Content Type: Personal Profile

November 29, 2023

The Artist Who Photoshops Paddington Into Everything

For nearly 1,000 straight days, Jason Chou has inserted Paddington, the anthropomorphized bear, into absurd situations. He has no plans to stop. Paddington is the busiest […]
November 21, 2023

How a Hallmark Holiday Movie Screenwriter Got Her Dream House

A Hallmark Channel screenwriter shares her secret for prevailing over all-cash offers: “Maybe what I do for a living gave me a little bit of an […]
November 16, 2023

A New Getty Family Business

Once, more than a decade ago, Rosetta Getty was asked by her daughter’s elementary schoolteacher, “Are we going to discuss the elephant in the room?” Ms. […]
November 16, 2023

A New Getty Family Business

Once, more than a decade ago, Rosetta Getty was asked by her daughter’s elementary schoolteacher, “Are we going to discuss the elephant in the room?” Ms. […]
November 14, 2023

The High-Fashion Side of Knots

A French artist is taking macramé, the traditional technique long associated with 1970s wall art and plant hangers, to a new level. Detailed. Delicate. Colorful. Laurentine […]
November 9, 2023

How the Rollettes Dance Team Created a Sisterhood for Women with Disabilities

“Transforming Spaces” is a series about women driving change in sometimes unexpected places. When Chelsie Hill dances in her wheelchair, her face tells you everything. She […]
November 7, 2023

To One Watchmaker, Gears and Pinions Are the Interesting Bits

Jiro Katayama’s designs for his Otsuka Lotec brand take inspiration from hand-held movie cameras and speedometers. Some watch designers are inspired by the grand beauty and […]
November 7, 2023

Applying Her Kurdish Heritage to Watches

Leyla Uysal uses ethnic motifs and the colors of her Turkish homeland in her Bajer line. In the early 1990s, when Leyla Uysal was in grade […]
November 2, 2023

The Sudden Death of Ivan Bart, a Model Magnate

Over his three decades at the top of the industry, Ivan Bart helped engineer the careers of such top models as Gisele Bündchen, Kate Upton and […]
November 2, 2023

New Zealand Curling Team Moves Into Calgary Retirement Home

New Zealand’s curling team wanted to train with the “big boys” in Canada, and a group of enthusiastic seniors has provided housing, a cheering section and […]