This article is part of a series examining Responsible Fashion, and innovative efforts to address issues facing the fashion industry. “For me, fashion was always about fun and beauty,” said Marco de Vincenzo, pacing his showroom at the Casa Galimberti, one of Milan’s most ornate Art Nouveau palazzos. “But today, fashion needs to convey more…
Designers and brands, established and emerging alike, embraced the many faces of craftsmanship from across cultures. “I feel that every time there’s a big change in culture and technology, crafts and local means of production re-emerge in a very important way,” Ms. Antonelli said, “a kind of slow design that is similar to the notion…
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who have already had Covid-19, you may be wondering how long you will have immunity from the coronavirus. Earlier in the pandemic, most people assumed that getting infected had at least one upside: that you would be protected against future encounters with the virus. But as the…
But the decision provoked criticism and alarm from other corners of the public health field. Meegan Zikus, a bioethicist at Grand Valley State University in Michigan who is immunocompromised, said lifting the mandate “completely disregards the safety and well-being of people who are at high risk.” “Lifting Covid testing for international travel entirely negates that…
Justin Bieber announced that he had the rare facial condition. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Kate Fowle, who became director of MoMA PS1 in 2019 and barely had the chance to lead the museum as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, abruptly announced on Friday that she was stepping down as of July 15 from the museum in Long Island City, Queens. “This has been an extraordinary opportunity to lead…
A veterinarian in Thailand likely contracted the coronavirus from an infected pet cat last year, researchers concluded in a new study. It is the first documented case of suspected cat-to-human transmission, although experts stress that the risk of cats infecting humans with the virus remains low overall. One of the cat’s two owners, who both…
In this week’s Modern Love essay, “Singleness Is Not a Stigma,” Ife Olatona calls into question “the widespread assumption that everyone is better off in an exclusive, romantic relationship.” Find out why Mr. Olatona, a finalist in our latest Modern Love college essay contest, thinks it is time to take romantic love down a notch.…
Learning about love from his fellow detainees gave a young Yemeni man hope.
Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday pushed back against the idea that the monkeypox virus can spread through the air, saying the virus is usually transmitted through direct physical contact with sores or contaminated materials from a patient. The virus may also be transmitted by respiratory droplets expelled by an…