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When it comes to affordable, trendy fashion, many would proclaim you can’t beat Shein’s prices and on-point style. Stocked with tall, petite, curve, and maternity sizes, the site is also accessible from mobile and its extremely popular app, which ranks No. 5 in Apple’s shopping category.

Shein strives to order in small batches without creating excessive industry waste through its digital supply chain in an effort to improve and streamline processes for its manufacturers and consumers. The China-based company, founded by Chris Xu in 2012, now ships to over 150 countries. So whether you’re on the hunt for a runway-inspired cocktail dress, simple white tee, lacy lingerie set, or activewear to zhuzh up

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To dress for a ball when it is cold outside is quite a challenge. Ironically, most of these events are in the cold season. Read what to do to look your best at a ball in cold weather.

 

 

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Always Be Aware of the Type of Ball to Don the Right Attire

There are various dress codes for balls. What to wear to a military ball differs from what to wear to a white tie, black tie, formal or semi-formal ball. Therefore, always check for the announced dress code.

Except for an Armed Forces Ball, the dress code might even differ from last time. The annual ball organized by the Fairbanks Ballroom Dancing Club, for instance, turned from a Black Tie event in the zero years to a Fairbanks Formal dress code in 2010s.

Knowing the dress code way ahead of

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Jackets are hung on one wall of Bada Seck’s single-room atelier in the Ngor arrondissement of Dakar in Senegal, dresses are arranged alongside another. Half-made garments lie on top of an unused sewing machine and bags of fabric cover the floor.

Seck’s workshop, in this former fishing village on the westernmost edge of the Senegalese capital might be modest, but his clients come from as far away as France.

Bada Seck shopping for fabric

“If there is the means, I make European styles with African fabrics,” he says, as he takes a brightly patterned suit jacket off the wall to look over. Festivals are particularly busy time for him. “With Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr there’s a lot of work – a lot, a lot. More than we can keep up with. Even if we work all night, till 5am. It’s tough, because everyone dresses up, and our work isn’t fast.”

Seck creates mostly

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Happy Monday guys!! I’ve been wanting to get back into the swing of posting my daily looks here so I decided to start posting a weekly recap roundup of my outfits from the week before. If you want links a little faster, I always try to add to my LTK so you can shop directly there, but I’ll also be compiling them here along with sizing info, what I love about it, and any other info to try to answer questions you guys might have. Last week was a fun mix of loungewear and getting dressed up so it’s a true mix of some of my favorite pieces recently, from mini skirts to sweats. ?

GREEN SWEATER – WEARING SIZE XL

This is an amazing dupe for the Free People sweaters – I have it in a few colors and it’s become one of my favorites for lounging around the

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Nicola Mira

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Dec 19, 2022

Eleventy has expanded its international presence by opening the first London store. The men’s and women’s label’s store is located inside the Berkeley hotel in the luxury district of Knightsbridge. It features five extensive shop windows overlooking the street and a shop window and entrance also inside the hotel.

The Eleventy store in London

The store’s interiors are characterized by natural materials with fine-grained surfaces such as travertine, textured plaster and oak wood, enhanced by contrasting steel details.

“Investing in our direct retail presence by opening flagships on the world’s most iconic streets is a strategic choice for both our retail expansion and our positioning within the luxury segment. Establishing a presence in the most prestigious and exclusive hotels is a key, coherent element of that strategy,” said Marco Baldassari, co-founder of Eleventy.

The new London store is part of the label’s

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Jillian Mercado, the 35-year-old model and “L-Word” actor, has been breaking barriers with nearly every career move she makes. And she’s just getting started, though she’s careful not to reveal too much too quickly.

“I hope more people are conscious of the disability community and incorporate our specific functions or needs when designing a collection or brand. We enjoy fashion as well.”

“I am working on creating something in the world of fashion for my community,” Mercado coyly tells POPSUGAR. “Nothing that I can talk about at the moment.” While she has to remain mum about her forthcoming fashion project (for now), she’s excited to dig into her involvement with Tercera Cultura. Translated into “third culture” in English, it’s the fifth part of Metaverse’s Culture Series, which examines the relationships between technology and those who have been traditionally left behind in the tech space.

“When the opportunity arrived, I

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Sydney Airport plans to open Australia’s first department-store style retail outlets at its two domestic terminals next year in partnership with the hub’s existing core duty-free concessionaire, Gebr. Heinemann. This gives the German travel retailer a foothold in the domestic market, initially through home delivery.

Together, the new stores in terminals two and three will span 24,500 square feet and the first one is scheduled to open in July 2023. They will sell the typical categories found in international duty-free stores ranging from fashion, accessories, watches and jewelry, to perfumes, cosmetics, skincare, plus confectionery and wines and spirits.

T2 will house the largest unit spanning 19,000 square feet, with a much smaller footprint of 5,500 square feet allocated to T3. According to a statement from Sydney Airport, a mix of “iconic Australian brands” and international bestsellers

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Thrift shopping is having a moment among college students eager to save the planet—and their wallets.

The online consignment giant ThredUP published a resale report saying that, globally, secondhand clothing sales increased from $96 billion in 2021 to $119 billion in 2022, with sales expected to increase by $99 billion by 2026.

Four Northeastern University students studying fashion or the environment—three of whom are from California—told News@Northeastern their favorite brick and mortar locations and open markets to thrift in and around Boston and Oakland, where Mills College at Northeastern is located.

They also explained why they shop secondhand and why they plan to give pre-owned presents this holiday—and described a few of their finds.

Why thrift?

“I’ve been having this whole journey throughout college with environmentalism and finding ways for people to get involved in climate solutions,” says Nia Beckett, a fifth-year journalism major with a global fashion studies minor.

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What to wear at an oath ceremony is a big question. However, when you are invited or are the soon-to-be citizen you want to know the dress code for the naturalization ceremony. I made the experience from both sides – as a new citizen, and as a guest. Read about the formal dress for oath taking ceremony that people wore, and what to expect what to expect in an oath taking ceremony.

 

 

Naturalization Ceremony in Fairbanks

A couple of years ago, my husband had a court appointment for naturalization. The candidates were allowed to bring friends and family and so he invited me to accompany him on the big day.

The ceremony was scheduled in one of the court rooms at the State Office Building. We went thru security and then upstairs in a waiting room as we were told. The room was pretty crowded. As time progressed, it became

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