When Power Dressing Gets Personal

PARIS — “Inclusivity, diversity, no gender binaries — he was the first one,” said Olivier Rousteing, otherwise known as the creative director of Balmain, ticking off the issues at the forefront of identity politics. He was talking about the designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who retired from his eponymous house in 2020. Since then, a rotating…

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A Bronx Tale of Persistence

Tara Cannistraci was finishing dinner with a friend at El Barrio in Scarsdale, N.Y., in early May 2017, when Michael Todd Mondrone, a part owner of the Mexican restaurant, sent over some sorbet as a way to introduce himself. “She thanked me on her way out,” Mr. Mondrone said. “I asked her to stay.” Ms.…

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