A Glimpse Into Tory Burch’s Life, and Other Reads This week
By Wim Langedijk for HURS
A Glimpse Into Tory Burch’s Life, and Other Reads This week
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Nathalie de Saint Phalle: ‘I am not a sheep, I’m a goat’
Nathalie de Saint Phalle speaks on her personal style and what inspires her and her fashion sense of favouring old clothes with sentimental value, like pieces passed down from friends or family. Her passions are wide-ranging, from Persian culture and Kurdish rugs to the works of Kafka and the music of David Bowie. She says books are the key to her best ideas, and despite living in the digital age, she’s never owned a mobile phone enjoying the freedom that comes with it. She also reflects on her sense of identity, comparing herself to a goat, independent and resistant to conformity.
HOW TO SPEND IT
Amy Sherald's exhibition, American Sublime, is her largest museum show to date, featuring nearly 50 paintings at SFMOMA before traveling to the Whitney Museum in April. Known for her portraits of African American subjects with grayscale skin tones against vibrant backgrounds, Sherald aims to integrate Black figures into the American art canon. The show includes her portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, along with her first triptych, Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons).
ARTNET
Arthur C. Brooks discusses how engaging in challenging activities outside your comfort zone has an overall positive impact on your happiness. He shares his personal experience of delivering lectures in Spanish and Catalan, languages he is less proficient in, and notes that this discomfort has improved his public speaking skills in English. Brooks explains that attempting difficult tasks activates brain regions associated with pain, which in turn motivates individuals to improve, either in the new activity or in areas where they are already confident. He suggests that embracing failure and discomfort can lead to personal growth and greater appreciation of success
THE ATLANTIC
Tory Burch, since founding her brand in 2004, has become a significant figure in American fashion, transforming a market gap into a $2 billion enterprise. Tory Burch has over 380 stores and employs approximately 4,400 people. Beyond designing two main ready-to-wear collections annually, Burch leads the Tory Burch Foundation, supporting female entrepreneurs, and serves on the boards of the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the Smithsonian Institution. Her husband, Pierre-Yves Roussel, serves as the company's CEO supporting the company’s global growth.
THE GENTLEWOMAN
Bishop Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, shares her reasoning behind her need to address Donald Trump during an interfaith prayer service at the National Cathedral. In her sermon, she urged him to show more compassion toward vulnerable communities, including LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and refugees. Trump later fired back on social media and demanding an apology but Budde stood her ground, saying she had no regrets about calling for mercy and unity. She stressed the need for leaders to show humility and uphold human dignity, especially in such a divided time.