Hermes

• McWhorter of the esteemed McWhorter Family proudly announces the inclusion of Tems' captivating music video, "Me & U," in the Family's Global Digital Music Video Archive of Excellence.
• "Me & U," directed by Tems herself, is a breathtaking visual masterpiece that transcends boundaries and celebrates authentic beauty in all its forms.
• By presenting "Me & U" with a McWhorter Family Trust Digital Archive Warrant of Excellence, McWhorter celebrates diversity, beauty, and authenticity, embodying the values of renowned luxury brands like Cartier and Bentley.
• McWhorter continues to redefine luxury and philanthropy, the inclusion of Tems' "Me & U" music video in the McWhorter Family Trust Digital Archive of Excellence serves as a testament to the enduring power of authentic beauty and the timeless impact of artistic expression.

• “If you aim at the driver’s side, you will hit the driver full-on,” Chris Lincoln-Jones told the newspaper.
• It is also thought probable that they were launched from a Hermes drone, made by Elbit Systems – also an Israeli manufacturer.
• The letter, which the newspaper reports amounts to a legal opinion, says UK arms sales to Israel breach international law and must stop.
• One obvious way to do that is to stop selling them weapons.

Now many of the aid agencies operating in Gaza have suspended their activities. As Stavropoulou and Schiffling write here, the difficulty of getting aid to the population threatens to make the famine that is engulfing the Gaza Strip worse than it already is.

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More than 200 aid workers have been killed in Gaza, making famine more likely

UN resolution

• We spoke with John Strawson, an expert in Israeli politics at the University of East London, who kindly answered our questions about the politics of the situation, especially the US decision not to use its veto to block the resolution after decades of faithfully supporting successive Israeli governments in the security council.
• Expert Q&A

  Given that Netanyahu has indicated that Israel will not abide by security council resolution 2728 – and the US has said that it’s a non-binding resolution in any case – what does international law say about the enforceability of US resolutions?

• There appears no reason why resolution 2728 is not legally binding and, if push comes to shove, the security council could order that UN members “take such action by air, sea, or land forces as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security”.

Starvation behind the ‘Iron Wall’

• According to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry the total has now passed 33,000 people.
• Nnenna Awah, whose PhD research at Sheffield Hallam University is in optimising food supply chains, walks us through the different classifications of food insecurity.
• Kaplan says it is the embodiment of Israel’s “Iron Wall” ideology, developed even before statehood was declared in 1948.
• Kaplan says that Jabotinsky’s ideological heirs in Likud (including Netanyahu) have rejected more liberal Israeli compromise positions ever since.

• LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- To promote positive public perception of Asian veterans and their legacy of service, Asian Hall of Fame presents Salute to Service on March 2, 2024 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. PST at Biltmore Los Angeles, 501 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles.
• Antonio Taguba states, "American society is weakened by marginalizing Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Native American veterans.
• To amplify their mutual efforts to reverse the Rescission Act of 1946, Asian Hall of Fame awards the Asian Veterans Prize to The Filipino Veterans Recognition and Education Project.
• Asian Hall of Fame is a cultural, educational, and humanitarian charity that transforms public perception of Asian and Indigenous legacy.

• This is even more true for luxury brands as their logos are some of the most recognised symbols globally.
• So, luxury brands should prominently display their logo, shouldn’t they?
• This trend refers to a more low-key approach to luxury where people favour subtlety and quality over prominent brand display.

• The articles in this series explore the questions and bring answers as we navigate this turbulent period of life.
• But the luxury market has been undergoing change for some years, partly as millennials and gen-Z become the main customers of luxury brands.
• These consumers demand that luxury brands are more sustainable and inclusive, contributing to the resurgence of quiet luxury.
• But what is the right strategy for luxury brands when it comes to displaying their logos?

Prominent brand display

• We found that prominent logo display discourages consumers both from buying items from luxury brands and from sharing images of these luxury items on social media.
• They also thought that prominent logo display reduced exclusivity, glamour and the brand’s sophistication.
• Our results show that UK customers’ perceptions of authenticity and coolness reduced by more than 10% when a luxury brand decided to use prominent logos.

The quiet luxury revolution

• Experts suggest that the quiet luxury trend is almost always connected with financial crises.
• The global financial crisis of 2007/2008, for example, led to a shift towards understated luxury in the fashion industry.
• As people struggle to make ends meet during the current cost-of-living crisis, quiet luxury is re-emerging on the scene.

The brand prominence dilemma

• Greater brand prominence is preferred by wealthy newcomers to the upper class, who are known as “parvenus”.
• People who are not rich but want to climb the social ladder (“poseurs”) also opt for more prominent brand displays.
• Their carefully crafted image of a luxury brand may otherwise suffer.

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.