Courtesy The Cheeky Bootcut Everlane everlane.com $78.00 Before skinny jeans ever existed, there was a brief period of time where everyone wore the same denim style: bootcut jeans. Remember them? The softly flared jean that ruled two separate decades? First they appeared in the ’70s as the less aggressive bell bottom, but its main moment…
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The word “ambivalent” doesn’t really exist in my vocabulary, but there is no other word to describe my feelings for August. On the one hand, August is objectively flawless: long, lazy days of abundant sunshine, spontaneous trips to the beach, endless streams of extremely cold wine and a constant parade of flawless produce. Many people…
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Hong Kong International Airport on Monday abruptly grounded all departing flights and kept 70 flights from arriving after thousands of protesters filled the airport, stranding air passengers at one of the world’s most important transportation hubs. A statement on the airport’s website said that operations “have been seriously disrupted, all flights have been canceled,” and…
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Alexandra Manno was 16 when her boyfriend at the time gave her a surprise gift: a dog, which she named Calle. A pit bull mix that appeared to have some Australian cattle dog in her bloodline, Calle slept with Ms. Manno every night, moving with her from North Carolina to the Seattle area, where she…
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In Spain and Portugal, sardines, mackerel, cod, tuna, mussels and other seafood packed in cans aren’t emergency pantry items. They are highly valued for dining, and restaurants serve them. Now there’s a website selling Portuguese brands that has aggregated many of the tinned products, or conservas, from various producers to make shopping easier. The seafood…
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Calvin Klein’s newest #MyCalvins campaign is really hot. Like, Naomi Campbell, Bella Hadid, Odell Beckham Jr., hot. Yes, the campaign features fire photos of said hot people posing in their CK intimates, but also features «stripped back» versions of the celebs, raising the questions: «How do you do sexy? Perfectly filtered or IRL raw?» Naomi…
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Two experimental treatments to treat Ebola infection work so well that they will now be offered to all patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, scientists announced Monday. The antibody-based treatments are so powerful — “Now we can say that 90 percent can come out of treatment cured,” one scientist said — that they raise…
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The pomegranate’s tart-sweet, jewel-like ruby seeds (arils) are a mighty challenge to extract. A new gadget from Tescoma, a company in San Martino, Italy, streamlines the usual method of holding the cut fruit in your hand over a bowl and smashing it to release the seeds. Yet even with this clever contraption, nine steps are…
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