Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets last month, kicking off a new era of space travel in which billionaire-backed companies offer the high-flying excursions to anyone who can afford it. Bezos' Blue Origin, which...
Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) will launch new uniforms that feature recycled materials and, for the first time in 20 years, new official apparel for Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scouts. Inspired by vintage Girl Scout apparel and fashion trends of the '90s, the...
Olympians concerned about the oppressive heat and humidity of summers in Japan can chill out — Ralph Lauren has a solution for that. The iconic American brand unveiled Team USA's opening ceremony parade uniform on Wednesday, featuring a new wearable technology it...
On July 23, millions of people around the world will tune in to see the 2020 Olympic Games opening ceremony, which kick off the delayed Tokyo games. From gymnastics and track and field to fencing and more, it’s a wonder to watch these world-class athletes in action....
Go-go boots clattered across the tarmac as a group of young women scrambled into place at Dallas’s Love Field airport. The boss wanted a photograph. “Okay, girls,” said Lamar Muse, the president of Southwest Airlines. “Y’all smile.” It was 1971, and Southwest had...
In the world of aviation, there has long been a fantasy around the female flight attendant: always dressed to impress, hair styled in beautiful chignons, edges laid, and face beat. In other words: snatched. They are the first line of hospitality welcoming passengers...
“Don’t settle for style. Succeed in substance.”—Wynton Marsalis The 1970s was a decade of sweeping social and economic change in the United States. The era of disco and bellbottom jeans also built upon laws and programs developed in the 1960s to provide increased...
We’ve heard that if you’re not from North America, people often paint Canada and the USA with the same brush. While this might be jarring to hear for some Canadians, we know it’s true. We’re from here, though, so we know that there’s MANY significant differences...
On October 26, 1958, a commercial flight changed the history of aviation: it was the first Boeing 707 that flew from New York to Paris, of the Pan Am airline. This event inaugurated a time where traveling by plane was synonymous with a glamorous life, immortalized in...
By golly am I ever glad that Major League Baseball is back… even if my team, once again, will play their home games in another country, it’s still a great feeling knowing that every night between now and (hopefully) the end of October I can sit on the couch, turn on...
The iconic Jet Age airline Pan Am needs no introduction, but the front-line people who powered its success have been less known — until now. A new book by the journalist Julia Cooke, Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am (Houghton Mifflin...
Western sports bullfighters are sometimes called “the Secret Service of bull riding” – jumping into harm’s way just as highly trained agents would to protect the leader they serve. Bullfighters similarly put life and limb on the line to protect riders who often wind...
