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12 Timeless Fashion Secrets to Steal from French Fashion Stars

Hve you ever found yourself staring at photos of Parisian It-girls like singer Lou Doillon or actress Clémence Poésy and wondering how they look so utterly perfect all of the time? You aren’t alone. When it comes to style, the French do it better. Hell, they pretty much do everything better: They eat better, they drink better […]

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Human Rights – Let’s stand up for equality, justice and human dignity

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall […]

Indigenous People being more Inventive than the Fashion Industry

By MessyNessy You won’t find them on the front row or posing for the street style photographers during fashion week, but in my mind, these are the real heroes of fashion… South Africa in the early 1970s, from the book African Elegance. Pharrell Williams wishes he sported them first. Portrait of two Hadhramis women from Yemen dressed in […]

Why helping others matters?

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill Doing things for others – whether small, unplanned acts or regular volunteering – is a powerful way to boost our own happiness as well of those around us. The people we help may be strangers, […]

How To Use TikTok

It’s been more than three years since the lip-syncing app Musical.ly, now known as TikTok, first became popular among tweens and teens. The social network has since spread far beyond Generation Z: TikTok has been downloaded over 1 billion times, including 96 million in the United States, according to estimates from the research firm Sensor Tower. It’s also owned […]

Photo Shoot Essentials for Musicians

Photograher: Mark Maryanovich Recently, at a panel discussion featuring several members of the Boston-area music press, a local musician asked, “What do I need to have in order for local press to cover my band?” One panelist, the editor of a weekly paper, told the crowd that they must have a photo. He said he didn’t […]