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☆ A Democratic House candidate said he was dropping out of the race because of a 'lack of joy.' Eight hours later, he said it was a mistake and is still in the race
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The campaign of House candidate Aditya Pai sent out an email Thursday morning dropping out of the race. Eight hours later, the campaign reversed course in a follow-up email. Eight hours later, it sent a follow-up message saying he was "not going anywhere." Eight hours later, Pai's campaign sent out an email with a completely different message: "I am not going anywhere." Pai's campaign is currently sitting on just over $81,000, about $26,000 more than fellow Democratic candidate Kim Nguyen.

Persons: Aditya Pai, candidate's, Michelle Steel, baring, Pai, Cheyenne Hunt, Kim Nguyen, Steel Organizations: Service, Democratic, Congressional, Republican, Orange County Register, FEC Locations: Wall, Silicon, California's, Orange, Cheyenne

☆ Rihanna drops Savage X Fenty maternity line
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Now, as the singer and businesswoman and her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, expect their second child, she’s expanding upon her pregnancy — and parenthood — aesthetic by designing and releasing a maternity capsule collection through lingerie brand Savage X Fenty. “The new maternity capsule is about bringing that confidence and comfort to moms at every stage of their journeys,” Rihanna said in a news release. “I want to remind people that you can still channel sexiness and feel-good while being a parent.”Model Essence Tatiana breastfeeds while wearing the Savage X Fenty Floral Lace Maternity Bralette in the color Black Caviar. Sophia WilsonThe new line features an oversized graphic tee with the cheeky message “Make More Babies” and three bralettes, all of which were both inspired by (and named after) Savage X Fenty’s most popular silhouettes — Savage X Cotton, Floral Lace and Savage Not Sorry. “I’m not going to let that part disappear because my body is changing.”Tatiana wears Savage X Fenty's Savage Not Sorry Lace Maternity Bralette in the color Purple Lavender.

Persons: Rihanna, baring, ” Rihanna, “, Tatiana breastfeeds, Sophia Wilson, Savage, it’s, ‘, Vogue, “ I’m, ” Tatiana, Sophia Wilson Savage, ” Organizations: CNN, Rocky

☆ US money market funds draw biggest inflow in four months
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File PhotoAug 4 (Reuters) - U.S. money market funds saw robust demand in the seven days to Aug. 2 as investors favoured safer assets on concerns over a U.S. credit rating downgrade and economic reports signalling a still-tight labour market. Investors secured U.S. money market funds worth about $58.56 billion in their biggest weekly net buying since March 29, data from Refinitiv Lipper showed. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsU.S. equity funds drew $133 million worth of inflows, compared with about $2.57 billion worth of net purchases a week ago. U.S. equity growth funds saw net outflows worth $3.48 billion, the biggest since June 7, but value funds had $891 million worth of net buying. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsU.S. bond funds witnessed about $1 billion worth of outflows, the first weekly net selling since June 28.

Persons: Rick Wilking, Lipper, baring industrials, Gaurav Dogra, Shilpi Majumdar Organizations: REUTERS, Investors, Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Thomson Locations: Westminster , Colorado, U.S, Patturaja, Bengaluru

The combined business comprises over 9,000 professionals in more than 50 jurisdictions, EQT said in a statement. BPEA EQT had tapped Goldman Sachs to be the lead adviser on the merger of the two companies, Reuters reported. Simon Webster, who joined Vistra as CEO in November 2022, will be the CEO of the combined business, EQT said. BPEA bought Tricor from private equity firm Permira in 2021 for $2.8 billion. EQT agreed last year to buy BPEA or Baring Private Equity Asia in a deal worth 6.8 billion euros ($7.5 billion), creating BPEA EQT.

Persons: EQT, BPEA, BPEA EQT, Goldman Sachs, Lazard, Simon Webster, Webster, Vistra, Tricor, Gokul, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Mark Potter Organizations: Reuters, Barclays, HSBC, Vistra, Baring Private Equity Asia, Thomson Locations: Hong Kong, China, Vistra, Bengaluru, Yantoultra, Singapore

☆ At American Apparel, a Sex-Positive Veneer Belied Abuse Underneath
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Estelle Tang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When she saw it again, “it had been sliced into pieces” so that the company could turn it into a mass-produced pattern. It was a fitting introduction to the company that would leach her useful qualities and mistreat the whole person. “Strip Tees” is devourable, rendered in efficient, colorful scenes. Flannery’s conversion from credulous retail recruit to company woman doesn’t trade in hyper-intellectual #MeToo-era analysis or retrospective scolding. “Shopgirls” appeared in the company’s advertisements, wearing hot shorts or ’70s-inspired tube socks and little else.

Persons: Kate Flannery, —, Flannery, baring velour romper, Dov Charney, “, ” Flannery, “ Shopgirls ” Locations: TEES, Los Angeles, kelly

☆ Men Are Baring Midriffs in Crop Tops
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Emma Grillo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As men have embraced shorter shorts over the past few years, some have also started to wear shorter shirts — specifically, crop tops. Though men have been known to wear stomach-baring garments when they exercise or go to the beach, lately crop tops can be seen on guys at stores and bars. Some wearers are making theirs by taking scissors to old T-shirts; others buy them off the rack, often from stores’ women’s sections. David Mendoza, 29, an operations manager in New York, owns crop tops of varying lengths. “If I’m wearing one just to go out casually, the crop top will be mid- to long length,” Mr. Mendoza said.

Persons: baring, David Mendoza, Mr, Mendoza Locations: New York

☆ FOREX Dollar gains after Fed minutes reinforce rate hike expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Herbert Lash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Fed funds futures showed expectations of a 25 basis point hike at the end of a two-day policy meeting on July 26 rose to 88.7%, according to CME Group's FedWatch Tool. The dollar index , which measures the U.S. currency against a basket of six others, including the euro and Japan's yen, rose 0.262% . The Fed will likely increase rates in July after the hawkish pause last month baring any surprises, said Jeffrey Roach, chief economist for LPL Financial. The dollar rose to around 144.48 yen, but was still below the 145 threshold that prompted intervention by Japanese authorities last autumn. The dollar-yen rate has broadly moved in sync with the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield , which rose to 3.9375% after the Fed minutes were released.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, baring, Jeffrey Roach, Roach, Joe Manimbo, Shusuke Yamada, Herbert Lash, Amanda Cooper, Kevin Buckland, Marguerita Choy, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Federal, LPL Financial, Labor Department, Treasury, Bank of America, Ministry, Finance, People's Bank of China, Thomson Locations: U.S, Washington, Tokyo, Beijing, London

☆ The Shorts That’ll Soon Be Everywhere—and 6 Other Standout Trends From Men’s Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Jamie Waters | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

THE WIDE AND SHORT OF IT Roomy shorts like these—as well as extra-long pants and a specific style of sandals—ruled at the spring shows. Photo: Maria Valentino MCV Photo (Sacai)SPOTTED AT Milan fashion week: actor Chris Pine strolling the streets barefoot, pants messily cuffed, loafers in hand. Though scorching heat likely explained the hoof-baring move, it had echoes of “man stumbles home at dawn after raucous wedding.” Soon after, Pine redeemed himself. He breezed into the Zegna show, his pleated pants now unrolled and pooling over his loafers. His slouchy elegance would’ve looked at home on many of this season’s runways.

Persons: —, Maria Valentino MCV, Chris Pine, baring, ”, Pine, would’ve Organizations: Milan

☆ Pippa Garner’s Wild Ride
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Evan Moffitt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

High-heeled roller skates, a palm-frond umbrella and a shower in a can — these are just a few of Pippa Garner’s hundreds of inventions. For the past 50 years, the artist has been satirizing U.S. consumer habits with designs that are not always entirely useful. Few things have escaped her restless, imaginative tinkering, from automobiles to her own body, which she began, in her words, “gender-hacking” in the mid-1980s. That may be why the art world establishment long treated Garner, 81, as a fringe character, more madcap inventor than conceptual artist in the tradition of Marcel Duchamp or Andy Warhol. There are T-shirts printed with Garner’s sardonic proto-meme images and slogans, including one featuring the actor Gary Busey and the words “I pay my stalker a living wage” in all caps.

Persons: Pippa Garner’s, Garner, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Omi, Gary Busey, Johnny Carson, ” Locations: Columbia County, N.Y

☆ Could You Be Dressing Sexier? A Guide For Men
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jamie Waters | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Do men want to look sexy? I think so, yes,” said Fredric Cibelli, a principal at a big New York consulting firm. Derek Vick’s spin on sexy skews more “Butch Cassidy” machismo. Chunky-heel cowboy boots, which bump his height from 5-foot-10 to about 6-foot, complete the look. “When I go out, I want to turn heads,” he said.

Persons: ”, Fredric Cibelli, baring, Channing Tatum, Mike, ” Rather, Derek Vick’s, Butch Cassidy ” machismo Locations: New York, Hattiesburg, Miss, Wranglers

☆ Can HBO’s ‘The Idol’ Bring Back ’80s Sleaze?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Steven Kurutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The first episode begins with the pop star Jocelyn, played by Lily-Rose Depp, baring her breasts during a photo shoot as a team of handlers, crew members and an ineffectual intimacy coordinator look on. There will be no flannel PJs for Joss; a pair of wake-up scenes make it clear to viewers that she sleeps in a thong. It isn’t only the show’s gratuitous nudity that harks back to Mr. Lyne and company, but the overall look and mood, which recall a louche glamour from the time of boxy Armani suits and cocaine nights. A main setting is a $70 million mansion in Bel Air that looks like something out of Mr. De Palma’s “Scarface” but is in fact Mr. Tesfaye’s real-life home. A number of young viewers have said they find sex scenes embarrassing, but Mr. Levinson, who created the HBO drama “Euphoria,” and his fellow producers have made no secret of their desire to pay homage to the heyday of Cinemax (when it had the nickname Skinemax).

Persons: Jocelyn, Lily, Rose Depp, baring, Mr, Tesfaye, Joss, Lyne, De Palma’s, ”, Tesfaye’s, Levinson, Elizabeth Berkley, Longworth Organizations: Royce, HBO, Cinemax, Risky, ”, American Cinematheque Locations: Bel Air, Los Angeles

☆ Chanel Takes Hollywood in a Return to Spectacle. Will It Pay Off?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chanel’s Los Angeles cruise fashion show was full of pink and sparkles. Photo: ChanelLOS ANGELES—After Tuesday’s Chanel cruise show at Paramount Studios, Dr. Birgit Scheuer Niro bopped to the beat of a live Snoop Dogg show in a pink-tweed midriff-baring suit, her blond hair in a high ponytail. “A real, real, real Beverly Hills housewife,” she said of her look—although in reality, she is a German physician based in Paris and specializing in breast-cancer screening. “It’s a serious profession, and my hobby is fashion,” said Dr. Scheuer Niro, a Chanel client important enough to receive a coveted invitation to the fashion show. “I always enjoy when I see other clients in the same outfit,” said the doctor, of a nearby client in the same pink Chanel cruise look.

☆ 'Quiet luxury' is back for the first time since the Great Recession. Here's what it is and what brands stand to benefit.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The quiet luxury trend is dominating 2023 after years of trends like "dopamine dressing." David Russell/HBOLike most other fashion trends, the move toward quiet luxury, or "stealth wealth," is part of a cycle. Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesAt this point, quiet luxury has become so popular that even luxury brands themselves are being asked about it. She also highlighted Italian luxury house Brunello Cucinelli, French leather goods firm Hermès, and Armani, who has been doing quiet luxury for nearly two decades. If that's a bit outside your budget, there are mass-market retailers partaking in what the quiet luxury trend is promoting: durable, sustainably made clothing in timeless fabrics and silhouettes.

☆ ‘Renfield’ Review: Dracula, Worst Boss Ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Count Dracula has been dead for so long and gone through so many iterations — exotic, satanic, romantic — that it’s almost surprising there’s any juice left in the thirsty old boy. Yet here he is again, resurrected by a glorious, vamping Nicolas Cage, swinging a cape, baring his fangs and stealing his every scene. He’s basically toast, and our guy, the Count’s unhappy servant, Renfield (a Nicholas Hoult type, relatable, smooth, good-looking) — after years of groveling and scarfing bugs — has had it. After a century of pop-culture celebrity and box-office success there’s no need: He is what he is, a vampire. He’s also, unsurprisingly given the job’s grisly requirements, a terrible boss, which the movie uses to economically establish how the long-suffering Renfield joins the support group.

☆ Vintage Red-Carpet Looks Are Having a Moment
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( Fiorella Valdesolo | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

With awards season in full swing comes the red-carpet photo dump of picture-perfect celebrities: Hours have been spent on hair and makeup; limbs are dripping in six-figure jewels; and couture finery abounds. But on Instagram, a different, less fussy era of red-carpet dressing has begun to hold sway via accounts that serve as scrapbooks of what celebrities once wore. The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards as a new fashion touchstone, for example? A post last year on New York stylist and vintage fashion archivist Gabriel Held’s Instagram feed suggested as much, with a carousel of images featuring the likes of Molly Sims and Ashanti in various hip bone–baring, low-slung styles emblematic of the early aughts. “I feel like the Gen Z kids are at a point now where they’re kind of referencing the era that they were born in,” says Held.

☆ Tuxedos and jumpsuits: menswear dazzles on awards season red carpets
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - From classic tuxedos to shiny jumpsuits, menswear has dazzled on the red carpets this awards season, sometimes even attracting the most attention with eye-catching looks. Singer Harry Styles arrived at the Grammy Awards in a chest-baring sparkling harlequin jumpsuit, while Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan has chosen ensembles in pale blue and red as his style choices for the Golden Globes and British Academy of Film (BAFTA) Awards. While classic suits and tuxedos are still a red carpet staple, menswear now features plenty of variety and bolder choices - vibrant colours, sparkling embroidery or detailing, as fashion favourite, actor Timothee Chalamet has often demonstrated with his non-traditional outfits. Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne has won style accolades for his red carpet choices this awards season, which culminates with Sunday's Oscars. Asked what she thought of men's fashion this award season, Oscar nominee Michelle Yeoh told Reuters last month: "I love it."

☆ Fendi kicks off Milan fashion week with deconstructed suits
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MILAN, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Milan kicked off its leg of the month-long catwalk calendar on Wednesday, with Italian luxury label Fendi deconstructing masculine tailoring at its womenswear fashion show. Milan Fashion Week follows New York and London events in which designers have been presenting their creations for autumn/winter 2023-2024. At Fendi, designer Kim Jones added pleated skirt aprons and trains to tailored trouser suits as well as shoulder-baring sleeves to waistcoats. Milan Fashion Week will host more than 50 catwalk shows, including by big names such as Giorgio Armani, Prada, Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana, over the next few days, wrapping on Feb. 27. Reporting by Elisa Anzolin and Marie-Louise Gumuchian, Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ What protests in China may mean for the economy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN Business —Protests against China’s prolonged and restrictive Covid regulations spread across the country over the weekend. Oil plunged and hit 2022 lows on Monday, while shares of companies that rely on China for production felt the heat. Oil prices dropped sharply, with investors concerned that surging Covid cases and protests in China may sap demand from one of the world’s largest oil consumers. They don’t want to end their covid policy but they also want to ensure that the political unrest doesn’t grow. This week is chock full of important economic data releases, many of which will help guide the Fed’s next interest rate hike decision in December.

☆ Nancy Pelosi wore the historically significant liberty brooch to her speech announcing she would not seek a Democratic leadership position
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she'd be stepping down from her position as House Speaker. Pelosi donned a golden accessory on the lapel of her blazer. Pelosi, whose husband was recently attacked in their California home, has used her outfits and accessories as political statements on multiple occasions. She wore the same dress to both of Former President Donald Trump's impeachments, baring her golden brooch in 2019 and ditching it in 2021, Insider previously reported. The golden accessory, according to The Post in 2019, boasts an eagle sitting atop a globe and a shaft comprised of 13 rods that symbolize the original 13 colonies.

☆ ‘Dying Inside’: Chaos and Cruelty in Louisiana Juvenile Detention
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Megan Shutzer | Rachel Lauren Mueller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +47 min

But inside the walls at Ware, one of the state’s largest juvenile detention facilities, children have been trying to kill themselves with stunning regularity. In Louisiana, where brutal conditions prompted juvenile justice reform two decades ago, the system is again in crisis. Most Ware guards are Black, as well, though nearly all of its leaders are white, as are the local judge, sheriff and district attorney. “Of course, they still do.” In reports to the state, Ware’s nurses described carpet burns on children’s faces and head-to-toe bruises from restraints. In fact, of the four guards convicted of sexually assaulting children at Ware, Mr. Peace would be the only one imprisoned.

A screen announces the listing of private-equity firm TPG, during the IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., January 13, 2022. TPG kicked off fundraising of its eighth private equity fund for the region in January, targeting $6 billion, the company said during its March earnings call. If successful, the fund will be its largest Asia fund to date. Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia last week announced it had closed its eighth, and largest, pan-Asia fund at $11.2 billion. read moreTPG's U.S rival Carlyle Group (CG.O) aims at raising $8.5 billion in a new Asia fund, according to separate people familiar with the situation.

☆ Baring Private Equity Asia closes its largest pan-Asia fund
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBaring Private Equity Asia closes its largest pan-Asia fundJean Eric Salata, Chief Executive of Baring Private Equity Asia talks about Asia's bright spots, and why India is a top pick for digital progress.

TPG kicked off fundraising of its eighth private equity fund for the region in January, targeting $6 billion, the company said during its March earnings call. If successful, the fund will be its largest Asia fund to date. Hong Kong-based Baring Private Equity Asia last week announced it had closed its eighth, and largest, pan-Asia fund at $11.2 billion. read moreTPG's U.S rival Carlyle Group (CG.O) is aiming to raise $8.5 billion in a new Asia fund, according to separate people familiar with the situation. It last raised a $4.6 billion Asia fund in February 2019.

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