The future of fashion: Pulp-It. Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus. Humankind is now facing a global crisis.
Perhaps the biggest crisis of our generation. The decisions people and governments take in the next few weeks will probably shape the world for years to come. Coronavirus has not suspended politics – it has revealed the nature of power. We keep hearing that this is a war.
Is it really? What helps to give the current crisis its wartime feel is the apparent absence of normal political argument. Une armée de couturières québécoises se mobilise contre le coronavirus. « Couturières unies contre COVID-19!
Collaboration between the health and fashion industry is important and we are seeing the relevance now. – maymanatshayan
» C'est ainsi que la Coop Couturières Pop a lancé son appel à l'action sur les réseaux sociaux vendredi.
Le message est devenu viral et depuis, l'initiative a reçu l'engagement de plus de 1200 volontaires. Des petites entreprises de couture veulent y participer, de même que des travailleuses autonomes privées de contrat dans le contexte actuel. Il y a aussi beaucoup de couturières amateurs qui veulent servir la cause. Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air pollution. The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down industrial activity and temporarily slashing air pollution levels around the world, satellite imagery from the European Space Agency shows.
This environmental change due to coronavirus is a real proof how are consumption was polluting and now all the sudden pollution has dropped. There is no more excuse for our actions and this will makes a difference for the future and what we will be seeing. – maymanatshayan
One expert said the sudden shift represented the “largest scale experiment ever” in terms of the reduction of industrial emissions.
Readings from ESA’s Sentinel-5P satellite show that over the past six weeks, levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over cities and industrial clusters in Asia and Europe were markedly lower than in the same period last year. Nitrogen dioxide is produced from car engines, power plants and other industrial processes and is thought to exacerbate respiratory illnesses such as asthma.
While not a greenhouse gas itself, the pollutant originates from the same activities and industrial sectors that are responsible for a large share of the world’s carbon emissions and that drive global heating. Parr’s makeup ad for Gucci has a brush with controversy. One is famed for warts-and-all realism, the other for high-end gloss, so there was always going to be something spectacular in the offing when British photographer Martin Parr was asked to shoot a make-up advertising campaign for the Italian fashion house Gucci.
The imagery – for the brand’s new L’Obscur mascara – features New York punk musician Dani Miller and her now-famous gap-toothed smile. With lashings of heavy black mascara, natural eyebrows (complete with, shock horror, regrowth), and minimal foundation, it has divided customers and started yet another debate about diversity, even in these times of increased body positivity. Don't buy new, fix the old: The repair business is booming. Shwap Club ouvre une deuxième boutique. Lancé il n’y a même pas deux ans par Annette Nguyen, Shwap Club, une entreprise qui propose un service d’échange de vêtements, connaît un succès qui ne se dément pas, et a dépassé aujourd’hui la barre des 1000 membres.
A trend that people don't want to continue over-consuming but they are very well satisfied with swapping clothes. – maymanatshayan
Publié le 6 mars 2020 à 17h30.
‘Trolls World Tour’, ‘Invisible Man’ & More To Be Available At Home. In an unprecedented crunch of the theatrical window as several markets across the U.S. close down in response to safety along with worldwide, NBCUniversal’s Universal Pictures is officially making its current movies in cinematic release –Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man and The Hunt, and Focus Features’ Emma — available in homes as early as this Friday for on-demand 48-hour rental at the suggested price of $19.99 each.
This is both for domestic and offshore markets where the titles are in release. Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, made the announcement this morning. In addition, with the outlook of the theatrical marketplace unclear, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour, which was scheduled to be the first theatrical comeback title down the road on Easter weekend April 10, will now go day-and-date in homes and on the big screen. Related Story. 2020, l’année des femmes au pouvoir. La vie politique se féminise toujours dans les pays scandinaves mais en Afrique et en Amérique latine aussi, les choses bougent.
L’héritage féministe du rouge à lèvres. Luxury Brand: LVMH to make sanitising gel instead of perfumes, make-up at 3 factories in France, distribute it for free to hospitals, Retail News, ET Retail. FLORENCE/VENICE/MILAN : By Silvia Ognibene, Riccardo Bastianello, Silvia Aloisi Global luxury brands including Gucci and Louis Vuitton are scaling back orders with Italian suppliers, as the spread of the coronavirus from key market China to major manufacturing hub Italy hits business across the sector, industry sources said.
Italy, home to scores of specialist manufacturers of high-end goods from shoes and leather goods to menswear, has seen the biggest epidemic of the virus outside China, prompting Rome to impose a virtual lockdown over much of its wealthy north. Reuters spoke to a dozen textile and leather goods suppliers in the region of Veneto, which is affected by the quarantine, and nearby Tuscany.
Many said that even before the unprecedented restrictions were put in place on Sunday, brands had been cutting orders from late January, as demand plunged in China. Misbehaviour: how far have we really come since 1970s sexism? Le cuir de raisin, l’alternative végétale au cuir animal. Le cuir dit traditionnel est réalisé avec de la peau d’animaux provenant essentiellement d’élevage.Après l’abattage, la peau subit un certain nombre de traitements avant d’être achetée par des négociants puis acheminée vers des tanneries afin de devenir du cuir.
Current and future trend that we are ready to make more responsible choices as consumers and so are designers. We are seeing leather being substituted by mushroom, grapes and many probably many more that I'm not aware of. – maymanatshayan
De nombreux produits toxiques sont utilisés tout au long du processus de travail de la peau, entraînant dans le cas de certaines tanneries non encadrées, de véritables désastres écologiques.
Un cuir à base de marc de raisin Face à de tels constats, les recherches pour trouver une alternative éthique et durable au cuir animal se multiplient ces dernières années. Cependant, à part le Pinatex (cuir issu des feuilles d’ananas), les qualités techniques et esthétiques du cuir végétal étaient jusque-là assez inégales, voire peu intéressantes. Mais c’était sans compter sur la dernière création de la société Vegea : le cuir de raisin ! Des résultats probants Un véritable écho au tout Végan Les premiers prototypes commandés. Stella McCartney goes wild to drive home animal-free message. The singer Janelle Monáe and actor Shailene Woodley were in the front row, but two rabbits, a fox, a horse, two cows and a crocodile stole the show. Absolut Vodka boldly steps into consent with 'Sex Responsibly' campaign. See the Louis Vuitton campaign casting Angelica Ross and Robyn as vintage paperback heroines.
Well before the world was binging on boxsets, your best bet for spending hours with your favourite characters, was reading a paperback. But sometimes more memorable than the actual stories, was the cover art bearing stylised typography and fantastical illustrations of the protagonists in intriguing settings. Untitled. Pas de maquillage, pas de filtre… Les amies de Gwyneth Paltrow jouent le jeu le temps d’un dîner - Madame Figaro.
Gwyneth Paltrow n'en finit plus de célébrer la beauté à sa manière. YouTube.