Vipology Staff Writer

Black in Fashion Council Partners With Fred Segal for Season Zero annual design contest

The Black in Fashion Council and Fred Segal have come together to launch a new annual design contest for early-stage businesses. Three winners will be named for Season Zero: First place will get $10,000, a pop-up at the Fred Segal flagship in West Hollywood in the spring and mentorship from both the retailer and the Black in Fashion […]

Everywhere You Can Get Cheap Pizza in October for National Pizza Month

It’s the pinnacle of food holidays telling you what you already know. 1) You’re going to eat pizza this month. 2) Pizza is delicious. Still, since you’re going to be ordering pizza anyway, you might as well know about the buffet of pizza deals that shops are offering in celebration of National Pizza Month. You’ll […]

Apple’s AirPods Pro introduces new Spatial Audio and Automatic Switching Features

Since releasing them last year, Apple has quietly continued to improve upon the AirPods Pro with firmware updates that have tweaked their noise cancellation and sound quality. The company rarely details or comments on the changes that come in each release of AirPods firmware; there are no update notes that spell out what’s new. Nor […]

Dr. Fauci Predicts When Life Will Be ‘Normal’ Again

How long will you have to wear a mask and socially distance from those who don’t live in your home? According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s go-to infectious disease expert, it is going to be awhile. During a 30-minute discussion between Fauci and GBMC HealthCare System President and CEO John Chessare, the key member […]

Apple is hiding a smile behind its new Medical Mask emoji

Apple has quietly updated its “Face with Medical Mask” emoji with friendlier eyes, eyebrows, and rosy cheeks. Before, it looked a little lethargic. Now, it’s almost happy? You can practically imagine a smile underneath. As Emojipedia points out, the new emoji is literally Apple’s existing “Smiling Face” with a mask on top. Do you think […]

Greek Doctors March and Measure to Promote use of Face Masks

Doctors marched with their families and a few friends in Greece’s second-largest city Saturday not to protest, but to debunk misinformation about face masks circulating during the coronavirus pandemic. A few dozen people fast-walked and ran 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) through central Thessaloniki while wearing face masks and then measured their oxygen and carbon dioxide […]

CFDA and NYCEDC aid the Fashion Industry with the Workplace Relief Collective

As fashion manufacturers continue to re-open from lockdown, acclimate to new facility standards, and ramp up business for the upcoming fashion production season, the CFDA and NYCEDC introduce the “Workforce Relief Collective,” a new business development program that offers resources to manufacturers and their workers to confront and alleviate hurdles they face as they navigate […]

Mario Dedivanovic Comes Full Circle With the Launch of His Own Brand, Makeup by Mario

Makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic — known to his nearly 8 million Instagram fans as simply @makeupbymario, has an inspiring story of finding mega success as a first-generation American who worked his way up from being a teenage Sephora retail employee to world-renowned, Kardashian-beloved makeup artist. But no part of Dedivanovic seems willing to rest on his […]

COVID-19 Pandemic Delayed Breast Cancer Screening in Many Parts of the United States

Female lab tech helps female patient at breast cancer screening with mammogram machine in background

When the COVID-19 pandemic first started, many medical procedures considered non-urgent were delayed or cancelled. This was primarily for two reasons: to save medical resources, including doctors’ and technicians’ time, personal protective equipment, medicines, and emergency room and intensive care unit beds, for people who were infected with COVID-19 to help reduce the risk of […]