Ines Di Santo was inspired by a scrap of vintage lace she came across while studying fashion design in Paris. In an era where brides ask for more wedding looks, she said she wanted to create pieces that can be reworn at cocktail events beyond the wedding weekend. Courtesy of Ines Di Santo
Every mascot has its thing. Some dunk. Others flip. As for Ellie the Elephant, the mascot for the New York Liberty women’s basketball team? She twerks. Amelia Bane, 33, said she was blown away the first time she saw Ellie at a Liberty game in 2021. Ms. Bane, a video editor and a host of…
Sparkles, cowgirl boots and Taylor Swift souvenir popcorn buckets were the accessories for those who made it to the Thursday night movie screening of the singer’s highly anticipated film, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.” While the film was set to be officially released on Friday, Ms. Swift revealed with a Wednesday Instagram post that, “due…
Gareth Reynolds and Jake Johnson went from acquaintances to friends at a dive bar in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. As they celebrated after performing in an improv show, Johnson, an actor best known for his role in the sitcom “New Girl,” turned to Reynolds, a comedian and a host of the comedy-history…
The Mickey Mouse-shaped topiaries in front of Kelsey Hermanson’s house are the first hint at what visitors will find inside. “You know how when you’re walking through a Disney park, and you have the option to go to Tomorrowland or to Fantasyland, and you have these different worlds that you get to sort of walk…
The first time Kendra Nicole Morris met Randall Lee Woodfin, in May, 2021, she was at a charity golf tournament in her hometown, Birmingham, Ala. Ms. Morris’s real estate brokerage was sponsoring one of the holes, while Mr. Woodfin made an appearance in his capacity as the city’s mayor. The two chatted briefly, but the…
She had Googled me. Actually, she had Googled herself, and because we have the same name, it was me who popped up on her screen. Curious, she went to my website and read some of my essays. Then Jennifer Graham in Lucas, Ohio, composed an email to Jennifer Graham in Hopkinton, Mass. “This is going…
Elisabeth Claire Rivard rarely found anyone who spent as much time as she did in art museums and galleries. Alec Jason Woletz was one of those rare people. “This is someone I’d like to get to know better,” Ms. Rivard, who goes by Lizzie, recalled thinking. It was June 2013, and the two were hanging…
In 2017, they finally landed in the same place. They moved in together in Rosslyn, Va., just outside of Washington. Mr. McFawn was in graduate school and Ms. Chen was a news anchor at WJLA-TV. In February 2020, Ms. Chen moved to New York City for a job as a correspondent at CBS Newspath, and…
In July 2020, Lawrence James Handerhan walked from his home in Washington to a local brewery for a date — his first ever from the dating app Hinge. His date, Donnelly Lon McDowell, lived four blocks away from him. While the two had mutual friends, they had never crossed paths before. They sat outside with…