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| Lanvin Designer Alber Elbaz in the Spotlight’s Glare Thu, 17 May 2012 05:34:01 GMT How does the designer Alber Elbaz feel about success? It’s complicated. |
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| A Sly Wink to Pinups of the Past Thu, 17 May 2012 06:42:04 GMT The pinup, once fodder for magazines with evocative titles like Eyeful and Wink, has evolved from the all-American calendar girl to an emblem of hip femininity. |
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| Justin Ross Lee, Party Animal, Seeks Fame Thu, 17 May 2012 06:40:03 GMT Justin Ross Lee, a 29-year-old social media monger, has been banned from a dozen venues. But that’s not standing in the way of his quest for fame. |
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| Up Close: Edward Enninful: An Image Maker Who Gets the Picture Thu, 17 May 2012 04:30:30 GMT Edward Enninful likes to go against type, and it’s working for W Magazine. |
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| Front Row: Art’s Turn on the Catwalk Thu, 17 May 2012 03:18:00 GMT The artist K8 Hardy is preparing a fashion show for the Whitney that aims to provoke questions. |
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| Scene City: Decades Ball Benefits Lapham’s Quarterly - Scene City Thu, 17 May 2012 04:30:30 GMT A 1920s mood prevails at a party for a literary magazine with at least one foot in the past. |
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| Skin Deep: Skin Deep: Adult Women Battle Acne Thu, 17 May 2012 03:07:04 GMT More adult women are getting pimples than ever before, according to a recent study. |
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| Noticed: Saying ‘No’ to Picture Perfect Thu, 17 May 2012 04:30:30 GMT A group of young feminists is campaigning against digitally retouched photographs in a teen magazine. |
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| Store Openings and Events—Scouting Report Thu, 17 May 2012 03:30:36 GMT Opulence, czar style, comes to New York as Fabergé opens on Madison Avenue; PF Flyers celebrates its 75th anniversary with a limited-edition line. |
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| With Fajas, Tight as Corsets, a Shortcut to Hourglass Figure Is Rediscovered Wed, 16 May 2012 19:13:03 GMT The faja, from the Spanish word for wrap, has become popular as a tight, form-fitting shortcut to curves. |
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| Let Them Eat Cake: Lagerfeld Captures Versailles’s Heyday Thu, 17 May 2012 06:48:01 GMT Karl Lagerfeld inaugurated the Chanel cruise collection on Monday among the verdant trees and splashing fountains framing the French palace. |
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| Critical Shopper: Fivestory, a New Boutique on the Upper East Side — Critical Shopper Thu, 17 May 2012 03:18:01 GMT To browse at Fivestory is to plunge Alice in Wonderland-like into a strange and refreshing mirror world of unfamiliar fashion. |
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| Beauty Spots: Store Lines for Beauty and Skin Care Expand Thu, 17 May 2012 03:07:04 GMT Kohl introduces Elle Cosmetics, Ulta Beauty has a new line, and Target now has two bath and body brands. |
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| Well: Skechers Toning Shoe Customers to Get Refund Thu, 17 May 2012 03:36:11 GMT Federal regulators announced on Wednesday that Skechers has agreed to pay $40 million to settle charges that the company deceived consumers with claims about its toning shoes. |
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| Cape Town Shines in London Tue, 15 May 2012 06:47:23 GMT The South African designer Hanneli Rupert has opened a pop-up version of her Merchants on Long store, bringing a taste of Africa to the British capital. |
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| T Magazine: Bookshelf | 'The Brooklyn of Fashion Insiders' Mon, 14 May 2012 17:11:03 GMT A portable handbook celebrates and explores Kings County businesses and their cool, laid-back attitudes. |
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| Nepalese Pedicurists Must Overcome Aversion to Strangers’ Feet Mon, 14 May 2012 22:37:21 GMT Many immigrants from Nepal work in New York beauty salons, but giving pedicures can feel uncomfortable because in their homeland, women customarily don’t touch strangers’ feet. |
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| Bunny Mellon Is Thrust to Center in John Edwards Trial Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:48 GMT At 101, Bunny Mellon finds herself thrust into an unwelcoming limelight, as a central figure in the John Edwards trial. |
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| The Protégé’s Pen: Portrayal or Betrayal Mon, 14 May 2012 20:01:41 GMT A biography of the former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee has the author’s mentor, Bob Woodward, upset — and much of Washington is talking. |
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| Flashback: Grace Coddington Remembers Vidal Sassoon Tue, 15 May 2012 00:45:26 GMT A young Grace Coddington met Vidal Sassoon, and it changed the way hair was styled in the ’60s. |
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| T Magazine: Fête Accompli | Dance Class Mon, 14 May 2012 18:46:29 GMT Dance enthusiasts piled into the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the New York City Ballet spring gala last night. |
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| Pet Chips Have Become Big Business, but Do They Work? Sun, 13 May 2012 01:00:30 GMT Pet-chip technology, which allows lost or stolen pets to be readily identified, has become a big business. But how well do they work? |
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| Possessed: Jay McInerney and His Hand Ax Sun, 13 May 2012 01:30:31 GMT When his creative juices are clotting up, Jay McInerney says he reaches for, of all things, an Acheulean hand ax. |
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| Makers: Who Made That Clothespin? Tue, 15 May 2012 22:27:04 GMT If Vermont was the Silicon Valley of 19th-century clothespin technology, the early history of the device is more difficult to trace. |
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| Vidal Sassoon, Hairdresser and Trendsetter, Dies at 84 Thu, 10 May 2012 21:40:06 GMT Mr. Sassoon changed the way women wore and cared for their hair, fashioning short, often striking styles known for their geometric shapes and sharp angles that were also easy to maintain. |
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| Rebranding Africa Tue, 15 May 2012 06:47:18 GMT The continent is entering the fashion arena, with the quality of its handwork, artistic creativity and its potential for economic growth at the center of the latest issue of Uomo Vogue. |
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| Alber Elbaz, Life of the Party Thu, 17 May 2012 08:00:03 GMT The Lanvin designer in appearances at shows and events. |
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| Chanel Resort 2013 Tue, 15 May 2012 18:16:30 GMT The interseason collection had more frills and furbelows than Marie Antoinette might have jammed into her closets. |
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| On the Runway Blog: What Goes Around Comes Around Opens Pop-Up Store in Williamsburg Mon, 14 May 2012 22:12:53 GMT Williamsburg is a natural destination for haunts like the new What Goes Around Comes Around pop-up shop, the first-ever in the area for the 19-year-old vintage lifestyle brand. |
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| On the Runway Blog: Essence Celebrates Their Best in Black Beauty Awards Tue, 15 May 2012 20:03:26 GMT Essence magazine hosted its first Best in Black Beauty Awards at the Dream Hotel in New York City. |
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| On the Runway Blog: New Costumes at City Ballet Thu, 10 May 2012 21:44:07 GMT Tonight, Lincoln Center will once again be filled with stars and socialites dressed to the hilt as the New York City Ballet opens its spring season. But true fashion lovers should look not to the plaza but to the stage for the most exciting designs. |
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| IHT Special Report: Jewelry: For Jewelers, Using Celebrities as a Showcase Wed, 16 May 2012 18:11:08 GMT Over the past five years, a convergence of social media and celebrity culture has refashioned the red carpet jewelry game. |
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| Motherlode Blog: Do 6-Month-Olds Really Need Music Class? Wed, 16 May 2012 21:33:12 GMT Parent-baby music classes may make babies more social, but if they don't make parents happy, what are they really worth? |
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| Motherlode Blog: That 'He's Adopted' One-Liner in 'The Avengers'? Not Funny. Wed, 16 May 2012 15:21:11 GMT I have never walked out of a movie before. But when in "The Avengers" Thor dismissed his evil brother with the words "He's adopted," I left. |
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| Motherlode Blog: A Daughter Too Young — and Too Old — to Freeze Eggs Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:28 GMT A mother and daughter on why they won't be visiting a fertility clinic together anytime soon. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.