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Yuima Nakazato will today launch an online made-to-order program called Face to Face. The program allows customers to have a made-to-order garment without physically going out shopping via Nakazato’s web site at store.yuimanakazato.com. The project enables the designer and client to cocreate a one-of-a-kind garment. The client will ship a white shirt of her or his own to Nakazato’s atelier in Tokyo. Nakazato himself will then communicate with the client online to reimagine it, redesign, and return it to them as a completely new garment. When the garment is complete, Nakazato will publish it online with the client as the model. Nakazato is offering this service in limited numbers, at no cost to the client. An avant-garde designer, Nakazato is known for his experimental collections and challenging the way one thinks of clothing by creating revolutionary new fabrics from unusual sources. “In this time of uncertainty, and with the world entering into an entirely unknown era, I kept ask...

Brooks Brothers will no longer sell products made from exotic animal skins such as crocodile, ostrich and lizard. In thanks, PETA, the animal rights group, sent the company a box of vegan crocodile-shaped chocolates. “Behind every crocodile- or snakeskin item is an animal who experienced a violent, bloody death,” claimed Tracy Reiman, PETA’s executive vice president. “PETA thanks Brooks Brothers for protecting these vulnerable animals.” In 2018, Brooks Brothers stopped purchasing mohair in response to PETA’s investigation of angora goat farms in South Africa. It now joins Jil Sander, Chanel, Diane von Furstenberg, Hugo Boss, Victoria Beckham, Vivienne Westwood and other fashion brands that have banned exotic skins. Only a fraction of the brand’s business was in exotic skins, according to a spokesperson, and it includes shoes, bags and small leather goods. The retailer stopped designing and ordering skins around a year ago and is selling through the last of that remaining inventory. Fol...

The free Marco Polo video chat app has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic. The app is launching new features for a monthly fee.             from USATODAY - Tech Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Ykv6Is

Fans can now proudly show off their allegiance to Spider-Man or Captain America, thanks to a new deal between jewelry lifestyle label GLD and Marvel Entertainment. As per the terms of the multiyear licensing agreement, Marvel has granted GLD access to its catalogue of intellectual property, including characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The GLD x Marvel collection will range in price from $79 to $99 and will be comprised of pendants featuring Marvel characters on designs in solid gold and precious stones. GLD is also offering fans the opportunity to vote for which 10 characters or groups should be released first among Iron Man, Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Doctor Strange, Gamora, Groot, Loki, Vision, Venom, Hydra and Thanos. Characters like Iron-Man, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Gamora and Groot will be represented by their faces, while the remaining characters are represented by their weapon or symbol. Black Panther, one ...

Premium features for Marco Polo app include the ability to watch video messages speeded up, and a scratchpad to take notes with.             from USATODAY - Tech Top Stories https://ift.tt/2KPnG8c

The COVID Help Network continues to grow as state governments, facilities, businesses and organizations across 32 states have been utilizing the platform. “It’s to help connect folks within the medical community, to hospitals directly, to governors directly,” said filmmaker Mark Kassen. “We were able to build a piece of technology that could handle a lot of traffic.” Working with engineers, Kassen’s production company, Like Minded Media, is behind the operation in partnership with Masimo, a medical technology company, and the Patient Safety Movement, an organization working to eliminate “preventable harm and death in health care” globally. By linking health-care establishments and state governments with companies, the endeavor is facilitating communication and aid during the coronavirus pandemic. “We were at the center of a couple of communities that wanted to help each other, and so we started off just referring people from one industry who could help people in another industry and th...

If you are struggling to pay rent and utilities and you can't afford food, a number of online services are ready to spring into action.             from USATODAY - Tech Top Stories https://ift.tt/2Wsgbtp

Sneezing, scratchy throat, and stingy eyes? Yep, it's that time of year.             from USATODAY - Tech Top Stories https://ift.tt/2zLDIxD

Kim Komando offers 10 tips to helps consumers battle scammer who are trying to take advantage of people during the coronavirus pandemic.             from USATODAY - Tech Top Stories https://ift.tt/2KOzaZu

Microsoft plans to release its new Xbox Series X video game console for the 2020 holiday season. On May 7, we will get a look at games in the works.             from USATODAY - Tech Top Stories https://ift.tt/2VOruNi