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...every duo that can say they met through Julia Roberts. But that's the case for Sally Hershberger and Sharon Dorram, hair stylist and colorist to the stars, respectively, who met after Sally sent Julia to Sharon in 1993. Fifteen years later, the two are about to open their first joint salon. A vast departure from Hershberger's Los Angeles and downtown New York City salons, the new space, located in a limestone townhouse on N.Y.C.'s Upper East Side, blends with the neighborhood's refined atmosphere. "We wanted to create a real jewel box," says Dorram. The pair worked...
...that defined the Tokyo high street for much of the 1980s ... [But in Harajuku], a tentative sense of revival was afoot. In its warren of side-streets, ancient storefronts and crumbling housing complexes, a scrappy group of designer/proprietors, many of them looking fresh out of high school, began to open apparel stores... enterprising magazine editors took to calling this retailing boom-let the "Ura-Harajuku Movement" and the semantic hype was soon matched by its transformative effect on fashion and youth culture. With "identity" as their organizing principle, and the "limited-edition" as its vehicle, the constituent parts of this...
...Event organizers will continue to emphasize the most marketable aspects of charity events to maximize the impact created. For these charity dances, however, it takes two to tango and our undergraduate population must take a stand. We must inform ourselves and be open to understanding the charities that we support. We should be empowered, not overwhelmed, by the charitable opportunities we have. Charity events should not merely be hats to wear to feel good the following weekend when we drink the day away outside Harvard Stadium. Let us remember that we are not limited, nor overwhelmed, but empowered every...
...beneficiary of Lima's resurgent interest in bullfighting is Gladys Vilca, operator of an open-air food stall in the passageway that circles the ring for the past 14 seasons. Vilca offers cow heart kebabs, known locally as anticuchos, and picarones, a kind of pumpkin funnel cake. The line in front of her fryers remains long after the matadors have left and the aficionados linger to discuss the events...
...perception of stereotyping—the failure to recognize the distinct phenotypes and personalities of two people of the same race. This instinct is an admirable one. But it seems dangerous to conflate the two problems: the lack of an attuned eye with the lack of character discernment and open-mindedness. One flaw is innocuous; the other is absolutely...