HILO, Hawaii — The airy Edith Kanaka‘ole Stadium in Hilo, Hawaii, was silent except for bird song and the low, steady chanting of Mapuana de Silva as she sprinkled a mixture of turmeric and saltwater along the perimeter of a square stage. Ms. de Silva, a kumu hula (master hula teacher), was conducting a ceremony…
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The 149th Kentucky Derby has not been without significant controversy, but the race never fails to bring out the most adventurous hat-wearers of any American sporting event. For many who attend, the annual race at Churchill Downs provides an opportunity to show off homemade creations and high-fashion pieces — from headbands with flowers to full-on…
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Thousands of guests converged for the coronation of King Charles III in London today, with millions more watching from around the world. Royal events always provide opportunities for tradition-laden fashion. Few are more fun to gawk at than the upper-crust British tradition of wearing hats known as fascinators — whimsical sculptures in pastel colors, some…
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Is there any pageant of state more chockablock with symbolism than a royal coronation? Almost every detail, from the crown itself to the “bracelets of sincerity and wisdom” presented to the new monarch, is redolent of meaning. So it really shouldn’t be a surprise that the clothes of the ceremony’s stars, as well as many…
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Judith Miller, the author of popular antiques price guides and a member of the team of appraisers who determined what was trash and what was treasure on “Antiques Roadshow,” the beloved long-running BBC program that inspired the American series of the same name, died on April 8 in North London. She was 71. Her husband,…
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Ayla Wing’s middle school students don’t always know what to make of their 26-year-old teacher’s hearing aids. The most common response she hears: “Oh, my grandma has them, too.” But grandma’s hearing aids were never like this: Bluetooth-enabled and connected to her phone, they allow Ms. Wing to toggle with one touch between custom settings.…
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When Afrika Gupton-Jones was on bed rest in the hospital, after developing high blood pressure at 28 weeks of pregnancy, her husband was with her day and night. Yet the nurses often assumed that he was her brother, and that she was a single mother. When the doctors and nurses gave her medications or took…
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The fashion designer Emily Adams Bode Aujla bought her first pair of senior corduroy pants from a vintage-clothing seller in 2013 when she was a senior at the New School. The pants style had by then been around for more than a century. Senior cords seem to have first appeared at Purdue University in Indiana…
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“Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that the heart, a.k.a. the most widely recognized symbol of love, just so happens to be the organ that pumps blood across our bodies and keeps things viable,” Gina Cherelus writes in her Third Wheel column this week, “I Love You, Here’s Some Blood.”