Sue Wong Models Anna Gupta & Jazzika Kile; Honoree, Fashion Designer Sue Wong; Chairwoman Yu-Sai Kan. | Photo by Sheri Determan
Christian Chensvold, Associate Editor | Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Photo by Sheri Determan
Visionary California designer Sue Wong was recently honored at the third annual “Outstanding Asian American Women Who Dared” charity event, held Feb. 27 at the Taglyan Complex in Los Angeles. The event was co-presented by the China Institute in America and the Yue-Sai Kan One World Foundation and chaired by Yue-Sai Kan, celebrated by People magazine as “the most famous woman in China.”
Wong’s speech was…
Rhone bolsters its leadership team with the appointment of Athleta and CorePower Yoga veterans Tess Roering and ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro
STAMFORD, Conn., March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Rhonethe performance lifestyle brand dedicated to championing mental fitness, today announced the appointment of Tess Roeringwho previously held executive leadership roles at CorePower Yoga and Athleta, and Jimmy PitaroESPN Chairman, to its board of directors.
Roering and Pitaro join Nate CheckettsCEO & Co-Founder of Rhone; Dave CheckettsManaging Partner of Checketts Partners Investment Fund; Jon OwsleyManaging Partner at L Catterton; Simon Hill-Norton, Investor & Co-Founder of Sweaty Betty; and Carras HolmsteadInvestment Partner at…
In the second quarter (October-December) of the current fiscal year, the local value addition in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector increased by 3.66 percentage points compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year.
Despite this, the sector experienced a 7.46 per cent decline in export earnings during the same period, alongside a 17.93 per cent reduction in the cost of raw material imports, as per a quarterly review report by the Bangladesh Bank, the country’s central bank.
The report disclosed that the import value of raw materials for garments totaled $3.37 billion in October-December of FY24, while RMG…
CFDA Award-winning men’s designer Tim Hamilton has joined Nike.
Hamilton will serve as vice president of men’s apparel for the sports brand. He started on March 11 and will report to the men’s creative director, a post that is currently vacant.
For the previous 5 1/2 years Hamilton had been vice president and head of global creative for The North Face, where he blended performance and lifestyle in his designs for the brand.
Prior to that he spent 12 years designing and creating his own eponymous brand, which rose to prominence for its minimalist sportswear. He won the CFDA/Swarovski Award…
It’s the end of the road for the funny, punny one-liners that the Ohio Department of Transportation has put up on electronic signs on freeways.
“OHI-Whoa! Slow Down.”“Life is fra-jee-lay – drive safe.” “Camp in Ohio State Parks, not the left lane.”
Those are some recent messages on ODOT’s electronic signs that may have to be rethought. ODOT spokesman Matt Bruning said last month, the Federal Highway Administration updated its manual saying pop-culture references or humor shouldn’t be used on those signs, with two years to make the change.
“It’s something we’ve already adjusted to here in Ohio and we’ll…
HOUSTON—The message on the signs at the recycling drop-off site here was clear, and warmly welcomed by area residents who visited on a recent autumn Saturday to stuff bags of plastic waste into large green metal containers.
“All plastic, all numbers, all symbols,” proclaims one sign at the recycling site in Houston’s suburban Kingwood community, referring to the seven standard types of plastics, commonly identified on a plastic product by a number inside a “chasing arrows” icon. “Bag it and bring it,” reads another.
Normally, recycling programs limit what kinds of plastic they accept, ruling out types that are difficult…
Airborne electronic attack is a crucial capability for gaining an advantage in the electromagnetic spectrum. It includes:
Disabling, degrading and denying enemy air defenses by overwhelming them with radio frequency energy.
Deceiving them using electronic decoys.
Disrupting enemy threats through jamming their radar and communications systems.
By interfering with enemy communications, radar systems and sensors, it ensures superiority on the battlefield and enables forces to carry out missions with reduced risks and increased operational effectiveness.
Today’s jammers are updated versions of mechanical systems that first flew in the Vietnam War. But the airspace has evolved into the digital age –…
Two Indian industry associations – the India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) and the India SME Forum- have supported the continuation of prohibition of imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions at the World Trade Organization (WTO), citing it to be important for supply chain resilience post Covid.
The two industry bodies made this submission to the global trade watchdog as part of a consortium of around 170 global associations. The submission comes amid India and South Africa pushing hard for the prohibition to end as it leads to revenue loss and are interested in an outcome on the issue before…