Author: Anthony R. Perlas
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The Agencies That Own the Faces: Private Equity, One Chairman and the Last Public Model Company
Supermodels look independent on Instagram. On paper, most of the top names are signed to three structures. First principles: who owns them…
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Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar Answer to Two Families. Is That Why Fashion Media Feels Frozen?
First principles: who owns them Condé Nast, publisher of Vogue, GQ and Vanity Fair, is privately owned by Advance Publications, the Newhouse…
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Creatives Unite Against Bullies: Spot the Pattern, Not the Word
Keyword filters flag the wrong thing. In a widely cited study of hate-speech detection, lexicon-based flags were right only about 5% of…
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Fashion Sold Its Perfume to L’Oréal. Beauty Is Now the Real Empire.
On March 31, 2026, L’Oréal completed its 4-billion-euro purchase of Kering Beauté. The deal included the House of Creed and 50-year exclusive…
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Mindfulness Works. Just Not as Much as Your Feed Says.
What the newest research says Ethics-based programs, 2025. A meta-analysis of randomized trials studied “second-generation” mindfulness programs that add ethics and self-compassion.…
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Meaning Is Medicine (In Small Doses): What 2024 to 2025 Science Says About Spirituality and Stress
Spiritually integrated therapy. For patients with a strong spiritual or religious affiliation, therapy that includes their beliefs outperformed standard treatment (g =…
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Your Meditation App Helps a Little. Here’s the Honest Number.
Mindfulness apps: A meta-analysis of 45 RCTs found small but real drops in depression (g = 0.24) and anxiety (g = 0.28).…
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November 2026 Night Sky: Taurid Fireballs, the Leonids and a Mars–Jupiter Meetup
November 2026 sky guide: Taurid fireballs, the Leonids, a Mars-Jupiter meetup and the retrogrades ending this month.
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Five Mindfulness Habits for a Loud Season (and What the Research Actually Says)
Five small mindfulness habits for Halloween and holiday season, and what NIH research actually says.
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Digital Twins on the Runway: What AI Is Doing to the Modeling Business
A Reuters investigation finds AI digital twins cutting model bookings. What the contracts ask for, and what protects models.
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LA’s November Runway Calendar: Four Shows to Put on Your List
Four Los Angeles runway shows in November 2026: BIRDBRAIN, GARRAS, IFSM Fashion Week and SFWRUNWAY LA Fashion Week.
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Dries Van Noten Names a New President as Julian Klausner’s Collections Keep Growing
Dries Van Noten names Adrian Ward-Rees president from Dec 1, as Julian Klausner’s collections post double-digit growth.