My husband’s boss, an executive at a multinational firm, came to our city on vacation and invited us to dinner. We made reservations at our favorite restaurant. When the bill came, the boss’s husband picked up the check and said: “We’ve got this.” We thanked them and said we hadn’t intended for them to pay.…
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In my humble opinion, there is so much to love about the Halfdays Aston Jacket—or any of the brand’s pieces, for that matter. The company—which was co-founded by a former Olympic skier Kiley McKinnon—focuses on designs specifically meant for the modern woman’s body. On top of that, they come in undeniably stylish and punchy colors…
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Shoppers, rejoice! Today, Target announced the highly anticipated lineup for its spring designer collection—and it couldn’t be better. Editor-loved labels RHODE, Fe Noel, and Agua Bendita have officially been named as Target’s latest limited-time partners. All three companies are woman-founded and owned, so there’s no better way to round out Women’s History Month than with…
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LONDON — Not all superheroes wear capes. And none wear satin tights or stretch nylon today. The modern crime fighter favors bespoke leather, often a little kinky, frequently handmade by a pair of ex-club kids. Patrick Whitaker and Keir Malem, both 57, founded Whitaker Malem, their leather specialty label, in 1988. They had begun dating…
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LONDON — By the time fall rolled around in 2020, Jessie Beaumont had been furloughed from her job as a studio manager and had done “all the usual banana bread and trying to get fit.” “I think I woke up one day and was like ‘Ah, you know, do you know? I should do something…
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KYOTO, Japan — On a recent Saturday morning, Sayoko Sugiyama was busy making some warabi mochi, a soft and chewy confection that is just one of the many delicate traditional Japanese sweets called wagashi. It was a regular workday for Ms. Sugiyama and three of the six part-time workers she employs at Okashimaru, her online…
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Aluminum is the most abundant metal on earth. So why would a fine-jewelry designer choose to work with it rather than gold or platinum, which are far more precious? Some recent creations suggest that one of the reasons is the rainbow of colors that is produced when it is anodized — the spontaneous, natural result…
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Gwyneth Paltrow, wellness guru, entrepreneur and actress, has given the world many things: conscious uncoupling, rectal ozone therapy and, now, a week and a half into that limited series officially known as Sanderson v. Paltrow and unofficially as the Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Crash Trial that is taking place in Park City, Utah, and streaming on…
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In “Crown to Couture,” a show scheduled to open April 5 at Kensington Palace in London, aristocratic fashion from the 18th century is paired with items worn by a different type of royalty: contemporary celebrities such as Rihanna, Billy Porter, Lizzo and Katy Perry. The exhibition, which runs through Oct. 29, is meant to examine…
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“To me, there’s no pessimism in it,” said Mr. Piepenbring, who coordinated The Paris Review’s “Mating” book club in 2015, when he worked at the magazine. “That was exactly the kind of relationship I wanted to be in.” Korby Lenker, a singer-songwriter, artist and writer in Nashville, said he was introduced to the novel through…
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