Why worry about centuries of religious conflict when you can bond over the slaughtering of woodland creatures for high-end, occasion-specific headwear?
New York-based Rent the Runway has made it more affordable for women to wear high-end fashions on special occasions and counts 6 million members across the United States.
The Unlimited plan is a logical extension of Rent the Runway's original business model, which offers a la carte rental of high-end dresses for special occasions, like weddings or black-tie functions, for between $30 for a simple shift to $600 for a column gown.
Although this Belgium-based band's Spring 2015 collection has a silly emoji theme, you might want to reserve these high-end designs for special occasions.
And, for the wealthier types — not to mention dealers in high-end jewelry — it is an occasion when diamonds are the gem du jour, as I write in my Page Two column.
Several shops around Las Vegas rent tuxedos and wedding gowns for the occasion; some casinos have high-end jewellery shops that stay open late, even 24 hours.
But the quality is there, ranging from simpler, more accessible wines geared towards everyday drinking to high-end, age-worthy bottles worthy of special occasions.
The occasion was marked Wednesday with a high-end benefit at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom that featured performances by Herbie Hancock, OK Go, and Jennifer Hudson; tickets were priced at up to $35,800 per couple.
But on occasion, there is no choice but a high-end hotel for events like days-long business conferences.
Wonderland, for me, became a case study of sorts — and an occasion to talk about the rise of high-end, for-profit rehab clinics.
Though the high-end French and Southern restaurant has been popular for special-occasion dinners since its inception, it was for years the solitary destination in the neighborhood after dark.
