Marc Bohan, the longest-serving creative director at Christian Dior, who spent nearly 30 years spinning out classically attuned looks with a touch of whimsy that, however resplendent, were meant to be worn, not gazed at on mannequins or in fashion magazines, died on Wednesday in Châtillon-sur-Seine, France. He was 97. His death was confirmed in…
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Max Gomez, an award-winning medical and science journalist who delivered informed reports for more than 40 years on TV stations in New York and Philadelphia, most recently during the Covid-19 pandemic, died on Sept. 2 at his home in Manhattan. He was 72. His partner, Amy Levin, said the cause was head and neck cancer,…
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Once, back in the early 2000s, I owned a black Helmut Lang pantsuit. That was a time when even the word “pantsuit” kind of made me cringe, but there was something about how this one was cut — three-button, single-breasted jacket and flat-front (but louche) pants — that skewed all its establishment implications. It made…
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“Mommy forgot the car key,” I said. “Silly Mommy!” Even I had to admit my voice sounded deranged. I wheeled us right, then left, then left again. We were moving at a wild speed because despair was following close behind. I raced it back to our street with the row of brownstones, their gracious stairs.…
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Woody Allen ha descrito su nueva película, Coup de chance, como un “venenoso filme de suspenso romántico”. Debutó el lunes en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia y se estrenará el 27 de septiembre. Pero los espectadores estadounidenses no podrán verla en los cines a menos que visiten, por ejemplo, París o Marsella. Al…
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Medicare may just be the budget buster that wasn’t. Somehow, after decades of nonstop growth, its spending per person has flattened over the past dozen years, saving taxpayers roughly $3.9 trillion since 2011, according to an Upshot analysis. But the reasons for the slowdown — and its duration — are not well understood. Our article…
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Había comprado un cubrecama de algodón de colores, una hamaca que colgó fuera entre los postes del toldo, una olla de peltre azul para que pudiéramos cocinar en la fogata de ladrillo y dos cuencos de peltre azul a juego. Puerto Escondido era un pueblo pesquero y un lugar para hacer surf, pero no hice…
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In every stitch, there is a story. Like layers of history, the hand-stitched Palestinian embroidery known as tatreez, traditionally used to ornament Palestinian dress, tells of towns and villages lost, old customs abandoned, past lives and survival. The stitched designs and symbols once functioned almost as an identification card. The rooster, an old Christian symbol,…
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On Thursday evening, Mayor Eric Adams walked into a dining room at Gracie Mansion wearing a bright red blazer with polka-dot elbow patches. “I just love this color,” he said, continuing, “I just pick out of the closet whatever my mood is.” (He didn’t know where he got the jacket from.) Mr. Adams was co-hosting…
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Backstage at Christian Siriano’s spring/summer 2024 show, the general atmosphere is electric. Nay, romantic. Held at the iconic Pierre Hotel in New York City, a relic of gilded glory, the floor-to-ceiling murals and elaborate moldings are far from the most opulent items in your line of sight. The venue is no accident: Siriano’s ballet-inspired collection…
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