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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 15 PARIS (AP) — Paris fashion week geared up a notch Wednesday with theatrical performances in historic courtyards, cantering horses and jewels adorning supernatural creations. Fashionistas meanwhile prepared for Olivier Rousteing’s one-off turn as a designer at Jean Paul Gaultier for the highly-anticipated evening show. Gaultier himself retired from couture in January 2020 after 50 years. Here are some highlights of the fall-winter 2022 collections so far: ELIE SAAB’S SUPERNATURAL There was something shamanic in the air at Elie Saab, as the Lebanese designer fused his usual show-stopping fare with the supernatural in a rare co-ed show. Flame red and charcoal black feathers, which seemed to burn up the skirt of the first black gown in a V, set the otherworldly tone. There was an ethnic feel to the … [Read more...] about Theatrical shows, horses and sparkle gear up Paris couture

A Lake County police officer walks down Central Avenue in Highland Park on July 4 after the shooting. Photo: Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Seven people were killed and more than 30 injured on Monday when a gunman on a rooftop armed with a high-powered rifle opened fire on spectators at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park . The 21-year-old gunman was apprehended, but his motive remains unclear. In the aftermath of the attack on Monday night, there were several chaotic incidents around the country during which crowds watching fireworks demonstrations were sent into a panic after reports of gunfire ; most were false alarms. The Highland Park shooting is the third high-profile mass shooting in the U.S. in less than two months, following the white-supremacist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket and the Uvalde school shooting in May. Below is what we know about this latest attack and its aftermath. . The … [Read more...] about Another Highland Park Victim Has Died, Raising Death Toll to 7: Updates

(CNN) — Buy Now, Pay Later installment plans have become popular among consumers seeking to spread out the cost of big-ticket purchases. But now, rising prices have some cash-strapped shoppers reaching for these alternative payment methods for everyday purchases, such as their daily coffee, gas station fill-up or grocery run, as well. That’s a concern for economists and consumer advocates, who say the surge in the use of these services, coupled with a lack of transparency and little regulatory oversight, leaves them wondering just how much debt Americans are actually getting into. READ MORE: Large Fire Damages Moore's Riverboat Restaurant In Isleton While other household debt, such as credit card spending and auto loans, is gathered and tracked by the Federal Reserve, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) data is not included because the financing is typically provided by non-bank sources and not yet reported in a comprehensive manner to credit bureaus. That means there’s no publicly … [Read more...] about Buy Now, Pay Later Services May Be Getting Some Americans Deep Into Debt

In this age of databases, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives should have needed nothing more than the serial number to immediately identify who purchased the AR-15 style rifle used to murder seven people and wound 60 more after the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. But just as a skewed interpretation of the Second Amendment makes obtaining such weapons much too easy, those who fear the government is going to grab their guns have codified their paranoia into federal law and made tracing far too difficult. The owner of the murder weapon in Highland Park might have kept going about for hours with a second rifle were it not for ATF agents who met statutory impediments with determination. Along with a little bit of luck. By reputation, U.S. government agents tend to be so loath to work weekends and holidays that street cops grumble about “federal Fridays,” when there is nary a fed to be seen after 2 p.m. ATF has long been a … [Read more...] about Why It Took Grit—and Luck—to Trace the Parade Massacre Gun to Robert ‘Bobby’ Crimo

The rifle shots from the roof of a store came more than 10 at a time and much faster than the tempo of the band playing “You’re a Grand Old Flag” at the Fourth of July parade on the street below. A doctor at the scene on Monday morning in Highland Park later described the gruesome injuries of the six killed and more than a dozen wounded as something right out of a war. This was the kind of carnage that this small suburban city north of Chicago was seeking to avoid when it banned assault rifles back in 2013. “The City Council has determined that assault weapons are traditionally not used for self-defense in the city of Highland Park, and that such weapons pose an undue risk to public safety,” read the ordinance signed by Mayor Nancy Rotering on June 24 of that year almost a decade ago. Rotering did all she could to defend the ban when a IIlinois pro-gun group joined a local gun collector in mounting a legal challenge. The matter went all the way to the U.S. Supreme … [Read more...] about Mayor Pushed Assault-Weapon Ban Years Before July 4 Bloodbath

Welcome to the T List, a newsletter from the editors of T Magazine. Each week, we share things we’re eating, wearing, listening to or coveting now. Sign up here to find us in your inbox every Wednesday. And you can always reach us at [email protected] . visit This Midcentury Modern Bungalows Near Joshua Tree National Park By Michaela Trimble On the edge of Joshua Tree National Park, where a forest of wild paloverde trees meets towering granite boulders, the Joshua Tree Retreat Center welcomes the first boutique property in Yucca Valley, a town known for its eclectic offering of renovated motels and private-home rentals. The 14 suites, now known as the Bungalows, were designed and constructed in 1960 by the architect Harold Zook as accommodations for the site’s on-campus teachers. Located in the northwest corner of the center’s more than 130 acres of desert, the bungalows still feature their original wood exteriors, while the interiors … [Read more...] about A Zara Home Collaboration With Vincent Van Duysen