NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Full News Archive

• Headline: Nostalgic Trends in Modern Design. Impact: This event sparked a global obsession with retro everything. Fast forward a few decades, and people are wearing fanny packs and mullets like it’s 1985 all over again. Who knew a gift trend could lead to the revival of bad fashion choices?. Fact: Did you know that nostalgia is just a fancy word for ‘I miss the days when I didn’t have to pay bills’?.
• Headline: Redefining Masculinity in Fashion. Impact: Friedman’s approach to fashion inadvertently led to the rise of a new gender identity movement, where people started asking if they could just be ‘fashionably confused’ without the confines of societal norms. In a shocking twist, the butterfly flapped its wings, and now even your grandma wears leather jackets.. Fact: Did you know that the term 'masculine mystique' was originally used to describe how men pretended to understand sports? Spoiler alert: they don’t..
• Headline: Stink Bugs: A Predatory Showdown. Impact: The stink bug crisis led to a secret government program to develop insect-repelling technology. This program accidentally resulted in the invention of the Roomba, which, ironically, now spends more time running from pet hair than bugs.. Fact: Did you know stink bugs can emit a foul odor when threatened? So, basically, they’re the drama queens of the insect world..