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October 9, 2020

How Leaving America Is Saving Black Women’s Lives

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From ELLE

Tulum, with its white sand beaches and turquoise waves, has long been a popular vacation destination. Now, with the help of a new Facebook group, Black in Tulum, Black people in America are traveling to the Mexican city in droves. Seeking short or longer term reprieves from the current state of affairs, Black travelers are leveraging the community to build connections, seek recommendations, and share experiences of their time in the city.

Black in Tulum ballooned from 25 members to 3,000 in just a couple of months this past summer, and it’s not the only Facebook community for Black travelers that provides resources and information to help assist with transitions from America to other countries. The group’s founder Nubia Younge is also the co-founder of another group called Blaxit Tribe—Black Americans Who Want to Exit the US & Move Abroad, which boasts more than 7,000

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October 6, 2020

How Does Fashion Affect The Lives Of Students?

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Fashion designing is the new career and lots of young individuals look forward for this profession possibility. Eventually, Charles Frederick Value, the first fashion designer, arrange his first fashion home in Paris. SWING DRESSES – Beautiful patterned attire with a cinched waist and flowing skirts that billow when the wearer twirls. Individuals like to experiment totally different textures of materials used in the outfits and so the designers give them a wide collection of dresses utilizing all kinds of garments.

A real female mod would have worn black and white patterned A-Line attire (as favoured by Mary Quant). By the top of the sixties, fashion design began to vary as hems began to drop again and shiny bold coloured fabrics with psychedelic patterns were used for each men and women’s put on, an influence heightened by the hippie motion.

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October 6, 2020

6 Startups Dedicated To Improving Women’s Lives

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It’s no secret that women are vastly underrepresented in the world of startups. Last year, only 2.8% of all venture capital in the United States went to female-founded companies, marking little improvement from the years prior. As men continue to dominate the startup space, the needs and wants of women continue to go largely unheard.

Now more than ever, paying special attention to those startups that are dedicated to improving women’s lives is crucial. As male-dominated as the space may be, there are still a number of companies out there innovating and pushing to make the world a better place for women everywhere. Here are some of the best:

1. CureMetrix

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a poignant reminder that 1 in 8 women  will develop

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October 4, 2020

Schiaparelli’s surrealism lives for fashion week

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PARIS, Oct. 4 (Reuters) – Schiaparelli showcased its third ready-to-wear collection on Sunday, featuring a sleek wardrobe with surrealist touches for next summer.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the collection was presented via a video which showed creative designer Daniel Roseberry sketching it and filming models on the streets of Paris.

“I still feel like I’m living a dream”, Roseberry, 35, told Reuters, referring to his journey from his conservative childhood in Texas to his appointement at Schiaparelli in April 2019.

Roseberry designed a wardrobe made of both essential and eye-catching silhouettes expressing a desire to bring the brand forward while honouring the heritage of a house founded by the Italian-born Elsa Schiaparelli in the late 1920s in Paris.

“I can be a nostalgic person but here I’m not, I think it’s too intimidating. What Elsa did was so perfect and pure. I’m just trying to do what I think

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October 3, 2020

How Many Lives Can a Fashion Brand Have?

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Then there is the American fashion brand Bill Blass, which was purchased in 2008 by the entrepreneurial brothers Cin and Peter Kim, who made their money producing dress shirts and neckwear for the mass market. The Kims hired designer Chris Benz, formerly of J. Crew, to reposition the brand for Gen Xers, and, like the Dayans, focused on direct-to-consumer e-commerce. The new Bill Blass hit the market in 2015 to much fanfare, but it failed to lift off. Mr. Benz left the company, and today Bill Blass only sells shoes. There is currently nothing available on its website.

Rykiel has already been through this once. In February 2012, when the Rykiel family sold the company to the billionaire brothers Victor and William Fung of the Hong Kong manufacturing firm Li & Fung, there was lots of talk of potential, with grand plans to “ensure the longevity of the brand,” as

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September 28, 2020

Why it matters when Black Lives Matter clothing is banned

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Formula One has banned drivers from wearing clothing bearing messages while performing official duties. The decision came after Lewis Hamilton wore a top at the Tuscan Grand Prix on 13 September that said “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor”.

Since March, celebrities have not shied away from wearing clothing in support of Black Lives Matter (BLM) at high-profile events – but not without a backlash. The Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka was told to “keep politics out of sport” when she brought seven face masks with the names of different victims of police brutality to the US Open. Almost 2,000 people complained to Ofcom – which has yet to decide whether to investigate – about the BLM necklace worn by Alesha Dixon on Britain’s Got Talent (only a few weeks after the programme received 24,500 complaints – later dismissed by the regulator – about a performance by the dance

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September 28, 2020

Milan fashion gives small opening to Black Lives Matter

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MILAN — When asked why there aren’t more people of color in the Italian fashion industry, officials have cited a lack of candidates in homogeneous Italy. Five African-born designers in Italy want to put that view to rest with their inclusion on the official Milan Fashion Week calendar Sunday.

Fabiola Manirakiza came to Italy after her parents were killed in her native Burundi in 1972. For her Made-in-Italy Kiza label, she incorporates patterns from her Bantu tribe, as taught by an elder sister, into her Western tailored silhouette, the influence of the Italian family who raised her.

‘’It is not just Italy that needs to see, it is the whole world,’’ said Manikrazia, whose creations were among those featured in the video presentation titled “We Are Made in Italy. Italy is Made of Us.”

The official Black Lives Matter in Italian fashion event is a first step in a process

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