I’m staring at two new bottles that represent a tension at the heart of tequila.
One is from Casamigos, the brand founded by actor George Clooney, entrepreneur and ex-model Rande Gerber and businessman Mike Meldman, which they sold to spirits giant Diageo in 2017 for a reported $1 billion. Its new bottle is a jalapeno-flavored blanco tequila under the feminized name Casamigas. On it, the signature of Cindy Crawford, Gerber’s wife, has joined Clooney’s and Gerber’s, along with a lip-print asterisked with her famous mole. Read More...
Laura Biagiotti, an Italian fashion designer who conquered global markets with her soft, loose women’s clothes and luxurious knits that won her the nickname “Queen of Cashmere,” died May 26 at a hospital in Rome. She was 73.
She suffered a heart attack at her estate outside of Rome two days earlier, her family said.
Ms. Biagiotti began designing women’s clothes in the 1960s and by the 1980s was making her mark. Read More...
Amy Walter, The Cook Political Report:
That's right. I mean, special elections are special. They are unique. So I don't want to overgeneralize.
But Lisa's piece was really spot on, which is it's getting national attention because of two reasons. One, it's a swing seat. And, two, it's a district in which the migrant crisis is literally in its backyard. So the debate over what to do about it is actually playing out politically in real time. Read More...