ATLANTIC CITY — If you tuned into the Miss America pageant last night, you may have noticed a few changes. For starters, this year’s event was called a “competition,” not a “pageant.” The participants were “candidates” — interviewing for the job of Miss America — not “contestants.” There was no runway this year, and the…
Advertisement Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis, of the restaurants Bestia and Bavel in Los Angeles, talk about their food, their partnership and celebrating the Jewish holidays. Genevieve Gergis and Ori Menashe in the kitchen of Bavel.CreditCreditAdam Amengual for The New York Times Sept. 10, 2018 For 364 days of the year, Ori Menashe, the self-taught…
BOSTON — To the medical students, the patient was a conundrum. According to his chart, he had residual pain from a leg injury sustained while working on a train track. Now he wanted an opioid stronger than the Percocet he’d been prescribed. So why did his urine test positive for two other drugs — cocaine…
Ten years ago, Victoria Beckham traded in her pop star image for a seat among fashion’s elite when she debuted her eponymous label in September 2008. This week, Beckham will be marking her label’s 10-year history in a major way, culminating with the debut of her spring/summer ’19 show in London, having previously taken over…
Advertisement Sasha Velour curated a freewheeling drag spectacular for the New York label, with queens, screams and Christina Aguilera. Image Christina Aguilera performed, here with Sasha Velour, at the Opening Ceremony show at New York Fashion Week. CreditCreditRebecca Smeyne for The New York Times Sept. 10, 2018 “In a fashion show, you see clothes,” said…
Advertisement Off the runway Behind and ahead of the scenes at Sies Marjan, Rodarte, Opening Ceremony and more. Image Rodarte, spring 2019.CreditCreditStefania Curto for The New York Times Sept. 10, 2018 The fourth day of fashion week brought more outdoor shows, but unforgiving rain turned the front row into the splash zone. The soggy weather…
In lieu of a traditional runway, Opening Ceremony hired the drag personality Sasha Velour, center, to stage a gender-bending show with Christina Aguilera on Sunday. Ms. Aguilera greeted the brand’s founders, from left, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, after the show at Le Poussin Rouge. “She’s so cool,” Mr. Leon said. “We have drag performers…
T and the casting director Arianna Pradarelli round up the most intriguing fresh faces — some making their runway debuts during the spring 2019 shows, others a few seasons in. Image Fatou Jobe 24, United States Born in the Bronx and raised in Gambia, Jobe was discovered by modeling scouts while taking part in a…
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Winning back lapsed customers is easier said than done, and after a year of major shifts within the company—creative director Jenna Lyons left last August, expanded sizes were announced in July—J. Crew is rolling out an ambitious plan to re-engage its audience. Just last week, the Meghan Markle-approved brand joined forces with Amazon for an…