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Naomi Campbell brought quiet luxury to the runway at Tod’s Spring 2025 presentation during Milan Fashion Week on Friday.The supermodel wore a cream draped halter top and white pleated pants, accessorizing with chunky bracelets and the brand’s taupe reptile print bucket bag. She wore her dark hair long and wavy, a departure from the sleek bob she’s sported in recent weeks.More from WWDNaomi Campbell attended the Tod’s Spring 2025 show in Milan on September 20th.On Saturday, she showed off a shorter hairstyle at the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2025 show, where Campbell appeared in a corseted fishnet blazer dress with…

This is a luxurious and very expensive balloon capsule that will soon be carrying passengers to the edge of space.The Spaceship Neptune Excelsior just completed a successful test flight, flying unmanned to an altitude of approximately 100,000 feet.Florida-based Space Perspective launched the balloon from the Marine Spaceport Voyager spacecraft off the coast of St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sept. 15. The capsule took six hours to reach more than 99 percent of Earth’s atmosphere before making a controlled descent and splashdown.The balloon launched from Voyager Marine Spaceport off the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida.Scenes from the flight test show the view…

Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to after burglars stole luxury items, including designer handbags, from a home in west London.Two burglars stole Hermes Birkin bags and other valuables worth tens of thousands of pounds from an address in Chelsea.The assailants attacked on the evening of July 20th, and despite a police investigation no arrests have been made.Detectives have now released a photograph of the man they hope to identify.The image was taken near Smith Street in Chelsea at around 8.30pm, before the thieves struck.A police statement said: “The photograph was taken on Smith…

The best fashion investments are those made with longevity in mind: trendy pieces may be good for a season, but beautifully crafted classics are timeless.If you’re looking to take a more conscious approach to refreshing your wardrobe this September, Net-a-Porter’s latest Modern Artisan capsule is for you. Returning for its third installment, this collaborative project with The King’s Foundation sees the work of six emerging artisans (Arielle Uno Ekwang, Daisy Gray, Georgia Wintle, Jessica Horton, Sarah Jane Sleeba and Flavia Nisto) hitting Net-a-Porter’s virtual shelves, with each piece a showcase of true artisanal craftsmanship.The pieces are the result of a…

“ABC World News Tonight with David Muir” and CNN’s “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” were among the major winners on the first day of the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, held Wednesday at the Palladium Times Square in New York City. The first of two nights is dedicated to the news categories, with documentary winners announced Thursday night.CNN’s Nada Bashir won the Outstanding Emerging Journalist award, and Univision’s Pedro Urteras won the Outstanding Journalist in Spanish-Language Media award.Bashir was also one of the show’s hosts, along with Jim Axelrod, Jamelle Bouie, Maria Antonietta Collins, Joe Fryer, Amna…

Lucchese Bootmakers, the Texas-born retailer whose handmade luxury boots sell for thousands of dollars, is coming to Arlington’s Entertainment District.According to state filings, the company plans to build a 3,600-square-foot space at Choctaw Stadium, the former home of the Texas Rangers that is being redeveloped to include restaurants, office space and retail. Arlington owns Choctaw Stadium and leases it to the Texas Rangers.Lucchese’s $350,000 project is expected to break ground in November and open in fall 2025.Cindy Carper reaches out to inspect a boot at Lucchese Bootmakers at The Domain on Aug. 22, 2024 in Austin, Texas.Lucchese was founded in…

Inside the massive caverns of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, visitors are only allowed to drink water. Cheetos are banned, and a recent visitor to the park dropped a bag full of them, causing a “significant impact” to the cave’s ecosystem, the park said in a Facebook post on Friday.”From a human perspective, a spilled snack bag may seem like a small thing, but to cave creatures it can be a world-changing event,” the park said in a post about trash found on the side of the road in the Big Room.”The processed corn softened in the cave’s…

Every year I ask my political science students, “What is your earliest political memory?”I ask these questions to find out what political and cultural moments shaped them. Over the years, their answers have primarily helped me think about the mix of perspectives in my classroom. But recently, my students’ answers have caused me to rethink contemporary American politics.Why? Because most of my students can’t remember politics without Donald Trump at its center. Few remember Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2012, and only vaguely.This has significant implications for their political identity and that of the nation.Read more: Opinion: For those who…

Former President Jimmy Carter is “talking politics again” after Vice President Kamala Harris became the top Democratic candidate.”After my grandmother passed away, my father went through a long period of decline where he showed very little interest in politics,” his eldest grandson, Jason Carter, told The Washington Post, “but now he’s talking about politics again.”Two family members told the paper that Carter’s health had been declining since the death of his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, in November last year, and he had been in hospice care for 18 months.”That’s sad,” he said of President Joe Biden announcing that…

When it comes to finances, sports betting may be one of the gambling options you want to avoid.Sports betting can lead to poor debt management and a negative impact on credit scores, and two recent studies have found that gamblers are more likely to spend more and invest less, with the effects being felt most by those who are financially vulnerable.To make matters worse, a third study suggests that the way sports betting has evolved could make it one of the most addictive forms of gambling.Six years after gambling was legalized in the United States, it is time for policymakers…