Every fashion-forward girl owned a Henri Bendel bag. Every Gossip Girl junkie (me!) wanted one— after all Serena and Blair loved shopping at this store throughout the series, even popping up in Blair’s Audrey Hepburn dreams. But after 123 years in business, the iconic luxury boutique is officially closing up shop, all 23 of its…
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With weeks of «fashion week» and miles of runway, each season ends with a lot of trends to wade through. Happily, there are pros to help do some of the distilling and collecting work for you (so all you have to do is shop—yay!). The ace team behind Macy’s The Edit creates its It-List to…
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It’s hard to miss Ashley Graham, but the opposite’s also true: when she doesn’t turn up at New York Fashion Week, we miss her. A lot. So it went this season, as the supermodel skipped out on all but Michael Kors. Why? Turns out she booked a big shoot («Huge,» she winked) somewhere in St.…
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Protective overlays, thigh-scaling boots, and sharp cutouts lend fashion an architectural touch. Swedish stunner Elsa Hosk elevates the look to new heights. Jacquard taffeta dress, $8,000, tulle cape, crystal necklace, $2,500, all, Gucci. Zoey Grossman Advertisement — Continue Reading Below Wool dress, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, $5,590, at Saint Laurent, NYC. Beauty tip: For…
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One of the country’s most influential researchers in cancer screening has resigned from his post at Dartmouth College, after a two-year internal investigation concluded he had plagiarized a graph included in a paper published in a prominent journal. The researcher, Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, has published widely on the risks of aggressive screening and over-diagnosis,…
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It’s 3 pm and Katie Holmes is helping me not puke. We’re bobbing hard on a yacht in the Hudson, and while I feel seasick, Holmes is a pro. «Look out at the water,» she says. «It’s easier if you remind yourself that you’re outside.» The actress is a red carpet natural, but it turns…
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Bye-bye bikinis, hello blanket coats? Yes, it’s true. That little chill is in the air and it’s time for a seasonal wardrobe change. But with this fall’s colorful styles, there’s no reason to feel bummed about covering up. From Clueless-inspired plaid separates to shockingly bright animal prints, ELLE’s resident stargazers, The AstroTwins, have picked the…
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Janet Weinberg, an advocate for people with disabilities who found her calling as a top executive and fund-raiser at social service organizations like the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, died on Sept. 1 in the Bronx. She was 63. Her spouse, Rosalyn H. Richter, an associate justice of the Appellate Division of New York State Supreme…
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Annie Krause moved into a nursing home in Detroit in 2015, when she was 98 years old. She had grown frail. Arthritis, recurrent infections and hypertension had made it difficult for her to manage on her own. When the facility’s doctor examined her, he found a mass in Ms. Krause’s breast and recommended a biopsy…
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Advertisement City Kitchen The aromatic vegetable and its seeds beautifully flavor chops in this easy recipe. Image Pork fat runs through a mixture of onion and fennel in this quick-cooking recipe.CreditCreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times Sept. 14, 2018 While window-shopping in the West Village the other day, I had a sudden hankering for…
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