OffPrice Moves to Las Vegas Convention Center
OffPrice, the newest addition to Informa’s portfolio, held its 2026 edition at the Las Vegas Convention Center from Feb 17‑19. The three‑day trade show showcased value‑priced, excess‑inventory apparel, accessories, footwear and cash‑and‑carry items to a diverse audience of big‑box, discount‑chain, outlet, boutique, nonprofit and e‑commerce retailers. Exhibitors highlighted the broad product mix—from beachwear to evening gowns—and praised the venue’s ability to facilitate bulk purchases at better margins. Attendees reported securing new, larger customers and improving profitability through on‑spot negotiations.
Sourcing Builds on Global Strength and Technology
From Feb. 17‑19, the Sourcing trade show in Las Vegas gathered manufacturers, suppliers and fashion brands from across Asia, Africa and Latin America, highlighting Colombia’s growing apparel capabilities. Attendees explored “friendshoring,” a concept that blends nearshoring cost advantages with long‑standing...
Project Where Denim Was King
The Project trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center showcased a denim‑centric men’s fashion lineup, introducing the streetwear‑focused Project Now and the tailored Project Classic Community. Brands such as Ed Hardy, G‑Star, MAVI and California‑designed Serenede highlighted innovative denim,...
MAGIC Rocks Denim
The MAGIC trade show in Las Vegas highlighted a surge of innovative denim offerings, with designers showcasing cuffed, studded, coated and bejeweled styles alongside a comeback of slimmer fits. Los Angeles‑based brands such as Flying Monkey, Bayeas Denim and Velvet...
Weekly Drop Watch: Rixo's Spring Collection, Thom Browne X Asics, Amika Gets Into Body Care and More
British label Rixo unveiled its Spring 2026 “We Are One” collection, featuring bold prints and vintage charm with price points from $205 to $995. The week also saw high‑profile collaborations, including Thom Browne × Asics’ $450 Gel‑Kayano 14 sneakers and Birkenstock’s refreshed Arizona Big Buckle...
Fresh Call for UK Fashion Watchdog Amid Damning Survey
A new survey of UK clothing producers, analyzed by academics from the University of Leicester, University of Nottingham and the trade‑justice charity Transform Trade, reveals that unfair purchasing practices remain pervasive across the sector. The study found that brands and...
Gretel Drops Latest ‘Squish’ Preview ‘Fire Blooming Trees’
British indie‑rocker Gretel Hanlyn released the new single “Fire Blooming Trees,” the latest teaser from her debut album Squish, slated for 10 April on Breadcrumb Records/AWAL. The track, recorded live, draws its title from the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires and tackles themes of...
Technology and Innovation in Overlanding
On Overland Journal Podcast episode 282, hosts Matt Scott and Scott Brady discuss how new portable power technologies are reshaping overlanding. They highlight hot‑swappable battery fridges from brands like EcoFlow and Bluetti, and all‑in‑one lithium power packs that reduce dual‑battery complexity....
Why Personal Strategic Planning Is Your Secret Weapon
The article introduces personal strategic planning as a framework to turn vague aspirations into actionable results. It adapts corporate practices—clarity, gap analysis, and quarterly strategy—to individual goal‑setting. Real‑world examples show how identifying current constraints and reallocating time enables achievements like...
An Oscar-Nominated Documentary Goes Behind Enemy Lines
"Mr Nobody Against Putin" is a BAFTA‑winning documentary now nominated for an Oscar on March 15. The film delves into the mechanics of propaganda and patriotism within the Russia‑Ukraine war, using rare behind‑enemy‑lines footage. It challenges viewers to consider how...
Nathan Bowles – Seven Lefts
Nathan Bowles releases Seven Lefts, his first solo album in a decade, delivering over seventy minutes of tape‑recorded improvisations. He built the record on a four‑track cassette machine, layering keyboards, banjo and sampled fragments into sprawling, sixteen‑minute pieces. The album...
The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts by Kim Fu
Kim Fu’s new novel, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, follows Eleanor Fan as she uses an inheritance to buy a dilapidated house in a rain‑soaked, terraformed valley. The story blends personal grief over her mother’s death with the broader anxieties...
Could Gut Microbes Hold the Secret to Aging Well? A Researcher Unpacks the Emerging Science
The article explains that gut microbiome composition is tightly linked to aging, with older individuals showing reduced diversity and more inflammatory bacteria. Experiments in mice demonstrate that transplanting youthful microbiota can reverse age‑related inflammation, while diet, fiber, and exercise can...
A Healthy, Vigorous National Life
The Library of America has released *George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries*, a 701‑page volume that concentrates on Strong’s entries from November 1860 through 1865. About 45 percent of the material is newly published, offering fresh insight into a Manhattan lawyer’s daily...
Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones in the Running for Author of the Year
Welsh actress and writer Ruth Jones has been shortlisted for Author of the Year at the 2025 British Book Awards. Her memoir, "When Gavin Met Stacey And Everything In Between," chronicles the creation and success of the beloved sitcom, while...
Call for India Textile Inventory Partner
UNEP has launched a call for proposals to create a national Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) database for India’s textile sector. The initiative, part of the UNEP InTex Programme, seeks implementing partners to compile comprehensive data on material and energy flows...
Lost Plots
Katherine G. Charles’s new Cambridge University Press volume *Lost Plots* examines the pervasive use of interpolated, or “tales‑within‑a‑tale,” in eighteenth‑century novels. The book defines this narrative form, compiles a wide range of examples—from Fielding’s *Joseph Andrews* to Smollek’s *Peregrine Pickle*...
New Kroger CEO Foran: ‘We Need to Grow Sales Faster’
Greg Foran, former Walmart U.S. CEO, took the helm at Kroger in February 2026, pledging to accelerate top‑line growth. In fiscal 2025 Kroger posted adjusted earnings per share of $4.85, beating Wall Street forecasts, while net sales edged up 0.4%...
Notes From New York: Independent Study
The "Future Schools" exhibition at the National Academy of Design spotlights a growing crisis in U.S. art education, where faculty departures, funding cuts, and a shift toward contingent staffing threaten departmental stability. Artists like Chloë Bass draw on Joseph Beuys’s...
Artist, Impresario, Couturier: V&A to Stage Schiaparelli Retrospective
The Victoria and Albert Museum is opening its first UK retrospective dedicated to Elsa Schiaparelli, showcasing 400 objects that span fashion, sculpture, and furniture. Curator Sonnet Stanfill emphasizes Schiaparelli’s role as an image‑maker who used artist collaborations to amplify her...
Morrissey’s Make-Up Is A Lie Reviewed: Entertainingly All over the Shop
Morrissey's long‑awaited album *Make‑Up Is A Lie* finally arrives three years after the shelved *Bonfire Of Teenagers* saga. The record jumps across genres—electropop, psych‑pop, lounge‑shuffle—and showcases his still‑strong vocal delivery. Produced by Joe Chiccarelli, the album feels oddly cohesive despite...
Leading Russian Archaeologist Arrested in Poland over Crimean Excavations
Alexander Butyagin, senior archaeologist at the State Hermitage Museum, was arrested in Warsaw at Ukraine’s request for illegal excavations in Crimea and the seizure of thirty gold coins, including items bearing Alexander the Great’s name. Polish courts have extended his detention...
The Secret to Beating Altitude Sickness Could Be in Your Gut
Around 200 million people travel to high‑altitude regions each year, and up to 75 percent develop acute mountain sickness (AMS). A double‑blind study by UC San Diego researchers found that participants taking probiotics maintained higher oxygen saturation at 12,470 feet compared with a placebo group....
7 Poetry Books That Expand What an Elegy Can Look Like
The article surveys seven contemporary poetry collections that reimagine the elegy, showing how poets blend memoir, lyric, and experimental forms to confront personal and collective loss. It highlights works by Agha Shahid Ali, Victoria Chang, Mary Jo Bang, Diana Khoi...
London’s Barbican Will Be Transformed by a Vast Immersive Exhibition This Summer
London’s Barbican Centre will host “In Other Worlds,” a massive immersive exhibition focused on speculative futures. Curated by BAFTA‑nominated filmmaker and speculative futurist Liam Young, the show brings together artists, scientists, and creators from series such as Westworld, Lord of...
Ethnicwear Brand Kiaasa Retail Targets 250 Stores by FY ’29 as It Accelerates Expansion
Kiaasa Retail Limited, an Indian women’s ethnicwear brand, plans to grow its footprint to roughly 250 stores by fiscal year 2029, up from more than 120 outlets today. The company will deploy Rs 69.7 crore raised in its IPO to finance new...
Italian Luxury Menswear Brand Vercelli Enters India with Flagship Retail Presence in Mumbai
Italian luxury menswear house Vercelli has opened its first flagship store in Mumbai, marking the brand’s direct entry into India’s organized retail market. The 4,500 sq ft, two‑level boutique, launched with longtime textile partner Rishab World, showcases the full ready‑to‑wear line and...
The Best Recent Poetry – Review Roundup
Recent poetry releases reviewed include Andrew Motion’s *Gravity Archives* and Wayne Holloway‑Smith’s *Rabbitbox*, alongside mentions of JL Williams and Richard Siken. Motion’s collection revisits death and personal loss with a more resolute voice, mixing elegy, humor, and literary allusion. Holloway‑Smith’s *Rabbitbox*...
Artificial Feeding Platform Transforms Study of Ticks and Their Diseases
Researchers at the University of Melbourne have unveiled the world’s first laboratory‑based, host‑free feeding platform for the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis). The silicone‑membrane system, using defibrinated cattle blood, supports full feeding and reproduction without live animal hosts. This breakthrough...
A Classic Goes Full Black: Meet the IWC Portugieser Chronograph Ceratanium
IWC Schaffhausen has unveiled the Portugieser Chronograph Ceratanium (Ref. IW371631), an all‑black reinterpretation of its classic 41 mm chronograph. The watch is built from Ceratanium, the brand’s proprietary alloy that blends titanium’s lightness with ceramic‑like hardness, and features a black dial, black...
Laufey at London’s O2 Arena: Timings, Set List, Last-Minute Tickets and Everything You Need to Know
Icelandic singer‑songwriter Laufey will headline two shows at London’s O2 Arena on March 8 and March 9, 2026, supporting her third album *A Matter of Time*. Doors open at 6 pm on Sunday and 6:30 pm on Monday, with the performances slated for roughly 8:20‑9 pm. Alice Phoebe Lou...
A Voice From And For The Sea: The Making of ‘From the Floorboards’
To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the RRS Discovery, the artist released the album *From the Floorboards*, built around the Shackleton Violin—a handcrafted instrument made from the floorboards of Ernest Shackleton’s former Edinburgh home and driftwood. The violin’s maritime provenance...
Rising Sulphur Prices Add Pressure to India’s Textile Dye Chain
Rising sulphur prices, driven by Middle East supply disruptions and higher freight costs, are adding fresh cost pressure to India’s textile dye industry. The country, which imports most of its sulphur, now faces higher input costs that threaten margins for...
Jack & Jones Puts Denim in the Spotlight for Retail Debut in Dubai
Jack & Jones, the European denim arm of Bestseller, opened three flagship stores in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, marking its UAE debut. The launch is driven by the minimalist “Invisible Jeans” campaign, which omits models and focuses solely on the denim...
Lit Hub Daily: March 6, 2026
Lit Hub’s March 6 daily roundup bundles a wide array of literary and cultural content, from criticism and poetry to health and music pieces. Highlights include a story on America’s caregiving crisis, a tribute to librarians for International Women’s Day, and analyses...
Love Junkie: The Must-Read Cult Novel About the 80s New York Gay Scene
Penguin Modern Classics has reissued Robert Plunket’s cult novel *Love Junkie*, bringing the 1992 satire of New York’s 70s‑80s gay scene back into the spotlight. The novel follows suburban housewife Mimi Smithers as she navigates a world of hustlers, sexual...
The Glencairn Glass Short Story Competition 2026 Is Open for Entries
The Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition 2026 is now accepting entries, inviting writers worldwide to submit original crime stories under 2,000 words with a Scottish protagonist. Partnered with the Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival, the contest offers a...
Helping Employees Find “Meaning” Improves Performance and Narrows Gender Gaps
The LSE study by Oriana Bandiera and co‑authors evaluated a “Discover Your Purpose” (DYP) program among 2,976 white‑collar employees at a multinational firm. The purpose‑focused intervention, which blends self‑reflection exercises with a workshop, cut the share of low‑performing workers from...
These Playfully Erotic Zines Capture Williamsburg’s 00s Art Scene
Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s *SHOOT* zine series, first issued between 2005 and 2007, has been reissued as a new publication that revisits his early erotic photography. The original zines were born out of a DIY urgency, offering a tangible alternative to...
Dries Van Noten’s Stylish School Kids Flouted the Uniform Rules
Belgian designer Dries Van Noten sparked controversy by featuring schoolchildren in his AW26 lookbook dressed in outfits that deliberately broke traditional uniform codes. The images, shot in a British boarding school, showcase vibrant layering, bold prints, and oversized silhouettes that...
Podcast Episode 727: Dehumidification, Freestanding Tubs, and Crawlspace Vapor Barriers
The Fine Homebuilding podcast episode 727 dives into whole‑house dehumidification, freestanding‑tub wet‑room design, and crawlspace vapor‑barrier strategies. Listener Scott shares a successful DIY setup that pairs an AprilAire dehumidifier with a ducted HRV, while Ian and Randy field technical questions...
Taking the Heat. Scientists Explore Sauna's Health Benefits
Sauna use has surged as a wellness trend, prompting scientific scrutiny of its health impacts. Large Finnish cohort studies show that bathing 4‑7 times weekly cuts cardiovascular disease risk by up to 60% and improves blood pressure, cholesterol, and arterial...
Dave at London’s O2 Arena: Timings, Set List, Last-Minute Tickets and Everything You Need to Know
British rapper Dave will headline four consecutive nights at London’s O2 Arena from March 6‑11, 2026, as part of his Boy Who Played the Harp Tour promoting his third album. Ticket demand forced the addition of extra dates, underscoring his...
I’ve Listened to Hundreds of Audiobooks – but These Are My All-Time Favourites
The article lists the top audiobooks to download in 2026, highlighting best‑overall, memoir, romance, kids and new fiction picks, many narrated by high‑profile actors. It notes that UK audiobook revenue jumped a third year‑on‑year, reaching £268 million, and that non‑fiction is...
Trippers & Askers: Tried to Do’s — A Song Cycle of Loss, Love and Re-Membering
Jay Hammond’s Trippers & Askers project will issue its second full‑length album, *Tried to Do’s*, on May 8 via Sleepy Cat Records. The record follows 2021’s concept work *Acorn* and shifts from a Butler‑inspired sequel to a personal song cycle shaped...
Keith Haring Returns to the East Village by Scott Orr
The Brant Foundation opens a Keith Haring exhibition in its East Village gallery from March 11 to May 31, 2026, spotlighting the artist’s breakthrough period between 1980 and 1983. Nine monumental works and eight surviving subway chalk drawings illustrate Haring’s transition from...
The Big Review | The Woman Question 1550-2025 ★★★★½
The Woman Question 1550‑2025, curated by Alison M. Gingeras at Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art, assembles nearly 200 works by about 140 women artists spanning five centuries. The exhibition juxtaposes historic figures like Artemisia Gentileschi with contemporary voices from Ukraine, mapping a continuous...
Worn Again Launches Poly-Cotton Recycling Plant in Switzerland
Worn Again Technologies has commissioned a demonstration‑scale textile‑to‑fibre recycling plant in Winterthur, Switzerland, targeting poly‑cotton blends. The pilot uses a proprietary chemical process to separate polyester and cotton, achieving high recovery rates. Early data suggest fibre quality comparable to virgin...
A Film That Makes a Strong Argument for the Value of Debate
"Immutable," a new PBS documentary directed by Gabriel London and Charlie Sadoff, follows the Washington Urban Debate League as it brings policy debate to low‑income schools across the district. The film shows how 70% of the league’s partner schools are...
How Knitting Can Help You Kick Harmful Habits
Knitting is emerging as a low‑cost, portable intervention that helps people curb addictive behaviours, from nail‑biting to cigarette smoking and even street‑drug dependence. Preliminary studies and anecdotal evidence show that the rhythmic, bilateral motions of knitting can calm the nervous...