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When Michelle Larsen launched her fashion brand, she planned to make every piece herself, with transparency, sustainability, and fair labor practices in mind. She has held fast to these principles as the brand has evolved over the years, but recently she has upended her original vision and now many people have made one of her designs. Larsen’s brand, Fortive, is one of a handful of small fashion brands that has started selling PDF sewing patterns — blueprints for cutting and marking fabrics, along with instructions for sewing those fabrics into garments — in addition to, or instead of, ready-to-wear clothes.…
A new fashion guru is in the spotlight: Victoria Starmer, wife of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, stunned Downing Street on election day when she turned up in a bright red Labour dress. The shining new “First Lady” has already demonstrated impressive talent in the fashion department, and her years of experience as her husband’s biggest cheerleader are no exception. From vibrant coral to bright red dresses to glittering princess gowns, HELLO! looks back at the mother-of-two’s best fashion moments to date. First Lady in Red, 2024When Mrs Starmer walked into No. 10 Downing Street wearing this tomato-coloured ME+EM dress, she…
The $15,000 grant from Vitable Health will help continue UGC’s important work building pathways to health through urban agriculture on Chicago’s South Side. CHICAGO — Urban Growers Collective (UGC), a Black- and women-led nonprofit farm building a more just and equitable local food system in Chicago through urban agriculture, has announced a new partnership with Vitable Health, a direct primary care health plan designed to give everyone access to quality concierge health care. In solidarity and celebration of their mutual efforts to increase access to health and wellness in Chicago’s Black and Brown communities, UGC and Vitable Health organized a…
You know those little tags on our clothes? Sure, they’re annoying, especially when they rub against your skin and make you itchy. But they’re packed with a lot more information than you’d think. Tags can tell us a lot about the clothes we wear and their impact on the environment. Recent studies have discussed how the fashion industry is a major contributor to the environment with its plastic waste.The driving force behind this discovery was Professor Richard Venditti of North Carolina State University, an expert in paper science and engineering. Supported by a talented team of researchers, Professor Venditti presented…
Jefferson Graham captures the sunset in Bozeman, Montana for his PhotoWalks TV series We started PhotowalksTV to help people get straight to the point when they arrive somewhere with their phone camera in hand. Instead of arriving in a city and having to search for the best local locations for a photoshoot, what if you could watch a video and get a feel for the place before you arrive? Over the years, my virtual photo walks have taken you to some of my favorite places (from A to Z, from Atlanta to Zion National Park!) and have covered much of…
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity walk during the 2024 Juneteenth Parade in Milwaukee, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Photo by Max Correa/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA Today Network Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest black fraternity in the United States, is reportedly moving to ban transgender members, a decision that has created a rift between the older members of the organization’s national leadership and the younger leadership of its General Assembly and collegiate and alumni chapters, according to GLAAD. Earlier this month, LGBTQ+ advocacy groups reported that at Alpha Phi Alpha’s constitutional convention, taking place July 10-14 in Chicago, delegates representing at least…
Grand County’s sixth life jacket loaner station has been added at Williams Fork Reservoir. Photo courtesy of Grand County Sheriff’s Office A partnership between the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, Denver Water Department and the Christopher Mullinex Water Rescue Foundation has added a life jacket loaner station to Williams Fork Reservoir, bringing the total to six stations around the lake in Grand County. Other rental stations are located at Grand Lake Town Beach, Hilltop Boat Ramp on Grand Lake, Stillwater Boat Ramp on Lake Granby, Sunset Point Boat Ramp on Lake Granby, Sun Outdoors Rocky Mountains Ponds in Granby and Williams…
Walmart has spent the last three years overhauling its adult apparel assortment to make it more stylish yet practical for the middle class. Now, the nation’s largest retailer is using the back-to-school shopping season to once again shore up its fashion credibility, reports the Associated Press. The company will relaunch its 30-year-old teen and young adult brand on Tuesday with a new 130-piece fall collection targeted at Gen Z. The relaunch of the No Boundaries label is part of a strategy to get customers to see Walmart as a place to buy cool clothes along with groceries. The new collection…
Fans of “The Boys” will have to wait patiently to see the intense showdown between Billy Butcher and Homelander, as “The Boys” season 5 has a tentative release date announced for one of the show’s biggest stars. Karl Urban recently revealed that season 5 of his hit Prime Video series will be coming out in two years. The news came as disappointment to many, including Urban himself, a fan eagerly awaiting the show’s return. After the dramatic season 4 finale, Urban posted a striking photo on Instagram of The Butcher holding a bloody crowbar. In the caption, Urban wrote, “Working…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization that educates the public about military service. Subscribe to our newsletter.Andrew Espinosa was in his Boulder, Colorado, office when the Air Force veteran’s first message came on his cell phone: “Andy, is this the solution you’ve been looking for all this time?”President Biden had just announced that he would “right a historic wrong” by granting pardons to gay veterans convicted of consensual sex acts, but Espinosa said the text messages didn’t stop for hours.”I’m shaking,” Army veteran Mona Maguire told War Horse on the morning…