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Though it’s still the height of swimsuit season, summer is quickly coming to an end, and it’s time to at least start thinking about what you want to add to your fall wardrobe. But before I can add anything to my closet, I need to start decluttering, starting with my denim collection.Once the weather cools down, I wear jeans almost every day. As a result, my denim collection is pretty extensive, but I often forget which jeans are in my pile and end up wearing only the one on top. I’m determined to change that and clear out my pile…
According to Teki Hunt, 4-H Youth Development Director at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), the Gardening Reaching Adults, Children and Seniors (GRACE) program is promoting sustainability in urban growing spaces in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The garden is called the State Street Good Earth Garden and is a collaboration between UAPB and several local residents and organizations.”4-H supports this project by recruiting volunteers, mentoring volunteers, promoting the program, providing shredded paper for composting, and providing fruits and vegetables for the produce stand,” Hunt said. “In 2022, Boys & Girls Club 4-H youth built honeybee hives under the guidance…
Listen to the article 3 minutes This audio is automatically generated, please let us know if you have any feedback. More than three-quarters of Gen Z students agree that there is a stigma associated with attending a trade school instead of a traditional four-year university, which could impact their educational and career choices, according to a July 29 report from home services software company Jobber. When asked what makes a career in trade attractive, students cited flexible working hours (73%), job security (61%) and overtime pay (58%). In a survey of 1,000 U.S. students ages 18-20 considering or currently attending…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was forced to decline an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris last Friday after he realized the event would be used to promote LGBTQ propaganda. Erdogan said at a party meeting on Tuesday that he had received an invitation and intended to attend the ceremony but decided against going after his 13-year-old granddaughter showed him LGBTQ-related images on Instagram and warned him that the ceremony would include LGBTQ elements. The four-hour spectacular along the Seine featured global stars including queer icons Celine Dion…
Get Urban Milwaukee’s top stories delivered to you every day Homes along N. 17th St. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. City Hall on Monday hosted one of the most unusual public meetings in Milwaukee’s recent political history. The five-hour hearing before the City Planning Commission was about a fairly simple issue: The Department of Metropolitan Development (DCD) is pursuing its Growing MKE plan to allow more housing types to be developed throughout the city in response to changing household sizes and Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s vision for expanding the city to a population of 1 million. “This plan is just one part…
The Paris Olympics are finally starting!It’s not that I haven’t attended sporting events before: Wimbledon, Formula 1, Goodwood Festival of Speed… Each of these extravagant sporting events has its own dress code (real or implied) that requires serious planning (sage advice: don’t go to Goodwood in heels. I learned that the hard way). But there’s something special about the Olympics. The sheer scale of an international sporting event seems to require more thoughtfulness about your attire than other competitions.First, there’s the issue of the host city. Hosting the Olympics in Paris is a kind of pressure in the fashion capital.…
Ryan Reynolds has been filling his entire press tour for Deadpool and Wolverine with quality, well-built menswear. Last week, he appeared on “Good Morning America” in a pastel pink suit by Officine Generale. He also wore four (!) oversized Bode shirts, including one that wasn’t even available in retail at the time. So is it all that shocking that his love of the Holy Grail would translate to an actual movie? No, it’s not.We won’t go into full spoilers here, but there’s a scene in the latest Deadpool movie where our favorite anti-hero is surrounded by his loved ones. It’s…
Katie Holmes is putting a “J.Lo” twist on her flawless outfit formula and getting ahead of fall 2024’s biggest denim trends.Katie Holmes has perfectly honed her casual approach to street style, with basic tees, jeans, and baseball caps remaining a staple in her wardrobe. After years of roaming SoHo, she’s perfected the simple look. But she was spotted over the weekend giving her favorite wide-leg pants a subtle upgrade, using the occasion to cleverly tap into the popular denim trend — and one celeb staple.Katie Holmes took a cue from Jennifer Lopez by pairing a navy blue T-shirt with wide-leg…
Listen to the article 3 minutes This audio is automatically generated, please let us know if you have any feedback. Dive Overview: A new survey of 2,233 U.S. adults conducted by Walmart and Morning Consult found that more than half (55%) of Gen Z shoppers have purchased an item online while browsing social media in the past six months, highlighting the importance of social commerce. In contrast, only 38% of shoppers overall did the same. While 44% of Gen Z shoppers start their shopping journey with an online search, roughly four in 10 start their shopping journey by browsing in-store…
On TikTok, thousands of women are panicking over a new type of illness. “I’m kind of scared to ask this on the internet, but I want to know,” content creator @niessaxoxo_ said on TikTok earlier this month. “Do I have red face blindness?” To understand “blush blindness,” one must understand “brow blindness,” a term coined on TikTok to describe the thick, overdrawn brow trend of the 2010s. Last month, users began reminiscing with embarrassment and regret over the makeup of that era. Now, with blush emerging as the latest makeup craze, many online makeup enthusiasts are starting to worry about…