Style + Beauty

5 Years of The Exchange Project

The Westport-based sustainable fashion platform celebrates its fifth anniversary of helping shoppers help the planet. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy | Photography by Emily Rackear When Westporter Carly Ridloff launched The Exchange Project five years ago, “it was a small event with 20 women,” she tells Westport Lifestyle . The concept, back then, was that women would bring clothes that they no longer wore to “swaps,” exchanging them with other stylish attendees to refresh their wardrobes...

Style + Beauty

Editor's Pick: The WEST Look

Article by Sara Gaynes Levy WEST's owner Kitt Shapiro is a style icon to many Westporters (myself included): her looks are always a perfect mix of artfully curated and effortlessly cool. One (of the many) secrets to her success, she tells me, is what she calls the "WEST look:" a pair of R13 jeans, a graphic tee, and a structured blazer, accessorized with a bandana scarf and her signature dog-tag necklace. It's the perfect early-fall outfit—the jeans have just the right amount of lived-in-ness...

Life + Culture

How Westport Is Honoring 9/11

Article and Photography by It’s hard to believe that this year marks 25 years since the September 11th, 2001 attacks. Many Westporters lost or know someone who lost someone on that tragic day, and four Westporters were killed in the attacks: Jonathan Uman, Keith Coleman, Scott Coleman, and  Bradley Vadas. With this milestone anniversary, the town honors their legacy, the legacy of the service men and women who stepped up in the aftermath, and the promise we all made a quarter of a century ago...

Food + Beverage

Three Cheers for Arts Bash

The annual fundraiser for The Norwalk Art Space celebrates everything that makes it great. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy 2026 is a big year for The Norwalk Art Space. The nonprofit, which provides underrepresented artists with free mentorship, studios and exhibition space in exchange for teaching students receiving no-cost arts education, turned five in June, and they are hosting their third annual Arts Bash fundraiser on September 24. This year, which they’ve titled “5 Years of Feeding...