Secret Sales acquires Vroom & Dreesmann (V&D) and To Be Dressed
British off-price e-fashion marketplace Secret Sales has been on the acquisition trail in recent periods…
LFW weekend: Erdem, Simone Rocha, Kent & Curwen, Johanna Parv
Published September 21, 2025 London Fashion Week went hyper experimental this Sunday, with surrealist couture from Erdem, disgruntled debutantes at Simone Rocha, conceptual picnics Kent & Curwen, and full-on ergonomic sporty chic at Johanna Parv. Erdem: Surrealist chic No designer can boast of more unlikely muses than Erdem Moralioglu, whose wellspring this season was a…
Apprentices breathe new life into historic Savile Row
By AFP Published September 21, 2025 Beneath the old-world exterior of a tailor’s on London’s famed Savile Row, the workshop where the magic happens is more youthful than ever as aspiring coatmakers vie for competitive apprenticeships. AFP The sartorial street known for dressing the world’s elite, from royalty to spies, is celebrating its trainees at…
France’s richest man, LVMH’s Arnault, slams proposed billionaire tax
By Reuters Published September 21, 2025 Bernard Arnault, the boss of luxury goods group LVMH and France’s richest man, has attacked a proposed 2% tax on billionaires as an assault on France’s economy and denounced the plan’s architect as a far-left ideologue. Reuters The tax, which would target wealth above 100 million euros ($117 million),…
Help Wanted: What are these odd reuqests about?
Looking at our web honeypot data, I came across an odd new request header I hadn’t seen before: “X-Forwarded-App”. My first guess was that this is yet another issue with a proxy-server bucket brigade spilling secrets when a particular “App” is connecting to it. So I dove in a bit deeper, and found requests like…
Breakthrough method could dramatically cut prescription drug prices
One of the main factors driving prices in pharmaceuticals, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs and antibiotics, is the cost of production and materials. Researchers at the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) have discovered a sustainable method to produce the key ingredient in a broad range of pharmaceuticals, which could help address high prescription…
Could these strange rocks be the first true evidence of life on Mars?
A new study co-authored by Texas A&M University geologist Dr. Michael Tice has revealed potential chemical signatures of ancient Martian microbial life in rocks examined by NASA’s Perseverance rover. The findings, published by a large international team of scientists, focus on a region of Jezero Crater known as the Bright Angel formation — a name…
Hubble reveals baby stars in a galaxy torn by gravity
This new Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of a galactic tug of war. Located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, the spiral galaxy Messier 96 is the brightest of the galaxies in its group. The gravitational pull of its galactic neighbors…
Neutrinos may be the hidden force behind gold and platinum
The collision and merger of two neutron stars — the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars — are some of the most energetic events in the universe, producing a variety of signals that can be observed on Earth. New simulations of neutron star mergers by a team from Penn State and the University of Tennessee…
The surprising way metabolism controls embryo growth
Pregnant women rely on a balanced diet and supplements to deliver proper nutrients to their babies, to ensure they grow healthfully. Such nutrients contribute to fueling development and providing cellular building blocks that lead to healthy brains, bones, organs, and immune systems. While this kind of nutritional preparation helps during pregnancy, EMBL scientists found that…
Scientists reveal the everyday habits that may shield you from dementia
An estimated 7.2 million Americans over age 65 currently live with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). That number is expected to nearly double to 13.8 million by 2060. These increases reflect more than demographic shifts; they point to a growing public health crisis that requires a new, proactive approach. While chronological age is the strongest known risk…
