April Black Diamond, fashion designer
“Walking down South Broadway in Los Angeles, we saw this shop with the most incredible gowns in the window it was like Paris haute couture,” Suppes says. “It was April’s shop; it turns out she is one of the most sought-after quinceañera dress designers in the state. We spent two days with her just in awe of the pieces.”
“When April decides to do something, she doesn’t hold back,” Aranda says. “Soon after, she rallied a couple of her actual quinceañera clients to come to the store so that we could photograph them being fitted. We ended up shooting our cover there, too. I was sad to leave at the end of the two days as I really liked everyone; I think this comes across in every picture.”
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Dancer Jocquese Whitfield in the new book “California Elegance.” Photo: Frederic Aranda
In the five years writer Christine Suppes and photographer Frederic Aranda spent compiling their new book, “California Elegance: Portraits From the Final Frontier,” they traveled thousands of miles throughout the state, meeting subjects and scouting locations from San Ysidro along the border of Mexico to Yreka near Oregon. While the project began in the collaborators’ minds as a “love letter to the Golden State,” featuring fascinating people and memorable locations, it was always one they knew would be complicated. A particular trip in November 2017 crystallized for them how some of the challenges of the present were dramatically changing life for residents in Northern California.
Here’s Why You Won’t See Meghan Markle on ‘The Crown’
Netflix series to end with Season 6Margeaux Sippell | December 20, 2020 @ 6:12 AM Last Updated: December 20, 2020 @ 12:17 PM
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Netflix’s “The Crown” may be returning for a 6th season, but it looks highly unlikely that we’ll ever see a version of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, in the British royal family drama.
Season 4 premiered earlier this month, covering the Princess Diana era of the 1980s. Season 5 is bound to follow Charles and Diana’s 1996 divorce and her tragic death in 1997, which leaves only one season left.
Creator Peter Morgan has said that he follows the “20-year rule,” which means that he doesn’t like to tackle real-life events until at least 20 years after they happened. That means the Meghan Markle and Prince Harry love story is too fresh for him to reenact.