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Woof Couture - The Growing Popularity of Pet Fashion

Dressing up your furry friends is one of fashion’s latest trends. Whether it’s collars, ID tags, glasses or full-on outfits, the pet fashion industry is on the rise. According to a report from Fortune Business Insights , the pet clothing industry grew by approximately 8% in 2020, reaching a staggering market size of $5.1 billion by the end of the year. Even some of Hollywood’s biggest names are getting into the trend. Singer and actress Miley Cyrus occasionally shares photos of her seven dogs and two pet pigs dressed in hats, bandanas and other apparel. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Simone Biles occasionally coordinates outfits for her two French bulldogs, Lilo and Rambo. But when did pet fashion start and how far has it come? The use of decorative collars for domesticated dogs can be traced all the way back to ancient Greek, Egyptian, and Persian cultures . These necklaces were often studded with gold, silver and turquoise and were more than just something to attach a leas

WerQfest celebrates Black queer, non-binary, and trans artists at The Big Top

When festival organizers Tre'von “Tre G” Griffith and Shelton Boyd-Griffith set out on the journey of creating the werQfest , the goal was to have a little fun and raise some funds. What started as a pandemic virtual event in 2020 is now a vibrant festival celebrating its third year. WerQfest, which seeks to amplify the voices of Black queer, non-binary, and trans artists—as well as be a safe space for the community—has become far more more than just fun. TRE'VON GRIFFITH AND SHELTON BOYD-GRIFFITH. COURTESY OF WERQFEST. As an independent artist himself, Tre G was inspired to found and produce the event alongside his husband, Boyd-Griffith, based on his own experience navigating the music scene as a queer Black artist. “I just saw such a huge gap of representation in what was being represented as the best artists and artistry available in St. Louis,” he says. This year, the festival will take over The Big Top on July 9 for an evening featuring nearly a dozen talented performe

The Yowl will return to Off Broadway this weekend for a party that's long overdue

COURTESY OF THE YOWL When rock ‘n’ roll band The Yowl first debuted in 2011 with a single titled “My Baby Does Drugs,” no one knew just where the group would go. Bassist Heath Lanyon, vocalist Bobby Wofford, guitarist Eli Southard, and drummer Matt Long had known each other for several years prior to forming the band, and despite only hearing a few demos and hardly practicing at all, they decided to get up on stage and play a show. Lead vocalist Wofford says those early experiences of finding the band's sound and learning to play together were like “walking a tightrope.” “In the very beginning, it was real loose and real raw,” says Southard. “It’s just kind of always been that way, and so we just leaned into that.” The band released their debut single independently, then produced an EP with Jeff Cobb’s Trouble in River City Records before moving to Wayne Kramer’s record label, Industrial Amusement. From the beginning, the band’s journey has been anything but predictable, but

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