August 21, 2022

Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal Raise Millions for Charity in Lieu of Wedding Presents

August 21, 2022/ Anne Enke

American business executive Sheryl Sandberg married Tom Bernthal in Wyoming on Saturday.

Sheryl Sandberg and Tom Bernthal asked that guests donate to VOW for Girls and CARE to fund anti-child marriage programs and poverty alleviation efforts in lieu of gifts. Sandberg’s rep told People Magazine that to date the couple has raised $1 million for VOW for Girls and $10 million for CARE, where she serves on the Global Advisory Council.

Nyarach Abouch Ayuel Covers May 2022 Vogue Weddings, Lensed by Emma Tempest

May 31, 2022/ Anne Enke

Rising South Sudanese model Nyarach Abouch Ayuel covers the May 2022 issue of Vogue Weddings, a supplement to British Vogue’s May 2022 issue. Ayuel wears a wedding dress from Greek designer Celia Kritharioti on the cover, styled by Julia Brenard with Jimmy Choo shoes and Chanel jewelry. Emma Tempest captures Nyarach Abouch Ayuel’s elegance, beauty and stature in these ‘noble’ images.

Two Big Engagement Ring Trends for 2022: Art Deco Emerald Cut and Lab Grown Diamonds

February 17, 2022/ Anne Enke

Two Big Engagement Ring Trends for 2022: Art Deco Emerald Cut and Lab Grown Diamonds AOC Fashion

For over 20 years, I’ve been focused on three major subsets of Americans: the traditionalists, the moderns, and the cultural creatives. Hearst’s Diego Gravinese Fractalia 5 is deeply rooted in the Cultural Creatives mindset. Most of us reading AOC are Cultural Creatives and/or Smart Sensuality women.

The latter are women who are sexy and smart; focused on achievement; and possessed with deep empathy for people and our planet. Often they are modern values women [you just can’t be rich enough or wear enough stuff on your back] who have crossed over to a much more progressive-values way of thinking. We are not show horses.

I’ve called us “lipstick liberals”, which the AOC crowd might deride. But AOC the Congresswoman has herself perfected the pouty red mouth.

Looking at Hearst’s Diego Gravinese painting Fractalia 5 brings other trailblazing women in this mold to mind, women we’ve written about for years at AOC. Think Beyonce, Amal Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez: They are all women who smash through the fractal panes of imaginary glass that keep them in check.

In a moment of serendipidity, I searched for information about the rings they wore. Among women I admire deeply, one shape — the emerald cut — emerges like a phoenix rising out of the ashes.