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Maternity Fashion Tips

Summer Style Tips for Expecting Moms Beating the summer heat is a challenge for expecting moms. When shopping for summer maternity clothes to take you through those hot and humid months, women should invest in a few stylish lightweight pieces that can be worn for day or night, recommends celebrity stylist, mom and Encore Maternity founder, Lauren Maslin. Lauren's maternity style tips are guaranteed to keep moms-to-be looking cool and feeling great all summer long.Related: Maternity Essential Style PiecesOur Seven Best Maternity Fashion Tips No matter what trimester you are in, comfort is key. Stay away from synthetic clothing that will make you sweat more. Lightweight cotton or linen fabrics allow the body to breathe and keep you cool even in the mid-day heat. Stay on...

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Fact-Checking Some Sustainable Fashion Myths

Myths of Sustainable Fashion; What IT is & What It isn’tThere are a lot of myths floating around the internet and the in-person world about sustainable fashion. Is sustainable fashion all $100 plain white t-shirts and bland, unflattering designs? Is buying from sustainable brands all there is to sustainable fashion? Is sustainable fashion only for people who have a lot of disposable income? With all these misconceptions going around, people can easily get discouraged from learning more about sustainable fashion, building slow fashion habits, or giving some earth-friendly and fair-minded designers a try. After all, who would want to spend a ton on clothes they don't even like? But luckily, that is not something people have to do to get involved...

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Flights and firefighting: Companies push into the metaverse

I climbed into the front seat of the air taxi, buckled the seat belt and braced as the aircraft lifted off. The futuristic cityscape of Busan, South Korea, dropped away, and a digital avatar popped up on the windscreen with a message. I couldn’t answer as a wave of motion sickness hit me. The virtual reality goggles combined with motion-simulating seats pitching back and forth and side to side made it feel like I was actually hovering and maneuvering in the air. They also made me so nauseous I had to close my eyes for the rest of the three-minute journey. Welcome to the metaverse — sort of. South Korean company SK Telecom’s air taxi mockup was one of the...

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Dopamine dressing – why embracing colour in your wardrobe can bring happiness

Some items have been gifted Not long ago, I read A Colourful Dose of Optimism by Jules Standish. Little did I know that it was going to have such a profound impact on my life. In fact, I’ve recently reviewed the book in my blog post on 3 books to bring creativity, colour and purpose into your life so be sure to check that out. Jules Standish is one of the UK’s top colour experts and is Head of Colour at the London College of Style. The tagline of the book is ‘prescribe your own happy colours to feel good now’ and the key takeaway from the book is to understand colour theory and apply it to all aspects of...

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The Golden Oldies: An Awards Show for the Grey Generation

We’re right in the middle of award seasons, the Grammys, the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Oscars, and others great and small. It is the Who’s Who of modern entertainment, an array of oversized personalities, and luminescent celebrity. Everybody who is anybody will be at least one of them, maybe several. It is a time of the year to celebrate the things we love, the things that move us, bring us joy, brings tears to our eyes, and tears out huge chunks of our working capital leaving us a little short of funds for food, utility bills and causes us to buy the vodka off the bottom shelf, the one in the big, plastic bottle...

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