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Just Browsing: Violet Grey Brings California Cool to the Upper East Side
With so much fashion existing online, there's something refreshing about trying pieces on in-store after eyeing them first on a little screen. Enter Just Browsing: We're taking you into the fitting room as we preview the newest collections from some of our favorite high-street brands and contemporary labels. We'll get into fabric and quality, fit and feel, and so much more as we make our way through the shop floor. Happy scrolling (and strolling)! 'New York is Violet Grey's boyfriend,' founder Cassandra Grey tells me over email. Melrose Place may have been the first outpost of her beauty retailer, but her dalliance with Manhattan is just as long-standing to Grey as Los Angeles is. It was New York where she dreamt up the business plan for Violet Grey. 'I was inspired by Zitomer, Barneys, Bergdorf, Central Park, Saturday Night Live, Bobby Short, the Barbizon Hotel, the beauty closets at Vogue and Allure, and of course, Net-a-Porter,' she lists. 'The Carlyle, where I lived with my late husband, holds a special place in our story. It was in the Gallery Bar that I first pitched beauty brands, investors, potential team members, and Vogue's beauty editor with nothing more than a stapled mood board, a dream, and the kind of ear-to-ear smile that only comes with naivety.' A little over a year ago, a dream location just off the corner of 78th St. and Madison, askance from The Carylye's outdoor café, presented itself. 'It felt so perfectly on-brand, it was almost too good to be true,' she says. 'We knew we had to have it—a place for our community to call home.' Grey and investor Sherif Guirgis found the space before they bought back the company from Farfetch in 2024. 'At the time, we weren't in a financial position to sign a lease, and we nearly lost it,' she says. 'But where there's a will, there's always a way.' The location opens into a garden entrance, that per Grey, is a quiet nod to the alleyway approach of Melrose Place. Bill Sofield, who designed the LA store, played a pivotal role in this one, too; the pair drew upon 'the Dorothy Draper-inspired Deco iconography of the Carlyle with the signature Hollywood Regency of John Elgin Woolf that defined Melrose Place' for something that Grey hopes feels like an extension of that legacy. Complete with a Paul Poiret sofa plucked from Sofield's warehouse, the complete works of Colette from one of the oldest bookstores in Paris, and a collection of polaroids from old cover shoots and Hollywood parties, the space transports you to a glamorous vintage home, without getting lost in time.
Yahoo
33 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Woman Is 'So Done' with Mother-in-Law After 'Constant Boundary Stomping': 'It Began When I Got Pregnant'
Once her son was born, she writes, her mother-in-law stopped respecting her boundaries A woman says her mother-in-law "ruined" her relationship with her — and it began when she got pregnant. In a post shared to Reddit, she writes: "I used to love spending time with her. It was like having a bonus mom. We would hang out, grab coffee, call or text each day. Nowadays, I just feel annoyed when her number pops up or when she comes over." "It began when I got pregnant. Surprise, surprise. It started with her buying us furniture for the baby, despite me clearly asking her to postpone the purchases for just a few days until I've had time to review the items, like we had always done in the past," she continues. But the mother-in-law bought the items behind her back and made her feel guilty for not wanting them. "She also tried convincing us she spent a week researching it all, for her dear grandson deserves only the best," she adds. "It was only a few months later when we told her parts of it were missing that she admitted she never even saw the furniture prior to blindly purchasing it at the store because it was on discount." Once her son was born, she adds, "a year of constant boundary stomping" began. "She constantly gives unsolicited advice. She thinks her way of doing things must be the only correct way, as if nothing has changed in the past 30 years since she had a baby," she writes. "If I dare to point out certain things have changed, she gets offended and defensive, like I insulted her parenting choices by not blindly following her word." Th situation escalated when her mother-in-law went behind her back and tried to sign up her son to a childcare facility without consulting her or her husband. While the mother-in-law apologized, she later brushed off the situation, and now the woman writes that she is "so done." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Others on Reddit are weighing in on the situation, with many urging the woman to take a step back from her mother-in-law. "I can't believe anyone would be that mental to send private documents and sign a grandchild up for childcare. Firstly why does she have access. Secondly, doesn't the school check who's the legal guardians. That's pure insanity. I hope you withdrew the fake application," writes one commenter. Adds another: "You need to have a serious conversation with [your husband] and make it clear that under no circumstances should his mom be around the baby until she changes her behavior or agrees to respect your boundaries. You can't control her, but you can control how you respond and it starts with drawing a hard line." Read the original article on People Solve the daily Crossword
Forbes
36 minutes ago
- Forbes
A Decommissioned F-16 Heading To An Ohio High School
A USAF Thunderbird F-16 will soon be displayed outside an Ohio high school! (Photo by Ian ...) More than 4,600 F-16 Fighting Falcons have been produced to date, and after nearly five decades in service, more than 2,000 remain in operation around the world. The F-16 is the most widely employed fixed-wing aircraft in military service, and it is also among the most commonly displayed aircraft. Nearly 100 Fighting Falcons are now on display in various museums around the world, while dozens more serve as "gate guards" or as part of a "pylon display" at U.S. Air Force Bases (AFBs) and military installations. Now, one decommissioned F-16 could be heading not to another base or museum, but rather to an Ohio high school. Union Local High School in Belmont County, Ohio, announced that it was gifted a retired F-16. It marks the first time a high school has received such an honor. It may be especially fitting as the school's nickname is the Jets, while being in one of the two states that claims a close connection to manned flight may have helped the school obtain the fighter. "This jet will represent The Union Local Jets and everybody that graduated here, over 60,000 of them," Dirk Davis, president of the Afterburners Committee, the school's booster organization, told WTOV. The jet fighter will eventually be displayed on a pedestal in front of the school, where it will be appreciated by far more than just the 450 students and staff. The campus is just a stone's throw from Interstate 70, which sees thousands of cars pass by daily. A Thunderbird F-16 to Boot What makes this story even more unique is that the F-16 the school is receiving is a former United States Air Force F-16 Thunderbird Jet, used by the service's elite demonstration team. However, this may be because the demonstration jets aren't configured for combat, so less conversion may have been required to transfer the aircraft to a civilian organization. The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron has flown the F-16 since its 1983 season, when it retired the T-38 Talon following a training crash that killed four team members. It is unclear when this particular Fighting Falcon had its wings clipped. Putting It On A Pedestal Efforts to acquire the jet began in 2018, led by local community members who sought to display a retired military aircraft. The team reached out to the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., Naval Air Station Pensacola, and then to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, which is located approximately 80 miles from the school. The base is home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, and its museum curator and the Air Force's static display program coordinator helped guide the process. Union Local High School was approved to receive a decommissioned fighter plane in August 2021, which then began a series of necessary preparations, as well as fundraising efforts. Two Ohio-based businesses, Buckeye Steel and The Tressel Company, oversaw the construction and installation of the pedestal that will eventually hold the aircraft. Soon after that work was completed, the school was officially awarded the retired F-16. "So that's what it is you know it's a Thunderbird, the first one that's ever been out of the military or the United States Air Force, thanks to them, and it's the first one that was given to us and not to a military base or a state museum, so we're very happy, and we hit the jackpot, we hit the lottery," Davis added. No taxpayer dollars were involved in the purchase of the F-16; instead, the transfer was funded entirely by donations from school alumni and local businesses. According to WTOV, the project is "expected to be completed" by next spring. Go Jets!
