Most people spend their 20s living with roommates. A few cobble together enough to buy a starter home. Petra Ecclestone isn’t like most people. In 2011, when she was 22, the London-born Formula One racing heiress bought one of the largest houses in the United States — Spelling Manor in Los Angeles — for $85…
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Amber Amos It’s been almost 24 hours since Zendaya was named Fashion Icon at the 2021 CFDA Awards, and Law Roach is still on a high. “I think it’ll sink in within a day or two,” he tells ELLE.com over the phone. As the actress’s longtime stylist and image architect, the pressure was on Roach…
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But he did enjoy cooking, and for years he had been making diary entries about meals he had prepared or eaten and menus he had perused. He filled his columns not just with recipes and cooking tips but with anecdotes and humor. For instance, in March 2000 he offered a solution of sorts to the…
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Last September, when Remy Barnwell, 26, started dating Ben Podnar, who is white, she was hesitant to wear her hair in its natural state. As a Black woman, she was uncertain of how he would respond to her tightly coiled strands. On her first date with Mr. Podnar, Ms. Barnwell, a tax attorney in Washington,…
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In 2014, as overdoses and deaths from prescription opioids were catapulting, gutting the budgets of local governments that were struggling to contain the damage, lawyers began working up a novel legal strategy to hold the pharmaceutical industry responsible. That approach, which in the ensuing years became the foundation for more than 3,000 lawsuits, was soundly…
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To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. APPLE VALLEY, Calif. — Jose Martinez, a former Army gunner whose right arm and both legs were blown off by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, has a new calling: He’s become one of the most effective lobbyists…
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Fashion is not clothes — or, at least, it is not merely clothes. Such was the implicit message of Wednesday night’s CFDA awards, also known as fashion’s Oscars. Long delayed by a pandemic-enforced hiatus, the event was held at the Pool and the Grill in the Seagram Building, one of New York City’s architectural jewels.…
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I’m usually in charge of the cooking on Thanksgiving, and while I look forward to it all year, I consider the turkey an obligation, nothing more. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ All I really want to cook, and all I really want to eat, are the sides — the actual, low-key superstars of the table. I usually make two…
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Many mornings, in Los Angeles, Darrell Jones’s girlfriend helps him curl his hair. Running a flat iron over small sections that have been sprayed with heat protectant, she creates small ringlets, pinning them to his head to set. For a brief moment, he looks like he’s gearing up to be the envy of the 1930s.…
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Tullio M. PugliaGetty Images The discussion in fashion regarding minimalism versus maximalism is an age-old debate. Do you Marie Kondo your silhouette or live for obtuse luxury? Not even 20 years ago, the fashion industry had a firmer chokehold on defining these choices. In 2021, our sartorial worldview became more democratized, but minimalism is not…
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