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Bucket Mũ: How One Designer Is Giving Back to NYC's Chinatown Community With Handmade Crochet Hats

For anyone looking for more ways to support the AAPI community, consider purchasing a crochet hat handmade in Brooklyn by designer Kae Linh. Following her first charitable capsule that launched back in February, the New York and Vancouver-based creative is releasing another small batch of hand-knitted headwear that she calls "Bucket MŨ" (in Vietnamese, "mũ" means "hat").Dedicated to the resilience of the AAPI community, the spring capsule collection will benefit W.O.W. Project, with 50 percent...

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Lady Gaga Teams Up With Dom Pérignon for a Limited-Edition Collaboration

Following the release of her album Chromatica last year, Lady Gaga has been creating visuals and collaborations with brands including Oreo, and the latest label added to the list is the LVMH-owned champagne brand Dom Pérignon.The singer has captured her new limited-edition collector's bottles in a campaign shot by Nick Knight, featuring Gaga in front of a backdrop reading "Queendom." Nick Knight explained that the campaign was birthed from the idea of creating a positive fantasy, "a beautiful w...

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Yelp's New Feature Highlights Asian-Owned Businesses

Yelp has introduced a new feature allowing establishments to identify as Asian-owned, making it easier for customers to support the community amid a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes. The addition was created in partnership with Gold House, a non-profit that champions Asian and Pacific Islander representation.According to Yelp's most recent Economic Impact Report, searches for Asian-owned businesses in the U.S. increased 130 percent in February 2021 compared to the same time last year. Responding t...

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Rihanna Protested Incognito at a Stop Asian Hate Rally

Rihanna showed up to a Stop Asian Hate rally on Sunday, protesting the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes alongside hundreds of others.The star, who spoke out against the Atlanta massage parlor shootings on Instagram, attended the rally in New York City with her assistant, Tina Truong. She went mostly unnoticed during the protest, though Truong later posted a photo of the Fenty founder holding a sign that read "HATE=RACISM AGAINST GOD!" and "#STOPASIANHATE." Rih was also filmed sharing her Instagra...

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