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11 Oct

Breast Cancer At Any Age: After Three Generations Of

While breast cancer is commonly regarded as something to be proactive about after 40, on this series, Breast Cancer At Any Age, we speak to women who had scares or battled breast cancer at a much younger age than expected. “Generational.” That’s how Ashley Dedmon would describe cancer and the impact the disease has had on her family. “On my maternal side, my great-grandmother, my grandmother and my mother were diagnosed with breast cancer,” she tells ESSENCE. Her mother was 49 when she was diagnosed with metastatic or Stage 4 breast cancer, dying from it on the age of 52. She passed in early 2007, and months afterward, Dedmon received a call that may turn her world the other way...
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2 Jun

Luar’s Run at Becoming This Generation’s Americana Mega Brand

Next week, Raul Lopez — the Latest York City-based designer behind Luar — will strap into an airplane seat certain for Paris. He’s a finalist for the LVMH Prize — the most recent stop on a road to what could make him the U.S.’ latest egalitarian lifestyle brand, following within the footsteps of Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and Tory Burch. Lopez, like those aforementioned who got here before him, has a specific knack for offering luxury at a price point that feels inside grasp. Ralph Lauren, the son of Jewish, eastern European immigrants and a first-generation Latest Yorker, took the WASP-y dress code to the masses. Lopez, also a primary generation Latest Yorker, is following suit along with his own viewpoint...
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