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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The truly chic are conscious about their fashion choices. It’s no longer volume or perceived value that make an impression with style cognoscenti. Instead, today’s statement pieces are seeped in provenance and designed to create positive social impact. Once upon a time, the start of each summer would compel a careless shopping spree. Out with the hold swimsuits, scarves, dresses and pareos . Hail the new. In recent years, however, style sensibilities have shifted such that wardrobes are reworked, revived and reimagined instead of being easily discarded. It inspired early adaptors and tastemakers to be more discerning when it comes to picking out a few good pieces that will last beyond the seasons. Most importantly, it’s cultivated a new consumer mindset that regards retail as a way for investing in a greener fashion future. With the dream of revenge travel now a reality, hitting the beach and ticking off a few new … [Read more...] about Update A Conscious Summer Wardrobe With These Sustainable Fashion Essentials

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline More than 150 cultural sites in Ukraine–including churches, museums and monuments–have been damaged or destroyed in warfare since Russia invaded the country earlier this year according to UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural branch, as officials claim that Russian forces are deliberately targeting Ukrainian culture. Key Facts On Thursday, UNESCO said the agency has verified 152 cultural sites that have been partially or totally destroyed as a result of warfare, including 70 religious buildings, 30 historical buildings, 18 cultural centers, 15 monuments, 12 museums and seven libraries. Most of the damaged sites are located in those regions that have seen the heaviest warfare, including 45 in Donetsk, 40 in Kharkiv, and 26 in Kyiv, according to UNESCO. UNESCO noted that none of Ukraine’s seven World Heritage Sites—designations given by the organization to places with “outstanding universal value,” … [Read more...] about In Photos: 152 Ukrainian Cultural Sites Damaged In Russian Invasion, UNESCO Says

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin NFT.NYC Week has arrived in New York City, hitting the streets harder than it has ever had - in its four years of existence. Tech-focused events have brought the fintech community to the big apple, and surprisingly that includes the fashion industry. The larger conferences and discussions around NFTs, cryptocurrency, and Web3 are where the fashion industry is attempting to claim its stake in the metaverse. Among the many events that take place, fashion brands and industry people gather in real life to dissect and understand the relationship between NFTs, Web3, and how the fashion world will - or is - existing in the metaverse. High-end, streetwear, and footwear brands all share the stage in hosting events around fashion design, Web3 worlds, and NFT art, polishing a luster and allure that fashion has garnered over generations. In the spirit of any other fashion week, plenty of parties and events can fill a schedule … [Read more...] about Is NFT.NYC Week The New Fashion Week?

Creative director of Gucci Alessandro Michele has teamed up with singer-songwriter Harry Styles for a between-season collection that infuses tailoring with adolescent freedom. The collection is titled HaHaHa , tapping a sense of joy and also as an expression of the initial combining their first names: Harry and Alessandro. "In truth it was easier for him to play with me to create clothes, than for me to sing with him,’’ Michele joked with reporters at a preview for the collection inside a Milan vintage store. Styles was just embarking on his solo career when Michele exploded into the fashion world proposing what was a new era of gender-fluid dressing, looks that immediately appealed to the artiste. Read more: What's the future of men's fashion weeks? Is the menswear calendar dwindling? Michele said Styles incorporated one of his debut pieces as Gucci creative director into his wardrobe upon breaking out from boyband One Direction. The relationship has grown over the … [Read more...] about ‘Ha Ha Ha’: But Harry Styles’ new fashion collection is no laughing matter

Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine. Ukraine, which says Russia has launched an imperial-style land grab, this week won new support from the West. (Photo by Reuters) - A + A KYIV (June 25): Ukrainian forces have been ordered to withdraw from the key battleground city of Sievierodonetsk after weeks of fierce street fighting in order to limit more casualties and regroup, but the move will be seen by Russia as a significant victory. Ukraine officials said there was very little left to defend in the bombed-out eastern city, where hundreds of civilians remain trapped in a chemical plant. The order to withdraw on Friday (June 24) came four months to the day since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent tens of thousands of troops over the border, unleashing a conflict that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced whole cities to rubble. Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said troops in Sievierodonetsk had already received the order to move to new positions. … [Read more...] about Ukrainian forces ordered to withdraw from key battleground city

Ukrainian service members patrol an area in the city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine on June 20, 2022, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues. (Reuters filepix by Oleksandr Ratushniak) - A + A KYIV (June 24): Ukrainian troops were set to withdraw from the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk after weeks of intense bombardments and street fighting, the regional governor said on Friday, as Russian advances raised fears they could be cut off and surrounded. Russian troops fully occupied a town south of Lysychansk, which lies across the Siverskyi Donets River from Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow claimed it had encircled about 2,000 Ukrainian troops in the area. The Russian advances appeared to bring the Kremlin closer to taking full control of Luhansk province, one of Moscow's stated war objectives, and set the stage for Lysychansk to become the main frontline city on that front. Ukrainian forces had for weeks held out against an onslaught in … [Read more...] about Russians close in on east Ukrainian cities, defenders set to quit Sievierodonetsk

Just as the world was waking up to how fast fashion is destroying the planet, a new player popped up. advertisement advertisement Shein—a Chinese fast fashion retailer valued at $100 billion—has been called out by the fashion media for perpetuating wasteful overconsumption . Now, ThredUp is entering the fray. The Oakland-based consignment site is sending push notifications to its Bay Area customers, asking them to boycott Shein’s pop-up shop in San Francisco this weekend. It’s rare for a company in the fashion industry to take such a direct jab at another. “This is definitely a first for ThredUp,” says Erin Wallace, ThredUp’s VP of integrated marketing. “It’s an indication that we think Shein is a real problem.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by thredUP (@thredup) The Chinese retailer first launched in 2008, but grew at an alarming pace over the last five years when it expanded … [Read more...] about ThredUp picks a fight with fast fashion giant Shein

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog is increasingly concerned about the welfare of Ukrainian staff at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Europe's largest, it said on Friday, adding that it must go there as soon as possible. The International Atomic Energy Agency has for months said that the situation at Zaporizhzhia, where Ukrainian staff are working operating the plant under the order of Russian troops, poses a safety risk and that it wants to send a mission there. "The IAEA is aware of recent reports in the media and elsewhere indicating a deteriorating situation for Ukrainian staff at the country's largest nuclear power plant," a statement by the Vienna-based United Nations agency said. It added that it was "increasingly concerned about the difficult conditions facing staff..., and it must go there as soon as possible to address this and other urgent issues". One of those issues was that IAEA inspectors need to carry out verification … [Read more...] about IAEA voices concern for staff at Ukrainian nuclear plant, demands access

- A + A (June 24): US President Joe Biden’s political fortunes have changed dramatically since his first Group of Seven (G7) summit last summer, or even his last visit to Europe in March. It couldn’t come at a worse time for his international allies as Russia settles into a long war with Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who will welcome G7 leaders in the Bavarian Alps, views Biden as a driving force in sustaining pressure on Moscow and believes that unity among allies could fray once again if Republicans win back the White House in 2024, according to a German government official who requested anonymity to discuss internal thinking. It was only a year ago, on a sandy English beach in Cornwall, when European leaders celebrated that Donald Trump was gone and that the US had returned to the multilateral orbit. Now, that relief has been replaced with a sense of foreboding about whether Biden’s Democrats survive midterm elections and the president’s political … [Read more...] about Biden limps to G7 as allies fret over his troubles at home

At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, affable married couple Chuah Seet Sheng and Liew Huey Ying were running a fashion retail outlet in a shopping mall. When the lockdown was first imposed and mall traffic dropped to zero, Chuah and Liew knew they needed to do something to sustain themselves. “We were previously in the fashion retail line, selling women’s clothing and accessories. But during the movement control order at the start of the pandemic, nobody wanted new clothes. “We had to keep paying rent and our staff salaries so in the end, we had to cut off the business, because it was too difficult to sustain,” explains Chuah. Chuah and Liew then thought about starting a food business to pay their bills. The biggest problem they had? Neither of them knew how to cook! Liew (left) and Chuah had to give up their clothing store during the pandemic, and despite being neophyte cooks, found a new calling in a home food business. “The main issue we had was both of us didn’t … [Read more...] about Ordering in: The couple who couldn’t cook but started a successful food business