A reader wants to know whether she has matured past a trend that is back in style.I am trying to decide at what age low-rise jeans become just too low to wear. I have invested in some nice denim and am wondering whether to give these pieces away ...
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The critical crossfire Ms. Gu has faced has implications that go far beyond the Olympic slopes, Chinese Americans say. And some see themselves in the duality she has embraced.When it comes to Eileen Gu, the 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier who was born in San Francisco but ...
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With collaborators like Miranda July and Evan Rachel Wood, Angela Trimbur stands out among social-media-savvy choreographers whose accessible movement found audiences during the pandemic.You’re going to feel silly, Angela Trimbur promised.It was a Sunday, and Trimbur, a dancer and choreographer in a Jane Fonda-worthy ’80s leotard, was leading ...
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Walter Wachter, a production manager, met James Pearse Connelly, a production designer, at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles, where both had moved to work in television.On the night of the Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2017, James Pearse Connelly was nominated for outstanding production design for his ...
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After dating for nearly five years, Radha Jain and Jackson Blaisdell broke off their relationship. A year later, they rekindled it and before long were engaged.Jackson Thomas Blaisdell knew he wanted to marry Radha Jain two months after they started dating in late 2015. But any plans for ...
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When a former stripper marries a future minister, she goes silent about her past — for a while.My husband and I married in a Presbyterian church in Watkins Glen, N.Y., on the banks of Seneca Lake. It was June 2006, three months before he started seminary and five-and-a-half ...
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In these turbulent times, are the kids … all right? If you’re in college, tell us what love is like for you today. (Maybe it’s good?)The last time we hosted a college essay contest, in 2019, the world was a very different place. Three years ago, college students ...
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It was the deal that helped make Spotify a podcasting giant, but has now put the company at the center of a fiery debate about misinformation and free speech.Spotify was already the king of music streaming. But to help propel the company into its next phase as an ...
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The designer brings the New York shows to a close with a video-and-fashion happening.For almost a decade, the unofficial honor of closing New York Fashion Week — of having the last word — went to Marc Jacobs, the favored son of the city, who had gone to Paris ...
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The rising prices of Rolexes and Pateks have collectors turning to what one expert called “the dead brands society.”In 2012, when Scott Heileson turned 35, he decided it was time to buy a nice watch.Like millions of people before and after him, he gravitated to Rolex, deciding he ...
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Facets or notches in bezels, those rings around timepiece dials, have been growing in popularity.Move over classic round watches. The shape of things to come seems to be more sharp edges than gentle curves.And the humble watch part making it all happen? The bezel, the piece that rings ...
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I hurt.Constellations of sallow contusions pulse on my legs, and my elbows resemble raw meat. Sweat soaks my helmet and drips into my ski boots. I have fallen more today than in all of my 35 years of skiing. And yet, I’m grateful. This could be so much ...
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Collina Strada, the young New York label with a sunny-punk aesthetic and environmentally conscious values, made a reality show that pokes fun at itself.The eye doesn’t always know where to settle.On the purple-and-orange wicker purse in the shape of a frog? On the rhinestone horns stuck to the ...
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Rodarte, Diesel and Shayne Oliver held parties on Friday night.Is it really New York Fashion Week? Many designers sat this one out and, for a moment, the party calendar looked pretty bleak. Luckily, the invitations began trickling in late last week. Here are some highlights from Friday.A Rodarte ...
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