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ANGELA MERKEL
Time magazine’s 2015 Person on The Year is Germany’s Chancellor and one of the most powerful women in the world, Angela Merkel. Time chose Chancellor Merkel because her leadership has helped preserve and promote an open, borderless Europe in the face of economic turmoil and an ongoing refugee crisis. Runner up for the yearly designation included Black Lives matter activists and ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
SNIPPETS
• The founder of North Face and Espirit Douglas Tompkins, died from severe hypothermia in a kayaking accident on General Carrera Lake in Chile’s Patagonia region; Tomkins was boating with five other foreigners when their kayaks capsized…Yahoo will not spin off its $31 billion stake in Alibaba but it will instead, spin off all of its other assets, including its stake in Yahoo Japan, into a new company. Analysts are now saying Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is back to square 1 with this latest development. Yahoo, not considering its $31 billion stake in Alibaba or $8.5 bil stake in Yahoo Japan is only worth, $3-$8 billion…Beijing is imposing emergency measures for smog alert by closing factories, pulling half of all cars off the roads and shutting down schools…An investigative series from Reuters into new mothers struggling with addiction, the high incidence of neonatal drug withdrawal
ENTERTAINMENT
Some hollywood prospective members of elite private member’s only club Soho House in LA are having #firstworldproblems because of the clubs admission policy in LA “they feel the private club is keeping them out in favor of younger members” according to PageSix. Soho might be getting some competition from the goopster, as Gwyneth and Gary Landesberg are reportedly bringing London’s private Arts Club to the Sunset Strip, with an annual membership of $3,000; Soho’s every house membership which gives access to your local soho house and all its sister clubs within Soho House & Co. is $2,800.
FASHION
Rihanna used art auction website Paddle8 to informally “announce” she will show her Puma collection during next season’s NYFW. She is auctioning off a Puma experience, currently with one bid priced at $15,000; the lucky bid winner and guest will be flown business class to New York for two nights to experience the premier Puma by Rihanna AW16 fashion show, is February 12, 2016…Shoe brand Sergio Rossie under the Kering umbrella has been wholly (including Sergio Rossi’s trademark rights and distribution network) sold an European investment company, Investindustrial. Investindustrial’s portfolio of brands includes Aston Martin, B&B Italia and Flos…Marchesa’s Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig held a luncheon to debut their show collection on Monday in NYC with guest including Chanel Iman, Naomi Watts, Anna Winter, Elin Nordegren, Lisa CarrolAshley Kennedy, Ken Downing, Jane Keltner de Valle…Ferragamo Signature the short film from the brand celebrating the anniversary of Salvatore Ferragamo’s arrival in Hollywood was premiered last night in NYC; its a culmination of the 100 years 100 days series guests joining Salvatore Farragamo creative director Massimiliano Giornetti included Julianne Moore, Michelle Monaghan, Genevieve Jones, Mia Moretti, Eva Chen, Carine Roitfeld, Stefano Tonchi, Elettra Wiedemann and Ethan Peck who star in the film.
LOOK OF THE DAY
Julianne Moore
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