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Love Island will continue eBay partnership in winter episodes
Hoping to encourage viewers to buy and sell second-hand clothing, ITV partnered with eBay to dress last summer’s Love Island contestants. A boom in listings on the platform has continued ever since, and will hopefully grow further. With the return of Winter Love Island comes news that contestants will be styled in second-hand drip from eBay once again. The Love Island x eBay partnership debuted last summer and hoped to encourage...
Designers are utilizing discarded seashells as a building material
Learning to work with natural materials will be vital in shaping our sustainable future. From drinking glasses to hard hats and more – designers are getting creative by testing the limits of seashells. ‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ has been ingrained into most of us from a young age. But for innovative designers, the biggest mission of the 21st century is to find durable materials that facilitate the easiness of this process. As...
Devon Henry dismantles nearly 100 Confederate statues in America
After white contractors refused the task of removing Confederate statues from Devon Henry’s hometown, he took matters into his own hands. This was the start of his journey towards dismantling over 70 statues commemorating America’s colonial era. In almost every city or town, you will find at least one statue honouring a prominent person, group of people, or major event. Such statues serve as a reminder of our historical past, but...
British Airways updates staff uniforms for first time in two decades
Fashion designer Ozwald Boateng has created a new uniform line for British Airways’ staff. After 20 years of sporting the same look, its 30,000 employees – especially female staff – will have more freedom regarding what they wear at work. For far too long, most airline stewardesses’ have had to choose being wearing a skirt and heels or… well… a skirt and heels while on the clock. But in recent years,...
Dementia villages are changing the future of elderly care
Specially designed to look like the towns where residents are from, dementia villages are giving elderly people the freedom to live normally within a close community – even as their recent memory begins to fade. Growing old is a fact of life whether we like it or not. While beauty companies love to convince us that the scariest things about ageing are the physical manifestations of it – wrinkles, grey hairs,...
Opinion – Emily in Paris proves cliché tv shows are necessary
It’s the series you love to hate or vehemently hate to love. Riddled with predictable plotlines, exaggerated portrayals of life in the French capital, and no mention of the pandemic or economic inflation – it’s Emily in Paris. But does the show really deserve the scrutiny it gets? No other Netflix release has received more criticism during our journey into the 2020s than Emily In Paris – a series about...
Report reveals Amazon’s plastic use rose astronomically last year
The largest retailer on the planet ships out 7.7 billion packages annually. How it chooses to wrap these items has serious consequences for the natural world – including humans. Have you ever ordered a small item from Amazon and been shocked by the size of the parcel that arrived? You’re not the only one. Amazon is notorious for using unnecessary packaging when shipping items. According to a new report, its global...
The rise in niche cosmetic surgeries sparks debate online
The ever-growing list of available cosmetic surgeries continues to generate new ways for us to dislike ourselves, but online narratives prove that some are just too ridiculous to buy into. ‘What do you want for your birthday?’ my mom asked when visiting me last year in London. Turning away from a mirror to look at her, I half-jokingly replied: buccal fat removal. To clarify, buccal fat removal entails removing fat...
SHEIN named the year’s most popular fashion brand
Overtaking ZARA and Nike as the world’s most Googled clothing brand is SHEIN. Founded in 2008 and gaining serious popularity during the pandemic, it looks like the fast-fashion giant is here to stay – regardless of its poor reputation. Yikes. According to a report compiled by Money.co.uk, SHEIN has become the world’s most popular fashion brand in 2022. It is the most Googled retailer in 113 countries - overtaking ZARA, adidas,...
EU bans the sale of products linked to deforestation
In a move that prevents further devastation of forests around the world, the European Union has agreed to place a legal ban on the sale of products fuelling deforestation. Although the number of people purchasing eco-friendly products is on the rise, many popular brands have continued to sneak environmentally damaging ingredients into their formulas without us noticing. For example, common foods like peanut butter, cereal bars, and biscuits often contain palm...
