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23 Jun

Home Sweet Home With Thom Browne and Andrew Bolton

Home Sweet Home With Thom Browne and Andrew Bolton
HOME RUNS IN NEW YORK: While brand ambassadorships are in abundance for style arbiters, Thom Browne and Andrew Bolton have landed a more distinguished one. Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, Latest York’s premiere preservation organization, will honor the pair with its Ambassador to the Upper East Side Award. The high-powered couple shall be the guests of honor on the group’s Sept. 19 fundraising dinner on the Metropolitan Club in Latest York. Nonetheless, the designer Browne, who also heads up the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and Bolton, the Wendy Yu curator answerable for the Costume Institute on the Metropolitan Museum of Art, usually are not being saluted for leading their respective fields. They shall be recognized for his...
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12 Jun

Joan Ballard, pioneering Portland wrestler, discovered her true self

Joan Ballard, pioneering Portland wrestler, discovered her true self
It was a late afternoon in April when Joan Ballard received the invitation to revisit a world she’d left behind way back.The lifelong Portlander, 86, lives alone. Her parents and two siblings have died, and he or she never married. She showers love on Lulu, a small dog that barks at visitors.Ballard settled in a straightforward chair that Tuesday and held the ticket that, if she wished, would take her back to the wild lifestyle that when defined her. She dismissed the offer with a wave of her hand.“That,” she said, “is prior to now.”A past that involved throwing other women around a tattered canvas ring and crashing down on top of them. All to the hoots and cheers of...
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1 Jun

Frances Valentine Enters Home Category in Partnership With Annie Selke

Frances Valentine Enters Home Category in Partnership With Annie Selke
Frances Valentine, the approach to life brand, is expanding its home offerings with home decor brand Annie Selke. The Frances Valentine x Annie Selke capsule collection features 28 styles in a rainbow-hued assortment of wildlife, painterly stripes and geometric patterns across bedding, decorative pillows and throws. Details include embroidery and pompons. It should be introduced Thursday. Prices range from $38 to $448. Frances Valentine x Annie Selke bedding. Courtesy of Frances Valentine Among the many offerings are duvet covers, embroidered pillowcases, appliquéd pillows and embroidered pillows and throws. Elyce Arons, cofounder and chief executive officer of Frances Valentine, said, “We desired to create home products because like styling yourself, decorating your private home is so personal. Having fun, joyful, daring pieces you like makes the...
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