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To Herodotus and Homer, dreams were divine prophesies to be interpreted by priests. Then psychoanalysts saw them as the quickest route to the unconscious. Now, science tells us that our reveries are more or less meaningless - a kitchen junk drawer, the brain's information-dump at the end of the day.
With its cutesy curls and plaintive eyes, it's no wonder the labradoodle became America's second-favorite dog in 2010. But the man who first invented the breed by crossing a Labrador with a poodle in the '80s ended up regretting it. "I opened a Pandora's box, that's what I did," said puppy-breeding manager Wally Conron in 2014.
The late Bill Cunningham was most known for tirelessly photographing women out and about - he invented the street-style fashion shot - for nearly seventeen years for his "On the Street" and "Evening Hours" columns for the New York Times. (He worked for the paper for forty years).
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We first meet Tambudzai Sigauke, a Zimbabwean woman not young but not yet middle-aged, in a hostel in Harare. She is in a predicament: Despite her impressive education, she is unemployed. Escaping the hostel, Tambu moves in with an eccentric Christian widow whose niece, Christine, is an ex-combatant in the war for liberation that still hangs over people's minds.
Kattan's digital reach eclipses those of say, makeup artists Pat McGrath and Charlotte Tilbury, although they shouldn't be compared. McGrath and Tilbury are makeup artists with long careers in the fashion industry behind them; Kattan is a different breed.
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Bye-bye, sweaty gym hair doused in dry shampoo - this spring, the luxury item is perfume . . . for your hair. Upscale fragrance brands are creating hair "perfumes" and "mists" based on their signature scents - and they're quickly gaining a cult following with boldfacers such as Kylie Jenner.
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