Stories
Four evenings from Los Angeles, told slowly and in the women's own words — what it is like to be looked after by people who take your terms literally.
The Quiet She'd Been Saving
Mara Ellison restores vintage dresses in Silver Lake — other women's best nights, one stitch at a time. Then she booked an afternoon where the hands were as careful with her as hers are with silk.
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Room Tone
June Park records sound for a living — including the sixty seconds of silence at the end of every setup. Last spring she finally stopped performing, and let a quiet room keep her instead.
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The Unlabeled Vial
Simone Adler composes fragrances for other women's turning points in her Pasadena atelier — but one vial in her drawer stayed unlabeled for six years, until she was the one being chosen.
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Someone Else's Keys
Maren Cole has kept other people's houses for eleven years — their plants, their alarms, their beds. On her last night in Malibu, a room was kept for her.
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