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Asian Owned Startups & Businesses
With November coming to a close, Black Friday is right around the corner. This time of year can be stressful or exciting, as it’s the perfect occasion to splurge on gifts for yourself or others with limited deals everywhere. To help, here are some Asian owned businesses to satisfy all your shopping needs!
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Why You Should Be More Concerned About Counterfeit Items
Shoes are just something that you put on your feet and handbags are something that you hold on to. Whether they are name brands or off-brands does not define you as a person. On the contrary, a thousand dollars for a purse is insane. All for a product with just a brand logo stamped all over it. Even though name brand items aren’t worth it in my opinion, neither are counterfeit versions of those products.
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Spotlighting Melanie Gasmen: Asian Creators on Campus
November is highly associated with Black Friday deals and early holiday shopping, I thought it would be nice to show an ethical, great quality product made by one of my closest friends here at UD, Melanie Gasmen. Melanie Gasmen is a junior at the University of Delaware with a major in visual communications. This year, she designed FSA’s first ever tote bag, which has become a staple in my wardrobe ever since. You can take it with you on your next shopping trip, or gift to a friend!
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Asian Entrepreneurs and Businesses You Should Know About!
Take a look at some Asian Entrepreneurs and Businesses From Y-Combinator you should know about.
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A Green Guide to Black Friday
The season of deal-hunting and gift-giving frenzy is around the corner! After a year of sluggish economic activity and belt-tightening measures, this year’s Black Friday is to make a grand comeback that reminds us of the old normal shopping sprees. This article will give some tips to enjoy this holiday season without leaving an overwhelming amount of carbon footprints!
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How To Halloween Amid a Pandemic?
The spooky festivity is in full swing after a year of hiatus. Everyone is already making plans for a comeback that is bigger than ever before. Pumpkin carvings, trick-or-treat, costume parties, you name it all. However, the surge of Covid-19 cases due to the Delta variant poses a big question to us: How to do so safely? Don’t worry because I got you!
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Halloween in Asian Cultures
We have Halloween. What’s it like elsewhere around the world?
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Costumes and Cultural Appropriation
A non-Japanese person walks into a Halloween party wearing a kimono. Before putting the garment on, they’ve done their research. They’ve learned the cultural significance of the kimono, and have grown a new respect for it. That person makes sure to get all of the features right in order to feel authentic. Is this person committing cultural appropriation? Or a case of cultural appreciation? Well, it’s complicated.
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Senior Spotlight: Jamie Weiner
Hello, I’m Jamie Wen Weiner and happy to say that I’m finally graduating UD with a Bachelor of Science degree in Apparel Design and minor in Fashion Management. Life plans after college, TBD, but I’m working towards my goal of becoming an apparel designer.
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Senior Spotlight: Sabrina Lee
Hi everyone! My name is Sabrina Lee and I am graduating from UD with a B.S. in Fashion Merchandising and minors in Business Administration and Sustainable Apparel & Textile Innovation.
