Elizabeth WellingtonWhat I DoAs a columnist, I write about gender, race, fashion, culture and wellness. I share my personal take on the way we live and how we style our lives.(215) 854-2704Philly’s Ralph Rucci is the winner of the Council of Fashion Design’s Geoffrey Beene lifetime achievement awardRalph Rucci received the prestigious award along with celebrities A$AP Rocky and Ralph Lauren.Elizabeth Wellington Nov. 6, 2025Link copied to clipboardPhiladelphia’s ‘great masterpieces’ find a new home in Woodmere Museum’s Frances M. Maguire Hall The four-story, 17,000 square foot museum is the most definitive collection of work by Philly artists in the region — if not the world.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard5 of our favorite sculptures at Calder Gardens and the stories behind themA solar system diorama that actually depicts a sick rabbit, a spider-like wiry structure that comes with a gong, and more.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 9, 2025Link copied to clipboardThis Philly athleisure brand is blowing up in SoulCycles all over the countryAddison Bay is getting love all over the country thanks to its recent collab with the cycle studio with a cult following. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 1, 2025Link copied to clipboardWhat do Jeannine A. Cook, Judy Blume, and George R.R. Martin have in common? With her debut novel, 'It’s Me They Follow,' the Harriett's Bookshop owner joins the hallowed ranks of novelists who also run bookshops.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboardPhilly Fashion Week celebrates 20 years of runway showsWhat started out as a weekend of outdoor shows at City Hall’s plaza back in 2006, is one of the most respected regional fashion weeks in the country today.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 22, 2025Link copied to clipboardAn art gallery pops up in a Jefferson Einstein Hospital corridorReimagined JET covers, on loan from the African American Museum of Art, are making staff, visitors, and patients stop in their tracks.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 14, 2025Link copied to clipboardI spent hours at Woodmere’s Jerry Pinkney exhibit, and I heard the pictures singThe Germantown-born illustrator taught Black history to all children, drew stamps for the USPS, and was arguably one of the world's best watercolor artists.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 30, 2025Link copied to clipboardThe best things we ate this week: Musette, Eataly, and famously good fried scallopsOur reporters got to the new Eataly, Center City's coolest new coffee shop, a new date-night haunt in Mount Airy, and down the Shore. Emily Bloch, Michael Klein, Beatrice Forman, and Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboardA movie about the making of ‘Rocky’ is filming in New Jersey and PhillyAnd if you have a 70s shag and don't mind the smell of smoke, there might be a role in it for you. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 8, 2025Link copied to clipboard‘You spent $150 on a rock?’ A Mount Laurel couple ropes Anthropologie into their viral social media trend.Phoebe Adams and Daniel DiLiberto are having a ball pretending to have paid money to "buy" a rock, on TikTok. They have crossed a million views and spawned copycats already.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 29, 2025Link copied to clipboardAfter a double mastectomy, she walked in a New York Fashion Week lingerie show ― eight months pregnantDana Donofree was 27 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 15 years ago. She put her energy into making lingerie after her treatment, launching AnaOno.Esra Erol, Gabe Coffey, and Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboardGillie da King is back with a new pregame dance ritual. It’s already going viral.Move over 'Candy,' the soundtrack to the rapper's new viral dance is Cheryl Lynn's 'Encore.' Gillie says this two-step has more shoulder in it. Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 15, 2025Link copied to clipboardPeacock’s ‘Bel-Air’ will return for a fourth and final season in NovemberInspired by the Will Smith classic, the series returns with high drama stakes.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 8, 2025Link copied to clipboardPlease Touch Museum to reduce hours but programming will remain unaffectedCiting a dip in post-pandemic attendance numbers, the museum will also be pausing its "First Wednesday" program. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboardShonda Rhimes and Serena Williams are coming to Philly, the city that ‘says yes to it all’"Grey's Anatomy" creator Rhimes is touring with "Year of Yes: 10th Anniversary Edition" and Philadelphia is her first stopElizabeth Wellington Oct. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboardThe best things we ate (and drank) this weekThis week's best bites came from Loretta’s, Alice Pizza, Infinite Catering, Poison Heart, and the Nile Cafe. Beatrice Forman, Jonathan Tannenwald, Elizabeth Wellington, Julie Zeglen, and Henry Savage Oct. 3, 2025Link copied to clipboard8 Philly books for your fall TBR listA city council woman's memoir, a meditation on horses, teachings of a Sri Lankan spiritual teacher. Philly authors are thriving, vibing and, most importantly, writing. Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 26, 2025Link copied to clipboardFive years after this model had both of her breasts removed, she walked in a New York Fashion Week lingerie show ― eight months pregnant. Camden social influencer and cancer survivor Diamonique Valentine walked the New York Fashion Week to raise money for cancer research.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboardPhilly may have had a quiet night at the Emmys but Hannah Einbinder’s Eagles chant made up for it The "Hacks" actor and Birds fan added a "Go Birds" to her acceptance speech while opposing ICE and Israel's war on Gaza.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 15, 2025Link copied to clipboardSee more stories
Philly’s Ralph Rucci is the winner of the Council of Fashion Design’s Geoffrey Beene lifetime achievement awardRalph Rucci received the prestigious award along with celebrities A$AP Rocky and Ralph Lauren.Elizabeth Wellington Nov. 6, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Philly’s Ralph Rucci is the winner of the Council of Fashion Design’s Geoffrey Beene lifetime achievement awardRalph Rucci received the prestigious award along with celebrities A$AP Rocky and Ralph Lauren.Elizabeth Wellington Nov. 6, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Philadelphia’s ‘great masterpieces’ find a new home in Woodmere Museum’s Frances M. Maguire Hall The four-story, 17,000 square foot museum is the most definitive collection of work by Philly artists in the region — if not the world.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Philadelphia’s ‘great masterpieces’ find a new home in Woodmere Museum’s Frances M. Maguire Hall The four-story, 17,000 square foot museum is the most definitive collection of work by Philly artists in the region — if not the world.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard
5 of our favorite sculptures at Calder Gardens and the stories behind themA solar system diorama that actually depicts a sick rabbit, a spider-like wiry structure that comes with a gong, and more.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 9, 2025Link copied to clipboard
5 of our favorite sculptures at Calder Gardens and the stories behind themA solar system diorama that actually depicts a sick rabbit, a spider-like wiry structure that comes with a gong, and more.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 9, 2025Link copied to clipboard
This Philly athleisure brand is blowing up in SoulCycles all over the countryAddison Bay is getting love all over the country thanks to its recent collab with the cycle studio with a cult following. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 1, 2025Link copied to clipboard
This Philly athleisure brand is blowing up in SoulCycles all over the countryAddison Bay is getting love all over the country thanks to its recent collab with the cycle studio with a cult following. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 1, 2025Link copied to clipboard
What do Jeannine A. Cook, Judy Blume, and George R.R. Martin have in common? With her debut novel, 'It’s Me They Follow,' the Harriett's Bookshop owner joins the hallowed ranks of novelists who also run bookshops.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard
What do Jeannine A. Cook, Judy Blume, and George R.R. Martin have in common? With her debut novel, 'It’s Me They Follow,' the Harriett's Bookshop owner joins the hallowed ranks of novelists who also run bookshops.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Philly Fashion Week celebrates 20 years of runway showsWhat started out as a weekend of outdoor shows at City Hall’s plaza back in 2006, is one of the most respected regional fashion weeks in the country today.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 22, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Philly Fashion Week celebrates 20 years of runway showsWhat started out as a weekend of outdoor shows at City Hall’s plaza back in 2006, is one of the most respected regional fashion weeks in the country today.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 22, 2025Link copied to clipboard
An art gallery pops up in a Jefferson Einstein Hospital corridorReimagined JET covers, on loan from the African American Museum of Art, are making staff, visitors, and patients stop in their tracks.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 14, 2025Link copied to clipboard
An art gallery pops up in a Jefferson Einstein Hospital corridorReimagined JET covers, on loan from the African American Museum of Art, are making staff, visitors, and patients stop in their tracks.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 14, 2025Link copied to clipboard
I spent hours at Woodmere’s Jerry Pinkney exhibit, and I heard the pictures singThe Germantown-born illustrator taught Black history to all children, drew stamps for the USPS, and was arguably one of the world's best watercolor artists.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 30, 2025Link copied to clipboard
I spent hours at Woodmere’s Jerry Pinkney exhibit, and I heard the pictures singThe Germantown-born illustrator taught Black history to all children, drew stamps for the USPS, and was arguably one of the world's best watercolor artists.Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 30, 2025Link copied to clipboard
The best things we ate this week: Musette, Eataly, and famously good fried scallopsOur reporters got to the new Eataly, Center City's coolest new coffee shop, a new date-night haunt in Mount Airy, and down the Shore. Emily Bloch, Michael Klein, Beatrice Forman, and Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboard
The best things we ate this week: Musette, Eataly, and famously good fried scallopsOur reporters got to the new Eataly, Center City's coolest new coffee shop, a new date-night haunt in Mount Airy, and down the Shore. Emily Bloch, Michael Klein, Beatrice Forman, and Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboard
A movie about the making of ‘Rocky’ is filming in New Jersey and PhillyAnd if you have a 70s shag and don't mind the smell of smoke, there might be a role in it for you. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 8, 2025Link copied to clipboard
A movie about the making of ‘Rocky’ is filming in New Jersey and PhillyAnd if you have a 70s shag and don't mind the smell of smoke, there might be a role in it for you. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 8, 2025Link copied to clipboard
‘You spent $150 on a rock?’ A Mount Laurel couple ropes Anthropologie into their viral social media trend.Phoebe Adams and Daniel DiLiberto are having a ball pretending to have paid money to "buy" a rock, on TikTok. They have crossed a million views and spawned copycats already.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 29, 2025Link copied to clipboard
‘You spent $150 on a rock?’ A Mount Laurel couple ropes Anthropologie into their viral social media trend.Phoebe Adams and Daniel DiLiberto are having a ball pretending to have paid money to "buy" a rock, on TikTok. They have crossed a million views and spawned copycats already.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 29, 2025Link copied to clipboard
After a double mastectomy, she walked in a New York Fashion Week lingerie show ― eight months pregnantDana Donofree was 27 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 15 years ago. She put her energy into making lingerie after her treatment, launching AnaOno.Esra Erol, Gabe Coffey, and Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboard
After a double mastectomy, she walked in a New York Fashion Week lingerie show ― eight months pregnantDana Donofree was 27 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 15 years ago. She put her energy into making lingerie after her treatment, launching AnaOno.Esra Erol, Gabe Coffey, and Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Gillie da King is back with a new pregame dance ritual. It’s already going viral.Move over 'Candy,' the soundtrack to the rapper's new viral dance is Cheryl Lynn's 'Encore.' Gillie says this two-step has more shoulder in it. Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 15, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Gillie da King is back with a new pregame dance ritual. It’s already going viral.Move over 'Candy,' the soundtrack to the rapper's new viral dance is Cheryl Lynn's 'Encore.' Gillie says this two-step has more shoulder in it. Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 15, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Peacock’s ‘Bel-Air’ will return for a fourth and final season in NovemberInspired by the Will Smith classic, the series returns with high drama stakes.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 8, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Peacock’s ‘Bel-Air’ will return for a fourth and final season in NovemberInspired by the Will Smith classic, the series returns with high drama stakes.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 8, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Please Touch Museum to reduce hours but programming will remain unaffectedCiting a dip in post-pandemic attendance numbers, the museum will also be pausing its "First Wednesday" program. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Please Touch Museum to reduce hours but programming will remain unaffectedCiting a dip in post-pandemic attendance numbers, the museum will also be pausing its "First Wednesday" program. Elizabeth Wellington Oct. 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Shonda Rhimes and Serena Williams are coming to Philly, the city that ‘says yes to it all’"Grey's Anatomy" creator Rhimes is touring with "Year of Yes: 10th Anniversary Edition" and Philadelphia is her first stopElizabeth Wellington Oct. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Shonda Rhimes and Serena Williams are coming to Philly, the city that ‘says yes to it all’"Grey's Anatomy" creator Rhimes is touring with "Year of Yes: 10th Anniversary Edition" and Philadelphia is her first stopElizabeth Wellington Oct. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboard
The best things we ate (and drank) this weekThis week's best bites came from Loretta’s, Alice Pizza, Infinite Catering, Poison Heart, and the Nile Cafe. Beatrice Forman, Jonathan Tannenwald, Elizabeth Wellington, Julie Zeglen, and Henry Savage Oct. 3, 2025Link copied to clipboard
The best things we ate (and drank) this weekThis week's best bites came from Loretta’s, Alice Pizza, Infinite Catering, Poison Heart, and the Nile Cafe. Beatrice Forman, Jonathan Tannenwald, Elizabeth Wellington, Julie Zeglen, and Henry Savage Oct. 3, 2025Link copied to clipboard
8 Philly books for your fall TBR listA city council woman's memoir, a meditation on horses, teachings of a Sri Lankan spiritual teacher. Philly authors are thriving, vibing and, most importantly, writing. Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 26, 2025Link copied to clipboard
8 Philly books for your fall TBR listA city council woman's memoir, a meditation on horses, teachings of a Sri Lankan spiritual teacher. Philly authors are thriving, vibing and, most importantly, writing. Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 26, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Five years after this model had both of her breasts removed, she walked in a New York Fashion Week lingerie show ― eight months pregnant. Camden social influencer and cancer survivor Diamonique Valentine walked the New York Fashion Week to raise money for cancer research.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Five years after this model had both of her breasts removed, she walked in a New York Fashion Week lingerie show ― eight months pregnant. Camden social influencer and cancer survivor Diamonique Valentine walked the New York Fashion Week to raise money for cancer research.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Philly may have had a quiet night at the Emmys but Hannah Einbinder’s Eagles chant made up for it The "Hacks" actor and Birds fan added a "Go Birds" to her acceptance speech while opposing ICE and Israel's war on Gaza.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 15, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Philly may have had a quiet night at the Emmys but Hannah Einbinder’s Eagles chant made up for it The "Hacks" actor and Birds fan added a "Go Birds" to her acceptance speech while opposing ICE and Israel's war on Gaza.Elizabeth Wellington Sept. 15, 2025Link copied to clipboard