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Cosmopolitan
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Move over Manolos! Where Carrie Bradshaw's new fave shoes & outfits in And Just Like That... season 3 are from
A Fendi Baguette bag, a pink tulle tutu and a newspaper print dress make up just some of Carrie Bradshaw's most recognisable fashion items, but perhaps nothing is more closely associated with the fictional style icon than her love of shoes. Specifically, Manolo Blahnik's, with the designer receiving multiple name checks throughout the six seasons of Sex and The City. However, it seems Sarah Jessica Parker's alter-ego is turning to a different shoe brand to fill the shelves in her expansive wardrobe, at least according to the latest season of And Just Like That... which will be landing on our screens every Thursday from today. That's our evening plans sorted for the foreseeable. But back to the shoes. The season three trailer opens with a close-up shot of what is obviously Carrie strutting across hardwood floors. Our very first glimpse of Carrie, and it's her feet. Or rather, her shoes, because the vibrant orange and pink clashing metallic platform heels with lightning bolt detailing are sooo Carrie-coded. The shoes in question are, of course, Terry de Havilland's Zie Platform Heel, possessing all of the British brand's signature design details. Carrie's in good company with Kate Moss, Margot Robbie and Millie Bobby Brown also amongst the footwear label's A-list fans. Sarah Jessica Parker has also been seen wearing the '70s-inspired designs IRL, even when she's not on set portraying the New York journalist. And they're far from the only pair featured in the show. The Lena Non Stop Disco Platform Heels previously made an appearance in season one of AJLT..., after costume designer Molly Rogers purchased a selection directly through the website like any other shopper. As soon as the episode dropped, sales of the shoes soared by 131%, with a 240% increase in year-on-year sales across the site throughout the three months the show aired. Since then, TDH has worked closely with the show's costume team, so it's no surprise that even more of the brand's bold, unapologetic designs – from dazzling heeled sandals to vibrant platforms – promise to steal the scenes in series three. Including a metallic turquoise blue iteration of the New York sandal. 'The New York sandal is actually a redeveloped archive Terry de Havilland style. Molly found an original vintage '70s version at London's Portobello Market and loved it. We then re-created it in a new colour way especially for Carrie,' Josh Spurling, Operations Director at TDH, tells Cosmopolitan UK. Of course, Carrie's shoes aren't the only thing to catch our eye in the latest season of And Just Like That... Keep scrolling for all the details on her outfits throughout season three. Unsurprisingly, the internet went wild over Carrie's gigantic gingham bonnet by Maryam Keyhani. She paired it with a multicoloured Ossie Clark dress, a Pierre Cardin purple cloth handbag, and threw her support behind the ugly shoes trend in Dr. Scholl's clog mule sandals. Ever on trend, Carrie puts her own spin on the naked dressing trend in this see-through nude tulle midi dress and matching puff sleeve drawstring waist duster coat from Simone Rocha's spring summer 2024 collection. With 3D flowers incorporated into the design, it also ticks off the corsage look. If you've resisted jumping on the spring summer fashion trend for polka dots, maybe Carrie's blouse can convince you otherwise? She paired it with pink paint-splattered trousers for a lesson in pattern-clashing with red sandals completing the look. Speaking of pattern clashing, only Carrie could pull off a mint green graphic print top with Zimmerman pink and purple floral print satin trousers. Her crystal-embellished Aquazzura mules and side pony are peak '90s – we love! This 'fit is classic Carrie: a vintage mint-green Yves Saint Laurent pussybow blouse, a flippy tiered pink vintage Gucci skirt and Aquazzura sling-back heels. We're drooling over that bejewelled Gucci bag. Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda crowded around a bar table? It's like the OG days! (Almost...) In this scene, Carrie wears a Zandra Rhodes blue lace blouse and pleated wide-leg trousers from the British designer's spring/summer 2020 collection. Her hair pulled up shows off her Bryony Raymond Confetti Plume earrings perfectly. Follow Alex on Instagram. Alexandria Dale is the Digital Fashion Writer at Cosmopolitan UK. Covering everything from the celebrity style moments worth knowing about to the latest fashion news, there's nothing she loves more than finding a high street dupe of a must-have designer item. As well as discovering new brands, she's passionate about sustainable fashion and establishing the trends that are actually worth investing in. Having worked in fashion journalism for six years, she has experience at both digital and print publications including Glamour and Ok!
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
TennCare change would aid Ballad's rural hospitals
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A revenue boost that could guarantee Ballad Health's rural Tennessee hospitals stay open until at least 2028 is inching toward federal approval, but the tweak to TennCare reimbursement for hospitals isn't yet assured. RELATED: Tennessee, Ballad Health agree to changes in COPA terms The proposed change would hike TennCare hospital reimbursement rates to the average paid by commercial insurance and could net Ballad around $100 million a year. Without it, Ballad's commitment to keep its rural hospitals open — part of the 'Certificate of Public Advantage' (COPA) that governs the inpatient hospital monopoly — would end in 2026. The 2026 date is already an extension beyond the initial (2018) five-year commitment that would have lifted the restriction in 2023, and beyond a six-year pledge Ballad made a couple years ago. But it's earlier than the 2028 date the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) wanted when it floated numerous changes to the COPA's 'Terms of Certification' early last year. 'I think that would basically wipe out what would be our annualized operating loss,' Ballad CEO Alan Levine said of the proposed change. 'Our operating loss for the first half of the year was $50 million, just about.' Hospital systems nationally are struggling in the post-COVID environment. Ballad, which has increased nursing salaries by about $200 million over the past several years, lost $34 million in fiscal 2023 and only avoided a 2024 loss thanks to a lawsuit settlement. Even with a just-released third quarter that was barely in the black ($543,338), Ballad has lost $44.9 million so far this fiscal year. 'We anticipate that the amount we would get from this state-directed payment model would probably help offset a good chunk of that $200 million (in salary increases),' Levine said. Financial reports back that up. Through the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, Ballad spent $622 million combined on salaries, contract labor and employee benefits. Through the same period of fiscal 2025 (to March 30), that total was $849 million. Kids with TennCare face major hurdles finding dentists With those realities and a TennCare reimbursement that pays about half of the cost and hadn't been increased in years, according to Levine, Ballad countered TDH's proposal last year. The system called for the state to approve an increase in the 'provider tax' on hospitals that could then be put into the TennCare program and matched 2:1 by federal funds, allowing for the reimbursement increase. 'You can't sit there and look at the state and say, 'oh, yes, by goodness, we're going to commit to keeping them open for five more years when in two years, I may have to go back to the state and say, 'I can't, I don't have the financial resources to do it.'' Levine said maintaining the area's rural hospitals was a primary reason Ballad formed in the first place through a merger of previously competing systems, Wellmont and Mountain States. Closing them, he said, would impact not just the communities they're in but the hospital system as a whole. 'We have three tertiary facilities, (Kingsport's) Holston Valley, Bristol and Johnson City Medical Center. If those rural hospitals closed, those three tertiary hospitals would get overwhelmed because you lose … access in those communities that keeps people in their community. 'If those access points are gone, you're going to end up with these three hospitals getting overwhelmed,' Levine said of the larger facilities. 'If people are concerned about wait times, they really have to be concerned about wait times if those hospitals get overwhelmed. So we have every reason, irrespective of the COPA, to keep those hospitals open.' The proposal gained state approval this year, but it also has to get two levels of approval at the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) because TennCare is Tennessee's Medicaid program. Levine said that process is nearing completion. But Congress also has to approve the change, and the proposal has reached that stage just as Medicaid cuts are on the table during budget talks and 'wasteful spending' is on many lips in the nation's capital. The provider tax, which is used to some extent in every state save Alaska, has drawn criticism as a way for states to receive federal matching funds without expending their own money. Levine said the Tennessee request, which would increase the state's hospital provider tax to the legally allowed maximum of 6%, is a legitimate effort to address a problem for systems with high numbers of low-income and rural patients. Even if Congress changes the provider tax law, he said, it's looking like they would grandfather in existing arrangements, including the new proposal. 'I think the fact that Congress is going down that path with this bill and CMS is working with the state is a good sign,' he said. 'It shows that I think people understand the necessity for this. I think Congress has a tough job to do, and all we can advocate for is, look, we have to make sure we're making them aware of what the consequences are of whatever actions they take.' He said First District Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger helped lead a push that resulted in all nine Tennessee House members and both its senators signing a letter in support of the change. 'She's taken a lot of time to understand this, and I think one of the things that she's been doing — I don't speak for her, but what she's been doing is asking the questions and trying to make sure that whatever policies Congress implements, it doesn't harm our region.' Levine said if the change is approved, it won't be a 'windfall' for Ballad given the increased expenses from labor and the need to 'cross-subsidize' rural hospitals that consistently lose money. 'I think one thing most of your viewers would agree on is that we want to pay nurses as much money as we can to retain nurses, and that's what we've done. This is simply trying to get us back to where we're financially stable.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Tennessee, Ballad Health agree to changes in COPA terms
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Rules governing Ballad Health's state-authorized hospital monopoly have just undergone their biggest revision after more than a year of negotiations between Tennessee officials and Ballad. Homelessness increased in Northeast TN, according to 2025 PIT Count The Tennessee Department of Health released the fifth version of the 'terms of certification' today. Those cover everything from quality of care measures and access to care to capital spending, charity care, public input and how much Ballad can charge insurance companies. In a news release, the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) said the revisions cover five key areas: prioritizing quality of care, overall system scoring, rural hospitals, charity care, and listening sessions with the public. News Channel 11 spoke to Ballad CEO Alan Levine during those negotiations. At that time, earlier this year, he said the final sticking points had more to do with language than significant differences. 'Fundamentally, we're all in agreement,' Levine said. 'We want to see access and quality of care be the guideposts for what we're doing here.' The Tennessee rural hospitals in Greeneville, Elizabethton, Rogersville, Erwin, Mountain City and Sneedville will now stay open at least two years longer than the previous commitment and four years longer if the federal government okays a statewide proposal to increase TennCare reimbursements. 'If you go to any rural community that's lost their hospital, first of all, mortality rates go up in that community,' Levine told News Channel 11 during a late January interview about the negotiations with TDH. 'The economy in that community suffers. Those are good paying jobs for that community. Access to physicians deteriorates dramatically because the hospital does support those physicians. So I think people in the rural communities are very concerned about the loss of their hospitals.' The terms of certification exist because Ballad operates under a 'Certificate of Public Advantage' (COPA) granted by the state of Tennessee, which enabled the 2018 merger of formerly competing hospital systems Wellmont and Mountain States. Because that created an inpatient hospital monopoly that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opposed, the parties had to seek what's called 'state action immunity' from both Tennessee and Virginia to avoid facing an FTC lawsuit. 'For more than a year we have worked with the Tennessee Attorney General's Office and Ballad Health to ensure the COPA continues to provide a public benefit in meeting Northeast Tennessee's health needs,' TDH Commissioner Dr. Ralph Alvarado said in a news release. 'Our effort and progress serve as a model for health care in Tennessee, the Appalachia Region, and the entire nation. It is vitally important we get it right.' TDH will prepare a narrative review for the assessment of Ballad's performance through the end of the company's 2025 fiscal year June 30, the release said. This is to allow Ballad time to implement the new, numerical COPA performance scoring process for the 2026 Fiscal Year, beginning on July 1. In a statement released immediately after the TDH release, Ballad called the changes 'thoughtful and reasonable.' 'Our goals are the same,' Ballad's release reads. 'At a time when 150 rural hospitals have closed throughout the nation, and 700 more have been identified as being in danger of closure, keeping rural hospitals open for our communities is at the core of why the COPA was created. Access to high quality care is a goal everyone shares.' This is a developing story. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather.
Straits Times
25-04-2025
- Business
- Straits Times
170 jobs in logistics to be created with Sankyu Singapore's new warehouse facility in 2026
Sankyu Singapore managing director Katsumi Yajima (right) with general manager of the logistics division and business development Junus Kartara (far left) and director of logistics and on-site logistics division Takato Kato at the unveiling of the Tuas Distribution Hub on April 25. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG 170 jobs in logistics to be created with Sankyu Singapore's new warehouse facility in 2026 SINGAPORE - Around 170 new jobs will be created by the Singapore subsidiary of Japanese logistics company Sankyu with the construction of a built-to-suit, fully air-conditioned warehouse facility in Tuas with about 57,000 storage pallets. Priority for employment will be given to Singaporeans, said Sankyu Singapore. The four-storey building spanning 38,380 sq m is under construction and will be fully operational in January 2026. Called Tuas Distribution Hub (TDH), it offers storage facilities equipped with temperature control, security protocols, and inventory management systems compliant with industry standards. Its warehouse has labour- and energy-saving features, such as automated forklifts. TDH is located in Tuas Industrial Estate, which is near the newly developed Tuas Mega Port. It was soft-launched at Genting Hotel on April 25, to give prospective customers at the event ample time to make business decisions regarding TDH. Some of the jobs TDH is expected to create include IT professionals to manage autonomous guided vehicles and warehouse systems, as well as logistics managers, quality managers, customer service managers, customer service officers, safety facility managers, safety supervisors, logistics executives, logistics supervisors and logistics assistants. Based on the Sankyu Group's basic sustainability policy, TDH will contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions with the installation of solar panels on the rooftop to partially provide power to the warehouses , as well as the use of lithium-ion batteries on all forklifts. The company has taken other steps to go green. In 2024, Sankyu Singapore signed a memorandum of understanding with Plaspulp Union in Singapore, to develop a circular economy for logistics packaging with local recycling capabilities. Sankyu Singapore, which was established in 1971, offers services such as logistics, supply chain management, and consulting services. It is a subsidiary of Sankyu Inc, a Japanese logistics and engineering company headquartered in Tokyo. Sankyu Singapore owns other warehouse facilities, including its Clementi Distribution Centre and Tuas Logistics Hub. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Tennessee confirms two additional measles cases bringing statewide total to 6
TENNESSEE (WHNT) — The Tennessee Department of Health confirmed two more measles cases, bringing the statewide total to six. TDH announced Thursday that two more people were confirmed to have measles in middle Tennessee. According to data uploaded Saturday, the two new confirmed cases come from the Upper Cumberland region. The department has several graphics showing the specifics of those who have contracted measles, such as age groups and vaccination status for those who have confirmed cases. You can see those tables below. Age Group Case Count Percent of Cases 0-4 Years 0 0% 5-17 Years 4 67% 18-49 Years 1 17% 50+ Years 1 17% Unknown 0 0% Vaccination Status Case Count Percent of Cases Unvaccinated 6 100% 1 MMR Dose 0 0% 2 MMR Doses 0 0% Unknown 0 0% TDH announced the first confirmed case in the state on March 21. The department said it was from a middle Tennessee resident and that the likely source of the infection was being investigated. On April 1, three more measles cases were confirmed, bringing the grand total to four. As of April 17, the United States has 800 confirmed cases of measles. The Centers for Disease Control provided statistics regarding the confirmed cases in the U.S. as of April 17: Under five years old – 31% (249 cases) Five to 19 years old – 38% (304 cases) 20+ years old – 29% (231 cases) Age unknown – 2% (16 cases) Unvaccinated or unknown – 96% One MMR dose – 1% Two MMR doses – 2% From the measles outbreak, the CDC is reporting that there are two confirmed deaths and one death that is under investigation. The two confirmed deaths are in Texas and the one under investigation is in New Mexico. 'Anyone who is not protected against measles is at risk,' the CDC wrote. 'Some people think of measles as just a little rash and fever that clears up in a few days. But measles can cause serious health complications, especially in children younger than 5 years old. Measles is highly contagious. If one person has it, up to 9 out of 10 people nearby will become infected if they are not protected. The best protection against measles is the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. MMR vaccine provides long-lasting protection against all strains of measles.' The CDC website says two doses of the MMR vaccine are about 97% effective at preventing measles and one dose is about 93% effective. You can learn more about measles and how to prevent it on the CDC website here. For more information about measles, you can visit the TDH website here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
