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☆ London Fashion Week has plenty to celebrate on its 40th anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Fiona Sinclair Scott | Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

London CNN —Against the backdrop of a challenging economic outlook for many brands — big and small — the 40th anniversary of London Fashion Week last week was certainly a time for reflection. Even Carly Marks, founder of avant-garde New York label Puppets and Puppets, chose London this season. But all eyes were on Burberry, undoubtedly the biggest brand on the London Fashion Week schedule, yet one that has been battling against sharply declining profits. To see the best bits of London Fashion Week, keep scrolling. Talia ByreErdem Jason Lloyd EvansSophistication, elegance and femininity were key themes at TOVE's third show at London Fashion Week.

Persons: Jonathan Anderson, JW Anderson, ”, Anderson, Victoria Beckham, Christopher Kane, Halpern, Molly Goddard, Rejina Pyo, hasn’t, David Koma, Daley, Queen Elizabeth II, Daley didn’t, Harry Styles, Anna Wintour, Emma Corrin, Nensi Dojaka, Carly Marks, Daniel Lee’s, It’s, Talia Byre, Sinead O’Dwyer, Ancuta Sarca, Paolo Carzana, Simone Rocha, Aaron Esh, Richard Quinn, Adonis, Di, Simone Rocha mused, Olsen, Chopova, JW Anderson Girliness, Simone Biles, Jordan Biles, Rebecca Andrade, Kamala Harris ’, America’s, “, Erdem, Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe Hall, John, Chopova Lowena, ruffles, Victor Virgile, Yuhan Wang, Olu Ogunshakin, Chris Yates, Talia Byre’s, Alaia Ali, Jane Couch, Bridget Riley, Wang, “ I’m, John Phillips, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, Stella McCartney, —, Chet Lo, Dojaka, Calvin Klein, Hubert de Givenchy, Barry Keoghan, Dave Benett, Burberry Olivia Colman, Burberry, Burberry Burberry, James Manning, Isidore Montag, Daniel Lee's, Steven Stokey, womenswear, Francisco Gomez de Villaboa, Cris Fragkou SS Daley, Cris Fragkou HARRI, Eamonn M . McCormack, HARRI didn't, Joe Maher, James Mason, James Mason Quinn's, James Mason Erdem, suiting, Jason Lloyd Evans Moralıoğlu’s, Jason Lloyd Evans, Jason Lloyd Evans Chopova Lowena, Lowena, Hellman's, Marco Capaldo, 16Arlington, Arlington Dianna Agron, Lily Bloom, Dave Bennett, CompletedWorks, Ben Broomfield, Ben Broomfield Natasha Zinko's, Zinko, Stefan Knauer, Aldama, Ik Aldama, Henry Nicholls, Bella Hadid, Rihanna, Crocs, Francesco Zinno Talia Byre, Talia Byre Byre, Jeff Spicer Organizations: London CNN —, London, New York, Burberry, National Theatre, Royal Academy, Emirates, JW, Olympics, Erdem, Chris Yates Media, Arsenal, Pan, CNN, Getty, JW Anderson Lingerie, Clarks, London Fashion Locations: London, British, S.S, Italian, Di Petsa, Arlington, America, Dorchester, The Dorchester, Bloomsbury, AFP

☆ Martine Rose’s Milan Fashion Week debut packs a punch
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“I wanted it to be a bit of a mess,” said Rose ahead of the show on Sunday that marked her debut on the Milan Fashion Week schedule after years presenting her label in London. For her Spring-Summer 2025 show, she continued to challenge traditional concepts of masculinity and classic codes of tailoring. Justin Shin/Getty Images“There is a familiar subversion but I never intend for things to be shocking,” she explained. Milan is something of a fitting host for Rose’s brand with the two sharing a sense of intrigue on first impression. As Rose notes of Milan, “it reveals itself slowly”.

Persons: Martine Rose, “, ”, Rose, Justin Shin, Milan, JW Anderson, Wales Bonner, it’s Organizations: CNN, Milan, Tomorrow Group, BFC, London Locations: Milan, British, London, —, waists, Bermuda, Florence, Paris, Italy

☆ How Jewish People Built the American Theater
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +46 min

Let Us Tell You A Story How Jewish people built the American theater as we know it. The theater, which for many Jews was a major way of becoming American in the first place, seems unable to acknowledge that the danger that American Jews face is not just historical, and not just onstage. (Both of Adler’s parents were Yiddish theater stars — her father, Jacob Adler, was a renowned Shylock in 1903.) Embedding their own observation and experience within Stanislavsky’s, along with the best of Yiddish theater and a generous dollop of Freud, they converted the American theater to Judaism. Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesThe Jewish contribution to the creation of the American theater was built on the acknowledgment of a larger humanity alive within each of us, available to some, with natural empathy and rigorous training.

Persons: Glocca, “, Lerner, Loewe, ”, Isidore Hochberg, Burton Lane, né Burton Levy, William Goldman, “ Killybegs, Sammy Davis Jr, Julie Andrews, Connie Francis, Rosemary Clooney, Tommy Dorsey, Davis, —, Arthur Miller’s “, joyously, Jason Schmidt, Christine Jones, Miller, I’ve, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Brustein, Neil Simon’s, ” Cynthia Ozick, Sholom, Philip Roth, Simon, Leonard Bernstein, Matt Nadel, Bradley, Bernstein, “ Maestro, Shylock, William Shakespeare’s “, Venice ”, Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe’s, Farah Karim, Cooper, Bard ”, “ Merchant, Tom Stoppard’s, Sara Krulwich, Ansky’s, Stella Adler, Bessie Berger, Clifford Odets’s, Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan, Francis Joseph Bruguière, Billy Rose, Eugene Smith, Roth, Arthur Schnitzler, Juliet Stevenson, Ruth Wolff, Lorraine Hansberry’s, Sidney’s, Alex Edelman’s “, Leo Frank, Bernard B, Frank, Mandy Patinkin, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim’s, George, Martha Swope, outspokenness, creatives, Oscar Isaac, Sidney, “ Sidney Brustein, Isaac, Stevenson, Robert Icke, Roman Catholic Cooper, Rachel Brosnahan, Maisel, Joan Rivers —, Brosnahan, Sidney Brustein’s, Alec Guinness, Fagin, “ Oliver Twist, I’m, Micaela Diamond, Ben Platt, Lucille, Alfred Uhry, Jason Robert Brown’s, Rivers, Wolff, Robert, Republic ”, isn’t, LEE Strasberg, Konstantin Stanislavsky’s, Fyodor Ivanovich, Strasberg, Israel Strassberg, Zalmon, Srulke, Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock’s “, Bette Midler, Jackie Hoffman, Photofest Stanislavsky, Theater’s, Isaac Butler, Stanislavsky, Harold Clurman, George Bernard Shaw, Henrik Ibsen, Clurman, Adler, Jacob Adler, Freud, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Ruthie Rivkin, Jerome Weidman, Harold Rome’s “, John Weidman, disown Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Bobby Lewis, né, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Meisner, Robert Duvall, Lewis, Meryl Streep, Clifford Odets, Jacob Garfinkle, Jules Garfield, Odets, Sam Feinschreiber, Garfield, Ralph Berger, wasn’t, John, Tovah Feldshuh, Golda Meir, William Gibson’s, Aaron Epstein, exigencies, Bessie, Feinschreiber —, loveless, William Fox, Louis B, Mayer, Jack Warner, Marjorie Morningstar ”, Morgenstern, Marjorie, Natalie Wood, Anne Frank ”, Millie Perkins, Audrey Hepburn, Susan Strasberg —, Ibsen, Sholom Aleichem, August Wilson, Daveed Diggs, Thomas Jefferson, Lin, Manuel Miranda’s “ Hamilton ”, Adrian Lester, Emanuel Lehman —, Barbra Streisand, Marmelstein, George Silk, Miller’s, Sophie Okonedo, Elizabeth Proctor, Ben Whishaw, John Proctor, Jan Versweyveld, Don’t, — Bernstein, Stoppard, Schnitzler, Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner’s “ Caroline, Sharon D Clarke, Adam Makké, Noah Gellman, Leo, Stoppard —, Hermine, ” Leo Frank, there’s, Matthew Broderick, Eugene Jerome, it’s, Edelman’s, Queens bigots, David Yosef Shimon ben Elazar Reuven Alexander Halevi Edelman, Woody Allen, Joshua Harmon’s, — George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Porgy, Bess ”, Barns, Alex Edelman, Paula Vogel, Harvey Fierstein, Jordan Taylor Fuller, — that’s, Wendell Pierce, Friedman, Jacobs, Hirschfeld, Gershwin, Rodgers, PAULA VOGEL, BRANDON URANOWITZ, DAVID CROMER, MICAELA DIAMOND, TONY KUSHNER, Diamond, Monica Rich Kosann, Marco Bicego, JESSE EISENBERG, MATTHEW BRODERICK, AMY HERZOG, LESLIE RODRIGUEZ KRITZER, JOEL GREY, Herzog, Michael Kors, Kritzer, Marco, HARVEY FIERSTEIN, LIEV SCHREIBER, ETHAN SLATER, IDINA MENZEL, TINA LANDAU Organizations: Broadway, Broadway’s Lyceum, “, of Venice, New York Times, Defamation League, New York Public Library, Performing, Vandamm, Billy, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Performing Arts, New, Jacobs, Empire State, Nazi, Goyim Defense, The New York Public Library, Roman Catholic, New York City, Street, Moscow Art, Group, Hollywood, Disney, Everett, The New York Times, Philadelphia, Brit, Times Locations: Poland, American, kilts, E.Y, Harburg, Kilkerry, Kildare, Philadelphia, New York, Polish, Massachusetts, Vichy, Biloxi, Venice, Malta, of, ”, Germany, playgoers, Sweden, England, United States, Pittsburgh, Nazi, Brustein’s, Greenwich, Georgia, Gutenberg, “, Atlanta, Republic, New, Konstantin Stanislavsky’s Moscow, Russian, America, Moscow, Stanislavsky’s, Clurman, Eastern Europe, Czech, Austrian, Auschwitz, Heini, Southern, Brighton, Rivers, French Republic, “ Brigadoon

☆ Chair hogs, dining divas and boorish boozers: Is cruising etiquette lost at sea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

When it comes to uncouth, uncultured and downright unacceptable behavior on ships, experts in travel etiquette and cruising have seen it all. Chair squattingNow this is a true prize on a cruise ship — empty lounge chairs! Jeff R Clow/Moment RF/Getty ImagesIt’s a quintessential cruising experience – hanging out on the deck enjoying the sun and sea. Ramunas Bruzas/Alamy Stock PhotoVertical travel within a cruise ship is another place where things can go sideways. In the end, Leighton said basic good manners applicable to living in general will serve you on a cruise ship.

Persons: CNN —, You’re, looter, Nick Leighton, Angel Wilson, Scotsman, ’, ”, Wilson, Andrew Matthews, Maryanne Parker, Manners, Patience, ” Parker, Jeff R, “, Leighton, ” Leighton, …, ” Wilson, Ramunas, gripes Wilson, Costa, Frans Lemmens, Parker, Don’t, Anthony Devlin, there’s, they’re, l'amour, it’s, Puff Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, MSC, Getty, Cruise, Alamy, Royal Caribbean, Disney Locations: Port, Southampton, England, “, NAPA, overindulging, Opunohu, Moorea, French Polynesia, Royal Caribbean, Caribbean, Japan

☆ Sam Heughan’s Glasgow
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Amy Tara Koch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When he does have free time, Mr. Heughan is out and about. “I love walking and running along the River Clyde to Glasgow Green with a possible stop at the microbrewery Drygate for a beer,” he said. Hiking is another pastime (Mr. Heughan’s recent memoir, “Waypoints: My Scottish Journey,” chronicles his experience tackling the 96-mile West Highland Way hike). On the topic of the kilt, yes, Mr. Heughan does sport one in real life. If you go to a pub in one, you’ll be getting a free drink at some point in the evening.”Here are five of his favorite places in Glasgow.

Persons: Heughan, ”, Heughan’s, “, you’ll Organizations: Glasgow Green, Highland, Citizens Theatre Locations: Clyde, Glasgow

☆ Wrestling With Identity at the Edinburgh Festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Houman Barekat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Questions of nationhood, identity and belonging loom large in three politically themed productions at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. The tagline for this year’s edition is “community over chaos,” and there was plenty of both in “Thrown,” a National Theater of Scotland production running at the Traverse Theater through Aug. 27. When Imogen encourages Jo to take a greater interest in racial politics, this puts a strain on Jo and Chantelle’s friendship. Chantelle resents Imogen for boiling everything down to race and vents her frustration at being seen as privileged, simply because she is white. Helen provides moral support to Pam when she reveals her struggles with her gender identity and delivers the play’s defining monologue: a positive message of unity through celebrating difference.

Persons: “, ”, Nat McCleary, Johnny McKnight, it’s, haggis, kilts, Jo, Adiza, Chloe, Ann Taylor, Imogen, Efé, Chantelle, Lesley Hart, Pam, Maureen Carr, Helen, Carr Organizations: Theater of Scotland, Traverse Locations: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Scottish, Scotland

☆ Burberry's Lee stages an ode to British heritage in debut runway show
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Suban Abdulla | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Faux fur, oversized coats and hot water bottles dominated Burberry’s (BRBY.L) runway as Daniel Lee presented his vision for the British heritage label at London Fashion Week on Monday. Burberry's mackintosh-style trench coat was re-imagined in a muted khaki with green faux fur lapels. English rose patterned tailoring sat alongside chunky rubber boots with an equestrian twist and cosy square toed shearling and faux fur shoes in the Autumn Winter 2023 collection. Monday's show follows the unveiling of Burberry's new logo: a sleeker elongated typeface and a campaign steeped in "Britishness". Lee previously created a buzz at Italy's Bottega Veneta with pillowy leather clutch handbags and slip-on heels.

☆ From Rihanna to Chloë Sevigny, Fashion Week Prioritized Charisma Over Clothes
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

In “Iron Man 3,” superhero Tony Stark is haunted by the existential question of whether the suit makes the man or the man makes the suit. The fashion industry depends on the former—selling clothing that it promises can transform and complete you. And recently, garments have continually trumped their wearers, with interchangeable influencers modeling attention-grabbing trends like micro-kilts, Big Red Boots and bra tops. But these past few days at New York Fashion Week, the message is that, though fashion can help, ultimately it’s the wearer that elevates a look. Even larger-than-life Rihanna in a notably casual, yet punchy, Super Bowl halftime look echoed the theme from afar.

☆ Adidas is suing luxury designer Thom Browne over his use of stripes — and Browne showed up to court in a shorts suit and one striped sock
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Adidas is locked in a court battle with fashion label Thom Browne over its use of stripes. The designer Thom Browne arrived in a shorts suit and striped sock on the trial's first day. A model's feet at a Thom Browne runway show in 2017, left, and Adidas socks and sneakers. The lawyer for Thom Browne argued that the two companies do not compete, as "Thom Browne is a luxury designer and Adidas is a sports brand," according to WWD. A pair of striped socks from Thom Browne can retail for $120, while similar crew socks from Adidas cost around $16 for a three-pack.

☆ In DeSantis' small Florida hometown, voters see 'scumbag' or 'hometown hero' as they head to the polls
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

DeSantis is up for reelection Tuesday, and could seek the White House in 2024.Insider interviewed voters from his small hometown of Dunedin, Florida. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyDUNEDIN, Florida — Florida Gov. Dunedin, Florida, has an arch in the center of town that reads, "Defending Freedom." "Ron DeSantis is a scumbag," Laura, who declined to share her last name, told Insider after exiting a polling station. Polls in Florida will close at 7 p.m., so it's not yet clear whether DeSantis will win over his hometown.

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterPin-drop silence fell over London's Hyde Park nearby as thousands of people, who for hours had picnicked and chatted, went quiet the second the queen's coffin appeared on screens erected for the occasion. Inside the abbey, lines of scripture were set to music that has been used at every state funeral since the early 18th century. Among those walking behind the casket was the queen's great-grandson and future king, nine-year-old Prince George. Those who had camped out in nearby streets were watching the service on smartphones, while hush descended along the Mall, one of London's grand ceremonial boulevards, as the funeral service was relayed live through loudspeakers. 1/35 The funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey.

Inside the abbey, lines of scripture were set to music that has been used at every state funeral since the early 18th century. Those who had camped out in nearby streets were watching the service on smartphones, while hush descended along the Mall, one of London's grand ceremonial boulevards, as the funeral service was relayed live through loudspeakers. 1/35 The funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey. The 40th sovereign in a line that traces its lineage back to 1066, Elizabeth came to the throne in 1952, Britain's first post-imperial monarch. "Queen Elizabeth II was without any shadow of a doubt the best known figure in the world, the most photographed person in history, the most recognisable person," historian Anthony Seldon told Reuters.

☆ 3 Irish pub staffers on working during St. Patrick's Day madness: 'It's a party all night long'
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-18 | by ( Gabriela De Camargo Gonçalves | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

St. Patrick's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for pubs across the US. And local watering holes and businesses are busier than ever — especially on a day like St. Patrick's Day. You get to meet people from all over the world looking to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day is a pretty wild day. The year before last, they didn't do a St. Patrick's Day celebration because they'd just shut down.

☆ Presa britanică aduce un omagiu prinţului Philip, evocat şi în ziare din întreaga lume
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: Casa Regală a RomânieiPresa britanică aduce un omagiu prinţului Philip, evocat şi în ziare din întreaga lumePresa britanică foarte partizană a revenit la unitate pentru a aduce un omagiu sâmbătă prinţului Philip, care a murit vineri, după mai bine de 70 de ani petrecuţi alături de soţia sa, regina Elisabeta a II-a, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres. Pentru acest din urmă ziar, prinţul Philip a fost şi cel care „a făcut-o să râdă pe Lilibet", porecla afectuoasă pe care i-a dat-o soţiei sale, Elizabeth. „Plângem cu toţii, doamnă", asigură, la rândul său, The Sun, publicând pe prima pagină o fotografie a cuplului regal la nunta lor în 1947. Singura notă discordantă, Morning Star, un cotidian de stânga care nu şi-a ascuns niciodată opoziţia faţă de monarhie, a publicat un editorial intitulat "Philip a personificat vanitatea absurdă a unui patriotism erzaţ''. Imagini ale prinţului Philip apar pe ziare din întreaga lume, în special din Australia, Spania, Franţa.

Persons: Philip, regina Elisabeta a II, a, prinţul consort, prinţul Philip, Elizabeth, de, prinţul Harry, Ducele, îşi Organizations: Casa, României Presa, Agerpres, Times, Press, Journal, Mail, Sun, Daily, Financial Times, Capital Locations: Presa, de Edinburgh, american, Marii Britanii, Franţa, Australia, Spania

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