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4 Apr

Could dumbphones be the answer to our self-esteem crisis?

Could dumbphones be the answer to our self-esteem crisis?
When Jenna decided to ditch her smartphone last summer, she wasn’t expecting it to make her feel more beautiful. Like many, she was simply fed up with the mindless scrolling that left her with the lingering feeling that she was missing out on her real life. So, she purchased a ‘dumbphone’ with no social media apps and limited functionality; a phone that could make calls and send texts, but does little else. Six months on, the choice has transformed how she feels about her appearance. Now, when Jenna looks within the mirror she seems like she looks younger and more attractive than she did this time last 12 months. Meanwhile, she has stopped wearing make-up almost entirely. Everyone knows by now...
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4 Jun

An Artist, a Luxury Fashion House and the Start

An Artist, a Luxury Fashion House and the Start
What began over pizza in Milan with Miuccia Prada has turn out to be a model value mimicking on the subject of bringing more diverse creatives into the fold. And the Italian fashion house has Theaster Gates to thank for much of it. The artist and chairman of Prada Group’s diversity and inclusion advisory council has been busy bringing Black creatives to larger stages as a part of the Dorchester Industries Experimental Design Lab he co-created with the style house in 2022. Fourteen creatives across disciplines — including fashion but extending to culinary arts and architecture, amongst others — were chosen for the three-year collaborative program designed to each bolster their work and broaden their reach. Earlier this month, three of the...
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