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March 13, 2020 Goth princess: how the new It dress won over Kate – and everyone else
By: Loknath DasThe Vampire’s Wife dress, in different styles, as seen on Thandie Newton, Princess Beatrice, the Duchess of Cambridge, Jodie Comer and Zawe Ashton. Composite: Rex/Shutterstock/PA/WireImage/Guardian Design Team As our esteemed readers know, we at the Guardian fashion desk do not make a habit of blanket coverage every time a duchess wears a dress to a […]
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CLOTHING April 1, 2019 If Rental Is the Future of Clothing, This Woman-Led Company Will Power How We All Dress
By: Loknath DasIt’s 2019, and Christine Hunsicker finally admits that her company, Gwynnie Bee, was a massive experiment. The company, which was founded in 2011 as a plus-size clothing subscription rental service, and has now shipped more than five million boxes of clothing sized 0-32, was Hunsicker’s way of testing her more ambitious business hypothesis: Could you build a technology and warehouse engine […]
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CLOTHING February 20, 2018 Hagerstown Community College clothing drive to help students dress professionally
By: Loknath DasAre there clothes in your closet that you haven’t worn in ages? They could help students at Hagerstown Community College land a coveted job or internship, while streamlining your wardrobe. Bonnie Saunders, the coordinator of internship and job services at HCC, knew of career clothing drives at other colleges and kept the idea in the […]
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CLOTHING November 8, 2017 Her number one fan! Love Island’s Gabby Allen dazzles in a sequin-encrusted mini dress as she puts on an amorous display with beau Marcel Somerville at her clothing launch
By: Loknath DasHer relationship with her Love Island beau has been going from strength to strength. And Gabby Allen, 25, still looked in the throes of first love as she attended her Quiz clothing launch in London alongside Marcel Somerville, 31. The blonde beauty turned heads in a thigh-skimming glitzy dress as she arrived at her launch, joined by a plethora […]
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CLOTHING August 27, 2017 New Clothing Delivery Service Debuts For Bedhopping Men Who Still Have To Dress For Work
By: Loknath DasShutterstock Millennials might be killing a number of businesses, from chain restaurants to classic department stores. But on the upside, they’re challenging retailers to tackle new challenges, like this one, from men’s clothing brand TAYLRD: a same-day clothing shipping option, debuting in New York City on August 28. According to market research commissioned by TAYLRD, a whopping […]
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CLOTHING August 2, 2017 Researchers dress virtual avatars with digitally captured clothing
By: Loknath DasFigure 1: ClothCap enables automatic transfer of 3D clothing to new bodies. Captured subject on the left. Synthetic animation on the right for a new body. Credit: MPI-IS, Perceiving Systems Department Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) have developed technology to digitally capture clothing on moving people, turn it into a […]
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December 30, 2016 How to Dress Well—Without Ever Buying a Single Piece of Clothing
By: sristy SahaHallie Bateman Last year, a friend of mine hosted a clothing swap. There were about 10 women and just a few rules: Bring clothes you want to get rid of. Take the items from your friends’ closets that you like, and the rest goes to the local thrift shop. The setup was an easy way […]
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NEWS August 9, 2016 UAE Warns Travelers Not To Wear Traditional Dress After Emirati Visitor Is Arrested In Ohio
By: sristy SahaThe Ohio incident came to light one day after terrorists in Bangladesh assaulted a coffee shop in Dhaka. (Reuters Representational Image) At a time when foreigners in Western garb are being singled out for deadly attacks by the Islamic State and other militants, the United Arab Emirates has warned its citizens against wearing traditional Muslim […]