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By Shinan Govani Star Columnist Sat., Sept. 29, 2018 Ka-ching. It’s been 23 years since Versace veered into camp infamy courtesy of Elizabeth Berkley, as Nomi, in the cult trash film Showgirls (“Nice dress,” her boyfriend says to her, in a now-famous scene, to which she blinks back, “Thanks. It’s a Ver-sayce.”), and some 18 years since J.Lo wowed in a barely-there green Versace gown at the Grammys (a moment that — fact! — actually led to the invention of Google Image, because of the monumental online interest in those early days of the aughts). This week, another milestone lay in the cards for the emphatically Italian brand. A wedding of sorts. To have and to hold: the stunning fashion-world news that American conglomerate-in-the-making Michael Kors is buying Versace for approximately $2.12 billion U.S., a value said to be worth 2.5 times the brand’s current revenue, and also reported to be a … [Read more...] about For Versace, success has always come at a high cost
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The orgies are lame. The sun is unforgiving. There’s 70,000 people partying on ‘the playa’: What it’s like going to Burning Man for the first time
source Levi Bernard for Business Insider There are three of us, cramped inside a dusty Toyota that’s packed to the gills along with a triad of busted bicycles hanging precariously off the back. We are flanked on every side by travelers who, like us, have driven several hours to form what has turned out to be a particularly sluggish caravan into Black Rock City, Nevada. Miles from the city’s entrance, I realize I am in no way adequately prepared. It was only two weeks earlier when I decided to buy a ticket to Burning Man at the persuasion of my best friend, Jes. “You don’t have to bring anything, dude,” she told me over the phone. “Just get your ticket. I’ll bring all the stuff.” At the time, the plan made sense. I would fly from New York to San Francisco to meet Jes and her girlfriend, Ryan. They would retrieve me from the airport and we would embark on the six-hour drive to Burning Man together. Because nothing … [Read more...] about The orgies are lame. The sun is unforgiving. There’s 70,000 people partying on ‘the playa’: What it’s like going to Burning Man for the first time
The broken glass and the insults fly on a new episode of The Bachelorette
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By Debra Yeo Toronto Star Tues., June 5, 2018 On The Bachelorette we have moved on from breaking up — as in Becca and Arie — to just plain breaking. In fact, the sound of shattering glass was something of a soundtrack to Monday’s episode as we had a tiff on the first group date that got physical when Connor hurled Lincoln’s framed print of him and Becca into the pool; then Becca and Blake, her first one-on-one date, busted up TVs, vases, a race car and other fragile stuff with sledgehammers. And there was more conflict. David, a.k.a. the Chicken Man, got into it verbally with Jordan, a.k.a. the Pensive Gentleman, when the latter decided to get Becca’s attention by stripping down to his no doubt tastefully chosen underwear at the pre-rose ceremony cocktail party. Becca herself claimed her confidence in her journey had been shattered when she learned that hunky Colton had dated Tia, her good friend from The Bachelor. She … [Read more...] about The broken glass and the insults fly on a new episode of The Bachelorette