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Nora Ariffin
Nora Ariffin is a Singaporean fashion model and real estate broker. Education Ariffin studied at St. Margaret's Secondary School. Modelling career While Ariffin was working at the Blue Ginger boutique, designer Kelvin Khoo took photos of her modelling clothes for the boutique. Eileen Abisheganaden who owned the boutique liked the photos and introduced her to Dick Lee, a partner at modelling agency Carrie Models. She has appeared in campaigns for CoverGirl, alongside models including Rachel Hunter and Nikki Taylor, Lacoste, L'Oréal, and Chanel's ''Allure'' fragrance. Ariffin has also been featured in editorials for ''Vogue Paris'' and Italian ''Harper's Bazaar'' and graced the cover of Italian ''Cosmopolitan'' and ''Marie Claire'' (Singapore, Malaysia). Ariffin has worked with photographers including Guy Bourdin, Herb Ritts, and Gilles Bensimon. Other career Ariffin is also a real estate broker since 2004 and is the senior vice-president of Halstead Property ''Ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper's Bazaar
''Harper's Bazaar'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly ''Harper's Bazar''. ''Harper's Bazaar'' is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the style resource for "women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture". Since its debut in 1867, as the U.S.'s first fashion magazine, its pages have been home to talent such as the founding editor, author and translator Mary Louise Booth, as well as numerous fashion editors, photographers, illustrators and writers. ''Harper's Bazaar''s corporate offices are located in the Hearst Tower, 300 West 57th Street or 959 Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The current editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition is Samira Nasr. History Book publishers Harper & Brothers founded the magazine based in New York City on November 2, 1867. This company also gave birth to '' Harper's Magazine''. ''Harper's B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Into My Heart
''Into My Heart'' is a 1998 motion picture featuring Rob Morrow and Claire Forlani. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 9, 1998, the drama documents a love triangle involving a woman and two childhood friends, focusing on the themes of marriage, adultery and betrayal. It was written and directed by Anthony Stark and Sean Smith. Plot Ben and Adam are best friends from childhood. While Adam marries Nina after college, Ben’s after a number of unsuccessful relationships marries Kat. Ben and Nina starts an adulterous relationship. When Adam comes to know about Nina’s affair with Ben, he jumps from a tower resulting into his coma. Five years later, Ben notices Nina in a restaurant and approaches her. It is revealed that Nina has moved to London and married and has a child now. Ben and Kat have separated and Kat is going to marry someone. Adam is presumably dead. Cast * Rob Morrow as Ben * Claire Forlani as Nina * Jake Weber as Adam * Jayne Brook as Kat * Sebastian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Holdings
''Terra Holdings'', founded in 1995, is a parent company of several previously acquired real estate brokerage firms that focus on real estate in the New York City and Manhattan area. The company was established in 1995 and has since acquired Brown Harris Stevens, Feathered Nest, and Halstead Property. It also has a service arm known as the Vanderbilt Companies that focus on insurance, appraisals, advertising, and marketing. Co-chairmen and owners of Terra Holdings are David Burris, Kent Swig, Arthur Zeckendorf, and William Lie Zeckendorf. Their head office is at 770 Lexington Avenue. In June 2017, they purchased the cooperative and condominium A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership structure whereby a building is divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas that are jointly owned. The term can be applied to the building or complex ... management division (with 8,250 units in 35 buildings in New York) from Rose Associates. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Bensimon
Gilles Francis Charles Bensimon (; born 29 February 1944) is a French fashion photographer and the former International Creative Director of ''Elle'' magazine. He has also been the photographer on the reality television series ''America's Next Top Model''. Early life Bensimon was born in Vic-sur-Cère in Cantal, France. He had advanced dyslexia, hence his mother's suggestion - that if he did something in art, he could express himself better. Living in Paris, France, he joined French ''Elle'' magazine in 1967. Two years later, Bensimon helped launch American Elle, for which he later photographed Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Bridget Hall, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Rachel Williams, Honor Fraser, Yasmin Le Bon, Elle Macpherson, and Beverly Peele. Career During his tenure as an International Creative Director and Head Photographer of ''Elle'' magazine, the magazine had an estimated 20 million readers worldwide. He is known as a celebrity photographer, with a portfolio consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Ritts
Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black and white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which emphasized the human shape. Early life and education Born in Los Angeles, to a Jewish family, Ritts began his career working in the family furniture business. His father, Herb Ritts Sr., was a businessman, while his mother, Shirley Ritts, was an interior designer. He moved to the East Coast to attend Bard College in New York, where he majored in economics and art history, graduating in 1975. Career Later, while living in Los Angeles, he became interested in photography when he and friend Richard Gere, then an aspiring actor, decided to shoot some photographs in front of an old jacked up Buick. The picture gained Ritts some coverage and he began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Bourdin
Guy Bourdin (2 December 1928 – 29 March 1991), was a French artist and fashion photographer known for his provocative images. From 1955, Bourdin worked mostly with ''Vogue'' as well as other publications including '' Harper's Bazaar''. He shot ad campaigns for Chanel, Charles Jourdan, Pentax and Bloomingdale's. His work is collected by important institutions including Tate in London, MoMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Getty Museum. The first retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in 2003, and then toured the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, and the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris. The Tate is permanently exhibiting a part of its collection (one of the largest) with works made between 1950 and 1955. He is considered one of the best-known photographers of fashion and advertising of the second half of the 20th century. He set the stage for a new kind of fashion photography. "While conventi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Claire
''Marie Claire'' is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941. Since then various editions are published in many countries and languages. The feature editions focus on women around the world and global issues. ''Marie Claire'' magazine also covers health, beauty, fashion, politics, finance, and career topics. History ''Marie Claire'' was founded by Jean Prouvost and Marcelle Auclair."Avec Jean Prouvost, Marcelle Auclair fonda « Marie-Claire » magazine féminin inspiré des magazines américains" (p. 319). In: (351 pages). Its first issue appeared in 1937, and it was distributed each Wednesday until 1941 when it handed out its shares to open in London, going international for the first time. In 1976, Prouvost retired and his daughter Évelyne took over the magazine and added L'Oréal Group to the company. Worldwide ''Marie Claire'' publishes editions in more than 35 countries on five continents. Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
''Cosmopolitan'' is an American monthly fashion and entertainment magazine for women, first published based in New York City in March 1886 as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and, since 1965, has become a women's magazine. ''Cosmopolitan'' is one of the best-selling magazines and is directed mainly towards a female audience. Jessica Pels is the magazine's current editor-in-chief. Formerly titled ''The Cosmopolitan'' and often referred to as ''Cosmo'', throughout the years, ''Cosmopolitan'' has adapted its style and content. Its current incarnation was originally marketed as a woman's fashion magazine with articles on home, family, and cooking. Eventually, editor-in-chief Helen Gurley Brown changed its attention to more of a women empowerment magazine. Nowadays, its content includes articles discussing relationships, sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, fashion, horoscopes, and beauty. ''Cosmopolitan'' is published by New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogue Paris
The French edition of ''Vogue'' magazine, formerly called ''Vogue Paris'', is a fashion magazine that has been published since 1920. History 1920–54 The French edition of ''Vogue'' was first issued on 15 June 1920, the first editor-in-chief being Cosette de Brunhoff. Her brother, Michel de Brunhoff took over and was editor-in-chief from 1929 until 1954. Under Edmonde Charles-Roux (1954–66) Edmonde Charles-Roux, who had previously worked at ''Elle'' and ''France-Soir'', became the magazine’s editor-in-chief in 1954.Philips, Ian"The Look that shocked the world" ''The Independent'' (11 February 1997). Charles-Roux was a great supporter of Christian Dior's " New Look", of which she later said, "It signalled that we could laugh again - that we could be provocative again, and wear things that would grab people's attention in the street." In August 1956, the magazine issued a special ready-to-wear (''prêt-à-porter'') issue, signaling a shift in fashion's focus from couture pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Sheik
Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and composer. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single " Barely Breathing", which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2006 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical '' Spring Awakening''. Early life Sheik is a native of Montclair, New Jersey. Following his parents' divorce, he split time between his father's house in New Jersey and his mother's home in South Carolina. He is the half-brother of Broadway actress Kacie Sheik. Sheik's Juilliard-trained grandmother introduced him to the piano, and he later took up the electric guitar. By age 12, he was playing guitar with high school students in a cover band. After graduating from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1988, Sheik studied semiotics at Brown University; while at Brown, he played guitar in a band wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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