Fashion
Business of Fashion
Uniqlo’s $300 Million Bet on Federer
BoF Team, 6/7/18
‘The deal with Uniqlo, one of the most lucrative in the history of sports, is said to be worth $300 million over 10 years, putting Federer, whose commercial appeal was already unparalleled, significantly ahead of top-earning footballers Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and NBA star LeBron James, in terms of endorsement income.’
Business of Fashion
At Paris Couture, a Return to Elegance
Angelo Flaccavento, 5/7/18
‘The haute couture week which closed yesterday in Paris was marked by a poignant return to dressmaking that put sartorial prowess and couture as a service at the fore.’
Health
ABC
Series 1 Episode 22 The Sugar Cube Cowboy
Sammy J, 5/7/18
‘Sammy gets a visit from the Sugar Industry’s loveable new mascot. Yee-haw!’
Man Repeller
I Asked a Bunch of Women Over 50 About Their Sex Lives
Harling Ross, 27/6/18
‘Thanks to an abundance of stereotypes proliferated by popular culture, the sex lives of women above a certain age are either ignored completely or written off as “nonexistent.”’
Culture
ABC
Cost of the #MeToo movement has businesses scrambling to prevent sexual harassment
Michael Black, 5/7/18
‘Dealing with sexual harassment can be a difficult, lengthy and unavoidable cost to companies.’
The New Yorker
Radio Hour: Love, War and Sandwiches
David Remnick, 6/7/18
‘Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, recalls her encounters with Harvey Weinstein and a future President, and talks to David Remnick about sexism on the job. Adam Davidson recounts the best sandwich he ever ate—a local specialty of the ancient city of Aleppo, Syria—and Dan Pashman sets out to re-create it. And Emily Flake drops in on her favorite dive bar.’
