Raquel Laneri
Background
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.
Latest Articles
Met Museum security guard and masonry worker display their own art in secret show
November 21, 2024 | 5:45pm“Art Work: Artists Working at the Met” runs through Dec. 1.
Former ballerina running NYC marathon 9 months after brain surgery: 'This is my redemption lap'
November 1, 2024 | 3:51pm“This is my redemption lap,” Leanna Scaglione told The Post.
NYC’s most frightening and fabulous Halloween houses — from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side
October 29, 2024 | 5:17pmHave a look — if you dare.
Inside NYC's legendary Met Museum's intrigue-filled past — and glorious future
October 26, 2024 | 2:00pmOne of the striking things about “The Met” is that so many of its historical debates and troubles still ring true today.
Who was Dorothy Parker? Defining voice of NYC's Roaring Twenties, 'A Star is Born' scribe and more
October 19, 2024 | 9:30amNative New Yorker, Dorothy Parker, did not like movies. She did not like Hollywood. And she really did not like the people who ran it.
Dress designer loved by Beyoncé, Rihanna got naked to make paintings of stars like Julia Fox
October 14, 2024 | 5:12pmWendy Nichol's first art show features two dozen paintings and the dress Beyoncé’s wore in the "Drunk in Love" video.
ESPN sideline reporter lost both her mom and dad to opioid overdoses — mere hours apart
October 6, 2024 | 7:00amESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler's dad called her in the middle of the night to say her mother had died. Hours later, he, too was dead of a fentanyl overdose.
Aging Gen Xers demand to be called Gigi, Mimi or Gaga — anything but 'grandma'
September 11, 2024 | 5:02pm“A grandmother is an old gray-haired lady,” a 55-year-old told The Post. “I'm not a grandmother; I just have a grandchild.”
Historian untangles how women's hair changed American history
September 7, 2024 | 8:00amA fascinating new book untangles the importance of hair in women’s lives — emotionally, economically, socially and politically.
How politics and fascism shaped American fashion: The wave that wiped away anonymity
August 24, 2024 | 8:22amBefore World War II, Nancy MacDonell writes, American designers toiled in anonymity, looking to Paris for “inspiration.”
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.”