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☆ Marisa Abela took singing lessons every day for four months to sound like Amy Winehouse in 'Back to Black'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMarisa Abela embodies late music icon Amy Winehouse in the new biopic "Back to Black," and yes, the actor really sings in the film. Here's how Abela transformed her voice for "Back to Black" — and why the film controversially uses her vocals instead of Winehouse's. Abela wasn't a trained musician prior to 'Back to Black'Actor Marisa Abela and director Sam Taylor-Johnson on the set of "Back to Black." According to the "Back to Black" production notes, Abela took two-and-a-half-hour singing lessons every day for four months. AdvertisementThe decision to use Abela's vocals instead of dubbing in Winehouse's wasn't made lightlyMarisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in "Back to Black."

Persons: —, Marisa Abela, Amy Winehouse, Sam Taylor, Winehouse, Abela, Abela wasn't, Johnson, Dean Rogers, Frank, Taylor, Jamie Matthewman, Anne, Marie Speed, Sarah Green, Giles Martin, Ben Parker, Stephen Colbert, Martin, Winehouse's wasn't, Abela's, that's, Speed Organizations: Service, Business, Hollywood

☆ Stylists and designers share 8 shoe trends that are in and the 4 that are out for spring
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Amena Ahmed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Business Insider asked three fashion experts to share which shoe trends are in and out for spring. Clogs and mules are easy, comfortable, and popular trends that are on the rise this season. Business Insider spoke to two fashion designers and a stylist about which shoe trends are in and out for spring. AdvertisementBallet-flat-inspired sneakers with openings at the top of the shoe and strap-like laces are coming to the forefront of high fashion, according to fashion designer Jarrah Webster. Edward Berthelot/Getty ImagesAlthough the chunky "dad shoe" silhouette was super popular this time last year, they're falling out of favor.

Persons: —, you'll, Jarrah Webster, Webster, Semarah Gabrielle, It's, Claudio Lavenia, Jazmin Monét, Jeremy Moeller, Gabrielle, they're, Edward Berthelot, Monét, they'll Organizations: Service, Ballet, Adidas, Puma, Reebok

☆ Sethembile Msezane on creating the iconic image “Chapungu — The Day Rhodes Fell”
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“Chapungu — The Day Rhodes Fell” has since become an iconic photograph, capturing the spirit of the #RhodesMustFall movement which led to the removal of 19th century colonist Cecil Rhodes’ statue at the University of Cape Town. “There is no way I could have conceptualized that moment and the way things unfolded on that day,” said Msezane, speaking to CNN from Cape Town. Artist Sethembile Msezane on a plinth in front of the statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes. While several have now been returned, to this day, it remains at Rhodes’ former home at the Groote Shuur estate in Cape Town, Msezane explained. The statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes was removed from South Africa's Cape Town University on April 9, 2015.

Persons: Sethembile Msezane, Rhodes, ”, Cecil Rhodes ’, Msezane, —, Sethembile, Cecil John Rhodes, Charlie Shoemaker, Zimbabwe —, Chapungu, Cecil Rhodes, ” Msezane, “, Schalk van, Lady Liberty, Rosie Organizations: CNN, University of Cape, Fine Arts, South London, South Africa's Cape Town University, Panzi, Democratic, University of Cape Town, Freedom, Worker’s Locations: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, “, Zimbabwe, Great Zimbabwe, Groote, London, Chile, Poland, United States, Iran, Bangladesh, South Africa's, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal

☆ Breasts, Breasts, Everywhere
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That’s all I could think when yet another Saint Laurent model appeared wearing what was essentially a nylon stocking transformed into a dress. Of the 48 looks teetering out on needle-sharp stilettos in the Saint Laurent show, only 12 didn’t have breasts front and center (and of those 12, three were minidresses with their own built-in garter belts to attach to the stockings below). Forget about the practicality of making a pantyhose dress, or the question of who would want to wear it in the first place. Maybe at one point, when Yves Saint Laurent was first pushing boundaries and making a sheer blouse back in 1966, so much visible skin was a shocking, subversive thing in public or on a fashion runway. Maybe in the beginning it was empowering: an escape from the prison of old mores and outdated gender rules.

Persons: Laurent, Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent

☆ Milan Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2024: The trends that matter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Scarlett Conlon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Milan CNN —Gimmicks were gone at the latest Milan runways — which concluded yesterday — with designers instead striking a more serious note that encouraged investment buying. Julianne Moore, A$AP Rocky and Salma Hayek front row at the Bottega Veneta fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week. Jacopo Raule/Getty Images1980s reduxRelegated as the style decade that people preferred to forget, the 1980s is slowly but surely starting to pop up on the radar. Jacopo Raule/Getty ImagesEven at MaxMara, famed for its trademark camel, creative director Ian Griffiths went in a deliberately different direction to focus on silhouette over shade. Jacopo Raule/Getty ImagesDark colors also dominated at Giorgio Armani this season.

Persons: Milan, Miuccia Prada, Raf Simons, Donatella Versace, ”, Julianne Moore, Rocky, Salma Hayek, Daniele Venturelli, Giorgio Armani, Bottega Veneta’s Matthieu Blazy, ” Franken, Franken, Jonas Gustavsson, Matthieu Blazy, Victor Virgile, Blazy “, Massimo Giorgetti —, Truman Capote’s “, —, knitwear, Jacopo Raule, Jil Sander, stilettos, Matteo Tamburini, Kim Jones, Karl Lagerfeld, Leigh Bowery, Judy, Julia, Versace, Anne Hathaway, Gina di Bernardo —, Aldo Fallai’s, Prince, Ferragamo, Tom Ford, Giovanni Giannoni, Ian Griffiths, “ We’re, we’re, Marco M, Gigi Hadid, Solange Knowles, Jacopo M, Matthieu, Aitor Rosas Sune, WWD, Hari Nef, Riccardo Giordano, Sipa Cate Blanchett, Gabriel Bouys Organizations: Milan CNN, Prada, Bottega Veneta, Blazy, Truman Capote’s “ La, Truman Capote’s “ La Cote Basque, Getty, Dolce, Diesel, Milan Locations: Milan, —, Bottega, MSGM, Truman Capote’s “ La Cote, London, “ London, MaxMara, Avavav, AFP

☆ Gen Z is bringing the 'office siren' aesthetic to corporate settings, but some say the trend isn't practical for work
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The "office siren" corporate aesthetic is taking over TikTok, but it isn't necessarily new. It blends high-fashion corporate looks with '90s and 2000s vintage charm — fitting for Gen Z, which can't get enough of the Y2K era. The office siren look is bold red lips, pencil skirts, stilettos, turtlenecks, chunky jewelry, and tons of neutrals and blacks. She said the office siren aesthetic began taking off around the same time, coincidentally when she decided to post her outfits that aligned with the trend. "The office siren look is something that largely started in the office," Dwyer said.

Persons: Rachel Green, —, Elisabeth Kassab, STYLISTCHECK, TikTokers, Miu Miu, Julia Quang, Quang, you'll, Wears, Styles, Erika Dwyer, Dwyer, Anne Hathaway, Gisele Bündchen's, Rachel Varney, StyledbyRachel, Jennifer Aniston, Joan Clayton, Kate Moss, Calvin Klein, Getty Varney, Varney, she's, Ron Galella, Jan Jarecki Organizations: Service, BI, Fox, Bank, Getty Images, Penske Media, Getty

☆ How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Gay Bar
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Hari Nef | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I trembled before her, crown jewel of the Club Kids who ruled Manhattan nights in the early ’90s. I told her the name I answered to at the time, a name I would soon revise to sound sweeter, more potable. “I mean, you’re the most famous transsexual in the world.” (That’s what she called herself.) I’d ply the dolls with drinks, then probe them about hormone replacement therapy (to my surprise, they’d indulge me). In 2014, I’d medically transition, which I might not have done so soon — or at all — had I never met these women in nightclubs.

Persons: Lucas Hilderbrand, Amanda Lepore, “ I’m Amanda, ”, “, I’d, Sophia Lamar, DeSe Escobar, Juliana Huxtable, — Organizations: Gay Bars, Club Kids Locations: America, rhinestones, Manhattan, New York

☆ See Anya Taylor-Joy’s stunning, unconventional wedding dress
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Gazing out from a 15th-century balcony overlooking Venice’s Grand Canal, actor Anya Taylor-Joy gave the world a first glimpse of her wedding dress this weekend — and it was far from expected. In lieu of a traditional ivory frock, Taylor-Joy opted for a blush-toned princess gown. Anya Taylor-Joy's custom Dior gown was a dusty rose color, decorated with intricate embroidered flowers and even a hummingbird. Cobra Team/Splash News/BACKGRIDPerhaps the least surprising element of the ethereally romantic gown was its label: custom Dior. Taylor-Joy wore a very different, leather-heavy Dior look for the brand's Spring-Summer 2024 show in Paris last week.

Persons: Anya Taylor, Joy, Dior, Taylor, Mario Brothers, lacy Dior, Jeremy Moeller, Malcolm McRae, —, Michelle Yeoh, Jean Todt, Schiaparelli Organizations: CNN, Globes, Venice Film, London, Getty Locations: Los Angeles, Paris, Venice, French, Geneva

☆ Milan Fashion Week: Stars and style align at the Spring-Summer 2024 shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Marianna Cerini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Milan CNN —Milan Fashion Week picked up where London left off last Wednesday, at least weather-wise. Both hit their strides with highly well received collections, as did a number of other familiar faces to Italy’s fashion capital. Overall, however, the festivities showed a consistency of form that continues to make the Italian city Paris’s greatest rival to the fashion scene throne. Cinematic sets and performative showsAlongside the clothes, many brands made their sets a main talking point at fashion week. Lodovico Colli di Felizzano/WWD/Getty ImagesRyan Gosling and Juila Roberts were among the star-studded crowd to pile into the Gucci show.

Persons: Milan, Gucci, Sabato de Sarno, Tom Ford’s, Peter Hawkings, Ford’s, Versace, Giulio Tanzini, Julia Roberts, Ryan Gosling, Gabrielle Union, Jessica Chastain, Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer, Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Prada, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Anna Wintour, Kim Jones, Karl Lagerfeld, Rome, Tom Ford, georgette, Brigitte Bardot, Priscilla Presley, Lorenzo Serafini, Max Mara, Ian Griffiths, Carlyne Cerf, Dudzeele, Katie Grand, Lucia Liu, Gabriella Karefa, Johnson, Franco, Jeremy Scott, Cerf, Lucia Liu’s, Donatella Versace, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Natalia Bryant, Precious Lee, Claudia Schiffer, lacy, Simone Bellotti, Francesca Murri, Matthieu Blazy, Blazy, Italy —, —, Paolo Fichera, Cavalli, Fendi, Shawn Kolodny, Pietro S, Beate Karlsson, Avavav, Sabato de Sarno's, Gregoire Avanel, Tom Ford's, Gaspar Ruiz, Pietro D'Aprano, Mattieu, Alfonso Catalano, Kim Jones nodded, Fendi Jones, Daniele Venturelli, Zakirova, Lodovico Colli di, Juila Roberts, Roberto Cavalli, Isidore Montag Organizations: Milan CNN — Milan, London, Bottega Veneta, Diesel, Prada, Britain’s Land Army, Dolce, Gabbana, Bally, Fondazione Prada, Accademia di Brera, Getty, Gucci Locations: British, Milan, Bottega, Hollywood, Fendi, organza, Los Angeles, Cannes, Bottega Veneta, Italy, French, Belgian, —, Missoni, Milan’s, Sunnei, Stockholm

☆ Here are the best and most daring looks from TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Each year, droves of tech founders, funders, and dreamers descend on TechCrunch Disrupt. And for years the event was regarded as a kind of fashion wasteland. Back in 2015, GQ felt compelled to write an entire tribute to the "one well-dressed man" at the conference. AdvertisementAdvertisementBut as the curtains rose on the startup world's big tent at the Moscone Center in San Francisco last week, the fashion transformation was undeniable. Well-heeled venture capitalists shed their puffy vests for tailored suits and cashmere, and stilettos were almost as commonplace as sneakers.

Persons: GQ Organizations: TechCrunch, Moscone Center Locations: San Francisco

☆ All black and white looks rule Dolce & Gabbana catwalk in Milan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/6] Models present creations from the Dolce & Gabbana Spring/Summer 2024 collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 23, 2023. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo Acquire Licensing RightsMILAN, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Italian luxury label Dolce & Gabbana presented a mainly black and white collection at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday, deconstructing tuxedos to present an array of dresses and suits for women next spring. Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana dressed models in see-through black lace dresses and black jackets worn with micro shorts. A selection of all white suits, jackets and lace dresses also featured in the spring/summer 2024 collection, as did dabs of leopard print on shiny macs and dresses. Milan Fashion Week, where the likes of industry heavyweights Giorgio Armani, Versace, Gucci and Prada present their collections, ends on Monday.

Persons: Alessandro Garofalo, Gabbana, deconstructing tuxedos, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Versace, Gucci, Prada, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Elisa Anzolin, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Dolce, Gabbana, Milan, REUTERS, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Milan, Italy

☆ Peter Hawkings offers slinky designs in Tom Ford debut at Milan Fashion
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Model Vittoria Ceretti presents a creation from the Tom Ford Summer 2024 collection designed by Peter Hawkings, during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco Acquire Licensing RightsMILAN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - British designer Peter Hawkings made his Tom Ford debut at Milan Fashion Week late on Thursday, offering an array of sleek suits, slinky dresses and towering stilettos for women next summer. Models wore fitted trouser suits as well as jackets paired with tiny matching shorts, figure-hugging long frocks and short leather dresses. Hawkings was named creative director at the fashion house in April, taking over from American fashion designer Tom Ford, who founded the eponymous brand in 2005 after leaving Italian luxury label Gucci. Milan Fashion Week runs until Monday.

Persons: Vittoria Ceretti, Tom Ford, Peter Hawkings, Claudia Greco, Hawkings, Donyale Luna, Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon, Gucci, Sabato De Sarno, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Miral Organizations: REUTERS, Milan Fashion, Thomson Locations: Milan, Italy, British, Detroit

☆ Here Are the 20 Oldest Members of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Annie Karni | More About Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the 81-year-old longtime Republican leader, has batted away questions about his health after twice freezing on camera, insisting he has no plans to step down ahead of schedule as the leader of his party in the Senate. Representative Nancy Pelosi, 83, the long-serving former House speaker, announced she would run for re-election in 2024, surprising some colleagues and observers by seeking a 20th term that she would finish at age 86. Both were reminders that some veteran lawmakers are still hanging onto their jobs running the country at an age when most people are well into retirement. Ms. Pelosi, who runs predominantly on a diet of chocolate and hot dogs, still hustles around the Capitol in her signature stilettos and shows little sign of age slowing her down. She did, however, step aside from leadership at the end of last year after Democrats lost the House majority.

Persons: Mitch McConnell of, Nancy Pelosi, Ms, Pelosi Organizations: Republican, Capitol Locations: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky

☆ How Merve Emre became the hottest — and most divisive — name in literary criticism
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

Last winter, the 37-year-old literary critic and Wesleyan professor Merve Emre stood in front of a microphone in Rachel Comey's Soho boutique. While the others had largely opted to pull boldfaced names from the Review's archives — like a 1985 Gore Vidal piece about Tennessee Williams — Merve Emre would be reading Merve Emre. Emre has penned so many introductions for new anthologies and reissues that one fan joked on Twitter: "every new baby in 2024 comes with an introduction by merve emre." Courtesy of Merve Emre. Over her cocktail, Merve Emre told me what my profile on Merve Emre should be about.

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☆ How Merve Emre became the hottest — and most reviled — name in literary criticism
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +40 min

☆ Look of the Week: @subwaysessions is the TikToker dividing the internet with her outfits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —This week, by far the most feverishly discussed outfit didn’t come from a member of the Kardashian clan or an off-duty model. Instead, it was Kristina Avakyan (known on TikTok as @subwaysessions), a New York resident who pushed the boundaries of style with a look that was anything but average. In a TikTok that’s now been watched over 1.9 million times, Avakyan paces across her runway (the 6 train subway platform) in what has become a deeply polarizing outfit. The outfit has been seen over 1.9 million times on TikTok and 62 million times on Twitter this week. The phrase “#personalstyle” has more than 858 million views on TikTok, and in 2022 the New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman wrote about how to capture it.

Persons: didn’t, Kardashian, Kristina Avakyan, “, ”, Adam Sandler collab, Carrie Bradshaw, Avakyan, Vanessa Friedman, Tan, Doja Cat, Heliot Emil Organizations: CNN, Twitter, City, HBO, Everett, New York Times, Paris Couture Locations: New York, TikTok, Tan France, Danish

☆ Giorgio Armani Prive showcases glittering haute couture lineup in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] A model presents a creation by designer Giorgio Armani as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023-2024 collection show for fashion house Giorgio Armani Prive in Paris, France, July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierPARIS, July 4 (Reuters) - Giorgio Armani layered on the shimmer and shine for his fall haute couture collection, sending sparkling pantsuits and ballgowns down a slick runway. The 88-year-old designer worked a sombre colour palette for the Giorgio Armani Prive lineup, mostly restricted to red, black and gold. The Italian designer closed the show with a crimson bridal dress, the sparkling white bodice covered in red flowers. Paris haute couture week, which includes shows from Chanel, Kering's Balenciaga and LVMH-owned Dior and Fendi, wraps up July 6.

Persons: Giorgio Armani, Giorgio Armani Prive, Sarah Meyssonnier PARIS, accenting, Sydney Sweeney, Noah Centineo, Emma Thompson, Chanel, Kering's, Dior, Mimosa Spencer, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Haute Couture, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, American, British

☆ Bye, Stilettos. Farewell, Flats! Kitten Heels Are the Shoes of the Summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Nancy Macdonell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The editor of an online erotica site shares 3 tips to make your romance writing immediately hotter
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Carly Pifer, founder of online erotica site Aurore, edits erotica stories professionally. It was one of the reasons she started Aurore, an online erotica community where women and LGBTQ+ writers can submit confessional-style true stories. "I want something slow, meandering, I want something that's like a tease…you're not going get straight to sex," Pifer told Insider. "I don't really care what color lipstick you're wearing and like how often as women do we really wear red lips?" Building up to sex is one of the most important parts of erotica, according to Pifer — and of intimacy itself.

☆ Vampire straw meaning explained: A closer look at the weapon's use after it was found in luggage at the Boston Airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A man was arrested earlier this month at Boston Logan International Airport for allegedly carrying a “vampire straw” in his carry-on luggage. What is a vampire straw? The term “vampire straw” is used to refer to a titanium straw with a pointed edge. Massachusetts police told CNN the straw confiscated from the traveler had been purchased from Szabo Inc., which sells titanium vampire straws for $85. The legality of carrying a vampire straw depends on local knife laws, the TSA’s New England office told CNN in an email.

Financial advisor Cassandra Cummings has taught more than 100,000 Black women start investing in the stock market. Here are four investments she recommends for beginners, including REITs and dividend stocks. Real estate investment trustsInvesting in real estate can require large sums of cash on hand to close sales, make renovations, and maintain properties. On the other hand, real estate investment trusts (REIT) are companies that own, operate or finance income-producing real estate ventures. It's an easy way to start investing in real estate if you don't have the capital to invest in your own rental property.

☆ Tucker Carlson does a victory lap after M&M's cancels its 'spokescandies' following conservative backlash over the green one's shoes
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Loading Something is loading. In the segment, Carlson recapped his show's coverage of the ongoing rebrand of the M&M's mascots and criticized coverage from other news outlets. "There is a lot of outrage over the end of frumpy, plus-sized, and lesbian M&Ms," Carlson also tweeted. M&M's announced a pause on the brand's spokescandies in a statement on Twitter Monday, writing: "In the last year, we've made some changes to our beloved spokescandies. Carlson previously criticized the brand's redesigned mascots, calling the brown M&M "less sexy" without her stilettos and slamming the rebranding of the green M&M from her go-go boots to sneakers.

☆ Miss El Salvador dons golden bitcoin outfit at beauty pageant
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Isabel Woodford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Alejandra Guajardo, Miss Universe El Salvador 2022 poses on stage in an outfit inspired by the country's use of Bitcoin, and previously the colón and cocoa beans as a currency, during the 71st Miss Universe National Costume Show at the Ernst N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. January 11, 2023. Jan 13 (Reuters) - A Miss Universe contestant from El Salvador strutted onto stage this week wearing a bitcoin-inspired gold bodysuit, a glittering tribute to her country becoming the world's first to adopt the crypto-currency as legal tender two years ago. Designed by fellow Salvadoran Francisco Guerrero for the "national costume" stage of the competition, the currency-themed outfit includes a staff topped with a golden bitcoin and a huge colon coin strapped to her back ringed by cacao beans. Guajardo's costume caught the attention of the online Bitcoin community on Thursday, with many pledging their support and rooting for her victory. Reporting by Isabel Woodford; Editing by David Alire Garcia and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The Chicest Flats For When You’d Rather Wear Heels
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Katharine K. Zarrella | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

THE TAMING OF THE SHOE For fans of sky-high footwear, heel-less options often fall flat. But this season offers an abundance of stylish, even-keeled kicks for anyone who is reluctantly abandoning their towering stilettos and hulking platforms. “ABANDON MY HEELS? Clearly not clairvoyant, I haven’t been able to slip into towering footwear for several months. When my doctors told me heels aren’t great for my condition, won’t help my recovery and are absolutely off limits, I started crying on the exam table, which made things awkward.

Seoul, South Korea CNN —ln a cavernous Seoul gymnasium Tuesday, grieving families inspected neat rows of belongings left behind at the scene of the deadly street crush in Itaewon. Another younger woman, wearing a cast on her left arm, walked into the gymnasium to find her lost shoe. This woman, who didn’t want to be named, said she was in front of a bar in the alley when the crush happened. Police walk among personal belongings retrieved from the scene of a fatal Halloween crowd surge. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said a “lack of institutional knowledge and consideration for crowd management” was partly to blame for the crowd crush.

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