“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places.Where was the mud? The oil? The Jell-O?When Jeanie Buss attended her first WOW — Women of Wrestling show, in February 2001, she expected to see scantily clad performers wrestling in slippery substances, as had been ...
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Most mornings on the Styles desk, a small group of editors meets to look through dozens of photos that have been filed for upcoming stories. We reserve this time, and treat it with a kind of reverence. Whether looking at distinctive going-out clothing or cover portraits, we revel ...
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It seems wrong that a yellow mop bucket should be on the main floor of Bergdorf Goodman. Or that a Windex bottle and dusty pink rag should be left on a pebbled glass table next to two handbags. It’s like running into a teacher outside of school, or ...
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It seems wrong that a yellow mop bucket should be on the main floor of Bergdorf Goodman. Or that a Windex bottle and dusty pink rag should be left on a pebbled glass table next to two handbags. It’s like running into a teacher outside of school, or ...
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For about a decade now, seeing “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” at New York City Ballet has been the enchanting kickoff of the Christmas season for my teenage daughter and me. She took ballet when she was little. I took dance classes too in younger years. But that’s not ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music“We had never spent the night together, and now our next date would involve a 10-day trip with only a few other travelers and crew on a cargo ship?”Brian ReaWhat’s the most unusual place you’ve ever ...
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Through a digital performance and gallery show, the painter meticulously creates the persona of an older, acclaimed artist. The hoax has kept the art crowd guessing.On a brisk day back in February, the artist Adam Himebauch posted a screenshot of a Go Fund Me to his Instagram account: ...
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For over three decades, Judith Thurman has captured the often ineffable pull of fashion and beauty like few others. Judith Thurman notices everything. Meticulous observation has been a hallmark of her 50-year career as a writer whose laser-sharp gaze traverses millenniums, countries and genres. She is as interested ...
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Stylish Judaica is a really good present for one night of Hanukkah.During the holiday season a few years ago, my mother sent me a dozen Fabergé egg-inspired ornaments from one of the Joan Rivers for QVC holiday collections. Instead of trying to parse any of the cultural meeting ...
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Stylish Judaica is a really good present for one night of Hanukkah.During the holiday season a few years ago, my mother sent me a dozen Fabergé egg-inspired ornaments from one of the Joan Rivers for QVC holiday collections. Instead of trying to parse any of the cultural meeting ...
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A new book borrows from the slow food movement to propose a more thoughtful, less competitive form of bird-watching.The feeders are filled and hung; the scene is set. Are we ready to let our incessant daily to-do list take flight and settle in to watch the birds?I’m not ...
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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.What Money Can’t BuyI had just returned from six months of rehab. Sober for the first time, I wanted to make the holidays special. My children wanted one thing: a Christmas card like those they had ...
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s choices may signal an end to the schlubby mystique.The mythic figure that is the billionaire tech genius in the nowhere man tee may finally be about to meet its long overdue end. The arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency trading platform, on ...
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Gift wrap can be an easy way to dress up a present — and, in some cases, create less waste.Melanie Boschaert has one goal for Christmas: “I want my children to be special and feel special.” So Ms. Boschaert, who works for an insurance company and lives in ...
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