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6.2.24

LISTEN TO THIS WEEK'S SHOW! SEA GIRLS – “Midnight Butterflies” (Alt Records/Believe, U.K.) NEON DREAMS & MATTHEW MOLE – “The Art of Letting Go” (UMG, S. Africa) CARAVAN PALACE – “Fool” (Wagram, France) ALFIE TEMPLEMAN  – “Eyes Wide Shut” (Chess Club/AWAL, U.K.) KINGFISHR  – “Shadow” (Doonane Records, Ireland) GIANT ROOKS – “Under Your Wings” (Universal Music, Germany) SOHODOLLS  – “What Kinda Love”(Filthy Pretty/A&G, U.K.) TEENAGE DADS – “Weaponz” (Chugg Music, Australia) GOOD NEIGHBOURS – “Home” (Unsigned, U.K.) KEYSIDE – “Nikita” (Modern Sky, U.K.) MIDDLE KIDS  – “The Blessings ” (EMI, Australia) THE DREAM MACHINE  – “Frankenstein” (Unsigned, U.K.) LAVA LA RUE – “Push N Shuv” (Dirty Hit, U.K.) RHETT REPKO  – “My Love Will Stay” (Unsigned, N. America) JAMIE HANNAH  – “What If” (Unsigned, U.K.) GRIPPA – “Hell” (Unsigned, N. Amercia) THE CAVS  – “Man In The Suit” (Unsigned, U.K.)  HINDS  – “Coffee” (Lucky Number, Spain) RED RUM CLUB  – “Hole In My Home” (Modern Sky, U.K.) ANAÏS – “Stephen King” (Believe, Germany) ACROBVT  – "Neon" (Unsigned, U.K.) HOLYOAK – “The Home I Wanted” (Unsigned, Australia) TRIBE FRIDAY – “Andy” (ICEA, Sweden)  HOCKEY DAD  – “Base Camp” (Farmer & The Owl/BMG, Australia) JERUB  – “Gonna Be Okay” (Elevate Music, U.K.) MICHAEL ALDAG  – “Sabotage” (3 Beat/Universal, U.K.)  GIRL IN RED  – “You Need Me Now? (Feat. Sabrina Carpenter)” (Columbia, Norway) LIME CORDIALE  – “The Big Reveal; Ou L’Hypocrite"(Chugg Music, Australia) CORELLA – “Head Underwater” (Corella Music, U.K.) TALISCO – “Forknox” (Roy Music, France)  TRISHA – “Unfinished” (Universal Music India, India) MASI MASI – “Cigarette Smile” (Unsigned, U.K.) BRICE KENDALL – “Finest Garments” (Unsigned, U.S.A.)  THE K’S – “Heart On My Sleeve” (LAB Records, U.K.)

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Last Friday, York’s Little Festival of Live Music went acoustic pop. The annual fundraiser for York Mind that runs on Parliament Street alongside the York Food And Drink festival entertained the punters with fours acts, starting with acoustic duo Kitty VR, followed by punk four-piece Bull and concluding with soloist Andy Doonan and rockers The Blueprints. We got some photos of the action.

Photos by Graeme Smith

Kitty VR

Bull

Andy Doonan

The Blueprints

Kitty VR, Bull, Andy Doonan and The Blueprints played at York’s Little Festival of Live Music on Friday 29 September 2017.

York’s Little Festival of Live Music – Night Six Last Friday, York's Little Festival of Live Music went acoustic pop. The annual fundraiser for York Mind that runs on Parliament Street alongside the York Food And Drink festival entertained the punters with fours acts, starting with acoustic duo Kitty VR, followed by punk four-piece Bull and concluding with soloist Andy Doonan and rockers The Blueprints.

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Beautiful People  -  BBC Two  - October 2, 2008  -  December 18, 2009

Comedy / Drama  (12 episodes)

Running Time;  30 minutes

Stars:

Luke Ward-Wilkinson as Simon Doonan. Played by Samuel Barnett in present-day scenes.

Layton Williams as Kylie Parkinson  Played by Howard Charles in a present-day scene, but is voiced by Williams.

Olivia Colman as Debbie Doonan

Aidan McArdle as Andy Doonan

Sophie Ash as Ashlene Doonan

Meera Syal as Aunty Hayley

Sarah Niles as Reba Parkinson

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CROSSWORD CLUES "V" (IRATEMONK)

1. BEN ROETHLISBERGER'S SHIVERING SHOULDER

2. KERRY WASHINGTON'S SHIVERING CALF

3. KYLIE JENNER'S SHIVERING BUTTOCKS

4. JAMIE LYNN SPEARS'S SHIVERING FOOT

5. DEAN MCDERMOTT'S SHIVERING CHIN

6. EVAN RACHEL WOOD'S SHIVERING LIP

7. DJIMON HOUNSOU'S SHIVERING THIGH

8. NICHOLAS HOULT'S SHIVERING BELLY

9. BRAD PITT'S SHIVERING BREAST

10. TOBEY MAGUIRE'S SHIVERING BOTTOM

11. LEIGHTON MEESTER'S SHIVERING EYE

12. GARTH BROOKS'S SHIVERING EAR

13. ANGELINA PIVARNICK'S SHIVERING WRIST

14. RICKY MARTIN'S SHIVERING EYE

15. ANDY RODDICK'S SHIVERING NOSE

16. TOM BRADY'S SHIVERING NOSTRIL

17. MINKA KELLY'S SHIVERING LOWER LEG

18. ALEC BALDWIN'S SHIVERING LOWER LEG

19. JEREMY PIVEN'S SHIVERING EYEBROW

20. JON GOSSELIN'S SHIVERING TONGUE

21. SELENA GOMEZ'S SHIVERING EYEBROW

22. LUKE WILSON'S SHIVERING UPPER ARM

23. MOLLY SIMS'S SHIVERING ANKLE

24. AMY WINEHOUSE'S SHIVERING FOOT

25. DAVID BECKHAM'S SHIVERING HAND

26. HAYDEN PANETTIERE'S SHIVERING LIP

27. TAMRON HALL'S SHIVERING ANKLE

28. KELSEY GRAMMER'S SHIVERING WRIST

29. HELEN HUNT'S SHIVERING SHOULDER

30. JOSH BROLIN'S SHIVERING ARM

31. TRAVIS BARKER'S SHIVERING HAIR

32. JIM PARSONS'S SHIVERING CHEEK

33. WHITNEY PORT'S SHIVERING WAIST

34. GWEN STEFANI'S SHIVERING ELBOW

35. MARCUS SCHENKENBERG'S SHIVERING THUMB

36. BLAKE LIVELY'S SHIVERING FOREARM

37. GEORGE LOPEZ'S SHIVERING SHOULDER

38. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S SHIVERING FOREHEAD

39. KATE UPTON'S SHIVERING TONGUE

40. PETER FACINELLI'S SHIVERING FINGER

41. KEITH URBAN'S SHIVERING HAIR

42. GABOUREY SIDIBE'S SHIVERING TOOTH

43. TYRA BANKS'S SHIVERING LOWER LEG

44. FABRIZIO MORETTI'S SHIVERING WAIST

45. MILO VENTIMIGLIA'S SHIVERING WAIST

46. DENIS LEARY'S SHIVERING ARM

47. KELLY ROWLAND'S SHIVERING FINGER

48. SIMON DOONAN'S SHIVERING CALF

49. NEIL PATRICK HARRIS'S SHIVERING BREAST

50. KID ROCK'S SHIVERING BUTTOCKS

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How Kate Spade built her billion-dollar empire — and left it

Handbag designer Kate Spade at her New York showroom in 2000. (Photo: Thomas Iannaccone/Penske Media/Rex/Shutterstock)

The fashion industry is mourning the loss of Kate Spade, one of America’s most beloved designers. On Tuesday morning, the Associated Press reported that Spade was found hanged, an apparent suicide, in her New York City apartment.

Spade was born Katherine Brosnahan in Kansas City, Mo., in 1962. She created her eponymous label in 1993 with her then-boyfriend — who later became her husband — Andy Spade (the brand is a combination of the founders’ names). The two met while at Arizona State University and neither studied fashion.

After graduation, the couple moved to New York City, where Kate started her career as an accessories editor at Condé Nast’s Mademoiselle magazine. Although Spade had an eye for fashion, she did not have a design background. Nevertheless, with a little push from Andy over dinner at a Mexican restaurant, she sought to make her handbag line a success — but it didn’t happen overnight.

Andy and Kate Spade in 1999. (Photo: Globe Photos/zumapress.com)

“At the time, things were very — bags were too complicated. And I really loved very simple kinds of architectural shapes. And I would wear these very simple shapes, none of which were famous designers. I mean, there were no names. If someone were to say, whose is that? I’d say, I don’t know; I bought it at a vintage store, or it’s a straw bag I got in Mexico,” Spade told Guy Raz in the NPR podcast How I Built This. 

Kate Spade in 2010. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Kate’s first handbag mockup was famously made of burlap. She took her first few prototypes to a trade show at the Javits Center in New York in 1993 and sold units to Fred Segal in Los Angeles and Barneys New York, arguably two of the most renowned fashion retailers in the nation. But the profits barely covered the costs for the booth. And two years of hustling later, the company still wasn’t turning a profit. 

However, things took a dramatic turn in 1996 after Kate Spade won the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America Perry Ellis award that brought international acclaim to the brand. More department stores, such as Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue, started ordering in bulk, which helped the brand out of the red. At the CFDA awards, “there were reporters from around the country, not just New York, at the show. They were saying, you know, oh, my — who is this?” Spade said to Raz in the NPR podcast. “And so that really, really helped us a great deal, I have to say.”

A wall of Kate Spade bags on display in a London pop-up shop. (Photo: Alamy)

  Kate Spade with her husband, Andy, left, and David Spade, right, attend the American Fashion Awards in 2001 in New York City. (Photo: Diane Cohen/Getty Images)

Soon after Kate’s CFDA win, her most iconic item, the Sam bag, known for its boxy shape and nylon material, became the “it” accessory of the ’90s. Spade’s decision to sew the inside logo on the exterior of the bag was a move the New York Times said helped create “a brand identity and her empire.”  

“The purses became something of a handshake,” said Wall Street Journal fashion reporter Christina Binkley to Racked. “When two women met and saw they were both holding Kate Spade bags, they’d nod at each other and understand they were on the same page. It was very chic.”

In part, its success can be attributed to Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour, who featured Spade’s bag in the magazine alongside European labels like Gucci. Celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, and Monica Lewinsky became Kate Spade fans.

“Kate Spade had an enviable gift for understanding exactly what women the world over wanted to carry. She launched her label at a time when everyone thought that the definition of a handbag was strictly European, all decades-old serious status and wealth. Then along came this thoroughly American young woman who changed everything,” said Vogue editor in chief and Condé Nast artistic director Anna Wintour in a statement on Vogue.com. 

Kate Spade with a handbag of her own design in 1998 in New York. (Photo: Thomas Iannaccone/Penske Media/Rex/Shutterstock)

To capitalize on the the company’s popularity, the Kate Spade brand started to grow, and in 1996 the label opened its first store on Thompson Street in Manhattan’s hip SoHo neighborhood. New York was equally important to the brand’s DNA as it was to Spade’s story. The city is where the brand was born, the company bares its name (the full name being Kate Spade New York), and it is where many of Spade’s first and most loyal customers lived.

Fans range widely in age, but to this day, scoring a Kate Spade as a teenager or young adult has largely been considered a rite of passage. “It seems like just yesterday I was running my fingers over the shelves where it was my job to rearrange the iconic nylon box bags,” wrote Stella Bugbee for the Cut. “The simple rectangular totes were a status symbol for chic downtown women at the time, and I sold so many of them, I lost track.”

Kate Spade bags were modestly priced between $150 and $450, making them not only aspirational but attainable. They hung in a sweet spot compared with the brand’s European counterparts. “The name held prestige, but it wasn’t off-putting,” as Robin Givhan told the Washington Post. 

Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade at the ASPCA Bergh Ball, “Tails of Time,” at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City in 2007. (Photo: Brian Ach/WireImage for Chopard)

It was also Spade’s personal quirky sense of style, 1950s-style bouffant hair, and cheerful smile that added a lot of joy to the label. This infectious energy resonated with consumers, with many connecting with her Midwestern roots. Spade brought a vivid color palette, a playful charm, and feminine poise to her designs, making them highly covetable.

Kate Spade and Michael Kors at the CFDA-hosted preview of “Fashioning Fiction,” at MoMA Queens in New York City in 2004. (Photo: John Calabrese/Penske Media/Rex/Shutterstock)

In 1999, Kate and Andy Spade sold 56 percent of their company’s shares to the Neiman Marcus Group for $34 million. In 2006, Neiman Marcus bought out the rest of the couple’s shares to sell the company to Liz Claiborne (owner of Juicy Couture & Lucky Brand Jeans), which would later change its name to Kate Spade & Co.

Kate Spade shopping in 2007. (Photo: Billy Farrell/PatrickMcMullan.com)

In 2007, Kate and Andy Spade would officially leave the multimillion-dollar brand they helped create, devoting more time to family and raising their daughter, Frances Beatrix Spade. But Kate’s vision and spirit would continue to drive the brand’s ethos long after her departure. Young, fresh-faced celebrities like Taylor Swift and Millie Bobby Brown carried on the funky aesthetic into the next generation, wearing it on the red carpet and being snapped by paparazzi wearing the brand’s designs.

In 2016, nearly 10 years later, the duo would return to fashion, launching a brand-new shoe and handbag label called Frances Valentine.

“Frances is a longtime family name on my dad’s side,” Spade told WWD in 2015. “My grandfather, father, brother, and my daughter’s name is Frances. And then Valentine was my mom’s dad’s middle name because he was born on Valentine’s Day.” 

  Kate Spade and daughter Frances Spade, Darcy Miller, and Jenna Lyons at the J.Crew Bridal Boutique in 2010 in New York City. (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/WireImage for J.Crew)

Kate too would come to love the name Valentine so much that she changed her surname to Valentine. She explained the name choice to the Business of Fashion in 2016: “It kind of makes [me] sound kind of cool, like a rap star or something,” she joked. “But we’re not trying to be cheeky or coy. It really was to distinguish the name and separate the two worlds. Obviously we’re super proud of Kate Spade, and we want to be respectful of both.”

In 2017, Kate Spade & Co. sold to Tapestry, Inc. (parent company to Coach and Stuart Weitzman) for an astounding $2.4 billion.

Kate Spade, left, and Cynthia Rowley at the opening of Annie Leibovitz’s “Pilgrimage” exhibit at Manhattan’s Pace/MacGill gallery in 2011. (Photo: Steve Eichner/Penske Media/Rex/Shutterstock)

Among other things, Kate Spade will be remembered as one of the first major female American designers, one who helped pave the way for other industry successes like Jenna Lyons (formerly of J.Crew), Tory Burch, and Cynthia Rowley.

Read More from Yahoo Lifestyle:

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Wu Tang x Texas "Hi" from Fenn O'Meally on Vimeo.

Texas Wu-Tang Clan Starring Kadeem Ramsay

Jamal Odusanya as Tattoist

Written and Directed by Fenn O'Meally Production Company: Smuggler  Executive Producer: Elizabeth Doonan Produced by Emma Wellbelove Cinematography by Molly Manning Walker Art Direction by Max Randall Costume Design by Natalie Roar Edited by Charlie Von Rotberg at Homespun

Commissioned by Lisa Foo Label BMG

Directors rep OB Management

Edit assistant: Luke Anderson  Colourist: Joseph Bicknell at Company3 VFX: Electric Theatre Company Sound designer: Raphaël Ajuelos Stills photographer: Fenn O’Meally
 Production Manager: Gaaron Clarke Location Manager: Jonathan Church 1st AD: Steven Eniraiyetan
 Steadicam: Matt Allsop Gaffer: Bill Rae Smith Electrician: Ana Krkjus Electrician: John Letsinger 1st AC: Jerry Pradon 1st AC (B Cam): Eve Carenno Loader: Ines Duarte Camera Trainee: Joana Magalhaes

Key Grip: Pete Olney 2nd Grip: Dave Rist

BTS: Chad McLeann Titles: Ralph Dennis & Tal Sound Recordist: Emanuele Costantini

Tracking Vehicle drive; James Herring Crane Tech: Sam Graysmark Head Tech: Lawrence Bewsher Picture Vehicle Owner: Howard Francis Stunt Driver: Andy Godbold

Art Assistant: Steph Pollard Props Transport: Dimitri Topalov Wardrobe Assist: Emmanouela Hair and Makeup: Aaliyah Oke

Production Runner: Georgina Dale Runner: Rohan Reddy Runner: Tanaka Chigwanda Runner: Joshua Ojo Production Van Driver: Gary Mavor Medic: Keith Young

BIG THANKS TO Kodak Panavision Pilot Lighting Company 3 ETC

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Texas Wu-Tang Clan Starring Kadeem Ramsay Jamal Odusanya as Tattoist Written and Directed by Fenn O'Meally Production Company: Smuggler  Executive Producer: Elizabeth Doonan Produced by Emma Wellbelove Cinematography by Molly Manning Walker Art Direction by Max Randall Costume Design by Natalie Roar Edited by Charlie Von Rotberg at Homespun Commissioned by Lisa Foo Label BMG Directors rep OB Management Edit assistant: Luke Anderson  Colourist: Joseph Bicknell at Company3 VFX: Electric Theatre Company Sound designer: Raphaël Ajuelos Stills photographer: Fenn O’Meally
 Production Manager: Gaaron Clarke Location Manager: Jonathan Church 1st AD: Steven Eniraiyetan
 Steadicam: Matt Allsop Gaffer: Bill Rae Smith Electrician: Ana Krkjus Electrician: John Letsinger 1st AC: Jerry Pradon 1st AC (B Cam): Eve Carenno Loader: Ines Duarte Camera Trainee: Joana Magalhaes Key Grip: Pete Olney 2nd Grip: Dave Rist BTS: Chad McLeann Titles: Ralph Dennis & Tal Sound Recordist: Emanuele Costantini Tracking Vehicle drive; James Herring Crane Tech: Sam Graysmark Head Tech: Lawrence Bewsher Picture Vehicle Owner: Howard Francis Stunt Driver: Andy Godbold Art Assistant: Steph Pollard Props Transport: Dimitri Topalov Wardrobe Assist: Emmanouela Hair and Makeup: Aaliyah Oke Production Runner: Georgina Dale Runner: Rohan Reddy Runner: Tanaka Chigwanda Runner: Joshua Ojo Production Van Driver: Gary Mavor Medic: Keith Young BIG THANKS TO Kodak Panavision Pilot Lighting Company 3 ETC

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Texas Wu-Tang Clan Starring Kadeem Ramsay Jamal Odusanya as Tattoist Written and Directed by Fenn O'Meally Production Company: Smuggler  Executive Producer: Elizabeth Doonan Produced by Emma Wellbelove Cinematography by Molly Manning Walker Art Direction by Max Randall Costume Design by Natalie Roar Edited by Charlie Von Rotberg at Homespun Commissioned by Lisa Foo Label BMG Directors rep OB Management Edit assistant: Luke Anderson  Colourist: Joseph Bicknell at Company3 VFX: Electric Theatre Company Sound designer: Raphaël Ajuelos Stills photographer: Fenn O’Meally
 Production Manager: Gaaron Clarke Location Manager: Jonathan Church 1st AD: Steven Eniraiyetan
 Steadicam: Matt Allsop Gaffer: Bill Rae Smith Electrician: Ana Krkjus Electrician: John Letsinger 1st AC: Jerry Pradon 1st AC (B Cam): Eve Carenno Loader: Ines Duarte Camera Trainee: Joana Magalhaes Key Grip: Pete Olney 2nd Grip: Dave Rist BTS: Chad McLeann Titles: Ralph Dennis & Tal Sound Recordist: Emanuele Costantini Tracking Vehicle drive; James Herring Crane Tech: Sam Graysmark Head Tech: Lawrence Bewsher Picture Vehicle Owner: Howard Francis Stunt Driver: Andy Godbold Art Assistant: Steph Pollard Props Transport: Dimitri Topalov Wardrobe Assist: Emmanouela Hair and Makeup: Aaliyah Oke Production Runner: Georgina Dale Runner: Rohan Reddy Runner: Tanaka Chigwanda Runner: Joshua Ojo Production Van Driver: Gary Mavor Medic: Keith Young BIG THANKS TO Kodak Panavision Pilot Lighting Company 3 ETC

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Nilüfer Yanya- Baby Luv

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (11/16-11/19/17)-

Thursday

British singer Nilüfer Yanya is playing The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever with Monogem opening

Array @The Broad is screening the film Daughters of The Dust at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel with a conversation to follow with directors Julie Dash and Ava DuVernay

Writer and artist Marisela Norte will be giving a walk-through of Hammer Museum's Radical Women exhibition (free)

Tennis are playing at the Fonda Theatre with Wild Ones

Hauser & Wirth are screening German artist Andy Hope 1930's Vertical Horizon (free but register)

There are still tickets available for Metronomy's early (6pm) show at The Regent Theater

Beach Slang are playing at the Echoplex with Dave Hause and The Mermaid and See Through Dresses opening

Friday

The Underachievers are playing a $10 show with Warm Brew and Injury Reserve at The Novo

Surf Rock Is Dead and Sarah Chernoff are opening for Shout Out Louds at the El Rey Theatre

LA Zoo Lights, the annual holiday celebration at the zoo in Griffith Park, begins tonight and runs through 1/7

Curls are playing with Hibou and Suncruiser at the Moroccan Lounge

There are still a few tickets left for a midnight screening of Pulp Fiction at Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema

Egrets on Ergot, Bastidas!, and Sister Mantos are playing a Solidarity with Mariachis' Rent Strike Benefit Show at The Smell

Saturday

REDCAT is hosting an all day Symposium on Mike Kelley's Kandors, currently on view at Hauser & Wirth (free but ticketed)

The Great Los Angeles Walk returns for its annual cross city trek, this time taking Beverly Boulevard (free)

Jackalope Art and Craft Fair returns to its outdoor Pasadena location (also Sunday)

Vulture Festival LA is bringing numerous celebrities to the Hollywood Roosevelt for ticketed events including Issa Rae, Jill Soloway in conversation with Lena Waithe and more

Gary Numan is playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Me Not You opening

Daedelus, Mono/Poly and Free The Robots are playing a show at Union Nightclub

Sunday

Pasadena's wacky annual Doo Dah Parade returns with after parties to follow (free)

Window dresser, cultural critic, author, and creative ambassador-at-large for Barneys New York, Simon Doonan, will be discussing Mundo Meza in conjunction with MOCA's exhibition Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., at the West Hollywood Council Chambers

Baio and Teen Daze are playing an early show at Zebulon

Ibeyi are performing with TheMind at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel

Tony Molina, Faith Healer, Toner, and Cecil Frena are playing at The Smell

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The Blue Lamp (1950) 

Newbie London police officer Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley) is paired with seasoned cop George Dixon (Jack Warner) to work the night shift. When criminals Tom Riley (Dirk Bogarde) and Spud (Patric Doonan) are caught robbing a local movie theater, George meets Tom in a face-off. While trying to coax the thief into making a peaceful surrender, George is wounded and taken to the hospital. It then becomes Andy's task to track down the crooks and restore honor to his partner.

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Frost, Jones, Barous and Ellis: Four new members appointed to Ipswich YMCA board

Frost, Jones, Barous and Ellis: Four new members appointed to Ipswich YMCA board #IpswichMA #YMCA #nonprofit

IPSWICH, MA – The Ipswich Family YMCA has announced the appointment of new board members.

They are: Betsy Frost, Terese Barous, Andy Ellis, and Tammy Jones.

Meanwhile, board member Denald “Nell” Doonan takes on the role of the new board chair and Paul Sacksman as vice chair.

The Ipswich Family Y has more than 6,000 members and provides childcare, health and wellness initiatives, fitness…

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5.26.24

LISTEN TO THIS WEEK'S SHOW! RED RUM CLUB – “Afternoon” (Modern Sky Records, U.K.)  NEON DREAMS & MATTHEW MOLE – “The Art of Letting Go” (UMG, S. Africa) SEA GIRLS – “Midnight Butterflies” (Alt Records/Believe, U.K.) CARAVAN PALACE – “Fool” (Wagram, France) KINGFISHR  – “Shadow” (Doonane Records, Ireland) GIANT ROOKS – “Under Your Wings” (Universal Music, Germany) SOHODOLLS  – “What Kinda Love”(Filthy Pretty/A&G, U.K.) ALFIE TEMPLEMAN  – “Eyes Wide Shut” (Chess Club/AWAL, U.K.) GOOD NEIGHBOURS – “Home” (Unsigned, U.K.) BRICE KENDALL – “Finest Garments” (Unsigned, U.S.A.)  MIDDLE KIDS  – “The Blessings ” (EMI, Australia) AARON FRAZER – “Payback” (Colemine Records, N. America) LAVA LA RUE – “Push N Shuv” (Dirty Hit, U.K.) RHETT REPKO  – “My Love Will Stay” (Unsigned, N. America) JAMIE HANNAH  – “What If” (Unsigned, U.K.) GRIPPA – “Hell” (Unsigned, N. Amercia) THE CAVS  – “Man In The Suit” (Unsigned, U.K.)  HINDS  – “Coffee” (Lucky Number, Spain) THE SILVER SPOONS – “It’s Alright” (Unsigned, Czech Republic) ANAÏS – “Stephen King” (Believe, Germany) ACROBVT  – "Neon" (Unsigned, U.K.) HOLYOAK – “The Home I Wanted” (Unsigned, Australia) THE DREAM MACHINE  – “Frankenstein” (Unsigned, U.K.) HOCKEY DAD  – “Base Camp” (Farmer & The Owl/BMG, Australia) KEYSIDE – “Nikita” (Modern Sky, U.K.) MICHAEL ALDAG  – “Sabotage” (3 Beat/Universal, U.K.)  GIRL IN RED  – “You Need Me Now? (Feat. Sabrina Carpenter)” (Columbia, Norway) LIME CORDIALE  – “The Big Reveal; Ou L’Hypocrite"(Chugg Music, Australia) JERUB  – “Gonna Be Okay” (Elevate Music, U.K.) CORELLA – “Lady Messiah” (Corella Music, U.K.) TRISHA – “Unfinished” (Universal Music India, India) MASI MASI – “Cigarette Smile” (Unsigned, U.K.) BECCA SWAN – “Girls Wanna Play” (Unsigned, Canada) TRIBE FRIDAY – “Andy” (ICEA, Sweden) 

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Work In Progress

A few months ago, the creative director of WindowsWear saw this video. Instantly he was inspired to create something similar for the company. For the past five months, It has been my duty to gather facts about the history of mannequins and window displays, along with talking about what WindowsWear is about. As time has passed, I’ve had to create a script for the voice over and start to think of the visual content I will be creating for the video. It will be similar to the Fendi history video but talking about WindowsWear instead. So far the script is almost done, but I have been stuck on how to end the voiceover/script. I was told to make this an emotional and nice ending. For now this is what the overall script looks like: 

Paris, 1838. Aristide Boucicaut opened Le Bon marche, the world’s first department store. As department stores arrived, the invention of plated glass revolutionized window displays that the world knows today.

 In 1870, window displays herald a new display aesthetic. The open display layout was introduced. Fashion goods began to be displayed in lifelike room settings with mannequins. Marshall Fields & Company was the first to utilize the open display layout.

In 1874, Macy’s created the first holiday window displays with a collection of porcelain dolls from around the world.

Towards the end of the Victorian Period, The Women’s Christian Temperance Union encouraged cities to pass laws that forbid undressing mannequins without first covering the store windows. This law remained until the 1960s.

 In 1897, “The Show Window, A Monthly Journal of Professional Window Trimming” began publication by Frank L. Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz. Baum was the first to acknowledge window dressing as an art.

 In 1914, Lord & Taylor built hydraulic lifts under each window to allow artists to work in a sub-basement. When completed, the platform raised to street level for a dramatic unveiling event.

 On March 15th, 1909, London gained the first department store, Selfridges. Harry Gordon Selfridge revolutionized visual merchandising by leaving lights on at night, so that the public could still enjoy the window displays.

 In 1932, Lester Gaba created the lifelike mannequin, Cynthia. Gaba and Cynthia received a spread in LIFE magazine. The pair became instant celebrities. As a unique PR stunt, Tiffany & Co sent Cynthia jewelry to wear. Saks Fifth Avenue even issued her a credit card.

 In 1939, Artist, Salvador Dali designed two themed windows for Bonwit Teller. Soon the store censored the crazed displays.

 In the 1940s, during the Second World War, windows become subdued to evoke patriotic duty.

 In 1955, Gene Moore, joined Tiffany & Company. Moore designed over 5000 windows and was most known for combining everyday objects with exquisite pieces of fine jewelry. Tiffany & Company still continues to incorporate Gene Moore’s vision of creativity in their displays.

In 1957, famous designer, Giorgio Armani received his first job in the fashion industry as a window dresser at La Rinascente in Milan.

In the 60’s, Adel Rootstein introduced high fashion and sex appeal. Rootstein created a famous mannequin after super model, Twiggy.  

1961, the iconic Andy Warhol, started his career. He introduced his pop paintings into windows commissioned by Bonwit Teller.

(Visual: 1970’s, the golden age of windows displays) From Bloomingdale’s, to Henri Bendel’s, Candy Pratts & Robert Currie enticed New Yorkers to tour the town on Wednesday and Thursday nights to see the installation of windows.

In 1977, Dawn Mello, discovered Michael Kors changing his windows at a small boutique store. Mello asked to feature his designs at Bergdorf Goodman. From there, his career took off.

In 1986, Simon Doonan joined Barneys. For 20 years, he designed windows that were, caustic, and sarcastic commentaries about pop culture and celebrities.

In 1996, David Hoey was hired to design the iconic 13ft tall windows at Bergdorf Goodman. Hoey designs over 200 windows a year.

 Designers and artists create true works of art in the storefront windows of luxury brand flagship stores, major department stores, and boutiques. Window displays have become an ultimate destination attraction. In New York City, Saks Fifth Avenue has more than 500,000 people look at their holiday windows in a day. A total of 25 million for the holiday entire season.

 Fashion is a 2.4 trillion-dollar global industry. From creativity, to craftsmanship, to innovation, fashion brands emphasize a unique brand identity to create value, distinctive qualities, and sell part of their heritage. Fashion brands invest billions of dollars and countless hours designing and producing one-of-a-kind, artistic, and compelling visual displays every year. 

To celebrate the most creative elements of fashion, WindowsWear, a fashion technology company, launched on November 19th, 2012. The company showcases the extravagant, glamorous, and creative aspects in fashion and display windows in real-time. One of the world’s largest fashion magazines, Elle, published an exclusive story to celebrate the launch, which instantly helped attract its first client, Christian Louboutin. 

WindowsWear was founded by Michael Niemtzow, Jon Harari, and Raul Tovar. Niemtzow created the idea of WindowsWear by seeing an Anthropologie window display being installed; a new concept was then born.

The first to offer the world’s largest archive, Windowswear, showcases an exclusive collection of over 110,000 fashion windows and visual displays from over 700 brands dating back from 1931 to now. WindowsWear photographs the world’s best fashion windows of major fashion capital cities of the world such as New York City, Paris, Milan, London, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Berlin, and Mexico City. Photographers travel endless miles to capture the displays from the most well-known and influential names in fashion which allows anyone to discover and stay up to date with the latest global style trends. 

As new technologies develop, WindowsWear utilizes virtual reality technology, which enables millions to experience the first exclusive database of stores internally within 360 degrees.

The exclusive collection has become an endless source for research, inspiration, competitive analysis, and trend ideas for retailers, designers, brands, and creative professionals. 

WindowsWear is primarily headquartered in New York City, across from the Empire State Building, the world’s best fashion capital where brands come to life in the most exciting retail environments. 

Being in the most famous fashion district, WindowsWear provides the ultimate experience with a fashion window walking tour to discover the history of New York’s fashion industry and gain insights from the most iconic fashion brands. 

To honor the most innovative fashion windows from all around the world, WindowsWear hosts an annual award ceremony that recognizes and ranks across forty different categories. Executives, creative directors and Visual creative teams from brands and retailers around the world attend the annual event to celebrate the hard work and beauty of visual merchandising. 

On December 6th, 2016, WindowsWear launched the WindowsWear Museum at Berkeley College. For the first time in fashion history, the art of the fashion window display was preserved and exhibited to the public. The Museum’s first installation features a New York subway car from the luxury brand, Coach. 

Using technology, WindowsWear gathers unique talents from all around the world to achieve what was once a dream, into a reality. As fashion evolves every day, WindowsWear is forever bringing fashion and art in a new way of life.  ( I feel like we need something here saying how we will always move forward and evolve) because fashion is the truest work of art. 

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Jonathan Adler

Jonathan Adler. Alfarero y diseñador.

Jonathan Adler (1966, Bridgeton, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos) es alfarero y diseñador que descubrió su interés por la cerámica a los 12 años en un campamento de verano.

Estudió Semiótica e Historia del Arte en la Universidad de Brown (una universidad privada localizada en Providence, Rhode Island), pero pasó la mayor parte de su tiempo en la cercana Escuela de Diseño -de Rhode Island- haciendo cerámica.

Un profesor le dijo : “No tienes talento, tienes que irte y renunciar a tus sueños y convertirte en abogado.” Y después de graduarse, pasó tres años como asistente en la industria del entretenimiento antes de regresar a su vocación y especializarse en la cerámica hecha a mano,

En 1990, Adler comenzó a dar clases en la tienda Mud, Sweat & Tears en Hell´s Kitchen (Nueva York) a cambio de espacio y poder utilizar las instalaciones para realizar sus propia piezas.

Con esas piezas hechas a mano, se puso en contacto con los responsables de una cadena de tiendas famosa. Su respuesta afirmativa hizo que se convirtiera en un alfarero a tiempo completo, lanzando su primera colección en el año 1993 en los grandes almacenes Barneys New York.

Cinco años más tarde amplió su trabajo y los objetos que producía artesanalmente, con todos las piezas necesarias para crear una casa chic de gran impacto visual, y fundó Jonathan Adler Enterprises LLC.

También en 1998 abrió su primera tienda en SoHo, Manhattan, y hoy su colección ecléctica de accesorios para el hogar está en expansión, sus diseños se venden en más de 30 tiendas propias, y en más de 1.000 tiendas minoristas en todo Estados Unidos y otros países del mundo.

Al principio estuvo durante años produciendo la cerámica por su cuenta. Más tarde empezó a trabajar con Aid to Artisans, una organización sin ánimo de lucro que trabaja para ayudar a los artesanos de los países en vías de desarrollo.

Esta organización pone en contacto a los artesanos con los diseñadores para fabricar productos para el mercado estadounidense.

Mientras visitaba los talleres de cerámica en Perú, le impresionó el trabajo de los artesanos textiles sudamericanos y comenzó a diseñar sus colecciones de textiles, como cojines, toallas y alfombras inspiradas por el trabajo que vio allí.

Hoy en día Jonathan Adler está reconocido en todo el mundo como diseñador ecléctico y extravagante con un enfoque “feliz” y “chic” de los muebles y objetos para el hogar y el diseño de interiores.

Sus diseños incluyen muebles, objetos de decoración, teteras, velas, jarrones, baterías de cocina, sofás, textiles…..hasta convertirse en una marca de diseño internacionalmente reconocida.

Su creatividad se alimenta de varias fuentes de inspiración : el estilo Mid Century de mediados del siglo XX, el arte y la cultura Pop global, movimientos urbanos como el hip hop, el Arte contemporáneo y la moda. Adler combina una filosofía de diseño serio con un colorido optimista que refleja el compromiso de Jonathan con la artesanía impecable y el lujo irreverente.

Adler también ha proyectado el diseño de interiorismo de varios proyectos comerciales y residenciales. Ha dado conferencias en eventos y museos relacionados con el diseño, como IDS; IDS West; KBIS y el Museo de la Menta. También ha participado como colaborador en el programa de televisión “Buenos días América“, de Oprah Winfrey, y en varios programas más de Estados Unidos.

Jonathan Adler también ha estado implicado en muchos proyectos y colaboraciones como por ejemplo su elección para diseñar en 2009 la nueva “Casa de los Sueños” de Barbie (ubicada en la playa de Malibú, California) que fue el escenario de la súper celebración de los 50 cumpleaños de la muñeca más famosa del planeta, y donde solo sus más cercanos y famosos amigos fueron invitados para conocer el apartamento privado de Barbie.

En 2011 Jonathan Adler abrió su primera tienda en el Reino Unido, y ese mismo año también colaboró en Holiday Collector’s Series by Lacoste, donde varios diseñadores, como los Hermanos Campana entre otros, participaban en la creación de sus icónicos polos.

En septiembre de 2008, Adler se casó con su pareja de 14 años, Simon Doonan, en California. Doonan y Adler viven en un apartamento en Greenwich Village y en una casa en Shelter Island.

Jonathan Adler (pág. web).

Jonathan Adler.

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Alessandro Mendini

Alfredo Häberli

Alvar Aalto

Andrea Branzi

Andreu Carulla

Andy Martin

Antonio Citterio

Arik Levy

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Benjamin Graindorge

Benjamin Hubert

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Carlo Mollino

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles y Ray Eames

Claudio Colucci

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David Adjaye

Doshi Levien

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Eero Saarinen

Enzo Mari

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Finn Juhl

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George Nelson

Goula Figuera

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Hermanos Campana

Hervé Van der Straeten

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Jaime Hayón

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Joaquim Tenreiro

Joe Colombo

Jonathan Adler

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Kelly Wearstler

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Ludovica y Roberto Palomba

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Marc Newson

Marcel Breuer

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Naoto Fukasawa

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Nigel Coates

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Olivier Mourgue

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Paolo Lomazzi

Patricia Urquiola

Pierre Paulin

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Quentin de Coster

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Rodolfo Dordoni

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Sacha Lakic

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Seung-Yong Song

Simone Simonelli

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Thomas Sandell

Toni Grilo

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Verner Panton

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from http://decorador.online/disenadores-destacados/jonathan-adler/

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Drawing a conclusion and putting an issue out of your mind

GWEN STEFANI'S HARD FOREARM

HEATHER LOCKLEAR'S HARD LEG

ALANIS MORISSETTE'S HARD BREAST

PARIS HILTON'S HARD EYELASH

SNOOP DOGG'S HARD CHEEK

LEWIS HAMILTON'S HARD ARM

FAITH HILL'S HARD LOWER LEG

KRISTIN CAVALLARI'S HARD THUMB

ROXY OLIN'S HARD BACK

TONY PARKER'S HARD HEAD

KATE BOSWORTH'S HARD BOTTOM

VANESSA HUDGENS'S HARD TOOTH

MISCHA BARTON'S HARD HEAD

JOHNNY KNOXVILLE'S HARD CALF

SHOSHANNA LONSTEIN'S HARD TOE

KIM CATTRALL'S HARD BUTTOCKS

TORI SPELLING'S HARD BELLY

FRANK OCEAN'S HARD NOSTRIL

PAUL SCULFOR'S HARD BUTTOCKS

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC'S HARD THUMB

FERGIE'S HARD FOREHEAD

GARY SHIRLEY'S HARD HIP

SHERRI SHEPHERD'S HARD EAR

LANA DEL REY'S HARD FIST

JENNIFER LAWRENCE'S HARD TONGUE

DEAN MCDERMOTT'S HARD SHOULDER

RAY J'S HARD CALF

MARIO LOPEZ'S HARD THIGH

BEYONCÉ KNOWLES'S HARD HEAD

TIGER WOODS'S HARD BUTTOCKS

JIMMY BUFFETT'S HARD ANKLE

VICTORIA BECKHAM'S HARD LOWER LEG

OLIVIA MUNN'S HARD HIP

ANDY RODDICK'S HARD CHEEK

BRANDI GLANVILLE'S HARD TOOTH

ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELEY'S HARD THUMB

CINDY CRAWFORD'S HARD FINGER

DAVID GUETTA'S HARD BUTTOCKS

KIRSTIE ALLEY'S HARD FOOT

ANNA KOURNIKOVA'S HARD TOOTH

BETH OSTROSKY STERN'S HARD ARM

BRUCE JENNER'S HARD EYELASH

JOE FRANCIS'S HARD HAIR

TAYLOR MOMSEN'S HARD EYELASH

JOHN MAYER'S HARD WRIST

ROLLING STONES'S HARD CHIN

SIMON DOONAN'S HARD HIP

ETHAN HAWKE'S HARD HIP

NICKI MINAJ'S HARD THUMB

CANDICE ACCOLA'S HARD WRIST

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The literature of Beautiful People.

(Where either Andy or Debbie isn’t listed, they’re reading the Reading Gazette, or I couldn’t tell what the book was from the angles given.)

101 “How I Got My Vase” Debbie: “It’s All About Me, Alwright?!” by Michael Barrymore Andy: “Valley of the Dolls” by Jacqueline Susann

102 “How I Got My Nose” Andy: “Flowers in the Attic” by V C Andrews Debbie: “The Female Eunuch” by Germaine Greer Debbie/Cathy: “Making Friends with Macramé”

103 “How I Got My Beads” Andy: “Introducing Sartre” by Philip Thody and Howard Read Debbie: “Angels Believe and Receive” by Glennyce S. Eckersley and Gary Quinn

104 “How I Got My Posh” Debbie: “The Celestine Prophecy” by James Redfield

105 “How I Got My Tongs” Andy: “The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War” by Donald Kagan

106 “How I Got My Globe” Andy: “Angela's Ashes” by Frank McCourt

201 “How I Got My Groom” Andy: “Cancer Ward” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Debbie: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone” by J K Rowling

202 “How I Got My Plumes” Andy: “This Day's Death” by John Rechy

203 “How I Got My Water Feature” Andy: “Poor Folk and Other Stories” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

204 “How I Got My Camp” Debbie: “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath Andy: “Acid Drops” by Kenneth Williams

205 “How I Got My Turner” Andy: “À la recherche du temps perdu” by Marcel Proust

206 “How I Got My Gash” Andy: “Captain Corelli's Mandolin” by Louis De Bernières Debbie: “Tara Road” by Maeve Binchy