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Prabal Gurung had a pretty spectacular Met Gala. Among the nine designs he created for the event was a dress for Hollywood royalty—Angela Bassett—and another for a crowned head, Princess Gauravi Kumari. None of the designer’s First Monday in May looks relied heavily on ornamentation, and neither do those in his latest Atelier collection. And not all are snatched—only about a third of the options are corseted, and only two have princess volumes. “I always say my job as a designer, especially when it comes to evening, is to offer options—options that fit in my world—so she can choose. Not…

Love is great when spoken, but greatest when shown. Do little things daily to show your loved ones you care. Yesterday afternoon I was sitting on a park bench in the early afternoon when an elderly couple pulled their car up under a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows and turned up some jazz music on the car stereo. Then the man got out of the car, walked around to the passenger side, opened the door for the woman, took her hand and guided her about ten feet away from the car, and they slow danced to a…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. would hit Iran “very hard” again, escalating his public threats as he pressed Tehran to sign a deal.”We hit them hard yesterday, and we’re going to hit them hard again today,” Trump said at a White House signing event for the Secure America Act. “We’re going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard.”Trump said Iran “should sign the deal” and said that the U.S. wants an agreement “that’s meaningful and works.””We’ll see what happens with the deal,” Trump said.In response Wednesday afternoon, the head of the national security commission in…

There’s a lot we’d like to take home with us after unwinding for a few days in a luxury hotel. The plush, spa-worthy robe, the cloud-like duvet, the stocked mini bar—nothing makes us want to redo our bedrooms than a vacation away. But among the easiest to bring home is the bedside carafe: that elegant little pitcher waiting for you on the nightstand. Suddenly, drinking water at 2 a.m. doesn’t require a stumble through the dark to the bathroom, and instead becomes somewhat of a bedtime ritual.The right carafe is also just really nice to look at. It turns one…

The new moon in Gemini peaks on June 14 at 10:54 p.m. Eastern Time. This lunation is the social event of June, fostering new connections, infusing our mental faculties with newfound clarity, and delivering a thrilling jolt of excitement. Our quicksilver mercurial prowess takes center stage, connecting us with those who share our deepest philosophies.New moons are the beginning of the monthly lunar cycle. The moon lies between the sun and Earth, mostly blocking the sun’s light from reaching us, meaning it appears dark or as merely a sliver of light. Without its full light, we cannot access our surroundings…

“The most common form of despair is not being who you are.” ~Søren Kierkegaard A few years ago, I was catching up over coffee with an old friend I’ll call Ray, a trusted mentor. He’s a few years older than me, silver-haired and down to earth, the kind of man who listens with his whole heart. We were at a small coffee shop near my house. I told him about my first year as a director, how I’d gone from being a counselor whose identity was built around listening and connecting to suddenly managing budgets, writing evaluations, and holding people…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said, “I love the inflation” after being asked if he was concerned about new consumer price index data that showed the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, a three-year high.Trump, speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, also predicted that inflation is “going to come down like a rock” after the United States’ war against Iran is over. The president linked that prediction to a confusing statement about the U.S. “taking” oil and ships.”No, I love it, the numbers were great,” Trump said when a reporter asked him about the CPI number issued earlier in the…

4547 California Ave SW Suite A, Seattle, WA 98116@revelrywestColorful 1970s retro-futurist motifs, velvety seating, and eclectic music like Japanese jazz or experimental hip hop greet you when you step through the alleyway entrance into Revelry Room. The space is laid out with small tables in enough proximity to encourage mingling. (We’re in West Seattle now, it’s friendlier here.) The substantial DJ booth in the corner hosts local and national DJs, tending toward a full-album listening format, while the bar highlights Black-owned distilleries, breweries, wineries, and producers such as Vusa Vodka, House of Brown, Métier Brewing Company, Boon Boona Coffee, and…

Like so many millennial women, I have a deeply complex relationship with Aaron Sorkin. On the one hand, I’ve seen every episode of The West Wing multiple times; on the other hand, I genuinely believe rewatching that particular televised ode to neoliberalism would kill me at this point in my life. On yet another hand, I loved reading Sarah Nicole Prickett’s instantly iconic 2012 interview-slash-takedown of the writer and director; on one final hand, Sorkin-directed movies including Molly’s Game, Being the Ricardos, and The Trial of the Chicago Seven have the inexplicable effect of soothing my hangovers, so I guess…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp said the artificial intelligence software company’s enterprise customers are “unhappy” with how the frontier labs are operating. “It’s not just the man and woman on the street that is unhappy with the frontier labs, it’s in private every single enterprise we deal with,” he told CNBC’s Sara Eisen on Wednesday. Many customers, he said, believe these companies don’t understand their businesses and only care about tokenmaxxing, or burning through AI tokens to signal productivity. Accelerating AI costs are raising alarm on Wall Street and efficiency concerns as businesses funnel more of the ever-evolving tech into workloads.…