As I was bingeing “Domina,” a show about ancient Rome, I noticed the main character applied her eyeliner with a stick of charcoal. Marveling at the makeup’s simplicity, I wondered what ingredients my own beauty routine used. I grabbed my eyeshadow palette and Googled until I found the answer: petrochemicals. Oh, yes. The same companies…
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Once, not too long ago, the term “anti-aging” was as ubiquitous within the beauty industry as “hydrating” or “brightening.” These are words that promise a bouncier, more radiant complexion, but they also propose a solution. To hydrate is to eliminate dryness; to brighten, to eradicate dullness. But to oppose aging, well, that’s just fighting biology….
Image Credit Zeitz MOCAA Facebook The Zeitz MOCAA Gallery and Silo Hotel crown the skyline at Cape Town’s glorious Waterfront Cape Town’s legendary Victoria & Alfred Waterfront is a perpetual explosion of vibrancy and verve, a place that never sleeps, an insatiable, compulsive pull for international tourists. It’s proudly Africa’s iconic beacon of confidence to…
Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Last week, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced a new piece of legislation that would address labor concerns and worker’s rights in the US garment industry. The Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act was introduced to the Senate on May 12, with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ),…
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Image Credit Cecile Paul Interactive Sculpture on the grandest scale Cells of Life landforms and lakes by Charles Jencks Image Credit Watergems The Fantastic Bonnington House, center-piece of Jupiter Artland Image Credit Wallpare.com Cinderella’s stiletto lost in the Ballroom? Carmen Miranda sculpture by Joana Vasconcelos Just under 10 miles west of Edinburgh, cozily nestled in…
A lot has happened since we left Christine Chiu at the end of season one of “Bling Empire.” The Netflix reality series follows a group of affluent Asians living in Los Angeles. After those episodes started streaming in January 2021 (having filmed through most of 2019), Chiu emerged as the fashion-obsessed haute couture collector, butting…
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Image Credit South Africa Fashion Week and Participating Designers’ Instagram Clashing colors, complimentary colors, color-blocking, vivid patterning… most collections exploded with color and the offerings for Spring Summer 2022 couldn’t have been more vibrantly presented. Chartreuse, shocking pink, tangerine, lavender and all the different hues of blue – from seasonal stalwart denim to classic royal…
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Sutton Stracke at her store, Sutton Photo: Bella Marie Adams We all buy clothes, but no two people shop the same. It can be a social experience, and a deeply personal one; at times, it can be impulsive and entertaining, at others, purpose-driven, a chore. Where do you shop? When do you shop? How do…
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Image Credit South Africa Fashion Week The highly anticipated South African Fashion Week Spring Summer 2022 kicked off with collections boasting extraordinary creations, an abundance of unadulterated color and a feast of bold patterned surface design. There was no shying away from brightness, clashing prints, eclectic textiles or tactile accessories, all contributing to this delicious…
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