It’s not uncommon to see clocks or hourglasses alongside the snails, skeletons, scarecrows and other imagery on Online Ceramics T-shirts. The label’s founders, Elijah Funk and Alix Ross, said the passage of time has been a theme they’ve explored since they started designing clothing several years ago in Los Angeles. “We talk a lot about…
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Alexandra Clayton has been single for two years, giving her ample time to reach a conclusion about dating: It’s not really her thing, at least for now. “I just don’t have the energy to do it constantly,” said Ms. Clayton, 36, a freelance filmmaker in Los Angeles. But she does have time for 100 kisses…
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Chadwick wears the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watch.Thomas Laisné When Jamie Chadwick began race-car driving, there were relatively few women around her. While motor-sports have skyrocketed in popularity in the U.S.—with the hit Netflix series Formula 1: Drive to Survive and drivers sitting front row at fashion week—it wasn’t until the 2019 debut of the W…
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One of my go-to gifts over the years has been flavored salt — always useful on popcorn or around the rim of a margarita, I figure — but this season I plan to present my loved ones with a different addition to their pantry: chile flakes. Easily slotted into a stocking or attached to a…
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From getting a good deal to figuring out insurance requirements, renting a car can be a complicated, pitfall-prone experience. Here are some best practices to follow, from reservations through returns. Compare prices and convenience of airport vs. nonairport locations Prices vary widely based on the vehicle model and the location of the agency. Airport rentals,…
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Once, more than a decade ago, Rosetta Getty was asked by her daughter’s elementary schoolteacher, “Are we going to discuss the elephant in the room?” Ms. Getty didn’t know what she meant. “The fact that Violet basically acts like a boy and dresses like a boy,” the teacher said, according to Ms. Getty, who said…
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Erik Torstensson wanted to talk about Frame, the “model-off-duty” denim brand that he started with his business partner, Jens Grede. As Frame rounds its 10th anniversary, Mr. Torstensson has been on a store-opening spree — Marylebone in London in October, Madison Avenue in December — intent on injecting Frame with new energy (the implication being…
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Grace Wales Bonner’s approach to fashion can sometimes feel more like that of an academic rather than a designer. Her collections for Wales Bonner, the brand she started in 2015, are informed by dazzlingly intensive research spanning critical theory, music, literature, history and mysticism. With a particular focus on Black identity and conversations about race,…
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President Biden pressed the Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Wednesday to crack down on the Chinese firms that are helping to produce fentanyl, a potent drug that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. A plan to curb China’s illicit exports of fentanyl and, particularly, the chemicals that can be combined to make the drug…
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