Gap, the ubiquitous San Francisco-based clothing retailer that’s been around since 1969, is on the brink. In October, seven months into lockdown, as shifts in consumer spending due to the pandemic shuttered long-standing stores like Topshop and Debenhams, Gap announced that it would be closing 350 Gap and Banana Republic […]
Picture this: It’s 2018 and you’re scrolling through Instagram. As you flip through photos of Kourtney Kardashian pre-Travis Barker and Kylie Jenner in a platinum blonde wig, you notice something: everyone who’s anyone is squatting in their outfit photos. Kendall Jenner, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj are just a few […]
Boundaries. If you’ve not heard the word in your therapy sessions, you’ll have seen it shared across social media. It’s the current buzzword which emphasises the importance of protecting our own physical and emotional space while encouraging others to do the same. The idea of setting boundaries is this: by […]
KAZAN, RUSSIA – JULY 29: Norway team line up during 2018 Women’s Beach Handball World Cup final against Greece on July 29, 2018 in Kazan, Russia. (Photo by Ilnar Tukhbatov/Epsilon/Getty Images) Dress codes for women in sports represent a long fight for equality, and shorts are the latest item to […]
Updated 21st July: From today, the pill will be available over the counter at pharmacies in the UK and online. You can purchase it for one month, three months or six months and costs start at £8.95 for a month’s prescription. This story was originally published 9th July, 2021. The […]
New Glossier alert: The beauty startup’s first-ever bronzer has officially touched down online. (Dare we say, hot vax summer is *officially* a go?) World, meet Solar Paint: A dewy-finish, pearly bronzer in a liquid formula that melts into skin. And lest you think this is Glossier’s take on dramatic contour, […]
Drum roll, please. On July 22, the sun officially moves into the powerful sign Leo, meaning that “main character season” is here to catapult us all into stardom — at the very least, stardom in our own personal lives. The sun loves hanging out in fiery Leo, meaning that our […]
1999 was a huge year for mobile phones. That’s the year that the first mobile phone with a mobile web browser (WAP) came out. Samsung released a phone that doubled as a MP3 player. Benefon debuted a mobile phone with GPS. Motorola released the first phone that worked internationally, because […]
No trend has stolen the sartorial spotlight in 2021 quite like corsets. It began with the wildly popular Regency-era series Bridgerton causing a 123% spike in searches for the constrictive silhouette, in the four-week span following its December release alone. Then there were the celebrity sightings, with Dua Lipa, Billie […]
This general view shows a replica of an Olympic Village room for the athletes, on display at the “Village Plaza”, during a media tour of the Village Plaza and Olympic Village for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Tokyo on June 20, 2021. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP) (Photo […]
