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Sanders' mitten maker finds manufacturer to meet sudden damand

A Vermont schoolteacher whose homemade mittens went viral after Senator Bernie Sanders wore them at President Joe Biden's inauguration has found a manufacturer to fulfill the resulting thousands of orders for her cozy gloves. "I have amazing news! I'm partnering with Vermont Teddy Bear to make Bernie's Mittens for EVERYONE!!" Jennifer Ellis...

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Bernie's mitten maker marvels over 15 minutes of fame

Jennifer Ellis has never met Bernie Sanders but she is enjoying a taste of his celebrity as the woman behind the mittens that gave the Vermont senator his viral moment at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Ellis, a 42-year-old elementary school teacher, lived a quiet life in the Vermont town of Essex Junction -- until Wednesday. She was...

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Internet buzzing over Bernie Sanders' bundled-up inauguration look

Standing out in a crowd of glamorously dressed guests, Bernie Sanders showed up for the US presidential inauguration in a heavy winter jacket and patterned mittens -- with an AFP photo of the veteran leftist spawning the first viral meme of the Biden era. The senator from the northeastern state of Vermont, beloved by supporters for his earnest...

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Rebels With Applause: Balenciaga Cheers Bernie Sanders

In the Balenciaga Fall 2017 menswear show yesterday, designer Demna Gvasalia plastered Bernie Sanders’s campaign-style graphics on the back of bomber jackets, on T-shirts, on scarfs as big as blankets, and even on nail art, leaving us to deduce that the “it boy” of international luxury fashion, the darling of press, buyers and parent company...