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Glass Ceiling Shattered

Abramson to Replace Keller as The Time’s Executive Editor NYTimes

Former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, Jill Abramson will become the paper’s executive editor, succeeding Bill Keller, who will become a full-time writer for the paper.

Ms Abramson 57, said that a born-and-raised New Yorkers, she considered being named editor of The Times to be like ‘ascending to Valhalla’. The appointments are effective Sept. 6.

Ms. Abramson will be the first woman to be editor in the paper’s 160-year history.

The Man I Love

Must-See TV: Tom Ford Documentary Premieres on OWN June 24th Racked

Tom Ford with Carolyn Murphy at the Costume Institute Gala (Photo: Getty Images)In fact I don’t know him at all, but Tom Ford is my guy, a gay man who truly loves women and never causes me to lose an ounce of sleep over his intentions with my gender. Tom Ford has given what’s called an astonishingly honest and open portrayal of himself in an hour-long documentary set to premiere on the Oprah Winfrey Network June 24th. Without question, I will be watching. Note: Rescheduled to September.

Visionaries: Tom Ford changes things entirely—Ford opens up to the audience in a way that we never imagined possible, revealing his own struggles with depression, mid-life crisis, and professional reinvention. It was clear to us that A Single Man which opened in theaters in 2009, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore was the Tom Ford story.

Ford’s aggressively sexual imagery at Gucci never upset me one moment. I love it because Ford empowered women, correctly understanding that female sexuality is a powerful force in the universe, and not something to be condemned as the alternative fashion monasticism movement, led by Karl Lagerfeld, does to women, in my humble opinion.

Tom Ford Speaking to CNN

Design

Subversive Snow Globes

Things That Look Like Other Things Core 77

Manchester, England designer Neil Conley inverts the magic of snow globes to express the danger of our global dependence on petroleumwhat. With “Snow Global” and “Oil,” Conley takes cherished childhood (and adult) objects, infusing them with high concepts.

Living

At Home with Lost Liz

Elizabeth Taylor’s Bel Air Estate Architectural Digest

Landscaping Guru Jack deLashmet

Hamptons Gardens: Full Bloom NOWNESS

Published by Assouline, the resulting celebration of East End Long Island gardening features images of such legendary vistas as Grey Gardens and the work of green-fingered celebrities including Russell Page and Miranda Brooks. Having made a study of Hamptons horticulture, DeLashmet is uniquely qualified to select the most impressive specimens, whose owners just so happen to have a knack with other aesthetic pursuits: “Anna Wintour has an incredible garden and Calvin Klein has the most beautiful native garden,” he says. “A lot of people consider Judith Leiber’s to be the best garden in the neighborhood—she could open it for tours.”

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