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30 Mar

MAC Cosmetics’ Back to MAC Sustainability Program Just Got

MAC Cosmetics is fine-tuning its approach to recycling. The makeup (and as of last yr, skincare) brand is evolving its its Back to MAC sustainability program, which was first introduced in 1990 and enables consumers to return product empties en masse via mail or to participating MAC counters in exchange for a free product of their selecting, with the aim of reducing landfill waste. In 2022, greater than 340,000 kilos of empty MAC containers — the equivalent of roughly 9.3 million lipsticks — were processed within the U.S. through Back to MAC, and now, the brand has teamed up with Close the Loop and Plastics for Change to execute an excellent greater program impact in 2023 and beyond. “When [Back...

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30 Mar

Evita Manji: ‘I would like my music to feel

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Evita Manji: ‘I would like my music to feel

On their debut album Spandrel?, the Greek musician and vocalist explores themes of loss and rebirth The title of Evita Manji’s debut album Spandrel? refers to an evolutionary quirk that lacks any clear or obvious function. “It’s something that may be a byproduct of our evolution that does not really serve a purpose nevertheless it's a part of us,” they explain. Written during a period of immense loss – including the sudden death of their partner SOPHIE and an outbreak of wildfires across their native Athens – they turn to the concept to ask which elements of ourselves are essential to our survival and which of them are simply excess. “The primary connection...

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30 Mar

Michael Stanley’s Latest Lens on the Fashion Deal Market

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Michael Stanley’s Latest Lens on the Fashion Deal Market

Michael Stanley is getting a fresh view of the style dealmaking scene and is able to dive in — even while the market is roiled by mismatched expectations between buyers and sellers, inflation and the specter of recession. And Stanley has greater than 25 years of close-up experience working with fashion brands to get a read on just when it’s time to take a buyout, merge or acquire. He's a well-recognized face across the industry. Stanley joined Rosenthal & Rosenthal in 1998 and rose to managing director and head of the factoring division — keeping tabs on the health of shops, helping brands determine when it’s secure to work with stores and financing the shipment. It was a gig that gave him a deep and...

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30 Mar

Warts and all: the story behind Ashnikko’s alienoid BRIT

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Warts and all: the story behind Ashnikko’s alienoid BRIT

HYDRA (agf), the London-based designer and artistic director, explains the inspirations behind the polarising creation Inflatable jumpsuits, full-body ruffles, and bubonic latex gowns, this 12 months’s BRIT Awards saw celebrities swap their usual boring red carpet style for the kind of outfits that fall somewhere between a B-horror and people tiny organisms you see under a microscope. For an artist who once described herself as “Hatsune Miku on crack”, Ashnikko looked every part strange and otherworldly, like alien royalty plucked out of a HR Giger sketch. Repelling any normie within the immediate vicinity, the musician emerged from her fleshy membrane mothership and landed on the red carpet wearing a warts-and-all latex gown. “It...

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