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FCC Chair: Let's Terminate Pay TV's Early-Termination Fees
FCC Chair: Let's Terminate Pay TV's Early-Termination Fees
A new proposal from Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel would toss the early-termination fees
2023-11-22 23:57
Anti-LGBTQ disinformation surges online in East Africa
Anti-LGBTQ disinformation surges online in East Africa
Anti-LGBTQ bills in Kenya and Uganda have unleashed an unprecedented wave of online disinformation targeting the community, with experts accusing political leaders of spreading falsehoods...
2023-05-31 16:17
Elon Musk's X is suing California. Here's why.
Elon Musk's X is suing California. Here's why.
Elon Musk's X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, filed a lawsuit Sept.
2023-09-10 23:23
27 Wayfair Deals Our Editors Are Carting This Way Day
27 Wayfair Deals Our Editors Are Carting This Way Day
Super Sale Alert: Products in this story are marked down even further for Way Day, Wayfair’s biggest sale of the year. Shop our full coverage of the event here — or dive directly into the deals here.
2023-10-26 02:18
Border wall, drugs tensions loom over US-Mexico security talks
Border wall, drugs tensions loom over US-Mexico security talks
Senior US and Mexican officials gathered Thursday for high-level talks on tackling drug smuggling and migrant flows, amid signs of diplomatic frictions over a US plan to...
2023-10-06 01:26
Apple is working on turning AirPods Pro into a hearing aid, report says
Apple is working on turning AirPods Pro into a hearing aid, report says
Apple's got big plans for the AirPods Pro. A new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman
2023-07-03 17:45
Dirty Kitchen? Clean It Up With These 18 Excellent Products
Dirty Kitchen? Clean It Up With These 18 Excellent Products
One thing about kitchens: They’re going to get dirty. Fortunately for us filthy folk, there’s an entire industry dedicated to making the best kitchen cleaning products for our messy nooks. Grove Co., Method, Package Free, Food52, and more top-notch lifestyle retailers churn out kitchen cleaning products that save countertops and sanities alike. So while there is no shame in the occasional sticky surface, there is an immense amount of joy that stems from a squeaky-clean living space. And we think you deserve to feel the rush of a pristine, disinfected (and lemongrass-scented) kitchen.
2023-09-28 05:59
Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel was the first superstar fashion designer, says curator of V&A exhibition
Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel was the first superstar fashion designer, says curator of V&A exhibition
As well as introducing groundbreaking garments for women, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel embodied her brand in a way no other designer had done before, a new exhibition highlights. Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto – at London’s V&A Museum – traces the life and work of the famed French designer, who was born in the Loire Valley in 1883 and taught to sew by nuns in the orphanage to which she was sent aged 11, when her mother died. “Before her, designers weren’t really known,” says Oriole Cullen, curator of modern textiles and fashion and the V&A. “Their names were known, but they weren’t visible figures within society.” Starting out as a seamstress and cabaret singer, before establishing herself as milliner, Chanel later turned her focus to couture fashion and began designing casual clothing for women, inspired by the menswear of the era. “The Chanel brand as it stands [today] is really based on these ideas that she ushered in 100 years ago,” Cullen says, which is where the exhibition title comes from. “The meaning of that is really about a template that Gabrielle Chanel set out at the very beginning of her design career and came back to, reimagined and reinvented throughout her long career of sixty years.” Bringing together nearly 200 outfits, the show features items from the opening of her first millinery boutique in Paris in 1910, to the showing of her final collection, two weeks after she died in 1971. Signature designs on display include little black dresses, tweed suits and quilted leather handbags – the most iconic of which is the 2.55 bag. “The 2.55 has never really gone out of fashion since she designed it in 1955,” Cullen says. “That is fascinating in terms of high fashion, that an object can stay the course for such a long time and still be relevant.” Part of the upper echelons of French society, Chanel initially relied on wealthy lovers, such as French ex-cavalry officer Etienne Balsan and English polo player Arthur Edward ‘Boy’ Capel to fund her boutiques. Later becoming a celebrity in her own right, she amassed a personal fortune, thanks to the success of her fashion, accessories and cosmetics lines. “The perfume Chanel No5 was introduced in 1921, but then introducing make-up in 1924 and skincare in 1927, she was really ahead of her time,” Cullen says. “It’s something she was doing because she was designing for herself.” Chanel is credited with helping to liberate women from the constricting corsets and long skirts that were de rigeur at the turn of the century, and for popularising softer textiles, such as jersey. “She cuts her garments with high armholes, so you can lift your arms over your head,” Cullen continues. “She thinks about fabrics that are practical, and skirt lengths you can move in.” The exhibition – which was originally staged at Paris’s Palais Galliera in 2020 – highlights the brand’s UK and Ireland connections via British Chanel Limited. “This was an umbrella company set up in 1932 to work with an array of British textile manufacturers,” Cullen explains. “From lace in Nottingham, cotton velvets from Manchester, wools from Huddersfield, and also voiles and silks from Carlisle. “One of the other companies she worked with was the Old Bleach Linen Company, which is based in Randalstown in Northern Ireland.” Split into 10 sections, the exhibition concludes with a recreation of the mirrored staircase from Chanel’s Paris atelier. “Gabrielle Chanel used to sit at the top of the stairs when she was having presentations,” Cullen explains. “The models would descend and this faceted mirror would reflect back the audience’s faces to her, so she could read the mood in the room.” Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto opens at London’s V&A Museum on September 16. Tickets available at vam.ac.uk/chanel. Read More Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live 6 times Kate has worn London Fashion Week designers Pro-gamer Jukeyz ‘died for two minutes’ after cardiac arrest which left him ‘scared to sleep’ Young people not snowflakes or wasters, says curator of rebellious fashion exhibition
2023-09-13 15:59
Why is Anchor Brewing shutting down? Oldest craft brewery in the US to down its shutters after 127 years
Why is Anchor Brewing shutting down? Oldest craft brewery in the US to down its shutters after 127 years
According to some employees of Anchor Brewing, problems began when Sapporo took over the brewing company
2023-07-13 17:48
YouTube Music is the latest Google app to get an AI feature
YouTube Music is the latest Google app to get an AI feature
For YouTube Music listeners who need the aesthetics of their playlist art to match the
2023-10-26 01:47
Carlsberg lifts 2023 profit forecast on solid first-half
Carlsberg lifts 2023 profit forecast on solid first-half
COPENHAGEN Danish brewer Carlsberg on Tuesday lifted its profit guidance for the full year after a "solid business
2023-08-15 19:23
Beyoncé exclusively wore Black designers to mark Juneteenth
Beyoncé exclusively wore Black designers to mark Juneteenth
During her Renaissance world tour (which has been described as a "once-in-a-lifetime" experience), Beyoncé decided
2023-06-20 18:52