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This secret pragmatism is perhaps the most traditionally masculine feature of Kawakubo’s designs for men. Those who wear Comme des Garçons tend to talk about how the clothes don’t feel new, even when they are — you try on a jacket with the tags still attached and have the impression that it’s been hanging in…
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The debate on Wednesday between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his primary challenger Cynthia Nixon contained several moments of drama. Ms. Nixon called Mr. Cuomo “corrupt” and hammered him over his handling of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which she said he used “like an A.T.M.” Mr. Cuomo implored her to stop interrupting him. “I let…
Advertisement Amah Ayivi, a designer and clothing dealer in Paris, has spun secondhand garments into a stylish business. By Allyn Gaestel Sept. 1, 2018 Image Amah Ayivi, a designer and clothing dealer in Paris, procures most of his wares for his label, Marché Noir, from secondhand clothing markets in Lomé, Togo.CreditAndrew Esiebo for The New…
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And Mr. Pearce decided to make a late debut as a singer-songwriter. Though he grew up playing piano, clarinet and saxophone, and has been writing and recording songs since he was a teenager, he never intended to share his music. His first big break was on the Australian soap opera “Neighbours,” starring alongside Kylie Minogue.…
The YouTube personality Randy Rainbow was so embarrassed about asking his cabdriver to take him to the Trump Hotel in SoHo on Tuesday that he pretended he was a tourist. “I used a phony British accent,” he said. But the parody-singing, Trump-bashing satirist, who has racked up nearly 650,000 followers on Facebook, including RuPaul, Debra…