Month: November 2019

One of the special things about L.A. is you can travel the world without ever getting on a plane. Little Ethiopia on Monday, Koreatown on Tuesday, Little Armenia on Wednesday, Olvera Street on Thursday, Thai Town on Friday … and Little Tokyo on Saturday. Not unlike its namesake city, this stylish downtown neighborhood is both…

Fast-fashion retailers became giants by quickly churning out fresh, low-priced styles that pull trend-seekers into stores. But that comes at a price. Rapidly producing clothes in large batches can save money, but if the items don’t all sell, that creates waste. Encouraging shoppers to buy as often as trends change means old clothes can end…

PORTLAND, Ore. —  A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring that immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the rule from going into effect Sunday.…

BAGHDAD —  The protesters stand by the thousands on the abandoned building’s open floors, waving Iraqi flags and cheering. Some sit on the edge, feet dangling in the air from high floors as they sway to blasting music. They have a bird’s-eye view of Baghdad — and the tens of thousands of demonstrators below. At night,…

PLAINS, Ga. —  Former President Carter taught a Bible lesson on life after death Sunday less than two weeks after breaking his pelvis in a fall. Using a walker, the 95-year-old Democrat slowly entered the crowded sanctuary at Maranatha Baptist Church in the southwest Georgia town of Plains. “Morning, everybody,” he said cheerfully. With help, Carter…

BAGHDAD —  Iraqi security forces shot dead three protesters and wounded 19 during a nighttime attack on the Iranian Consulate in the Shiite holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq, police officials said Monday. The anti-government protest in Karbala and elsewhere in Iraq, which have been fueled by local grievances and mainly directed at political elites,…

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In the fall of 1984, a few months after arriving at Random House as a senior editor, I was at lunch with the publishing house’s proprietor, S. I. (Si) Newhouse (whose family owns Condé Nast, which publishes The New Yorker), and its C.E.O., Robert Bernstein, who had hired me away from the Washington Post. We…

So the time has finally arrived. The celebrity-driven ‘it’ bag business is about to suffer a backlash, according reports. The days of emulating A-list celebrities with the latest designer bag seems, well, so very last season. In a report by consumer intelligence analysts Mintel, British women are expected to turn their backs on expensive, celebrity-endorsed…

Jaeger is to present its first on schedule catwalk presentation during London Fashion Week when it shows its Jaeger London line later this month. The collection is best described as younger and more directional in comparison to Jaeger’s mainline and Jaeger Black, which consists of the brand’s tailoring and eveningwear. It has even been described…