A new year means a new set of trending colors for the style set to swoon over. Last year was all about butter yellow; before that, Barbie pink and a highlighter shade of Brat green were the moment. But fashion experts predict that something a little less definitive will infiltrate the market in 2026. Enter…
Cosmic beings, February is not playing around. This is an eclipse month, the official start of the Year of the Fire House, and one of those rare chapters where it feels like the universe is flipping multiple switches at once. The month opens with a vibrant Full Moon in Leo on February 1st, a heart-forward,…
If you thought for a moment that London, Paris, and Milan were the only stylish European cities winning at fashion week, let us put Copenhagen on the map. Denmark’s capital has been quietly vying for the spotlight ever since it dipped its toe into Fashion Week in 2006, and now, almost 20 years later, it’s cemented its…
While Oregon became a state in 1859, Latines have been part of the region for more than 150 years. Arriving mostly from Mexico within decades of statehood and, in some cases, before it, they often came as laborers, working railroads, agriculture, mining, and ranching. And today, the more than 70,000 Latines who call Portland home…
While the U.S. has moved toward policies that are less friendly to the environment and consumers, the European Union has been updating its rules to make products easier to repair. These changes can help American consumers, even if they never visit Europe. The EU Right to Repair Directive was finalized in July 2024 and will…
Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we’re tracking every last dollar. This week a Program coordinator/freelance marketer working in Higher Education & Freelance Marketing who makes $55,000 per year and spends…
Simon Williams/Wonder Man (Yahya Adbul-Mateen II) in Marvel Television’s WONDER MAN, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Television. © 2025 MARVEL Mere minutes into Wonder Man, I had to take a break from the series. Not because it wasn’t good — it’s great — but because I saw so much of myself in Simon…
In some ways, it’s felt like we’ve grown up alongside Kiernan Shipka. She had her first role as a baby on TV at just five months old on ER, before becoming Sally Draper in Mad Men in 2006. From there, she took on perfectly age-appropriate roles, voicing Jinora in Nickelodeon’s The Legend of Korra, and…
As much as we love the idea of a signature scent, we do have a bone to pick with that school of thought. With so many incredible fragrances being launched at a nonstop pace, how could we possibly limit ourselves to one? And with a new year underway, we’re expanding our fragrance wardrobes accordingly. From variations on a theme (like YSL’s new Libre Berry Crush and Marc Jacobs Daisy Murakami collection) to brand new chapters — Parfums de Marly’s Athenais and Prada’s Infusion de…
According to science, it was unexpected in 2008 when the famed Northwest Passage across the Arctic Ocean, which links the Atlantic to the Pacific, opened at the same time as the Northeast Passage. The Northeast Passage was expected to open first due to the Coriolis effect. As the world turns to the east, in the…