The aggravations many have with plus-size shopping came to the fore on Tuesday in an hour-long Twitter chat with Lane Bryant, arguably the most well-known plus-size retailer. One tweet particularly nailed the problem with Lane Bryant’s sales associates.
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Nina Faulhaber, cofounder of tech-infused clothing brand ADAY, told Mic that cheap, disposable, easy-to-produce fashion is a “sick, eternal cycle.” So, Faulhaber and Meg He — a former colleague of Faulhaber’s from Goldman Sachs — launched ADAY, a tech-infused clothing startup striving to make fashion both mindful and cross-functional.
The core mission, said Faulhaber, is to help people go from “consuming things to more consuming experiences.” By providing capsule clothing made of fabric that’s as high-performance as the people who wear it, the clothes are meant to outlive all seasons in both quality and style while simplifying one’s wardrobe. Read more
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The idea of women helping other women succeed - both personally and professionally - is not a new way of thinking in Silicon Valley. According to AngelList, San Francisco is home to 15,233 startups. In 2015, it was noted that 24 percent of startups in San Francisco were launched by female founders.
Few things are as funny and cringeworthy as retro sex and marriage advice ― except maybe Megan Mullally reading the tips out loud. In a delightful new video from Glamour magazine, the “Will and Grace” star gives a snarky reading of sex advice written as far back as 1680.
The fashion world lost a groundbreaking icon this week after lifelong model and fashion director China Machado died of cardiac arrest in Brookhaven, New York, at the age of 86.
On Wednesday night, “Jeopardy!” contestant Cindy Stowell’s final episode aired after a six-game winning streak. Stowell died of cancer one week before her first episode aired.
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This year, Mel magazine decreed, has been the year of the scam.
