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A lesson in quiet luxury.
It was the legendary Coco Chanel who famously said, “Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends.” Truly, people’s fascination with luxury is undeniable; according to Statista, revenue in the luxury goods market is expected to reach nearly $355 billion this ...
The indie studio's decisive wins in the six major categories is a first in Oscars history. A24's rise is just unparalleled in mainstream Hollywood history.
The weather is different in Hollywood now since A24 came to town. Once it started turning in one oddball critical and commercial hit after another, the indie studio darling just couldn't help itself. This year was no different. It bagged nine more ...
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Is there a person like this in your life?
Let’s call him Nick. He was a fairly new acquaintance I met because of work that I invited to the occasional friendly hang-out. The last time we met up for brunch, we ended up saying our goodbyes when it was almost time ...
Bringer of chaos, protector, cute little bugger. A hedge against slipping off the world.
This article originally appeared in the June 1998 issue of Esquire. You can find every Esquire story ever published at Esquire Classic.Perhaps you’ve seen the famous image that decorated everything from medallions to Wedgewood plates in the eighteenth century: a black slave bound, ...
I see my homeland's fraught colonial history in this wrenching story of just how much one dish can mean.
In Korea, the entire meal centers around rice. We call the dinner table a “bapsang,” literally “rice table,” because all the banchan—and the soups or stews, or even the meat or fish—serve to accompany the bowl of rice. While a meal can ...
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A flight attendant who used to travel the world for work finds reasons to appreciate being grounded.
It’s 2:30 a.m. as I reach for my alarm, half-awake after a 14-hour slumber. I was recovering from a summer trip during my off days in a little-known city in Austria called Klagenfurt, about to fly to Brazil for work where it’s ...
For a hardcore Lakers fan, the team's NBA championship win was the only way 2020 could redeem itself.
Tinseltown’s favorite sports team finally won another NBA championship after a 10-year title drought. Lake Show is officially back on top. Say what you want about the legitimacy of winning one in this non-conventional bubble setting brought about by the pandemic. But ...
In "The Fancy Dancer," essayist Jack Wigley remembers dancing with prostitutes.
I didn’t know that these girls, who were good to me and mother, were prostitutes. I just thought about them as my aunts.I was in grade four when Mother rented a barbecue space along Fields Avenue in Balibago. When my parents separated and ...
In "Leaving Baby," Earnest Mangulabnan Zabala writes about what it's like to grow up an orphan of Martial Law.
I have always imagined it to be a unanimous decision: that moment when my activist parents decided to “give away” their baby daughter for safekeeping.I imagine their shared glances as soon as they heard Martial Law declared on the radio; they must ...
