Haptic signing is a process in which a hearing, sighted person conveys information to a deaf and blind individual by touching their back or other parts of their body. It’s effective, but what happens if the deafblind person wants to be more independent? Well, new haptic-feedback…
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This Clothing Line Was Designed By AI
The “little black dress” has been considered a staple in women’s fashion since the designer Coco Chanel popularized it in the 1920s. Since then, it’s seen many iterations, most recently, by machine-learning software developed by two recent MIT graduates, called Glitch. Pinar Yanardag and Emily Salvador met…
Houston nonprofit that’s upcycling textiles and clothing opens new store
Magpies & Peacocks, the nation’s only nonprofit design house that collects and reuses post consumer textiles, clothing, and accessories, opens their first permanent retail space in Houston on Saturday, June 1. The Co:Lab Marketplace will be located inside the organization’s current warehouse space in Houston’s East…
Is buying vintage clothing the most eco way to shop?
Could buying vintage be the antidote to fast fashion? Photograph: Guardian Design/Getty Images/Asos Marketplace/Beyond Retro/Rex Features Like it or loathe it, when Kim Kardashian wears something, people take notice. With the reality TV star wearing secondhand Azzedine Alaïa to Paris fashion week, secondhand Jean Paul Gaultier…
Clothing drive set for May 4 in North Brunswick
The North Brunswick Township High School Parent Teacher Student Organization will hold a used clothing drive from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on May 4 on the patio outside the auditorium of the school, 98 Raider Road, North Brunswick. Rain or shine. Clothing, shoes, pocketbooks, belts,…
Festival Clothing that Stands Out in the Crowd: 12 Must-Have Styles
As soon as your book your music festival ticket, you’ve got to start planning your outfits. Festival clothing stands out from your everyday wardrobe, and one-of-a-kind looks that stand out are what festival fashion is all about. This season, you’ll see music festival outfits inspired by…
How Three Women Used Personal Experiences To Innovate The Clothing, Wig and Ridesharing Industries
Here are three other women disrupting industries with innovative solutions to service professional mothers and their children. PEXELS I’ve often said motherhood didn’t hurt my career; it helped it. The experience gave me clarity and allowed me the opportunity to tackle business challenges with a new…
Cara clothing drive: Donate your gently-used professional attire
CHICAGO (WLS) — Cara has helped people affected by poverty land quality jobs since the 1990s. From now until the end of March, you can donate your gently-used professional attire to Cara’s annual clothing drive. Drop your gently used business attire at all 34 CD One…
U.K. Retail Sales Jump As Discounts Spur Spending on Clothing
U.K. retail sales rose at their fastest pace in six months in January as consumers flocked to snap up cut-price clothing. Excluding auto fuel, the volume of goods sold in stores and online rose 1.2 percent from December, when they fell 1 percent in a Black…
Sang Woo Kim: ‘Clothing is clothing – I don’t think it says anything about my sexuality’
Glasses “I always wanted these, but could never afford them. I recently shot for Thom Browne and they gave me this pair as a thank you.” £500. thombrowne.com Blazer “This is archive Comme Des Garçons with black ink on the back. I don’t look after my clothes…