Vipology Staff Writer

Halloween is coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing’s next big update will help make your island a little spookier. Today, Nintendo detailed New Horizon’s Halloween-themed fall update, which adds a few new features to the game, including the option to grow pumpkins (which can then be harvested and used for DIY projects) and the ability to collect candy for the big day […]

Dolce & Gabbana get inspired by patchwork craft style for Spring 2021

designers Dolce and Gabbana

Due to factory shutdowns earlier this year, designers have had to get resourceful for Spring 2021. Dolce & Gabbana exercised its thrifty muscle by showing a patchwork-heavy collection at Milan Fashion Week, complete with just about every fabric and pattern that exists. Each look resembled a DIY crafts project. There were stripes peppered with polka dots, which were then layered […]

Raf Simons makes his design debut at Prada for Spring 2021

It would not be an understatement to say that fashion’s most anticipated runway show of the year had to be Prada’s Spring 2021 outing, where Raf Simons was set to make his debut as co-creative director alongside Miuccia Prada. The announcement made in February that one of the industry’s beloved designers would be joining one of its highest revered houses sent […]

Chrissy Teigen’s Third Cookbook will be Postponed Indefinitely due to Pregnancy Complications

Chrissy Teigen announced to fans this week that she’s had to put her third cookbook on hold for the foreseeable future because of complications during her pregnancy. The Cravings author was tweeting about her rewatch of the series The OC on Thursday and followed it up by saying that she was tweeting about “stupid” stuff while the world is […]

Ring’s Traffic Stop feature is about bringing more accountability to policing but could it lead to invasions of privacy

Last Thursday, Ring, the home security subsidiary of Amazon, released a new dashcam embedded with a novel feature called “Traffic Stop” that could help bring more accountability to policing. That could be a powerful thing, especially as tens of millions of people have poured onto the streets in cities across the country to demonstrate against systemic racism, […]

Joanna Gaines’ New Wallpaper Line is oh, so Joanna Gaines

Every chef has their go-to dish. Every singer has their most popular song. And every designer has their signature style. For Joanna Gaines, that’s shiplap. The star of HGTV’s Fixer Upper has made people across the country fall hard for this trend and long to have a shiplap wall of their own. The only problem? It’s actually […]

Can Zinc Help Prevent Severe Illness From COVID-19?

Could dosing up on zinc help stave off severe illness from COVID-19? It’s a question garnering closer attention in the scientific community in recent months. After all, zinc is known for its antiviral effects. And both the common cold and the current global pandemic are caused by viruses in the same family, known as coronaviruses. […]

Donatella honors brother Gianni by going “Under the Sea” for Versace Spring 2021

Donatella Versace with one of her purple gowns on model

“Darling it’s better, down where it’s wetter” — take it from Donatella Versace. Last week, the designer presented an “under the sea”-inspired Spring 2021 collection on the runway during Milan Fashion Week. The show did have an audience, but  it was only made up of Versace employees (all of whom tested negative for Covid-19 prior to the presentation, according to the brand). The rest […]

Microsoft’s new Xbox app will let you stream Xbox One games to your iPhone

Microsoft is about to release a big Xbox app update for iOS that includes the ability to stream Xbox One games to an iPhone. A new Xbox app will arrive in the App Store soon that includes a remote play feature, which lets Xbox One console owners stream their games to an iPhone. Remote play […]

Man dies after eating black licorice for several weeks. What you need to know about the health risks.

A Massachusetts man has died after eating large amounts of black licorice on a daily basis. The 54-year-old’s heart stopped after he ate a large bag and a half of the candy every day for several weeks.  As we enter into the Halloween candy gobbling season, many people have serious questions about the health risks […]