The plan to sell Victoria’s Secret to a private equity investor appears to be in trouble, with the buyer saying on Wednesday it wanted to terminate the deal because of the retail chain’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Sycamore Partners, which agreed to buy a majority of Victoria’s Secret from its embattled owner, L Brands,…
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Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Her awards season fashion always raises the bar. Apr 22, 2020
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Korina Emmerich has been crafting face masks that pay homage to her Indigenous heritage for years, but now that the CDC has urged the general population to cover up in public, it’s hard to keep up with demand. Holed up with a sewing machine inside her Brooklyn studio, the 34-year-old former Project Runway contestant is…
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NAIROBI, Kenya — In the largest slum in Kenya’s capital, people desperate to eat set off a stampede during a recent giveaway of flour and cooking oil, leaving scores injured and two people dead. In India, thousands of workers are lining up twice a day for bread and fried vegetables to keep hunger at bay.…
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“Unreasonably dark joke,” read a coronavirus meme circulating on social media in recent weeks. “Shouldn’t we wait until after the pandemic to fill out the census?” The joke is dark, yes. But is it any darker than countless other coronavirus memes out there? Even more pointed is a spoof movie poster for “Weekend at Bernie’s,”…
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Whether you’ve made a too-big batch of muffins for your household of one or you just like having a stash of freshly baked bread in the freezer, there are a few tricks for freezing baked goods to best retain their flavor and texture. When it comes to freezing recipes, most fall into one of two…
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Whole chickens and boneless pork butts might be hard to get at the moment, but there seems to be ground meat aplenty, at least on my last market run. I stocked up, and am now reaping the meatball-shaped rewards. One benefit to making meatballs is that you can use just about any meat. The same…
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Courtesy Now that we have over five weeks of quarantine under our belts, we’re finally starting to get the hang of sheltering in place. By now you may have found your best Zoom lighting, a healthier work-to-Netflix ratio, and the safest distance between you and your snacks, but many of us still have a long…
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ImageCredit…The New York Times We spend a lot of our days chatting with each other about things we see online, trying to make sense of it all. This week in the Styles newsletter, Wait …, Erin McCann, a breaking news editor; Amanda Hess, a critic-at-large; and Choire Sicha, Styles editor, discuss a strange phenomenon: good…
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Almost as soon as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada and Brooks Brothers announced earlier this month that they would be repurposing parts of their factories to make masks and hospital gowns, the memes and comments started flying. “Patterns include gingham, Black Watch tartan, rep tie, Glen plaid, and little sailboats,” joked one tweet. “Breaking News from…
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