Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Most designers would give anything for the staying power that Issey Miyake had. The designer, who passed away at 84, straddled the worlds of avant-garde innovation and mass appeal comfortably, becoming known for his pleated separates as well as his hit…
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Right up until the moment he actually opened one, nobody appeared more qualified to run a Lyon-style bouchon in New York City than Daniel Boulud. Then along came Le Gratin, and it became clear that he wasn’t the right person for the job at all. Le Gratin, just south of City Hall in the space…
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LONDON — Piece by piece, the Covid-19 sanctuary was born on a hilltop in the town of Bedworth in central England. The process was meant to be a metaphor for a human life. Like bones fused over time, it grew taller as the memorial’s creators spent months joining intricate pieces of wood into a skeletal…
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From the moment she first graced the screen on Laguna Beach in 2004, Kristin Cavallari quickly established herself as a reality TV icon. From her mismatched bikinis to her brutal honesty and one-liners, she was a forceful presence set against the picture-perfect backdrop of Orange County. Early on, MTV producers branded her as the series’…
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TOKYO — Issey Miyake, the Japanese designer famed for his pleated style of clothing and cult perfumes, and whose name became a global byword for cutting-edge fashion in the 1980s, died on Friday in Tokyo. He was 84. The death was announced on Tuesday by the Miyake Design Studio, which said the cause was liver…
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Mickey. Minnie. Belle. Elsa. When it comes to bold screen stars of the past and present, it simply doesn’t get more iconic than those who’ve appeared in Disney films. It makes sense, then, that when contemplating its first-ever global collaboration, Stuart Weitzman partnered with the entertainment giant on a limited-edition capsule collection for fall 2022.…
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CJ Baran needed a new home in Los Angeles for personal and professional reasons. After living in an apartment for years, Mr. Baran, 32, a songwriter and music producer, longed for a house with a view and outdoor space. But he was also desperately in need of a home where he could make some noise.…
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As a Paris resident, I scarcely paid attention to the city’s tree-scape until a few years ago, when I stumbled upon an arresting scene of a young man stretched out in the elbow of a low-lying branch of a Japanese pagoda tree, its leaves skimming the pond at Buttes-Chaumont Park in the 19th arrondissement. From…
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“I didn’t want to be defined by my illness, and I didn’t want to be seen as weak, but having Type 1 does make you different and it’s important that everyone around knows so they can help if you have severe low blood sugar,” said Mr. Boudreaux, 35, who lives in Monterey, Calif., and works…
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