Food-inspired clothing like butcher briefs meat socks could soon be reality

Food-inspired clothing like butcher briefs, meat socks and chef jeans could soon become a reality. Several years ago, chef Chris Cosentino teamed up with goofy clothes company Betabrand to create Gluttony Pants. Now, Cosentino is back with three new projects, and he needs your help to make them a reality, the Huffington Post reported. These items will go into production if enough people ...

Ford to close manufacturing operations in Australia slash 1200 jobs

Ford will close its manufacturing operations in Australia and 1200 workers will lose their jobs in October 2016. Ford Australia president and CEO Bob Graziano said that the company would shut the Geelong engine factory, costing 510 jobs, and the Broadmeadows car assembly line, shedding another 650 positions, reports News.com.au. Sacked workers have been offered a 39 million-dollar rescue ...

Rosario Dawson suffers wardrobe malfunction by flashing undies at Cannes

Rosario Dawson suffered a fashion mishap on the Cannes red carpet by accidently flashing her underwear to cameras while posing on the steps, on Monday. The 34-year-old actress looked gorgeous in a white beaded Elie Saab gown as she attended the premiere of 'As I Lay Dying', but she flaunted the front high-slit a little too much on the red carpet, Us magazine reported. After the mishap, Dawson ...

Chinas manufacturing slows HSBC

China's manufacturing activity fell into contraction for the first time since October, a preliminary survey from the HSBC showed. The HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for May fell to 49.6 in May, dropping under the boom-bust line of 50 for the first time since October, according to figures released by HSBC Thursday. Qu Hongbin, chief economist of the HSBC China, said ...

Manufacturing one pair of sneakers emits 30 pounds of carbon dioxide

A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, a new MIT-led lifecycle assessment has revealed. But what's surprising to researchers isn't the size of a shoe's carbon footprint, but where the majority of that footprint comes from. The researchers found that more than two-thirds of a running shoe's ...