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Neville Wisdom at his downtown shop

Looks Alive

Couture isn’t supposed to be approachable, but for local womenswear designer Neville Wisdom, approachability is the thread that runs through everything: his personal history, his entrepreneurial vision, his design aesthetic,...

Looks Alive

Couture isn’t supposed to be approachable, but for local womenswear designer Neville Wisdom, approachability is the thread that runs through everything: his personal history, his entrepreneurial vision, his design aesthetic,...

Friends and Family

Friends and Family

The word “thrift” gets a bad rap, according to sisters-in-law Sue Kuselias and Jodee Webb. People told them not to use it in the name of their new Hamden shop,...

Friends and Family

The word “thrift” gets a bad rap, according to sisters-in-law Sue Kuselias and Jodee Webb. People told them not to use it in the name of their new Hamden shop,...

Moat on Yale’s Cross Campus

Designer Framing

Once you learn about the moats, you’ll notice them all around Yale’s campus. Edging the exteriors of many signature buildings, their presence is one of the lasting contributions of Beatrix...

Designer Framing

Once you learn about the moats, you’ll notice them all around Yale’s campus. Edging the exteriors of many signature buildings, their presence is one of the lasting contributions of Beatrix...

Edwin and Ada Sanchez

Home Work

Edwin Sanchez had to pull his delivery truck to the side of the road in order to take the call. At first, he couldn’t make out the voice on the...

Home Work

Edwin Sanchez had to pull his delivery truck to the side of the road in order to take the call. At first, he couldn’t make out the voice on the...

Organic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

“Just make sure my garden looks pretty.” That’s what customers used to say to Nancy DuBrule-Clemente. She had just opened her own garden center, Natureworks, and she wasn’t going to...

Organic Chemistry

“Just make sure my garden looks pretty.” That’s what customers used to say to Nancy DuBrule-Clemente. She had just opened her own garden center, Natureworks, and she wasn’t going to...

Other People‘s Shoes

Other People‘s Shoes

When he was 14 and growing up in Ecuador, Fausto Guamantri’s father taught him the family business of cordwaining—making leather shoes by hand. “After that, repairing shoes is simple,” Guamantri...

Other People‘s Shoes

When he was 14 and growing up in Ecuador, Fausto Guamantri’s father taught him the family business of cordwaining—making leather shoes by hand. “After that, repairing shoes is simple,” Guamantri...