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Name: Patti Harrison Age: 28 Hometown: Orient, Ohio Now lives: In a two-bedroom house in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles that she shares with a roommate. Claim to fame: Ms. Harrison is an actress, comedy writer and screwball performer who doesn’t take her rising profile in Hollywood too seriously. She appeared in a…
Robert De Niro, co-founder and patron saint of the Tribeca Film Festival, hates interviews. But on Tuesday night, at a dinner sponsored by Chanel, he briefly submitted to a reporter’s inquisition. “I have to do it,” he said, when asked why he was at Balthazar for this event. “Why shouldn’t I do it?” But do…
Image Carmen Liu’s first lingerie fashion show in London.CreditAna Cuba for The New York Times On a recent Thursday in London, a group of models strutted down the catwalk to “Woman’s World,” by Cher, donning matching lacy thong and bra sets, which they tastefully accented with silky robes. They were all trans women, and the…
Corinne Cobson, the French fashion designer whose self-assured clothing for women gained acclaim in the 1980s and ’90s, died on April 16 at a clinic in Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris. She was 62. Her husband, Tanguy Loyzance, a photographer, said the cause was lung cancer. Ms. Cobson’s designs were distinguished by their rock ’n’…
Nordstrom waited decades to expand in Manhattan, but now it’s making up for lost time. It introduced its men’s store last year and is opening a seven-story flagship store this fall. And the upscale department-store chain has more up its cuffed sleeves. In September, it will open two small Nordstrom outposts in New York, in…
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On any given morning, I’m on my bike: zipping around tight corners and down cobblestone alleyways, dodging tourists while simultaneously trying to not fall into canals on my way to school in Amsterdam’s city center. Like any good Amsterdammer, I’m a pro at swerving and dodging, racing a tram and cursing out the pedicabs that…
