The word for a TV remote is marote; for chicken, it’s chimpken, and for the Aperol Spritz cocktail it’s app-a-ball spitz-ee. Shrimp is swimps, hair ties are hair gigglies and Starbucks is Starbonks. All of these are examples of so-called marriage language, the weird and oftentimes embarrassing dialects people in long-term relationships develop to communicate…
Kathy Denton, 64, said she felt “bolder” now, in part because she no longer experiences the pressure she once did to settle down. She has been able to find fun with some of the men she has met through dating sites, even if none have been a long-term match. One “delightful man” cooked her “the…
After weeks of speculation, Taylor Swift was finally spotted in the same general vicinity as Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce yesterday. That place was a home Chiefs game against the Chicago Bears where the sports star scored a touchdown. Swift looked fantastic for the game. The music icon kept it simple and chic…
When Beth Hutchens of FoundRae set her sights on another store location for her jewelry brand, it wasn’t as easy as snapping her fingers. In fact, settling on a second storefront to house her modern heirlooms, or what I call expressive armor, happened by chance and fate. In the middle of a blizzard this February,…
Barbara Mullen, who vaulted from a job in a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s, despite a beanpole figure and a gaptoothed smile that defied the narrow beauty standards of the day, died on Sept. 12 at her home in Albuquerque. She was 96. Her death…
Meghan Markle is always clad in stylish ensembles when she leaves her Montecito, California home, and we’ve mostly resigned to the fact that emulating her ’fits will cost a high percentage of our paychecks. However, the Duchess of Sussex wore chic earrings recently that are available on Amazon for just $22. Scout Curated Wears Stone…
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Most upsetting to the family is Mr. Basilicati-Cardin’s claim that he is Mr. Cardin’s sole heir. He said that Mr. Cardin’s wishes were detailed in a will dated Nov. 10, 2016, which Mr. Basilicati-Cardin said he discovered last year in Mr. Cardin’s apartment in Paris, just as heirs who are in favor of selling received…
There are plenty of people who would consider Hailey Bieber an icon—she does star in the Victoria’s Secret Icons campaign alongside the likes of Naomi Campbell and Gisele Bündchen, after all. But the 26-year-old model, street style savant, and beauty mogul would say otherwise. In her words, an icon is “someone who stands the test…
“Our journey now is shifting.” “We are still the best of friends.” “The decision was an amicable and mutual one.” “Moving forward with deep love, kindness and mutual respect.” These days, if you spot an official statement or Instagram caption with one of these positive turns of phrase, chances are it’s not for the most…