Is somebody gonna match my chic?

Tinashe's 'Nasty' and Carrie Bradshaw's outfits bode well for this summer.

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The above question is what I imagine Carrie Bradshaw can’t help but wonder as she commands the streets of Manhattan in the outfit below. Controversial to some, I think this pillow cover of a gingham hat is just the perfect dose of eccentricity to sustain my genuine excitement for “And Just Like That” season three. It’s an excellent hat.

Welcome to Quality Sheet! Le freak, c’est chic is the theme of this week’s newsletter.

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Time and precision are of the essence when retrieving a donor’s organs in the moments after their death. In this minute-by-minute account of one retrieval operation, anesthesiologist Ronald W. Dworkin describes the “sinister silence” in the operating theatre, the bodily reflexes still active in the donor as the surgeon removes her heart and lungs, and the surgical team paying their respects to the patient “giving other people a chance to live.”

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Ed Dwight went to space! Dwight, who would have been the first Black person in space in the 1960s had racism not thwarted his ambitions, is now the oldest person to touch the sky at 90 years old. He told the New York Times after landing back on Earth: “My whole life has been about getting things done. This is the culmination.”

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Grace Jones is an eternal style icon. Even though 100% of these looks exceed my personal budget, I’ll take inspiration from a few of them this summer in efforts to channel her breezing fabulously through the clubs and restaurants of Paris and New York in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Attention, U.K. wild bathers: If you’re looking for a spot to cool off that isn’t the beach, there are now 27 more wild bathing areas across England. That’ll save you queuing up outside Hampstead Heath during next Monday’s bank holiday. 

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Here’s how to turn off Google’s AI overview answers if you’re not keen on generative AI answering your search queries. 

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Fancy a stay at a luxury chalet or a mansion? Too bad. This deal is for kitties only! Shropshire Cat Rescue in the U.K. is a sanctuary for senior cats to live out their retirement from the biscuit factory. The center takes care of felines who would otherwise have spent their final years in overcrowded shelters.

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Tinashe’s ‘Nasty’ rings through my ears all day these days. For that, I am grateful. London-based Zumba instructor Nate and his dance partner have a lot to do with that.

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Finish with James Joyce’s lust letters to his then-girlfriend Nora Barnacle, written 115 years ago. They might make you blush…and then gush. N.B. If it’s not like this, I don’t want it!

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Isabel :)

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