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21 May

Bad Birdie to Drop First Comprehensive Women’s Golf Collection

Bad Birdie to Drop First Comprehensive Women’s Golf Collection
It’s not a stretch to say that Bad Birdie is a bit irreverent — the tagline for its latest women’s golf collection is: “Women’s golf apparel sucks. Bad Birdie has modified that.” The Scottsdale, Arizona-based brand launched six years ago with a goal to disrupt the staid men’s golf market. Its loud and colourful designs quickly made a mark with green-grass shops in addition to big-box sporting goods retailers on the lookout for a more-contemporary alternative to the larger, conservative golf brands. And now, Bad Birdie is popping its attention to women. This week, the brand will release its first-ever women’s capsule, a large 41-piece collection that Allison Lippincott, lead designer, predicts “will turn the ladies’s golf apparel market the wrong way...
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15 Jan

2022 was the 12 months of the ‘bad woman’

2022 was the 12 months of the ‘bad woman’
From Amber Heard to Megan Thee Stallion and Sally McNeil, this 12 months has proved that society’s views on women are still backwards, constrictive, and built on binary pondering In 1996, skilled bodybuilder Sally McNeil was convicted of second-degree murder after she shot and killed her husband, competitive bodybuilder Ray McNeil.  Their relationship and the trial were the themes of Netflix’s latest true crime docuseries, Killer Sally, released in November. Within the documentary, Sally (now 62) explained that throughout their six-year relationship, she was subjected to emotional, physical and sexual abuse by the hands of Ray, which only increased when he began taking steroids to compete in bodybuilding competitions. To this present day,...
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9 Jan

Balenciaga Scandal Seen Contributing to ‘Bad as It Gets’

Balenciaga Scandal Seen Contributing to ‘Bad as It Gets’
Balenciaga’s ad scandal stifled the brand’s “hyper growth mode,” notably within the U.S. and U.K., meaning fourth-quarter results for French luxury group Kering “might be as bad because it gets,” in line with an equity research report from HSBC released Thursday. The bank also cited slowing momentum in China and the U.S. and a “tough basis of comparison” as additional aspects more likely to have dented Kering’s revenues in the course of the crucial holiday season. It forecasts Q4 revenues, due out on Feb. 15, will slip 3.1 percent in organic terms, reflecting a 12.5 percent dip at Gucci and an 8 percent improvement in “other brands,” which include Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Boucheron, Brioni, Pomellato and Queelin. Still, the report, titled “Leave Your...
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