This week, Dan Nosowitz traces the history of the company — Madewell — that his great-grandfather founded, and that J. Crew now profits from. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
Something Borrowed, Something Blue — BuzzFeed
In 1937, my great-grandfather started a workwear company in New England called Madewell. In 2006, 17 years after the last factory shut down, J.Crew relaunched a women’s clothing company with the same name and logo, based on a 50-year history in which it had no part. Read it at BuzzFeed.
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The Human Factor — Vanity Fair
A harrowing examination of the the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 by William Langewiesche — and a problem of modern aviation as a whole: "To put it briefly, automation has made it more and more unlikely that ordinary airline pilots will ever have to face a raw crisis in flight — but also more and more unlikely that they will be able to cope with such a crisis if one arises." Read it at Vanity Fair .
Photo illustration by Sean McCabe
Meet the College Women Who Are Starting a Revolution Against Campus Sexual Assault — New York
Vanessa Grigoriadis catches up with Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia student who's carrying her mattress around campus in protest of an alleged sexual assault she says the university failed to adequately punish. "A few years ago, an Ivy League student going public about her rape, telling the world her real name — let alone trying to attract attention by lugging around a mattress — would have been a rare bird." Read it at New York .
Anthony Bourdain Has Become the Future of Cable News and He Couldn't Care Less — Fast Company
Rob Brunner profiles the chef turned writer turned TV host who shows no signs yet of pumping the breaks: "At a time when he could simply coast, Bourdain seems as energized as ever." Read it at Fast Company .
Photo: courtesy of Travel Channel / Via fastcompany.com
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