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2023 Roots Picnic-Lauryn Hill and Fugees Reunion +’Miseducation’ 25th Anniversary Tribute!

So much went down at the 2023 Roots Picnic musical extravaganza; it can make your Spotify head spin! Lauryn shocks fans with a surprise performance with the Fugees. That alone is epic. However, it gets better! Imagine seeing Usher, Busta Rhymes, The Roots, Lil Uzi Vert, Ari Lennox, Eve, Fat Joe and more acts all at the same event. Well, that is the reality of what Roots Picnic presents to attendees this year. Therefore, let’s do a recap. Let’s get into all the details of this one-of-a-kind event. So if you missed it, read on! Over the past weekend, GRAMMY®…
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PHOTOS: Nelson Fashion Show Features Wearable Art Made Of Trash

Nelson’s first Haute Trash! – Trash Fashion Show and Competition was held on May 20 at the Capitol Theatre. The runway-style fashion show featured creative wearable art made from post-consumer waste in several design categories including youth, art and sculpture.Rococo Trash, designed by Erin Thompson. Created using found objects including old jewelry, old sequins, flowers, foam, old lingerie, recycled clothes, broken hula hoops, knickknacks and 1960’s hair curlers. Model: Laena Brown. Photo: Bill MetcalfeThe goal of organizer Marilyn Hatfield was to spread awareness about the garbage we create, our relationship to it and how to come up with…
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Tiffany, Dior: Understanding the New Model for Luxury Flagships

NEW YORK — For luxury brands with global ambitions, a founding flagship is as important to the mission as Disney World is to Disney. Nowhere is that more true than for Tiffany, which is set to reopen its Fifth Avenue flagship Friday after a multi-year renovation. In addition to being the most visible and famous manifestation of the brand (enshrined in the popular imagination by the 1961 film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”), the store is a cash cow, generating around 10 percent of sales prior to its closure. Few, if any, luxury brands of Tiffany’s size rely so heavily on a…