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Robin Givhan

@RobinGivhan

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I'm the Washington Post senior critic-at-large. I write about politics, race and the arts.

Washington, DC
Joined November 2009
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Robin Givhan
3 years
Thank you. 🙂
@ratemyskyperoom
Room Rater
3 years
Love your space. 10/10 @RobinGivhan
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Robin Givhan
6 years
The latest $500,000 donation for the #MarchForOurLives comes via Italian fashion house @gucci h/t @wwd
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Robin Givhan
8 years
It's #atelierversace , folks. Chainmail. #italystatedinner
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Robin Givhan
3 years
“ In a few words surrounding a singularly long and emotion-laden pause, he succinctly summed up his definition of justice, which is that it must be blind but it should not be heartless.”
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Robin Givhan
4 years
“The cover did not give Kamala D. Harris due respect. It was overly familiar. It was a cover image that, in effect, called Harris by her first name without invitation.”
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Robin Givhan
4 years
Fashion companies are posting messages of diversity & unity on their social media. God bless. They might also inspect their executive suites, marketing campaigns, retail staff and designer rosters. And quietly and thoughtfully do some soul-searching.
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Robin Givhan
6 years
My WiFi is back. I looked up from my vacation cocktail & saw FLOTUS in quite a coat. Her spokeswoman said not to read anything into it. I suppose that means we’re simply to read what’s there - without irony or the benefit of doubt. Another cocktail, please.
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Robin Givhan
5 years
This is not JLo specific, but in general: maybe the stylists should be the ones getting the awards. Or at least sharing them.
@MatthewSchneier
Matthew Schneier
5 years
Inbox: @JLo to receive the Fashion Icon award — previously won by Beyoncé, Rihanna, Pharrell and Naomi Campbell — at this year’s @CFDA Awards in June
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Robin Givhan
5 years
Dear Fashion PR, every jewelry, shoe and clothing brand does not need to be engaged in actively "empowering" women. Dressing them well for a reasonable price is a perfectly acceptable goal. They can empower themselves.
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Robin Givhan
3 years
Way back before omicron, which is to say 5 minutes ago, I went to London and spent time with this music titan for ⁦ @Allure_magazine ⁩. And she was warm, surprising and confounding. In short: a fascinating human.
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Robin Givhan
8 years
Designer @sophietheallet urges her fashion colleagues to take a principled pass on dressing @MELANIATRUMP
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Robin Givhan
5 years
One more time: Discussing how a woman uses fashion as a form of communication, authority or pleasure is not insulting or demeaning. What IS short-sighted is suggesting that fashion - with all its economic and cultural clout - is frivolous.
@ktumulty
Karen Tumulty
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@metsygirl203 @FLOTUS Michelle Obama chose her outfits -- as all first ladies do -- to draw attention. So does @SpeakerPelosi . And MO's toned arms changed fashion. There is nothing wrong with talking about what they wear. It is a form of communication. @RobinGivhan @fuggirls
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Robin Givhan
8 years
Sometimes, a fashion choice tells you everything you need to know. @KellyannePolls #Inauguration
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“For more than 50 years, Lauren has been writing a tale about what it means to be American. And now he’s made a significant edit. It isn’t so much a correction as it is a clarification.”
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Robin Givhan
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On her friend @csiriano : "I think because [he] doesn’t owe his fame or his success to the ambiguous ‘powers that be’ he forges his own path. That to me, makes him a real leader,” says @cocorocha
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Robin Givhan
3 years
👇I had the pleasure of her company. Words by me. 🙂
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Allure
3 years
We’re excited to reveal Allure’s February cover; the living legend and music icon, #JanetJackson ! Read her interview here:
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7 years
This is #calvinklein through the eyes of #RAFSIMONS #NYFW
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Robin Givhan
7 years
In beauty news: @EsteeLauder has a new spokesmodel. #mistycopeland
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Robin Givhan
4 years
“The stoles read as a confused declaration that they stood together out of respect for the African-ness of their fellow citizens. What they needed to emphasize is that this is a particularly American issue — a defect woven into our own country’s fabric.”
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Robin Givhan
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"Talley knew that he couldn’t open the industry’s doors for everyone. But a welcoming space waited once folks were inside. Talley believed in fashion’s wonder. And he wanted all his children to see it."
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Robin Givhan
8 years
In denim news: @POTUS has come a long way.
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Robin Givhan
4 years
I may have to pin this tweet. ❤️🙏🏽
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Room Rater
4 years
Love the lighting. Art. Flowers. Depth. Red wall. Chair. Naturally. 10/10 @RobinGivhan
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@RobinGivhan
Robin Givhan
1 year
We're hiring a fashion writer!!! And let me tell you something. Think big. Think bold. And even if you're hesitant or intimidated to apply, I'll tell you what a wise friend said to me when I was bashful about raising my hand: "It will be a good exercise."
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Robin Givhan
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"It’s a dress that in the glow of the global spotlight, amidst the dreamy-eyed commentary, refuses the spun sugar fantasy and suggests that reality has the potential to be just as marvelous."
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@RobinGivhan
Robin Givhan
1 year
News from @washingtonpost "We are excited to announce that Rachel Tashjian will be joining The Washington Post as a fashion writer in Style." 👏🏾👏🏾 @theprophetpizza
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Robin Givhan
4 years
What happened? @MargaretAtwood tweeted my story. And I DIED. 😳🙂🙂
@MargaretAtwood
Margaret E Atwood
4 years
Masks are here to stay. And they’re quickly becoming a way to express ourselves.
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Robin Givhan
5 years
The set for @chanelofficial is a mountain resort in winter. #pfw #karllagerfeld
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@RobinGivhan
Robin Givhan
3 years
On the power of history… André Leon Talley
@PostLive
Washington Post Live
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“You can only go forward if you know the past … I can only be the man I am because I’m very connected to my past, to my roots” André Leon Talley told @RobinGivhan in a wide-ranging 2017 interview. #PostLive Watch the full conversation-
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Robin Givhan
8 years
the news, the news. #rafsimons plans to show his fall 2017 men's collection in NYC in February. fashion folks: do not hyperventilate.
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Robin Givhan
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Jennifer Hudson honors Prince and Blue Ivy is mesmerized. #CFDAAwards
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Robin Givhan
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“He was not superhuman, and he didn’t pretend to be. The gift that he gave to aspiring Black designers was the ability to see themselves succeeding … They could excel and thrive. And they could do so even if they were merely human.”
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Robin Givhan
4 years
“The handbag announced that she was not sticking around. She was there, but not committed — not to empathy, not to horrors of this national stress test, not to anything but the Ivanka-ness of her public image which is always about being power adjacent.”
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Robin Givhan
8 years
Is this the show? Waiting until the models collapse one by one? #YeezySeason4 #NYFW Am I complicit? What's going on!
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Robin Givhan
3 years
Come on fashion. You seriously need to stop putting single invitations in giant boxes and UPS’ing them. An e-vite would be fine. Promise.
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“He was a man of substance who used style as both an introduction and a post script. And, upon occasion, the entirety of the message. In sum, Jordan’s enduring legacy was that he made being a Black man in America look effortless — and wondrously enviable.”
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Robin Givhan
3 years
Thinking about the loss of Alber Elbaz.... “There was a kindness and romanticism to his work. But it was strong, too. Elbaz understood that all three could coexist in a single design because they could coexist in a woman’s personality.”
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@RobinGivhan
Robin Givhan
3 years
🙂 As is the case with many of her colleagues on other subjects... on the topic of fashion: I really just don't know what she wants. Let me get back to you.
@craigspoplife
Craig Seymour, Black gay Bipolar music critic
3 years
I’m not stalking @RobinGivhan ’s page. I was just curious to see if she’d written anything about Kyrsten Sinema.
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“He has crafted an image of himself as infallible and invincible. And he is abetted by a doctor who publicly describes Trump’s progress through covid-19 as though he is recounting the legend of Superman.”
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Robin Givhan
8 years
nice job @JasonWu and #lucianmatis #statedinner the ladies look lovely. and the men look pretty good too.
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Robin Givhan
8 years
For Inaugural, #neimanmarcus has some 2,000 dresses between its 2 stores here. #nodressshortage
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Robin Givhan
7 years
Yea it lifted off. @chanel #pfw
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Robin Givhan
7 years
Those bad school girls walked on tables at the library. #FENTYxPUMA #PFW
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5 years
“the quintessential speaking-truth-to-power representative”...
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Robin Givhan
8 years
The frippery, flounces and derrière delights. @Balmain #PFW
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Robin Givhan
6 years
I know it’s a preface that rolls easily off the tongue, but let’s all assume it’s possible to care deeply about children even if you are not a parent. Or to care about women without being a husband or father of a daughter. It’s called empathy.
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Robin Givhan
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“The MAGA hat speaks to America’s greatness with lies of omission and contortion. To wear a MAGA hat is to wrap oneself in a Confederate flag. The look may be more modern and the fit more precise, but it’s just as woeful and ugly.”
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Robin Givhan
6 years
Good morning aggrieved Twitter. A couple of notes: it’s not necessary to insult previous FLOTUS in order to praise the current one. Fashion is not a competition. It’s personal expression in the public square. Have a lovely day.
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Robin Givhan
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“I couldn’t count on my husband’s campaign to protect me; I had to protect myself,” Michelle Obama said. “They were using me like I was a candidate and supporting me like I was a spouse.”
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Do I even have to say it? AWESOME JOB ALERT! "The Washington Post is hiring a fashion writer to lead the paper’s coverage of the fashion industry, from high-end houses to fast-fashion startups to consumer trends."
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Robin Givhan
8 years
Great news, Grandpa: The hot new trend in menswear is socks with sandals #NYFWM
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Robin Givhan
7 years
And this is @marcjacobs high school flashback. Except I wasn't this cool.
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@RobinGivhan
Robin Givhan
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I give you the magnificent @Sulliview
@Sulliview
Margaret Sullivan
3 years
Tucker Carlson’s latest idiocy on masks is dangerous and hypocritical — even by his usual standards. My column
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7 years
If only @Lesdoggg could cheer us all...
@cocorocha
Coco Rocha
7 years
@RobinGivhan @LesDogggg @CSiriano I would just like her to cheer everything I do in life. Making toast, grocery shopping, laundry.
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Friendly suggestion, dear readers. If you hate (or love) a collection you see in our runway coverage, please take your concerns to the responsible design house. I do not make the clothes. #PFW
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9 years
is her first name "wife"...
@thehill
The Hill
9 years
Wife of MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews running for the House: http://t.co/0AXae4EBQQ http://t.co/L1iKjUeUFO
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I don't know where he's going or what he's doing. But he's wearing @YSL and Lenny Kravitz looks magnificent.
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@RobinGivhan
Robin Givhan
6 years
What is there to write? Were you surprised? FLOTUS official wardrobe tends to be lifted from the cinematic, fictionalized, pseudo documentary version of reality. See: Meryl Streep in “Out of Africa.”
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Robin Givhan
6 years
I know this is naive, but geeze people: If you don't like a certain former first lady's Balenciaga dress, just say you don't like the dress. You don't need to get all potty-mouthed about it in my e-mail inbox. Now, Happy Holidays, and all that.
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So no. This isn't a fashion story. But one I very much enjoyed reporting. "Parents didn’t send their children to Howard to become revolutionaries — to upend the system. They sent them there to learn how to excel in spite of it."
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“The eyes of the fashion industry are upon him. Until suddenly, they are not. Until suddenly, the people come but in the back of their mind, they’re wondering why they made such an effort.” ⁦ @OffWht #pfw
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Robin Givhan
4 years
From Melania Trump to Ivanka, et al.: Women have been out there rioting and terrorizing; & using stilettos, false eyelashes, a professional blowout and their fair skin as camouflage. The right kind of pretty can sometimes be as protective as a flak jacket.
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“It was a monumental moment, and yet it seemed so normal and so reasonable, in part because so many women have been chipping their way up the side of this dauntingly steep, sheer mountain, and also because of the woman who finally made it there. “
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Robin Givhan
4 years
Yep, clothing speaks. ⁦⁦ @KateBolduan
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Robin Givhan
7 years
I would like @cocorocha to walk in every show and for @lesdogggg to always be in the audience cheering. @csiriano
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""The story of Talley is the story of fashion itself — from the yearnings for a glamorous life to the poisonous effects of believing in one’s own myths. Fashion built itself into a state of hyper-indulgence until it began to topple under its own weight."
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Print - the headline, the design, the choice of graphics - it bowls me over all the time. But this morning... wow. From the story: “Blackface refuses to let darker skin be its own, unalterable baseline. It negates the idea that blackness is a part of a p…
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“Her credibility as a moderating force, a gracious presence swathed in silk and lace, has been significantly undermined by her own hand. All it took was a $39 olive-drab jacket.”
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@RobinGivhan
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4 years
Thank you.
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Robin Givhan
9 years
The mostly formal #AlexnderMcQueen #PFW show. The final gown reminds me of his shipwreck collection. http://t.co/xVIfYUgcF9
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Robin Givhan
6 years
Nope, there is nothing like a print headline. ❤️
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Robin Givhan
5 years
Amateur photographers. @chloe #pfw
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Robin Givhan
6 years
"The next Anna Wintour will rise out of an industry that's diffuse. It's a borderless business in which celebrities are as likely to rise from social media & Nollywood as network TV & Hollywood. @Edward_Enninful is well positioned for this new landscape.
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Robin Givhan
8 years
oh Jacob. just stop with all that cuteness and charm! #Oscars2016
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"More than a silly fashion folly, the coat is a distraction - a discomforting affectation taken to a ludicrous extreme. In a video intended to celebrate the welcoming spirit of the holiday season, that simple flourish exudes cold, dismissive aloofness."
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8 years
Fun #NYFW facts: folks spent $380 billion on fashion in 2015. 1.8 million people employed in fashion. fashion's a $98 billion industry in NY
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7 years
A collection sparked by doc "Hip-hop Evolution" @marcjacobs #NYFW
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@RobinGivhan
Robin Givhan
5 years
I’m done, y’all. I am done.
@george_clinton
George Clinton
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Thank you @RobinGivhan for her @washingtonpost piece on #Sacai with a #PFUNK twist - WOOF!
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Calm. Fashion. #hermes #pfw
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Robin Givhan
6 years
Actually I covered the East Wing during the Obama administration.
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Robin Givhan
6 years
You know what’s missing from this alongside the runway picture? Notebooks. No one is taking notes. Not even on their phone. Call me old school. I take notes. I take pictures, too. But I find words helpful.
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I'm not even sure that @latimes fully grasps how lucky they are... how could they? @meridak is extraordinary.
@latimes
Los Angeles Times
3 years
Breaking: The Los Angeles Times has named veteran journalist Kevin Merida ( @meridak ) as its new Executive Editor.
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“His aesthetic, where he sometimes looked like the lead soloist in a rock and roll choir, served as a reminder that the sacred and the profane are intertwined.”
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Robin Givhan
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He'll be doing double/triple salchows (the only figure-skating term I know) wearing @VeraWangGang #nathanchen #olympics (photo: Toni L. Sandys)
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“The value of celebrity has been diminished ... A picture that underscores the idea that celebrities are just like paycheck-to-paycheck workers no longer feels like innocent hyperbole. It’s a hurtful lie.”
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Robin Givhan
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The Met announced today that "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination" attracted 1,659,647 visitors during its run, making it the museum's most visited exhibition, exceeding the prior number one show, "Treasures of Tutankhamun" (1978), which had 1,360,957 visitors.
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“There was a dispute this week about whose street it is, and Mayor Bowser wanted to make it abundantly clear whose street it is and honor the peaceful demonstrators who assembled Monday night.”
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Robin Givhan
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“The culture has long glorified and romanticized the so-called council of wise men. She would like to be one of the culture’s wise women — a confidently mature woman who uses her experience and resources to guide younger leaders.”
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Robin Givhan
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God, I LOVE our copy desk. #headlinebrilliance
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