Looking for a gorgeous event gown that comes in under $600? Alice + Olivia creative director Stacey Bendet has got you. “Women want to get dressed up but they also don’t want to spend $10,000 to go to a party,” she told Alexa at her star-studded fashion presentation in the Meatpacking District. “I think what... ... Read full Story
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Taraji P. Henson coordinates her clothes with her new hair color. The “Hidden Figures” star attended Jonathan Simkhai’s spring 2025 show in a pale salmon coat and slacks that matched her new orange locks. “I changed my hair the night before the premiere of ‘Fight Night,’” the Golden-Globe-winning actor told Alexa. “It was a steady... ... Read full Story
CHE bello! Bloomingdale’s threw a celebrity-packed party to celebrate the launch of “From Italy, With Love,” a two-month retail event celebrating the best of the country’s fashion, design and cuisine. The department store’s CEO Olivier Bron teamed with Air Mail editor Graydon Carter on the bash held at the Academy Mansion in Manhattan on Thursday.... ... Read full Story
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Tommy Hilfiger literally rocked the boat. The designer staged a runway extravaganza aboard the decommissioned Staten Island Ferry that SNL’s Colin Jost and alum Pete Davidson allegedly bought while “very stoned,” and closed out the show with a surprise performance by three members of the Wu-Tang Clan backed by Questlove on the decks. Dressed in... ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 12, 2024 is:
fraternize \FRAT-er-nyze\ verb
To fraternize with someone is to be friendly with them or to spend time with them in a friendly way. Fraternize is often, though not always, used in situations where such friendly behavior is considered wrong or improper, as in “fraternizing with the enemy.”
// The boss warned that fraternizing with the junior employees could be a risky career move for a manager.
“Ten years after the successful opening of the Tyler Colleges, my grandfather, who was 17 at the time, began to study and take advantage of the rich social and economic legacy of barbering. He opened the first barbershop to be owned and operated by an African American in Gordon Heights, Long Island. From its humble beginnings to the next 68 years thereafter, his business became a place in the Black community that men gathered to connect, fraternize and—of course—get groomed; a place where Black men found hopes, dreams and pride.” — Stacey Morris, Variety, 23 Feb. 2022
Did you know?
O brother where art thou? In many an English word descended from the Latin noun frater, meaning “brother,” that’s where. Both fraternize and fraternal (meaning “of, relating to, or involving brothers”), for example, come to us by way of Medieval Latin from frater. Other fraterprogeny in English include friar and fraternity. Even brother itself shares a relationship with frater (albeit it a more distant one). These days, although fraternize can still apply to a brotherly association or simple friendliness, it is often used in phrases, such as “fraternizing with the enemy,” implying friendliness toward someone who would be better avoided.