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  • From Rachel Scott to Ralph Lauren and Ralph Rucci, the Nominees and Honorees for the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards Are Here

    From Rachel Scott to Ralph Lauren and Ralph Rucci, the Nominees and Honorees for the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards Are Here

    New York Fashion Week officially starts tomorrow, though we’ve already seen collections from Rachel Comey, Brandon Maxwell, and Proenza Schouler’s Rachel Scott. Ralph Lauren is back in the mix tonight, with a show at his headquarters Uptown. Afterwards, the CFDA is gathering designers at the Rainbow Room for an opening night party. Many of those in attendance will have something to celebrate: the nominees and honorees for this year’s CFDA Fashion Awards, which will take place on November 3 at the American Museum of Natural History, have just been announced.

    Ralph Lauren is nominated for American Womenswear Designer of the Year, returning to the fold after a handful of years. Joining him are Tory Burch, Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera, and first-timer Daniella Kallmeyer, plus Rachel Scott for her own label Diotima. Scott won for Emerging Designer in 2023 and for Womenswear in 2024—could she keep up her winning streak?

    As for menswear, Mike Amiri, Thom Browne, and Willy Chavarria are nominated once more, though here are two fun surprises: Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta have made the cut for their work for Eckhaus Latta, as have Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen for their menswear for The Row. The Olsens have already won CFDA Awards for both womenswear and accessories. A trifecta is unprecedented.

    The Olsens are also nominated for Accessories Designer of the Year. Joining them are Ana Khouri, Catherine Holstein for Khaite, Raul Lopez for Luar, and Tory Burch.

    The Emerging Designer of the Year category, presented by Google Shopping, includes Taylor Thompson for 5000, Colleen Allen, and CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists Ashlynn Park for Ashlyn, Julian Louie for Aubero, and Bernard James.

    As for this year’s honorees: Ralph Rucci will receive this year’s Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award. The Isabel Toledo Board of Directors’ Tribute will be given to Andre Walker and the Media Award in honor of Eugenia Sheppard will go to Sara Moonves of W Magazine. The Founder’s Award in honor of Eleanor Lambert recipient is Cynthia Rowley, and this year’s International Designer of the Year is Pieter Mulier for Alaïa. Donatella Versace will receive the Positive Change Award for her philanthropic efforts, her advocacy for the LGBTQ+ community, and her support of young talents.

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  • Timberland Recognizes Authenticity While Making an Unapologetic Commitment to the Future with “Advice of an Icon” Campaign.

    Timberland Recognizes Authenticity While Making an Unapologetic Commitment to the Future with “Advice of an Icon” Campaign.

    NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Timberland unveils its global campaign, Advice of an Icon. For over 50 years, the Original Yellow Boot™ has stood as a symbol of strength, resilience, and fearlessness, shaping generations past, present, and future. For Fall/Winter 2025, Timberland partners with three groundbreaking global creatives – Spike Lee, Skepta, and Kiko Mizuhara– each carving their own formidable path through life’s challenges.




    Spike Lee






    Spike Lee




    The Original Yellow Boot






    The Original Yellow Boot

    The Advice of an Icon campaign celebrates an unwavering commitment to artistry and dedication to craft, core values embodied by both the featured icons and Timberland as a brand. Shot by Gabriel Moses – an iconic director and photographer celebrated for his distinct visual language and emotive imagery with richly saturated color palettes. Through his lens, the icons boldly stand as symbols of authenticity, heritage, and timeless style.

    Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee brings his unmistakable presence to the campaign. Captured in bold, unfiltered portraits, Lee embodies the same unapologetic spirit that defines his work. A true pioneer in cinema and culture, his legacy is rooted in truth, integrity and relentless pursuit of excellence. His advice cuts straight to the core: “You have to have a work ethic. You gotta put the work in. You can’t cheat that, if you’re cheating, you’re cheating yourself.”

    The next icon featured in the campaign is Skepta, whose influence has always gone beyond music — shaping culture through fashion, art, and self-expression, and taking grime to the world stage. The final talent featured in the campaign is Kiko Mizuhara, celebrated for her genre-defying creative career, and boundary-breaking style, and being an iconic “it-girl.”

    “As we head into FW25, Timberland continues to lean into its legacy while pushing culture forward,” says Maisie Willoughby, Chief Marketing Officer for Timberland. “The Advice of an Icon campaign is a bold tribute to unapologetic self-expression and timeless craft. At its core is the Original Yellow Boot, a global icon that has shaped style, work, and street culture for over 50 years.”

    With its wheat color, craftsmanship, and comfort, The Original Yellow Boot has become the most recognizable boot in the world. More than a product, it’s a cultural symbol of authenticity, resilience, and dedication to craft. The campaign honors The Original Yellow Boot as a true icon – bold, enduring, and unapologetically original.

    Contact: Dakota Balka | Email: [email protected] | Website: www.timberland.com |

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  • Get ready to view Saturn at its closest point to Earth with $133 off this telescope from Celestron

    Get ready to view Saturn at its closest point to Earth with $133 off this telescope from Celestron

    Saturn is putting on a spectacular show this month as it reaches opposition overnight on Sept. 20. The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ is a great value telescope that can help you get a great view of the famous ringed giant at its closest and brightest point to Earth this year.

    You can get the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ telescope on sale right now at Amazon for $367.

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  • Death in the Family’ Trailer Features Deaths in the Family

    Death in the Family’ Trailer Features Deaths in the Family

    For a lawyer, Alex Murdaugh is sure gonna need a lawyer.

    The trailer (below) for the upcoming Hulu scripted series Murdaugh: Death in the Family features the before and after of a few deaths in the family in the real-life story of Alex Murdaugh. It also directly includes one tragedy outside of the family that begets the next bundle of tragedies — and sadly, there are more where that one came from.

    Hulu’s Murdaugh: Death in the Family tells the real-life story of Maggie (played here by Patricia Arquette) and Alex Murdaugh (played by Jason Clarke), who “enjoy a lavish life of privilege as members of one of South Carolina’s most powerful legal dynasties,” the synopsis reads. “But when their son Paul (Johnny Berchtold) is involved in a deadly boat crash, the family is faced with a test unlike any they’ve ever encountered. As details come to light and new challenges emerge, the family’s connections to several mysterious deaths raise questions which threaten everything Maggie and Alex hold dear.”

    Murdaugh: Death in the Family is inspired by the popular Murdaugh Murders Podcast. The scandal also birthed a Lifetime movie. The eight-episode Hulu limited series premieres on Oct. 15 with three episodes; the final five episodes will roll out one at a time on Wednesday, concluding Nov. 19.

    The series also stars Will Harrison as Buster Murdaugh, Brittany Snow as Mandy Matney and J. Smith-Cameron as Marian Proctor.

    Murdaugh: Death in the Family hails from co-creator and showrunner Michael D. Fuller (Quarry, Rectify and Locke & Key) and co-creator Erin Lee Carr (Britney vs Spears, I Love You, Now Die and Mommy Dead and Dearest). Nick Antosca (A Friend of the Family, The Act and Candy) and Alex Hedlund for Eat the Cat are executive producers along with Mandy Matney, David Moses and Bill Johnson. Steven Piet executive produced and directed first two and last episodes. Arquette and Clarke also serve as executive producers on the UCP series.

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  • Can we safely deflect a killer asteroid without making it worse? Only if we avoid the gravitational ‘keyhole,’ scientists say

    Can we safely deflect a killer asteroid without making it worse? Only if we avoid the gravitational ‘keyhole,’ scientists say

    Smacking a planet-threatening asteroid comes with big responsibility.

    If we slam an impactor into an asteroid in exactly the wrong spot, the space rock may pass through a “gravitational keyhole” that actually brings it to Earth — which is exactly what planetary defense scientists and mission planners don’t want to happen.

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  • Study: Minority groups receive fewer economic and social opportunities at work, despite ‘colorblind’ argument: For Journalists

    Study: Minority groups receive fewer economic and social opportunities at work, despite ‘colorblind’ argument: For Journalists

    CHICAGO — The 2023 landmark Supreme Court decision effectively banning race-conscious affirmative action — along with the subsequent challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion in major corporations and military admissions — has brought back the decades-old argument for “merit-based” or “colorblind” policies.

    New research conducted by Chika Okafor, an assistant professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern, shows that social network discrimination — the phenomenon in which minorities suffer disadvantages in economic and social opportunities simply because their social group is smaller — occurs because people tend to form social connections with others who resemble, behave and hail from a similar background.

    The study, “Seeing through Color Blindness: Social Networks as a Mechanism for Discrimination,” was published today (September 10) in the Journal of Law & Economics.

    “If we care about fairness and about true equality of opportunity, we should care about this work,” Okafor said. “This paper mathematically disproves a proposition that colorblindness inherently promotes merit. We need to have more open and honest conversations about how to truly advance our society in light of the implications of social network discrimination.

    “I grounded my paper in economic theory,” said Okafor, who’s an economist. “This allowed me to distill from a mathematical perspective a new and important driver of disparities between majority and minority groups. With these insights, one can then incorporate historical, sociological and even legal perspectives to better explore the implications of my findings not only for American society — but also for other communities around the world.” 

    ‘Social networks play a huge role in labor markets’

    Okafor found that minorities are less likely to be referred for a job because they form fewer social connections with existing employees, particularly in a setting with colorblind hiring when characteristics of the groups are fully equal except for group size.

    “Social networks play a huge role in labor markets,” Okafor said. “Despite initial equality in ability, employment, wages and network structure, minorities receive disproportionately fewer jobs through referrals and lower expected wages, simply because their social group is smaller.”

    Okafor’s research also found that minorities can expect lower wages. He used real-world data to estimate that the minimum difference in expected wages caused by social network discrimination is at least 3.2%, disadvantaging minority workers. He described this as the minimum difference between groups because it is based purely on differences in group size.  His estimate does not incorporate other important factors that would increase the wage gap between majority and minority workers in the U.S., such as historical discrimination, prejudice and inequality. 

    Okafor added that his research adds critical elements to the ongoing debate about colorblindness, diversity and merit.  

    “Much of the arguments we have heard for decades promote the view that colorblind policies inherently promote individual merit and move us closer to a meritocracy,” he said. “My mathematical findings show that even if we hypothetically lived in a seemingly utopian world where everyone was starting off on equal footing and there were colorblind policies, minorities would still face disadvantages in social and economic opportunities over time because of social network dynamics arising from their group size being smaller. My findings do not only relate to hiring, but to any setting in which social networks matter — from company boardrooms to college classrooms. This complicates the commonplace narrative for colorblind polices.”

    As his research evolves, Okafor wants to dig deeper into how society can respond to social network discrimination, particularly to identify interventions that can help promote true equality of opportunity across America.

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  • IOC PRESIDENT COVENTRY WELCOMES IFSC PRESIDENT SCOLARIS AT THE OLYMPIC HOUSE

    IOC PRESIDENT COVENTRY WELCOMES IFSC PRESIDENT SCOLARIS AT THE OLYMPIC HOUSE

    IFSC President Marco Scolaris and IFSC General Secretary Piero Rebaudengo were received on 8 September in Lausanne by the President of the IOC Kirsty Coventry, who welcomed them at the Olympic House together with IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper and IOC Sports Director Pierre Ducrey.

    It was the first official meeting between the leaders of the IFSC and the newly elected IOC President. In the friendly meeting, the main aspects of the development of climbing worldwide were discussed, debating the objectives and highlights of the two Olympic participations for climbing at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, the next steps ahead of LA28, and the decision regarding the programme of Brisbane 2032.

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  • WCH Tokyo 25 preview: women’s javelin | News | Tokyo 25

    WCH Tokyo 25 preview: women’s javelin | News | Tokyo 25

    • World and Olympic and champion Haruka Kitaguchi defends her title in front of a home crowd
    • Austria’s European champion Victoria Hudson heads the 2025 world list
    • Serbia’s Adriana Vilagos, Norway’s Sigrid Borge and Greece’s Elina Tzengko arrive in Tokyo with season best form

    Few athletes head to the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 with the weight of expectation that Haruka Kitaguchi will be feeling.

    The 27-year-old from Hokkaido has made history in recent years, becoming the first Japanese woman to win a senior global medal in a throwing discipline, taking bronze in 2022, followed by gold in 2023. As if that didn’t raise her profile enough, she went on to win Olympic gold in Paris in 2024, earning Japan’s only athletics title of the Games and becoming the first woman from her country to win an Olympic title in a field event.

    Unsurprisingly, she is currently the best-known athlete on the host nation’s team heading into the World Championships, but she also enters the event carrying a right elbow injury.

    After taking a break from competing for almost two months, she returned to action at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne in late August and threw 50.93m. But she showed significant improvement at the recent Diamond League Final in Zurich, where she throw 60.72m – a solid step on the road back towards her season’s best of 64.63m, set when winning in Oslo before her injury.

    Austria’s Victoria Hudson leads the 2025 world list followed by Serbia’s Adriana Vilagos, with both athletes having set national records this year.

    Hudson’s throw of 67.76m at the European Team Championships in Maribor added almost two metres to her previous best. The 29-year-old won the European title in Rome last year, but then failed to make the final at the Olympic Games, so she’ll be keen to make amends in Tokyo.

    Vilagos, who claimed European silver behind Hudson last year, has improved to 67.22m this year. The European U23 champion achieved a 62.96m second-place finish at the Diamond League Final, underlining her medal potential in Tokyo.

    Greece’s Elina Tzengko won the Diamond League title with 64.57m, having also won in Rabat, Xiamen and Keqiao earlier in the season, each time throwing beyond 64 metres. Winner of the 2022 European title while still a teenager, the 23-year-old is now keen to win her first senior global title.

    Norway’s Sigrid Borge sits one place ahead of Tzengko on this year’s world list with her season’s best of 65.66m, set in the same competition where Hudson produced her world-leading throw. The 29-year-old will be hopeful of making her first global championships final.

    Colombia’s Flor Denis Ruiz was one of the surprise medallists of the last World Championships, coming away from Budapest with the silver medal after leading for most of the early stages of the final. She heads to Tokyo with a season’s best of 62.04m.

    Jo-Ane Du Plesis is another surprise recent global medallist, taking Olympic silver last year. The South African has a best this season of 62.77m.

    Australian hopes rest with 2023 bronze medallist Mackenzie Little and her teammate Lianna Davidson. Others to look out for include Uruguay’s Manuela Rotundo and Chinese duo Dai Qianqian and Su Lingdan.

    Andjela Cegar for World Athletics

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  • West Ham re-sign goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski

    West Ham re-sign goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski

    “I will be, for sure, a player who is always putting the team above my personal goals. I think maybe people see me as a good person to be around, a good person to have in the team in terms of what I bring and so it’s not only about me, it’s about the team.

    “I’m here to support, to keep the standards high. I have huge experience as well, so I think it can be useful.”

    He added: “I’ll continue to work the way I’ve always been doing, which is always hopefully at a good level but, at the same time, I understand that my role is completely different.”

    West Ham signed Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen for about £20m in August and he has started their three Premier League games this season, losing two and winning one.

    Frenchman Alphonse Areola was in goal for West Ham in a 3-2 Carabao Cup defeat at Wolves.

    Third-choice goalkeeper Wes Foderingham, who joined West Ham on a free transfer in June 2024, signed for Cypriot club Aris Limassol on Tuesday.

    “We are really pleased to have Lukasz back with the group,” said West Ham manager Graham Potter.

    “Regardless of him being here previously, the main factor is that he is still a top goalkeeper and a top professional, and the perfect choice for the role we needed to fill.”

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  • History: Finland punch ticket to EuroBasket Semi-Finals

    History: Finland punch ticket to EuroBasket Semi-Finals

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    RIGA (Latvia) – The battle of Cinderella stories unfolded on Wednesday in Arena Riga, where Finland and Georgia faced off after stunning Quarter-Final upsets over Serbia and France, respectively.

    With a place in history on the line, Finland prevailed, earning their first ever trip to the Semi-Finals with a 93-79 win.

    On Friday, they will play the winner of the Germany vs Slovenia matchup.

    Turning Point

    It was always going to be a clash of styles, with coach Aleksandar Dzikic and Georgia hoping for a slower paced game and more post ups, and coach Lassi Tuovi telling the Finnish players to keep pushing the tempo.

    They were trading blows through the first six minutes, but a late first quarter run saw Finland go from 12-12 to 28-15 in a hurry, capped by Mikael Jantunen’s buzzer beating three-pointer.

    With the gap quickly ballooning to 20 points, Georgia lost a lot of energy trying to come back, and they did make it interesting with a Sandro Mamukelashvili dunk to cut it to -6 with seven minutes to play.

    However, Miro Little knocked down a deep three-pointer, then Goga Bitadze committed an unsportsmanlike foul, and two possessions later, Finland were back up by 81-67 after Olivier Nkamhoua’s triple.

    More than enough to seal the deal.

    TCL Player of the Game

    While Lauri Markkanen had another inspiring performance (17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks), it was Mikael Jantunen who was the game hero for Finland.

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Against Serbia, he was impressive on the defensive end, taking over the duties of guarding Nikola Jokic, and this time around, it was his offense making the difference.

    Jantunen knocked down three three-pointers early on, finishing the game with 19 points and 5 rebounds. Finland were a +12 team with him on the floor.

    It was the second time Jantunen scored 19 points in this EuroBasket, previously setting his career-high in this event against Lithuania.

    Stats Don’t Lie

    Not a lot any team can do when Finland knock down 10-of-15 three-pointers in the first half alone.

    This was their fourth time scoring more than 50 points in first halves of EuroBasket games since Lassi Tuovi took over in 2022.

    Before that, they had only one EuroBasket game with more than 50 points in the first half, against England in 1955.

    Bottom Line

    Backed by 5,000 traveling fans, Finland did not feel the pressure of the moment. Instead, they played a nearly perfect half of basketball, forcing the crowd to sing “Suomi! Suomi!” on repeat.

    Everybody contributed, with Sasu Salin and Edon Maxhuni coming up big off the bench, combining for 29 points on 6-of-8 shooting from deep.

    Sasu Salin celebrating

    Finland were the upset package of the Quarter-Finals in 2022, but nobody should be surprised that they are now a top four European team, as this result was palpable for the past 10 years.

    They were 16th in 2015, then improved to 11th in 2017, and 7th in 2022. Now, they are just two wins away from lifting the trophy.

    Georgia, meanwhile, had already made history by reaching the Quarter-Finals for the first time ever.

    Coach Dzikic and his men were greeted with ovations from 1,000 of their fans behind the bench, making the nation proud by not giving up even when they were down by 20.

    Tornike Shengelia signed out with 18 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, but was ejected after an unsportsmanlike foul on Maxhuni and a technical foul with 3:30 to play.

    They Said

    “This should give hope for all sports in Finland.” – Finland head coach Lassi Tuovi

    “It’s been the same group for a long time, and we got just one new guy who wasn’t there for the last EuroBasket. It’s a very tight group, like coming back and playing with your friends. That’s the kind of basketball culture in Finland.” – Mikael Jantunen, Finland

    “He’s capable to make those shots, and even more important, he knows the guys have the confidence in him to make it.” – Tuovi, describing Elias Valtonen’s two big threes in the fourth quarter

    “I’m extremely excited to play do-or-die games with this crew.” – Tuovi, not settling for just an appearance in the Semi-Finals, he wants it all

    For quotes, tune in to the official post-game press conference!

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