Spring/Summer 2013 Trends
In the Spring/Summer 2013 collections, a number of trends could be seen that have come to fruition in seasons past. This year, however, the trends were honed and finessed to perfection, creating clean, graphic silhouettes that referenced the past while looking decidedly towards [...]
Tags: Asia, eastern influence, Emily Kirkpatrick, lace, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, mod, ruffles, sixties, snakeskin, Spring/Summer 2013, SS13, summer of love, The Wild Magazine, Transparency
Singapore Strives for Urban Sustainability with ‘Supertrees’
In an effort to revamp its image and control urban crowding, Singapore has created a 250-acre attraction, “Gardens by the Bay.” The garden complex includes of three different gardens—East, South, and Central—and features the world’s first so-called “supertrees.” The gardens [...]
Tags: Asia, Ecotourism, Environment, Green, Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore, Stephanie Roush, Supertrees, sustainability, The Wild Magazine, Urban Parks, world
Monsoon Naan’s, India
American photographer Steve McCurry went to Asia on a Monsoon assignment expecting a disaster that to his surprise wasn’t as bad as thought. “[The] farmers experience the monsoon as an almost religious experience as they watch their fields come back [...]
Tags: Asia, Giovanna Badilla, India, Monsoon, Steve McCurry, The Wild Magazine
Tear Gas and Prayer Beads
On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a statement saying that he had no alternative but to send police to forcibly end a peaceful anti-graft protest by Swami Ramdev and almost 50,000 followers. The government led attack on protestors [...]
Tags: Asia, Bharatiya Janata Party, Delhi, Democracy, Government, Guru, Hindu Nationalist Party, India, Manmohan Singh, Nicole Casanova, Protests, Swami Ramdev, Tear Gas and Prayer Beads, The Wild Magazine, world, Yoga
