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Why regenerative garments are the ultimate status symbol
Sustainably grown fibres, traceable from farm to garment, could be the antidote to climate-destroying fast fashion. But can this trend ever reach the high street?Picture the scene. Kendall Roy, the longtime heir apparent to the media empire at the heart of HBO’s Succession, is in a dark bar in New York. The embodiment of hyper-privilege, he is explaining to anyone that will listen that the cashmere in his half-zip sweater was harvested by indigenous herders on the rangelands of Mongolia....
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Visa, Mastercard Settlement More Symbolic Than Substantive
When Visa and Mastercard settled with retailers for $30 billion, it was touted as a win for the underdogs. Merchants, who have struggled for decades with the high fees imposed by credit card companies, were said to have secured a significant victory over the big banks. But how big of a win was it? In […]
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Elm trees were a symbol of urban pastoralism — until most of them disappeared
You can see vestiges of bygone elms all over Maine — from street corners that seem strangely empty to nicknames that live on.