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5 Nov

Dries Van Noten on Cultivating a Slow Fashion Brand

Dries Van Noten on Cultivating a Slow Fashion Brand
Dries Van Noten is all about slow fashion. Speaking on the WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit, the Belgian designer said he likes to remind young designers that it took him 10 years after graduating in 1982 to stage his first fashion show. “And even then it was a men’s show, really small, after which the ladies’s show was even later. So take your time. That I believe for each young designer, it’s vital, because some people just begin to run after which the issues are there,” he said in a conversation with WWD West Coast executive editor Booth Moore. The 2023 recipient of WWD’s Designer of the 12 months award, Van Noten has quite the opposite cultivated a slow and regular approach...
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16 Jun

This Drug Could Slow Down Ovary Aging and Delay

This Drug Could Slow Down Ovary Aging and Delay
Rapamycin, a drug currently undergoing clinical studies at Columbia University, could delay ovary aging and, in turn, delay menopause, while also reducing future symptom severity.  The Columbia clinical study marks the primary time the drug has been tested on humans, because it has previously been tested on animals at several clinics, which showed that it could extend lifespan and slow aging. The trial, led by Dr. Zev Williams, chief of the division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Columbia University Fertility Center, and Dr. Yousin Suh, director of the reproductive aging program at Columbia, is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study taking a look at the consequences of weekly low dose rapamycin on women ages 35 to 42 over the course of three...
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27 Sep

In a World of FKTs, I Prefer to Go

In a World of FKTs, I Prefer to Go
"],"renderIntial":true,"wordCount":350}"> The above paragraphs were written in response to an increasingly popular outdoor hobby (or is it a sport, a practice, a philosophy, a price system, a recreation cult, a mass Kool-Aid binge?) referred to by the acronym FKT, short for fastest known time. When you haven’t heard of FKT, well, presumably the cave you reside in is a snug, comfortable domicile. Very simply: Self-propelled endurance freaks—primarily runners, though also cyclists and ski-mountaineering devotees and gonzo alpinists—push themselves on established routes, racing against the clock, the terrain, previous FKT holders, future FKT aspirants, and their very own impending meltdowns. In line with the rules page on the location Fastest Known Time, the official FKT clearinghouse,...
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