Last January, two months after Alessandro Michele shocked the fashion world by announcing he was leaving Gucci, a brand he had transformed into a trendsetter with $10 billion in revenue in 2022, the company named his successor, and that too shocked the fashion world. Who was this man, Sabato De Sarno, who would be stepping…
Nine years ago, a friend from my childhood in South Africa visited me in London. She reads Tarot cards and energies and offered to assess me, hovering her hands over my body, starting with my head. “Wow, you have a lot going on there,” she said. Her hands then hovered over my heart. “Here is…
When Domenico Montanaro finally met Courtney Katharina Norris in August 2018 after a lengthy online correspondence, he was immediately drawn to her positive energy. “You could drop her anywhere and you know she’s going to be the person who brings up the mood,” he said. “I thought, That’s someone I want to be around.” But…
Maria Teresita Angeles Asuncion Cruz celebrated her 80th birthday on Sept. 7, the same day she married Dr. Emilio Parpana Quines Jr. “To wait 80 years, I can’t believe it myself,” Dr. Cruz said. She had never been married before, while Dr. Quines, 83, was a widower. “At first I felt embarrassed — 80?” she…
On Nov. 20, 2021, Mr. Cronin proposed to Mr. Barlowski by inviting him to the venue of their first date under the guise of a Friendsgiving. En route, Mr. Barlowski — oblivious to the proposal — was greeted by friends, who gifted him with one white rose at a time (in the apartment building elevator,…
In late December 2017, Sasha Renata DiGiulian arrived in New Hampshire to ice climb Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeast, with Mark Synnott, a fellow professional climber. They were there to be filmed over three days and two nights for the pilot of a docuseries sponsored by Red Bull. Their episode, which took…
As kindergartners in 1967, Kim Susan Hirsh and Jonathan Adam Fingerhut ran through the schoolyard of Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School in Springfield, N.J. Ms. Hirsh says she remembers her “pigtails flying” behind her. Ms. Hirsh and Mr. Fingerhut, now both 61, grew up about a mile apart from each other in Springfield. Both are…
Moncler is known to throw an epic party, and last night’s extravaganza was no exception. The luxury brand rang in Milan Fashion Week with a celebration of the new Moncler x Pharrell Williams collection, welcoming 5,000 guests into the atrium of Portrait Milano and treating them to an electrifying musical performance by rapper and singer…
Current and former media mavens gathered on Wednesday to toast Michael Wolff, still the bad boy of journalism at age 70, on the occasion of his latest book, “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty.” The author has been taken to task by journalism watchdogs and even “Saturday Night Live” for…
After vowing to tackle consolidation in the health care industry, the Federal Trade Commission filed an antitrust lawsuit on Thursday that challenged the growing practice of private-equity firms backing companies that amass medical practices and dominate local markets. The suit targeted a large doctors’ group that operates anesthesia practices in several states, claiming the group…