The key to staying sane while sheltering in place for the fashion designer Thakoon Panichgul and the creative director Russell Spina is connection. The couple, who have been together for 20 years, have spent the last three months quarantined in their two-bedroom loft in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood. This has allowed them to continue to support…
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It can feel as though you’re running an infectious gantlet when using a public bathroom, especially following last week’s news of toilet plume, that cloud of aerosol droplets that can rise nearly three feet and linger long enough to be inhaled by the toilet’s next user, or land on other surfaces of the bathroom. And,…
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We are more than sure that you have asked yourself this question more than once or twice. So how often should you wash your hair? We determine by the hair type and the scalp condition. As you know, hair type is a little ephemeral concept. In fact, there is no oily or dry hair. There…
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Without a doubt, it is important to care for your hair properly at any time of the year. Let’s figure out what your head “lacks” during the hot season. Moisturize your hair Sometimes in the summer, you get the impression that your hair becomes dirty faster, so do not be afraid to wash it every…
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With travel restrictions in place worldwide, we’ve launched a new series, The World Through a Lens, in which photojournalists help transport you, virtually, to some of our planet’s most beautiful and intriguing places. This week, Mónica R. Goya shares a series of photographs taken on an extended hike through the Dolomites. Last August, long before…
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Each and every one of us has their own unique smell, and this is normal. But sometimes intense smells become a problem. What can cause a bad body smell? You are experiencing a hormonal failure Sweat glands are most active during the teenage period, and this is not surprising: the body is changing and growing…
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Every summer season, shorts become a must-have, but this year stylists offer to abandon the usual denim mini-shorts and choose loose Bermuda shorts. Elongated shorts have been shown in the spring-summer collections of Bottega Veneta, Chanel, Max Mara, and others, and a little later they appeared in the wardrobes of street style stars. Those who…
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By the year 2020 the humankind has traversed a long way, but it appears we are not yet civilized enough to eliminate discrimination (and even murders!) based on people’s skin color. A wide range of diverse outbreaks of racism, recently spurred on by tragic occurrences involving Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery, deaths that…
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From taking cooking classes in the home of a local to learning traditional crafts from Indigenous people, much of travel — up until March 2020 — was all about connecting with others. Now, in the Covid-19 era, travel is fraught with the demands of social distancing and hygiene. As people start thinking about taking trips,…
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Every year at about this point in the growing season, Alley Swiss has a ritual he performs. It’s one that humans have done for thousands of years, as they cultivated one of our oldest, most beloved food crops. Mr. Swiss, an organic farmer, walks out into his garlic field in the Okanogan Valley of north-central…
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