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No government has done more to modernize their society by introducing more Western culture than the United Arab Emirates. The emirate of Dubai alone has already introduced the desert to […]
As part of its effort to reinvent itself, the Republican National Committee launched a completely redesigned website earlier in the week. The problem is not so much that the website […]
Technology and media bloggers have been quick to declare the death of print, both in newspaper and book format. The bold new future will come to us through e-readers like […]
A recent article in Time magazine (http://bit.ly/H8rac) discussed why the world's poor don't buy insurance. This is something that I have been thinking about for a few years now. Recent […]
Food purists, proponents of family farming and sustainable grub, Big Ag haters, pregnant ladies, and anyone else who gives a damn what they put in their mouth, sound the alarms. […]
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Plans to unveil a new strategy to "finish the job" in the country were announced today, but a former national security adviser for the Bush administration reminds the president that […]
According to PaceWildenstein Art Gallery owner Arne Glimcher, while Madoff's Ponzi scam might have closed some doors, it opened others. The whole reason the art industry is irrational is the […]
Dr. Beverly Whipple is widely recognized as the scientist who popularized the G-Spot. She came by Big Think today to speak for a special series we'll be launching in November. […]
Schools need to be globally competitive. The best graduates from New York City's schools are not competing for jobs with the best graduates of Boston's schools; but with the best graduates in the world.
If we look at most of the world's problems (poverty, disease, AIDS, hunger) the root cause is the lack of education. Nations need to improve their educational systems in order to improve their economies.
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A conversation with the fashion historian and professor of French Literature at Barnard.
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Fashion historian Caroline Weber wants to know to what extent those miracles really happened.
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Alexander McQueen has an idea that could transform the age-old parades of seasonal style, says Caroline Weber, a French literature professor at Barnard.
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Fashion historian Caroline Weber is hoping we’ll pass out of the phase in which celebrities are the ultimate trendsetters. Only then will style become original again.
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Barnard professor Caroline Weber recalls an embarrassing moment on the French Metro that speaks volumes about the disparate relationship that American and French women have with fashion.
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When fashion expert Caroline Weber studies the significance of today’s style, she is struck by the rapid pace of changing trends, all working to feed the $300 billion industry.
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Historian Caroline Weber takes us through the origination of fashion, which started as early as the 12th century.
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From Marie Antoinette to Michelle Obama, one’s clothing often has the power to dictate their fate, says fashion historian and Barnard professor Caroline Weber.