood. But TikTok and Snapchat have led to her earning millions.
The mysterious postcard that revealed family ties from the Holocaust
June 10, 2023 | 11:08am“The Postcard” has the thrills of a crime novel, as author Anne Berest enlists the help of her chain-smoking mother, a private detective, a graphologist and even her great-grandparents’ former...