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Pre-loved luxury items grace London Fashion Week’s runway
Secondhand fashion is continuing to find its place on the catwalk at global events. This week, eBay will showcase pre-loved clothing collections at London Fashion Week – bolstering its presence in pop culture. This evening, eBay will stage the second round of its ‘Endless Runway’ campaign at London Fashion Week. This live, shoppable, second-hand catwalk first debuted in New York in partnership with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)...
The Sentinel project will see humans live underwater by 2027
An ocean tech and exploration firm called Deep is working on an underwater habitat designed to allow humans to live on the cusp of the twilight zone for up to a month. Given that we know more about space than we do about our planet’s oceans, the team at Deep – an ocean technology and exploration firm – is confident that we have an entirely new world to gain...
on men’s bags + the continued growth of onlyfans
bro, can i put my lipstick in your purse?
Welcome back to another newsletter from the common thred! ➿
This week we’re exploring men’s growing taste for designer purses, the millions (and billions) still being made on OnlyFans, the joys and blunders of maintaining modern friendships, and a monumental breakthrough in medicine.
As always, there’s a bit more ground to cover, so let’s get into it :)
👜 Fashion trends
Sharks are vacating struggling reefs as oceans heat up
As ocean temperatures rise, sharks are starting to abandon degraded coral reefs. Researchers warn that this shift could have devastating effects on both endangered shark populations and the survival of the reefs. As the climate crisis intensifies and ocean temperatures rise, sharks are leaving their coral reef habitats for the open ocean. New research has documented this behavioural shift, which scientists say poses serious threats both to endangered sharks and to...
the internet will take your opinion now
everyone's a critic. Anytime I cook chicken for someone, I’m worried about killing them. I have a weird paranoia about accidentally giving people salmonella, even though this has never actually happened to me before. The worry persists even when I can see with both eyes that my chicken is cooked all the way through, and even though my doctor said I had 20/20 vision last time I got my eyes checked,...
A serial killer exhibition is coming to London this month
While documentaries and podcasts have been fulfilling society’s interest in true crime for a decade, a new exhibition in London will invite fans of the genre to explore genuine artefacts and recreated crime scenes from some of the world’s most notorious serial killer cases. As if people weren’t obsessed enough with true crime already, a new exhibition is coming to London to fuel humanity’s darkest fascinations further. Serial Killer: The...
summer is over + so are condoms
brat summer may be wrapping up, but young people aren’t. Hello, hello and welcome to our first September newsletter. 💫 If you’re reading from the US, hopefully Labour Day presented a much-needed break from the shock of Monday rolling around again. If you’re not… well, it sucks to suck. Writing from London, I’m right there with you. Based on your feedback, our previous edition was particularly enjoyable. As thred’s...
Why did TikTok ‘make’ you buy it?
Social media is no longer a place we go to connect with others. It’s a place where we go to learn, laugh, and most of all – to be marketed to. Let’s face it. TikTok is fueling overconsumption. Upon opening the app, users are ushered into a digital marketplace from anywhere, whether that be our bed, on public transport, or even (sorry boss) when bored at work. In just a few...
The Pokémon Sleep app hits one million users in Japan
The gamified sleeping tracker is helping incentivize people all over the world to get more shut-eye. One million of these users are now based in Japan. Getting enough sleep is important, but few of us actually get the number of hours we need. No worries though, there’s an app for everything these days. The global sleep app market is expected to reach a value of $2,755.2 million by the end...
Strikes begin after huge anti-government protests erupt in Israel
The Israeli government is facing pressure for not doing enough to retrieve hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in Tel Aviv to protest on Sunday, while widespread labour strikes are planned for the rest of the week. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding their government agree to a ceasefire in order...
