The Fashion Brand That Even Other Fashion Brands Revere

Here’s a small sense of how revered Hermès is by other fashion designers: A few hours after the Hermès fashion show on Saturday, just après-midi, I visited the showroom of the Japanese brand A.Presse. There, the designer, Kazuma Shigematsu, told me, unprompted, that he collected pieces from the Hermès back catalog. “I love French vintage,”…

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Bodies in Medellín landfill were victims of forced disappearances: Special Jurisdiction for Peace

Medellín, Colombia – In a landmark declaration Thursday, Colombia’s transitional justice body, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), stated unequivocally that Medellín’s La Escombrera landfill is the site of a mass grave. For decades, family members of people missing from the historically embattled Comuna 13 district have claimed that their relatives were buried beneath refuse…

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Elon Musk, Video Game King? Well, Maybe Not.

On its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world’s richest man, the chief executive of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Trump, Elon Musk says he is also a world-class video game player. It is a claim that Mr. Musk has repeated through the years. He has an account…

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