The British Fashion Council (BFC) announced the winner of this year’s BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund as Nicholas Kirkwood. The prize, now in its fourth year, was established to further enhance the reputation of London’s rising ...
Ken Block has shown off the fresh livery and headquarters for his new Hoonigan Racing Division team as the extreme motorsports icon prepares for his assault on 2013. Formally known as the Monster World Rally Team and covered in bright ...
The Swarthmore Borough of Pennsylvania kicked off a new partnership with Community Recycling to encourage textile recycling and reuse while lessening landfill usage. By aligning forces, the two organizations hope to inform about the power ...
Tags: textile recycling, clothing, textiles
A new year invariably brings a host of new fashion trends, meaning every fashion journalist, blogger and aficionado is now scrapping to try and tell the world what their predictions are. The wonderful diversity and wealth of opinion in the ...
The American Swan Lifestyle Company, a dynamic fashion & apparel-led lifestyle company opened its doors to the e-tailing market with its online shopping site - AmericanSwan.com. Four Cross Media, a high-end global digital media conglomerate ...
Tags: American Swan Lifestyle, fashion&apparel, e-tailing market
Triathlon specialty retailer Austin Tri-Cyclist is expanding to a second location in the Texas capital, home to several major tri events. The new store in Davenport Village, located on Highway 360, a busy cycling route, will have 6,500 ...
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Call-It-Out, the next evolution in social media, today announced the launch of its app for iPhone and iPod touch. To celebrate the launch and introduce the world to this new social platform designed specifically for a new generation of ...
Tags: App, iPhone, iPod touch
During the enforced idleness that came with a cold, rainy, dreary holiday period in which the sun seemed to be in permanent hiding, we watched reruns of the second season of the wildly popular PBS series, “Downton Abbey.” I ...
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You are not going to win this one without a lot of effort and unpleasantness. I would explain that I prefer cleaner rooms, but if my child wants to live like this, OK, except for a couple of rules: No food or liquids that could attract ...
Tags: Toys, Room, Constant Disaster
Next week, I’ll be in Chicago at ProMat 2013. Like most in our industry, I’m looking forward to seeing what’s new in the world of materials handling. Our course, the most efficient materials handling is no materials ...
Tags: 2013, materials handling, manufacturing
The annual show season can leave some of us longing for the relative comfort of the office. Based on his own experience – but also the invluable advice of others – Lewis Tyler gives some tips on how to survive the show with ...
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Giro's Petra shoe model is part of the brand's new women's series. The Petra is intended as a multi-purpose shoe, comfortable on and off the bike. It has colorful, non-slip laces and an EVA footbed with an injected inner shank to ...
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JustFab, the innovative fashion-subscription service and lifestyle fashion brand, today announced the acquisition of the children's fashion brand and personalized e-commerce service, FabKids, which was launched by ShopStyle founder and ...
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USAgain, a for-profit textile recycling company, announced that it diverted nearly 58 million pounds of unwanted clothing and shoes last year that would have otherwise been thrown into the trash and ultimately buried in landfills. In ...
Tags: USAgain, textile recycling, Clothing, Shoes
Most of us have been outlet shopping at one time or another. Regular mall outlet stores are a great place to buy brand-name clothes, shoes, and accessories, as well as slightly irregular items, for significantly less than the full sticker ...
Tags: Office Furniture, furniture, furnishing