| Gentry Points IN-STORE F. M. ALLEN Those in the know call Franklin, Tenn., just outside Nashville, the “Malibu of Tennessee.” A small city with a lot of spending power thanks to locals with names like Keith, Nicole and Wynonna Franklin recently got a boost with the arrival of Will Woods’s men’s-wear shop F. M. Allen. (He also has a New York store.) Woods calls the brand “rugged yet elegant,” just right for the genteel country life. RIMA SUQI. nytimes.com |
Should I Hire You? I’ll Ask the Receptionist Jana Eggers of Spreadshirt wants to know the challenges that prospective hires have overcome and how they treat the receptionist before the job interview. nytimes.com |
Off-Kilter And British This downtown Manhattan store embodies the uniquely British tension between dignity and dishevelment. nytimes.com |
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