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18th Oct 2019

There are few things fashion fans find more compelling than a new pair of shoes. The soft touch of supple leather, the clean slate of a new sole, the promise of an elongating heel – all are temptations enough to stir an idle window shopper to hand over their hard-earned cash and take home a box (or two!) complete with their new prized possessions.

And no one knows this better than Italian master craftsman and shoe designer to the stars Giuseppe Zanotti. Famous for his sky high heels with amped up glamour and statement sneakers, boots and sandals, Zanotti’s designs have maintained a firm grip on the feet of some of the most famous celebrities in the world. The brand, based in Italy, has been worn by the likes of Kim Kardashian West,  Gwyneth Paltrow and Candice Swanepoel to name a few, and has amassed a global audience of over 4.5 million on Instagram alone. 

Off the back of the designer’s recent presentation of his spring/summer 2020 collection at Milan Fashion Week, Zanotti chats to Vogue about growing up in the industry, differentiating his designs from the rest, and why women continue to be a an incredible source of inspiration. 

Tell us about your spring/summer 2020 collection.

“The spring/summer collection is a reinterpretation of our signature codes, revisited with unexpected details that also give an unfinished effect in some cases. There are also bold graphics, innovative proportions, uncommon hardware matched with a vast array of materials, from the more traditional to the more innovative ones… femininity and elegance are a must!”

Do you have a favourite pair of shoes in the collection, and why?

“It’s hard to say, but I think that the Lilium sandal makes quite a statement. Nature in general is a source of inspiration for me and this maxi leather lily flower not only speaks for true Italian artisanship, but is also sort of a tribute to nature and magic.” 

You’ve worked in the industry for so many years. Does the design process ever become easier?

“No, never! Otherwise I would get bored! The design process cannot get easier with me, as it’s in constant evolution just like the Zanotti women. When I design I always think of them: they are multifaceted; they cannot be ascribable to a unique role or to a definite label. They constantly evolve with society, so my shoes do [too], to respond to their new needs. With these premises, the design process definitely cannot stay the same!”

Where do you look for inspiration and what keeps you motivated?

“My creativity and curiosity are fundamental sources of motivation for me. I’m a creative person, I have always been and always will be hopefully! I draw my inspiration from everything that surrounds me: art, different cultures, music – it depends on the moment. I often imagine stories set in different periods of time and places (ancient Greece, the ’40s) and then I design what I see.

But the main source of inspiration is still the woman. I watch women as they live their lives: they love traveling, with body and mind, reading books, watching TV, they like to confront themselves with other women of different backgrounds. I create for them. Of course, also their body has a leading role… women’s legs and feet are so important!”

What is the most exciting part of being a shoe designer and what is the most challenging?

“‘Croce e delizia’ we say in Italian. The search for the perfect shoe is at the same time what keeps me going – and dreaming – and what troubles my entire living. As a designer, when you have your latest creation in your hands – the perfect one, just like you wanted – you immediately feel a sense of joy and confidence, but soon after you realise you’re not there yet, you need to keep searching and then it starts all over again. It’s frustrating and motivating at the same time.”

Were you always interested in shoes ever since you were a child?

“I realised I was meant to design and craft shoes when I was 18-years-old. I grew up in San Mauro Pascoli, a small village on the Adriatic Riviera where footwear is the main industry. I’ve always been an acute observer and looking at the beautiful women that I happened to meet I soon realised there was something odd: they were so beautiful but their shoes did not do justice to them; they did not exalt their beauty and were not suited for the changing times we were living in.

I started thinking I could do something about it. [I felt] almost like a sculptor that would like to change what he does not like with his own bare hands. But I was too young and did not have the necessary skills so I began working in a shoe factory to learn the basics and soon after I started consulting for big international fashion houses. And this is how it all started!”

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Your shoes are intimately linked to Italian heritage. How do you define Italian style?

“The woman who buys my shoes, she is cosmopolitan; wherever she goes she looks for innovation, beauty, quality. I think these characteristics are beyond the concept of nationality.”

How do you distill big, creative ideas and communicate these in such small objects such as shoes?

“My formula consists in always paying attention to the balance of elements that form a shoe, by selecting the right embellishment or jewels on the right silhouette. Even if they have intricate details, my shoes always have a distinctive sign: their lightness. This is the key! I use light, natural materials, they are rich but with a light touch. I use silk and well-tanned hides and also the other components, soles and heels, are light as well as the proportions and the styles themselves.”

Tell us about how it feels to have your shoes worn by the biggest celebrities in the world.

“I can remember every single time an A-list celebrity wears my creations, because it always makes me feel so proud. It’s not because of their celebrity status, but it’s all about what these women represent: they are strong, independent, self-confident. Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Ora… They are examples of extraordinary women who are not scared of raising their voices. They decide who, how and when to be. At the same time, they are not afraid of their femininity, of their seduction skills. They represent what a woman should be for me, so it gives me such joy when they choose to wear my creations!”

How do you hope women feel in your shoes?

“I really hope they feel empowered. Whether it be heels or flats, I want them to gain self-confidence when wearing my shoes, without renouncing [their] femininity and sensuality. With my shoes, I would like to give a woman the chance to reinvent herself every time, without making compromises. It seems strange but such a small object like a shoe can have such a great impact on us!

To women I say: when buying shoes, follow your instincts, go for whatever makes you feel strong and confident!”

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18th Oct 2019

While we have welcomed many a television reboot with open arms this year, there are a select few series and films that we still prefer remain untouched. So, when we heard the news of ‘90s classic Clueless being slated for a television reboot, we were left unsure about how to feel.

Being that the 1995 film—which remains to this day the perfect embodiment of the period’s zeitgeist—still forms part of our top teen movies of all time, and has provided a number of memorable wardrobe moments, including Cher Horowitz’s yellow tartan look and the white Calvin Klein date night mini dress, we should have been ecstatic at the news.

But, if we’re being honest, almost all we felt was the uncontrollable urge to utter “As if!?!”

Yes, we know what you’re thinking—a Clueless TV spin-off already exists, and the original film itself was an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. But, while the ‘90s series, which aired between 1996-1999, continued Cher, Dionne and frenemy Amber’s storyline as Beverly Hills teens and their tales at Bronson Alcott High, the revived series will take a completely different trajectory.

Touted as an amalgamation of modern-day teen culture mainstays, more specifically “Mean Girls meets Riverdale meets a Lizzo music video”, the new series will bind the genres of teen drama with mystery and amplify each.

According to Deadline, the plot will provide a “baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sunglasses-wearing, oat milk latté and Adderall-fuelled look” at what happens when the seminal high school queen bee Cher suddenly goes missing and her right-hand girl Dionne “steps into Cher’s vacant Air Jordans”—and with that sentence comes the first and second problem with this revival.

One, we could never imagine a Clueless universe in which Cher isn’t front and centre, scrolling through her virtual wardrobe or setting friends up on dates. And two, somewhere, the fictional Cali girl character is cringing at the idea of ever placing on a pair of hi-top sneakers.

But of course, given the soft spot we have for nostalgia, we’re still going to give Clueless’s upcoming television revival the viewing it deserves. Each episode of the new series, which will be set in set in 2020 Los Angeles, will reportedly play out for an hour, and will follow Dionne as she attempts to unravel the mystery of what happened to her best friend.

No news on a release date just yet, or where the series will air. Deadline reports CBS TV Studios, who own the rights to the Amy Heckerling written and directed film, are considering offers from a number of streaming services, as well as US network, the CW, which already airs a number of teen shows, including Riverdale, the new Nancy Drew series, Dynasty and Katy Keene.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed the new series doesn’t break our Clueless-loving hearts.

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Melbourne’s Chapel Street is synonymous with great food and fashion, with the new Capitol Grand building at the South Yarra end promising to take things up a notch. Designed by Bates Smart and costing property developer Larry Kestelman $800 million, Capitol Grand will comprise 50 floors of apartments on top of an enviable swathe of new eateries and bars.

Leading the charge on Capitol Grand’s new hospitality space is the foodie arm of beloved Australian department store, David Jones. Founded in 1838, the store has a strong place in Australian cultural identity, and was the setting for Madeline St John’s hit novel Women in Black (which was also made into a film starring Rachael Taylor).

The newest David Jones Food store will overlook Chapel Street and act like a modern-day corner shop, marrying convenience with high quality fresh produce. Gourmet pre-prepared meals will be on offer, including a new vegan range (see lead image), as well as organic barista coffee, chocolate made from ethically sourced cocoa, and entertaining essentials like fine wine and spirits, gourmet cheese, cured meats and ready-to-cook party foods.

And that’s only the beginning. As well as a fabulous curated range of food and drink, the new location will also offer fresh flowers and potted plants in collaboration with local Melbourne Instagram sensation, Plant Society – because there’s no host alive who doesn’t love a serve of fresh blossoms or greenery with their house guests.

Model and beauty entrepreneur Jessica Gomes will cut the ribbon to the new David Jones Food store at 9am on Thursday October 17 – and the first 100 customers will be met by complimentary coffee and a gifting wall. It all sounds like the ideal way to start a Thursday, particularly if you’re one of the many Melbournites who wake up hungry with a hankering for high quality caffeine.

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Melbourne’s Chapel Street is synonymous with great food and fashion, with the new Capitol Grand building at the South Yarra end promising to take things up a notch. Designed by Bates Smart and costing property developer Larry Kestelman $800 million, Capitol Grand will comprise 50 floors of apartments on top of an enviable swathe of new eateries and bars.

Leading the charge on Capitol Grand’s new hospitality space is the foodie arm of beloved Australian department store, David Jones. Founded in 1838, the store has a strong place in Australian cultural identity, and was the setting for Madeline St John’s hit novel Women in Black (which was also made into a film starring Rachael Taylor).

The newest David Jones Food store will overlook Chapel Street and act like a modern-day corner shop, marrying convenience with high quality fresh produce. Gourmet pre-prepared meals will be on offer, including a new vegan range (see lead image), as well as organic barista coffee, chocolate made from ethically sourced cocoa, and entertaining essentials like fine wine and spirits, gourmet cheese, cured meats and ready-to-cook party foods.

And that’s only the beginning. As well as a fabulous curated range of food and drink, the new location will also offer fresh flowers and potted plants in collaboration with local Melbourne Instagram sensation, Plant Society – because there’s no host alive who doesn’t love a serve of fresh blossoms or greenery with their house guests.

Model and beauty entrepreneur Jessica Gomes will cut the ribbon to the new David Jones Food store at 9am on Thursday October 17 – and the first 100 customers will be met by complimentary coffee and a gifting wall. It all sounds like the ideal way to start a Thursday, particularly if you’re one of the many Melbournites who wake up hungry with a hankering for high quality caffeine.

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17th Oct 2019

Congratulations are in order for Jessica Mauboy, who took to Instagram yesterday to share the exciting news of her engagement to her long-time boyfriend, Themeli Magripilis.

Sharing a photo of herself and her fiancé while holidaying in Greece, the 30-year-old announced their exciting relationship milestone with a sweet caption sharing their swoon-worthy engagement story.

“The love of my life proposed to me in his family’s home town of Kalymnos, Greece on the beach at sunset,” said the singer. “We are so happy. I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with my best friend. Thank you for all the love.”

Insights into the pair’s question-popping moment aside, Mauboy also gave us our first look at her stunning engagement ring, the rather sizeable piece of jewellery drawing just as much attention as the loved-up couple themselves.

Working with the single piece of ring evidence we have to date, Magripilis looks to have given Mauboy an oval-cut diamond in what is most likely a white gold or platinum setting.

Upon closer inspection, the central oval diamond also looks to be surrounded by a halo of smaller cut diamonds, an engagement ring design that’s recently increased in popularity among celebrities and royals alike. Cue us adding her ring to our secret Pinterest board filled with engagement ring inspiration.

Mauboy’s engagement to Magripilis comes after 11 years of dating, with eight years of that period spent in a long-distance relationship, but the singer has reportedly never wavered from the fact that her fiancé is the one.

In an interview back in 2016, Mauboy noted that it was yet another trip to Greece that made her realise that she would be with him for life: “Out of all the moments we have had together it was a realisation that yes, I am going to be with him for the rest of my life, whether or not I have the ring,” she said.

Continuing, the singer also commented on not only Magripilis’s importance to her, but also his compatibility with her family. “I know deeply how amazing he is, how he is with my family and they are with him,” Mauboy said, before seizing one final opportunity to compliment him: “And he’s so hot.”

The singer hasn’t yet given up any details around her impending nuptials just yet. But in the meantime, we are ready and standing by for Mauboy to spill any information around her wedding date, location, and most importantly, her dress.

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The spring racing season has officially begun, meaning the time to update your wardrobe with new season accessories – think shoes, handbags, jewellery, hair accessories and headwear – is most definitely now.

Thankfully, celebrated Australian accessories brand, Mimco, and its 2019 spring style ambassador, Australian actor and model Jodi Anasta, have you covered this spring. In a season filled with countless opportunities to dress up, it is fitting that the brand has enlisted the Neighbours star as the ultimate style inspiration for the spring carnival.

“I met the Mimco design team at an event earlier this year,” the actor shared via a statement from the brand. “I love the fact that they’re a design-led business and when I expressed my interest in creating something with them it all just evolved from there. Being an actor, it’s really exciting to work with creatives from other disciplines,” Anasta added. “I also shot racing looks as part of Mimco’s spring campaign which just launched.”

“I’m excited to be collaborating with Mimco on a special project for spring racing,” she continued. “I’m working with their design team in Melbourne to create some beautiful one-off pieces that I’ll be wearing to the track.”

With a design ethos that focuses on attention to detail, Mimco’s unique spring racing collection is one that calls on a handful of the season’s top trends, including embellished hair accessories, high-impact millinery, and mix and match statement jewellery.

From crowns and oversized bows, to turbans and ribbons, the spring racing collection boasts a wide range of must-have headbands, as the trend is one that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere any time soon. The collection also features a number of other headwear options, including hats and fascinators, for those who want to stand out from the sea of racegoers on the day.

On top of that, the collection also speaks to a number of other accessory trends you’re going to want to dabble in this spring. Try your hand at styling a pair of sunglasses with embellished chains, mix and match a series of pins and barrettes in your go-to up-do, or go the extra mile and accessorise with a pair of oversized statement earrings for a bold and brave look.

Mimco’s new spring collection will be available to shop online and in-store at Mimco boutiques and David Jones from now, so be sure to browse the range before heading trackside this season. Bespoke Mimco pieces designed exclusively for Australian actor Jodi Anasta will be revealed on Derby Day.Click Here: kenzo online españa

California Sen. Kamala Harris taunted Elizabeth Warren in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate, challenging the Massachusetts senator to join her in demanding that Twitter shut down President Trump’s account.

In a discussion of curbing the power of big technology companies, Harris turned to Warren and said she was surprised she disagreed with her on the issue. Harris accused Trump of using his Twitter account to threaten witnesses, whom she did not identify, and obstruct justice. “He and his account should be taken down,” she said.

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“I don’t just want to push Donald Trump off Twitter; I want to push him out of the office,” Warren said before pivoting to her plan to break up Amazon, Facebook and other big tech companies.

Harris kept pressing. “You can’t say you’re for corporate responsibility if it doesn’t apply to everyone,” she told Warren.

Warren continued ignoring Harris’ challenge, turning next to campaign money. “We should ask if people are taking money from the big tech executives,” Warren said, avoiding any direct statement on Silicon Valley’s longtime support for the California senator and other rivals onstage at the CNN debate.

WESTERVILLE, Ohio — 

Democratic candidates found common ground in denouncing President Trump, but struck a more fractious tone on healthcare, gun policy and money in politics during a crowded presidential primary debate Tuesday night.

The most pointed broadsides were aimed at Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, reflecting her ascendance in the polls, while she and fellow septuagenarian rivals, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joe Biden, sought to assure voters they are hardy enough to occupy the Oval Office.

Twelve candidates — the most ever to appear on a debate stage — squared off in an arena on the leafy campus of Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, a state Democrats lost to Trump by 8 percentage points in 2016. In the Rust Belt setting, Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota eschewed “Midwestern nice” for a more pugnacious approach in selling themselves as the best candidates to take back the state.

It was the fourth debate of the primary season, and the first since House Democrats began an impeachment investigation of Trump after his entreaties to Ukraine’s president for damaging information on a potential 2020 opponent, Biden, spilled into public view.

All candidates on the stage support the inquiry and jostled largely to outdo one another in denouncing the president as corrupt.

Sen. Kamala Harris of California, asked whether her support for removing Trump from office is fair to the president, said her stance involved “just being observant, because he has committed crimes in plain sight.”

The sole note of hesitancy on the subject came from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, the last of the Democratic candidates to embrace impeachment.

“If the House votes to impeach, the Senate does not vote to remove Donald Trump, he walks out and he feels exonerated, further deepening the divides in this country that we cannot afford,” Gabbard said.

Tom Steyer, the Bay Area hedge funder-turned-liberal activist, used his debate stage debut to remind voters of his long-standing quest for impeachment.

“Two years ago, I started the Need to Impeach movement, because I knew there was something desperately wrong at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” he said.

The impeachment controversy has been fraught territory for Biden, whose son Hunter’s position on the board of a Ukrainian gas company is an innuendo-laden obsession for Trump and his allies. There is no evidence Biden or his son committed any wrongdoing.

The candidate largely dodged the question about the appropriateness of Hunter Biden serving on that board while his father served as vice president. Biden instead pointed to the public comments his son made earlier in the day, in which he expressed some regret for his judgment but denied he did anything wrong or illegal.

“My son’s statement speaks for itself,” Biden said. “I did my job. I never discussed a single thing with my son about anything having to do with Ukraine. No one has indicated I have.”

Biden then shifted the focus to Trump. “He is going after me because he knows if I get the nomination I will beat him like a drum,” he said.

The impeachment maelstrom, which has forced Biden to revamp his message on the campaign trail, appeared to inoculate him from onstage attacks from his rivals, who appeared wary to echo Trump’s line of attack.

“That was so offensive,” said New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker of the questions directed at Biden. “The only person sitting at home that was enjoying that was Donald Trump.”

While Biden drew few jabs, Warren faced most of the incoming, as her rivals criticized her for being evasive and overly optimistic about the feasibility of her sweeping policy proposals.

After Warren refused to state definitively whether her support for “Medicare for all” would lead to higher taxes on middle-class families, emphasizing instead overall lower costs, Buttigieg laced into her for avoiding “a yes or no answer.”

“Your signature, Senator, is to have a plan for everything. Except this,” he said.

Warren was also singled out by Harris, who renewed her call to ban Trump from Twitter and pressed her fellow senator to sign on.

“I was surprised to hear that you did not agree with me on this subject of what should be the rules around corporate responsibility for these big tech companies,” Harris told Warren.

Warren, who initially laughed off the idea on the campaign trail, did not sign on, even as she renewed her broader call to break up tech giants. She noted she would not take money from executives from these companies at closed-door fundraisers, an implicit swipe at Harris who has relied substantially on big givers.

“I don’t just want to push Donald Trump off Twitter,” Warren said. “I want to push him out of the White House.”

While Warren largely parried with lower-polling rivals, she also was strafed by Biden, who questioned her ability to execute her plans.

Warren responded to Biden by highlighting her successful crusade — while he was vice president — to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Biden took exception.

“I went out on the floor and got you votes,” he said of his lobbying to get the bureau approved, his voice tipping into a roar. “I got votes for that bill. I convinced people to vote for it.”

“I am deeply grateful to President Obama, who fought so hard to make sure that agency was passed into law,” Warren said, as Biden smirked at the lack of thanks directed his way.

“But understand this: People told me, go for something little, go for something small, go for something the big corporations will be able to accept,” she continued. “I said, no, let’s go for an agency that will make structural change in our economy.”

The conflicts were not limited to the front-runners.

Buttigieg appeared particularly eager to draw contrasts, rekindling a fight he had with former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas over the latter’s call to take assault weapons from gun owners rather than a voluntary buyback program favored by most Democratic candidates.

O’Rourke denied he would send law enforcement door-to-door to retrieve guns but struggled to explain how he would otherwise enforce the proposal beyond relying on voluntary compliance from gun owners.

“Look, Congressman, you just made it clear that you don’t know how this is actually going to take weapons off the streets. If you can develop the plan further, I think we can have a debate about it,” Buttigieg said.

“We cannot wait for purity tests, we have to just get something done,” he said.

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O’Rourke said there was not a binary choice; a president could take more moderate steps such as tighter background checks and “red flag” laws while pursuing the buyback. He called on Democrats to follow the lead of gun control groups and “not be limited by the polls and the consultants and the focus groups.”

Buttigieg, a military veteran and the first openly gay major presidential candidate, shot back: “I don’t need lessons from you on courage — political or personal. Everyone on this stage is determined to get something done.”

With the three front-runners in the race all in their 70s — and one of them recovering from a heart attack suffered earlier this month — the moderators turned to the issue of age.

Sanders, who looked energetic after a heart procedure, said voters would see in the coming days that he is in fine shape to run the country.

“Let me invite you all to a major rally we are having in Queens, New York,” the 78-year-old Brooklyn native said, referring to a big campaign event planned for Saturday, teasing a “special guest.” News broke during the debate that progressive rising star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York would endorse him at the rally.

“We are going to be mounting a vigorous campaign all over this country,” Sanders said. “That is how I think I can reassure the American people.”

Biden, who will turn 77 next month and at times has appeared tired on the campaign trail, touted his age as a selling point and vowed to release his full medical records before a single vote is cast. When pressed, he said he’d release them by the Iowa caucuses in February.

“One of the reasons I am running is because of my age and experience,” he said. “With it comes wisdom. … I know what the job is. I’ve been engaged.”

Warren, who is 70 but often projects considerable pep on the stump, also made no apologies.

“I will out-work, out-organize and outlast anyone,” she vowed. “And that includes Donald Trump, Mike Pence or whoever Republicans get stuck with.”

Mason reported from Los Angeles, Bierman from Westerville and Halper from Washington.

California billionaire Tom Steyer spent $47 million during the first three months of his presidential bid — a jaw-dropping sum that places him on track to join the biggest self-funding political candidates in American history.

Joe Biden, one of the front-runners in the Democratic presidential primary, finds himself in a precarious financial position, having spent ($17.7 million) more than he raised ($15.7 million), according to campaign finance disclosure forms released late Tuesday.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg raised the most money among Democrats and also have the greatest cash reserves.

The rest of the field is lagging. California Sen. Kamala Harris’ fundraising was flat at $11.8 million. She spent $14.6 million, nearly double the amount spent in the prior quarter. She has $10.5 million cash on hand.

The candidates’ fundraising and spending from July 1 to Sept. 30 were detailed in mandated campaign finance disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.

The disclosures come less than four months before the first contest is held in Iowa in February.

President Trump raised $41 million during this period, and his joint fundraising committees with the Republican National Committee raised tens of millions of dollars more — showing the power of incumbency. (The Democrat who wins the party’s nomination will eventually be able to raise larger sums with the national and state parties.)

Trump’s GOP rivals for the nomination — former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld — have raised a pittance in comparison to the president.

Steyer is the Democratic candidate who can immediately match or surpass the Trump campaign financially. The hedge fund manager turned eco-warrior is worth an estimated $1.6 billion. He has donated $47.6 million to his campaign and raised an additional $2 million, according to the FEC reports.

Much of Steyer’s spending was devoted to earning him a place on Tuesday night’s debate stage, including $15.6 million on media ad buys, $14.8 million on digital ads and $3.7 million on direct mail, according to the disclosure forms. Hundreds of thousands of dollars more were spent on production costs. Steyer’s spending led several of his rivals to accuse him of trying to buy a spot on the debate stage.

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These efforts helped Steyer meet the polling and small-donor thresholds to qualify for the debate. During the faceoff with 11 of his Democratic rivals, Steyer did not have a moment that is likely to generate a boost in the polls, where he is mired in the low single digits.

The 62-year-old has never run for public office before. He is among the biggest Democratic donors in the country and has said he would spend $100 million of his wealth on his presidential bid. He has been among the most vocal advocates of the impeachment of Trump.

If Steyer continues his donating and spending patterns, he is on track to join the ranks of major self-funding political hopefuls such as past presidential candidates Steve Forbes and Ross Perot, California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon.

During this third quarter, Biden raised $15.7 million and spent nearly $17.7 million. The former vice president has $9 million in the bank, but his fundraising and reserves are notably weaker than those of his top rivals.

Sanders raised $28 million, spent $21.6 million and has $33.7 million cash on hand, according to the reports. Warren raised $24.7 million and spent $18.7 million, with $25.7 million in the bank.

Buttigieg lags behind the top candidates in the polls but can compete with them financially, which could be critical in coming months should the dynamics of the race change. He raised $19.2 million, spent $18.5 million and has $23.4 million in the bank.

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, who is running a campaign focused on the impacts of automation on the workforce, raised $9.9 million and has $6.4 million in the bank — more than several of his better-known rivals, including former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, former Obama administration official Julián Castro and Sens. Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar.

Still, any of these candidates are in a better place than Miramar, Fla., Mayor Wayne Messam. His campaign finance report showed he raised $5 — a figure the presidential hopeful says must be a mistake.

WESTERVILLE, Ohio  — 

Here’s the dirty little secret of covering a debate: Most of the reporters who travel hundreds of miles to write about them will never get into the actual debate room.

Tuesday marks the fourth presidential primary Democratic debate of the 2020 campaign. The 12 qualifying candidates will share the most crowded stage yet — at Otterbein University, a central Ohio liberal arts campus of brick buildings and shady trees that are now turning various shades of orange and red. The first two debates, which featured 20 candidates, were spread across two nights. The third was limited to 10 candidates.

Almost all of the working press here is siloed in a gymnasium filled with televisions blaring CNN, promotional banners strewn along the rafters, American flags, laptop computers, chattering reporters and brightly lit human cubby spaces used for televised live shots. This gym doubles as the spin room, a space for campaigns and candidates to assure reporters that this debate will make them the front-runner or to insist that their various gaffes won’t sink their chances of becoming president.

The actual debate is next door in a small, heavily secured arena. Media were allowed a brief tour but only if they could get through security at the designated touring time, hours before the debate was set to begin.

Logistics for these events are dizzying and impressive. The more bucolic the setting, the more bizarre the transformation — a phalanx of coastal media descending on a quiet Midwestern university. In the hours before the debate, many reporters file stories, eat snacks and schmooze with pollsters and political operatives. But there is also a sizable number of reporters filming “behind the scenes” segments — that show reporters typing stories, eating snacks and schmoozing sources.

Otterbein University has been turned into a fortress, with law enforcement officials restricting cars to far-off parking lots accessible by shuttle. A few local residents who made it on campus Tuesday took selfies next to one of the red CNN sculptures that was placed outside the arena.

Most of the students are on fall break but a few members of the women’s soccer team practiced on the field earlier Tuesday, behind a set of CNN tents. One of their practice goals had one of the three-dimensional CNN logos tucked behind it, a triumph in branding.

Debate organizers and television networks are well practiced at building these remote studios. But the bigger challenge will come when the debate begins, with 12 candidates vying for attention. It will be up to moderators from co-sponsors CNN and the New York Times to maintain a coherent narrative.

The rest of us will be watching from next door — eating snacks, texting sources and typing stories.

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