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Would love your thoughts on Hank's sense of style and what the big blue furball might do to spice up his wardrobe. Understandably, his size and the fur can make insulation and fitting a drag.

With he and Emma being friends in some iterations, I also wonder what he might look like in a Hellfire Gala outfit? Maybe a deep open-v suit?

With him being so theatrical and charming you can't help but wonder what it'd be like if he let himself dress up (or down, if he wants to be comfy)

"I believe it was Harry Winston, a luxury jeweller, who said that, 'people will stare. Make it worth their while.' You can understand why such a sentiment rings true for me.

I wouldn't say that I'm vain, but I do take a good amount of care in my appearance - how you dress, how you comport yourself, how you present, it all adds up to the impression you make and the way you live on in people's heads. Fashion and style are, naturally, an important part of that."

So, Hank is one of those characters for whom dress is an important facet of their personality and their presentation - in some ways, just as important as it is for, say, Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, Monet St. Croix, Janet van Dyne, Warren Worthington; it's a very particular kind of character that obsesses over these minute details, but Hank is unique among them because fashion feels as though it was, in some respects, something he had to start paying attention to, rather than being an indulgence born of wealth or an expectation that came about as a result of social class.

Hank, being a farmboy who grew up in Illinois, did not originally have the same expectation of standards for dress as, say, Emma or Warren. So, naturally, you see a fair amount of variation of casual clothing when he's younger. Black turtlenecks, shirts, and, especially when he became more athletically inclined, jerseys and the like.

It's an underrated aspect of Hank's character, but he's very much a social chameleon. In Defenders #116, he has this monologue:

"I developed an interesting skill. I learned how to recreate myself - how to construct new personalities to win people over, and protect me from them at the same time. In my X-Men days, it was the 'intellectual' game. That was the Hank McCoy you first met - the guy who hid behind a smokescreen of big words and big ideas.

But inside I was the same scared kid I always was. I thought I was beginning to find myself when I left Professor Xavier's school, and went out on my own - but then I accidentally turned myself into this overgrown Muppet, and it was back to square one! My whole world fell apart!

To keep myself together, I put on a new mask. No more stuffy, brainy Henry McCoy. Now I was Happy-Go-Lucky Hank, the man of a thousand jokes! I'll tell you, sometimes I don't know who I am!"

Naturally, this all goes part and parcel with his dress sense, and you see it again when he joins the X-Men - not only does he conform to the Professor's ideas of what was best to wear, usually a smart suit (which was the general expectation for a lot of young men in the 60s, and it's sort of 'artifacted' over even though he logically can't have been born in that decade anymore), but he also tends not to show much variation in his costumes, either.

And a general consideration that you always have to bear in mind with Hank, in ANY form, is that shoes are pretty much always painful. He finds any excuse to take them off, and when he does wear them, unless there's a requirement for them to be of a certain style, he usually opts for something like a sandal. This naturally impacts his stylistic choices to a degree.

But, even still, he's dressing fairly normally for the moment. One has to imagine his clothes are, if not tailored, then probably being bought from a specialist store designed for men with larger builds, which probably contributes to why he's not sticking out very much when it comes to his sartorial decisions - but, realistically speaking, it's a conscious choice: he's trying to blend in.

"Fashion is the armour to survive the reality of everyday life," said Bill Cunningham - well, I think that's certainly true for Hank in this stage of his life. But, naturally, things are going to change for Hank, and I've always found it significant that he initially tries to continue presenting as he has before, with a mix of make-up, binders and encompassing suits, to maintain a through-line of normality.

"I'm a man again!" Literally one of the single most trans coded characters in all of fiction if you bother to examine him closely enough, but, whatever, we're here to talk about fashion.

Now, eventually, he realises that he can't do this for the rest of his life - he has to come out of his shell and embrace who he is.

So, now we come to one of the first decisions of self-presentation that Hank has, largely, had to make for himself. Explicitly, this is his choice of how to be viewed . . . and it is brazen. He isn't wearing a costume, really, he isn't wearing a helmet or a mask, he is almost buck naked! He's cast off the armour, and embraced who he is.

Now, he's gonna go back and forth on this, he's gonna have his up days and his down days, but it's still an important part of his character in this form - think about what it says, to have made this mistake that's going to define you for the rest of your life, and then to wear it on your sleeve.

Think about what it says, that Hank turned blue and furry and bestial, and he said, fuck it, I'm going to show the world what and who I am. Honestly, it's a powerful statement! Lauren Hutton once said, "Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose." Well, Hank is choosing this!

But, there's two other factors to consider.

One! Hank is on a team with a noted fashion designer, Janet van Dyne, who has all kinds of experience with fabrics and fashions and designs that have to fit on unconventional body types (for those who don't know the name, she's the Wasp, and her partner was Ant-Man/Giant-Man), so I've always been of the belief that almost all of Hank's clothes from this point on are van Dyne originals, either given to him or bought using his Avengers wages, unless they seem like they wouldn't fit Janet's styles.

Two! Hank is a sexual being now.

This man is roughly 21 years old. He's a superhero. He lives life on the edge. Every day could be his last. He has disposable income, a muscular body, wit, charm, and boundless intelligence.

Which means he's gonna fuck. And let's be real here, the man can get away with wearing nothing, he's doing it most of the time, but people appreciate it when you put a little effort into what you wear. It shows that you care. So, now we start to see Hank indulging in fashion.

This is one of my favourite outfits for Hank, because it is so painfully 1970s, and yet. Iris Apfel once said, "Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There's no how-to road map to style. It's about self expression and, above all, attitude."

Hank possesses self expression and attitude in spades. The clothes do not wear him, he wears them. If you aren't aware of Derek Guy, writer of Die, Workwear! then you should do a dive into some of his writing, but here's a Twitter thread talking about some peak 1970s tailoring, and if you look at it, it's clear that Hank is cutting edge.

This is not a fashion disaster. This is chic. This is a man who exudes confidence, who knows that bright colours suit a man with an uncommon complexion, who knows that a suit and tie aren't quite appropriate for clubbing in the '70s, so he's opted for something open, something daring, something loud, something that suits him.

This outfit from the same issue is the same - I'm awfully sad we don't get to see more of it. The purple shirt is such a nice touch, and yellow is a hard colour to pull off in real life, but Hank makes it work for him.

Classic panel, classic look! Because here's the thing - if you take a moment to really look at Hank and Simon here, if you can see past the colours that the 1970s allowed men to wear without being considered garish, again, this is a well tailored suit, with a shirt that speaks to confidence and self-assuredness, to individuality. Again, he's not wearing clothes that cover up who he is, he's matching his skin tone and pitching his clothing to match.

You need to know what colours complement you, and bright colours, especially yellow, have always suited Hank.

But! He also knows that different social occasions call for different things. After all, Oscar de la Renta once said, "Being well dressed hasn't much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense." Meaning that you can't always be sporting bright colours, sometimes you have to dress a bit more modestly - but there's a difference between modest, and boring.

This is a lovely outfit for Hank - a bit later now, this is mid-1980s, and you would think that this is dressing down a bit so that he can give a lecture, but, befitting the tone of his address and his personality, his outfit is formal, yet still spirited! Slate grey complements his fur colour nicely, but there are a lot of fun touches to elevate what could be a boring outfit, such as the bright blue cummerbund and bowtie (which is a touch oversized), and the white piping along his pants.

The powder blue accentuates his natural colour while working in tandem with the shirt and suit - there is no clash here, apart from the bright yellow button, but, given that he's wearing a Church of the SubGenius badge here, a parody religion that used the tactic of culture jamming to promote an avoidance in mainstream commercialism and the belief in absolute truths, that's probably intentional! He wants you to notice it! Command of colour balance! It's important!

It's also interesting to compare it to two later outfits he would wear while in his feline form.

On the left, a darker blue suit, a less loud bowtie - in conjunction with the glasses, he's notably more official and formal looking, which is appropriate for the occasion (here, he's dismantling the old Xavier school after the X-Men have moved to San Francisco, so it's almost a kind of mourning outfit), but still tasteful. He is not stodgy or ill-dressed, it's just a different take on much the same outfit.

Compare and contrast with what he's wearing on the right - still slate grey, but with a brighter bowtie, a tasteful red, and a waistcoat. Notably more buttoned up, notably more prim, and the bowtie is notably pitched up to attract attention - all of which is intentional. He's attempting to control where you're looking in a way that the outfit on the left is not, even though it's ostensibly the exact same ensemble. The dark blue blends with his fur, the slate grey contrasts - the one on the right is notably 'louder' and commands attention. These are choices. These are choices being made by a man that has come to effortlessly manipulate clothing so that you see what he wants you to see.

Even when it comes to casual wear.

Think about what these choices say. They speak to relaxation, to ease, to the projection of casualness. This is not a man who is afraid of dressing up when the occasion calls for it - but that's the point, isn't it? When the occasion calls for it.

Now, with all that established, I'm gonna just showcase some other examples of Hank's style, in the form of a moodboard I made quite some time ago!

And I'm going to shout out a favourite of mine.

White suit, cream vest, red shirt, purple tie - such a mixture of colours, and yet. It all just sort of works, doesn't it?

Oh, oh, and another favourite of mine!

Pinstripe vest with the arms cut off for the gun show? I'm sorry, but that is incredible. That is a style icon. That's sportiness and formality in one outfit, that says I can lay you out with one punch but I'm not going to because I'm a man of grace and gentleness. Have you ever seen an outfit that's more effortlessly Hank McCoy?

Now, naturally, this all falls apart when we get to Krakoa . . .

Immediately a downgrade. The fit, at least here, looks fine, but it's just so boring and practical and blends in - and, yes, I understand that it's a Hellfire Gala at which X-Force is providing security, but it just doesn't feel like Hank to me? And, I hate to point this out, but if the objective is to blend in, then, surely, if you're at a party at which everyone is wearing things like this . . .

Then wearing something bland and nondescript only actually serves to make you stand out more? So it's in this weird halfway house of boring enough to mark you out as security, but too boring to make you actually blend in.

And that's before we get into the bolo tie. Bolo ties, a type of necktie consisting of a piece of cord or braided leather with decorative metal tips (called aiguillettes) and secured with an ornamental clasp or slide, are usually associated with Western cowboy culture - you see Wolverine wearing these things, and it just doesn't fit any version of Hank's aesthetic?

It's also just a very loud kind of neckwear to be wearing if we're going with the security aesthetic, it draws attention immediately, especially the splotch of red that makes the X stand out - if we're going for something subtle, surely black on white would have been a better choice? To say nothing of the shorts, which - like, usually, those make a ton of sense for Hank, he's wearing them with the pinstripe vest I highlighted above, but again, it contrasts so much with the stately, boring aesthetic of the outfit?

All it takes is one look at everyone's outfit to see that Hank got a uniquely raw deal here - Sage and Domino look great with the asymmetrical fits, to say nothing of it complementing their natural colour choices; Wolverine looks fine, the bolo tie suits him; Quentin looks, bleh, but it's serviceable; and then there's Hank. Being humiliated in this shitty little shorts suit with a bolo tie that doesn't suit him. It's just so unflattering.

This is the choice of a man who doesn't give a fuck, which is not Hank - but, then again, this is X-Force, are we remotely surprised that this isn't a very Hank thing to wear? Even the clothing choices are off-base. And one of the other instances that comes to mind . . .

Ugh. It's literally drawn to be as bulbous and ill-fitting and unpleasant as possible. Even details like the band of the bow tie being visible are all wrong. This is humiliation by fashion, and I refuse to believe that it wasn't intentional.

Now, as for what I would have wanted out of a Hellfire Gala outfit for Hank? Honestly, I found a lot of them to be particularly garish and loud, but something that's still befitting Hank's outspoken style while not being embarrassing would be nice. I think that something like Colman Domingo's style would be appropriate!

Something impressive, something loud, but not garish, something that complements and accentuates the body rather than overpowering it. Hell, consider the larger body type that Hank was sporting during Krakoa - something open, that showcased his musculature but also his pleasing roundness, would have been rather avant garde, honestly. Kris Anka, notably for his fashion sensibilities, has even drawn Hank in this form (albeit slimmer) before, and he came out with something really quite lovely! It's possible!

Finally, I'll leave off with a piece by Sam Johnstone, and I'd like to draw particular attention to his blurb:

"Dr. Hank McCoy AKA Beast! – Kicking off the second year of Mutant Mondays with one of the most well known X-Men there is. There have been so many versions of Beast over the years, from gregarious and avuncular to sociopathically pragmatic, and that breadth of representation is one of the reasons I put off drawing him – how do you pick which version of the character to focus on? 

He’ll always be one of the most interesting characters from the perspective of ‘mutation’ – one of the few examples in Marvel comics where a character is not just allowed to change over time, but one who is defined by the incremental, unpredictable nature of that change, whether in his personality or in what literal form his body takes. 

Like so many people, my first exposure was though the animated series, but the moment that unlocked him for me was in New X-Men, where he reckons with the fear of what his changing body means for his sense of self. When his appearance becomes more feline, and his hands grow into paws and he loses the dexterity that was always the one way his physical mutation actually complimented his brain instead of contrasted it. So that’s the era I’ve tapped into here. I’ve taken the feline-era’s lion-like features down a notch, and imagined a version of that approach that blended the more animalistic aspects of his mutation with his avengers physicality. 

Now onto the fashion: I wanted to put him in some american ivy inspired menswear since I think his vanity is one of his most under-sung characteristics (and also, the browns compliment his fur), and the version of the character leaping around in underarmor is much less interesting to me than the version of the character who is definitely wearing fake lenses in his wire-rim frames. My ideal interpretation would have Hank really into tailoring, to balance form with function (Saying to cyclops "With the right materials and cut, you can do any amount of superheroing in a sport coat. Any choice not to is just personal style")."

I couldn't agree more with Mr. Johnstone here. Hank has a sense of vanity, an indisputable appreciation for what appearance means and what it communicates. I've talked at length about how his relationship with his body necessitates a degree of performance of not just humanity, but also specifically masculinity, a degree of gender presentation - he wants to be recognised as human, and not just specifically human, but warm blooded male, and his clothing sense should absolutely reflect that.

Also tagging @mccoysofthemultiverse because I'm sure their Hal has thoughts on all of this.

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Battle of Fort Washington

The Battle of Fort Washington (16 November 1776) took place during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) as part of the British effort to seize control of Manhattan Island. It saw a British and Hessian force capture Fort Washington, near the northern end of Manhattan at modern-day Washington Heights, in one of the worst American defeats of the war.

Fort Washington was constructed in the summer of 1776 as part of General George Washington's plan to defend Manhattan from the British. When the Continental Army was eventually pushed out of Manhattan during the New York and New Jersey Campaign (July 1776 to January 1777), Washington left a garrison of troops behind in the fort to maintain a toehold on the island. On 16 November 1776, the fort came under attack by the British army under General William Howe, with the main assault being led by the Hessians, professional German mercenaries fighting for the British. After the Americans were pushed back from their outer defenses, they capitulated, surrendering Fort Washington and its garrison of 2,800 men, who became prisoners; three-quarters of these prisoners would die aboard the infamous British prison ships anchored off Brooklyn. The Battle of Fort Washington was a costly American defeat that deprived the Continental Army of men and supplies at a time when it was running dangerously low on both.

Construction of the Fort

On 13 April 1776, General George Washington arrived in Manhattan at the head of his 19,000-man Continental Army. He had long feared that New York City would be the next target of the British; its capture would allow the British unimpeded access to the Hudson River, which could allow them to sail an army into the American interior. Washington decided to construct a series of fortifications near the hamlet of Brooklyn on Long Island, anticipating that the British would have to take Long Island before advancing to New York City, which was at the time entirely confined to the upper part of Manhattan Island.

Should the defense of Long Island fail, Washington desired to fortify the Hudson itself to impede British progress up the river. In June, Washington sent General Nathanael Greene, one of his most trusted subordinates, to scout for potential positions to build a fort. After surveying the terrain, Greene settled on a hill at the highest part of Manhattan, near the island's northernmost point; in Greene's opinion, the position would be easy to defend if fortified properly. Washington gave his approval, agreeing that the spot was the key to the Hudson's defense, and a Pennsylvania regiment immediately got to work constructing the fort, under General Greene's supervision. By the end of July, the fort was finished and was named Fort Washington.

Greene also oversaw the construction of a secondary fortification on the opposite side of the river, atop the New Jersey Palisades; originally named Fort Constitution, the New Jersey fort was eventually renamed to Fort Lee in honor of Washington's second-in-command, General Charles Lee. With Fort Washington guarding the east side of the Hudson and Fort Lee on the west, it seemed the strategically valuable river might be safe from British control, the idea being that both forts could unleash a devastating crossfire bombardment on any British ship that attempted to sail up the river. To prevent British ships from simply racing past the forts, the Americans sunk hulks of ships loaded with boulders in the middle of the Hudson, creating a barrier that would block the British vessels and make them more vulnerable to the forts' cannons. This type of barrier is known as a chevaux de frise.

As for the design of Fort Washington itself, it was a pentagon-shaped earthwork fortification covering four acres of land, its walls made of rock and piled up dirt. An imposing spectacle sitting on a 250-foot-high (76 m) hill, the fort was not as secure as it may have seemed. It had no barracks for the men, had no ditches and palisades for additional defense, and, crucially, it had no water supply; though the garrison could haul water up from below, the fort's lack of water storage would be disastrous in the event of a siege. General Greene, who became temporarily incapacitated by illness during Fort Washington's construction, did not notice these critical defects.

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Rachel M. Cohen at Vox:

For years, the easiest thing to do about building new housing was nothing. The federal government largely deferred to state and local governments on matters of land use, and states mostly deferred to local governments, which typically defer to their home-owning constituents who back restrictive zoning laws that bar new construction. That’s slowly changing as the housing supply crisis ripples across the country. Experts say the US is short somewhere between 3.8 million and 6.8 million homes, and most renters feel priced out of the idea of homeownership altogether. The lack of affordable housing is causing homelessness to rise.

In Washington, DC, Congress has held more hearings on housing affordability recently than it has in decades, and President Joe Biden has been ramping up attention on the housing crisis, promising to “build, build, build” to “bring housing costs down for good.” But it’s at the state level where some of the most consequential change is taking place. Over the last five years, Republican and Democratic legislators and governors in a slew of states have looked to update zoning codes, transform residential planning processes, and improve home-building and design requirements. Some states that have stepped up include Oregon, Florida, Montana, and California, as well as states like Utah and Washington. This year, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey passed state-level housing legislation, and Colorado may soon follow suit.

Not all state-level bills have been equally ambitious in addressing the supply crisis, and not all states have been successful at passing new laws, especially on their first few tries. And some states have succeeded in passing housing reform one year, only to strike out with additional bills the next. Real housing reform requires iterative and sustained legislative attention; it almost never succeeds with just one bill signing. Trying to determine why exactly a housing reform bill passes or fails on the state level can be difficult, though advocates say it certainly helps when a governor or other powerful state lawmaker invests time and political capital in mobilizing stakeholders together. Given that housing challenges are not spread equally across a state, sometimes it can be hard to decide whether to pass statewide laws that apply equally to all communities or to pass more targeted legislation aimed only at certain areas. Partly due to pressure from voters and from more organized pro-housing activists, legislative trends are starting to emerge. More states and housing experts are thinking not only about passing laws to boost housing production, but also about how best to enforce those laws, close loopholes, and demand compliance.

States can make it easier to build more housing in a wider variety of places

While states typically grant local communities a lot of discretion in land use policy, more lawmakers are realizing that balance may have tilted too far. As researchers with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis outlined last fall, some states are now looking to increase housing production by enabling more multifamily housing and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) to be built without having developers first seek approval from local planning agencies or elected boards. This accelerated construction process is known as building “by right.”

For example, Oregon passed a law in 2019 allowing fourplexes (a multifamily home that typically houses four families under one roof) to be built anywhere in large cities and for duplexes to be built anywhere in mid-size cities. Before, a developer would have needed to seek special permission to build such housing. States like Utah and Massachusetts are incentivizing the construction of new multifamily housing near public transit, while states like California and Florida are making it easier to build residential housing in places zoned for retail. Other states, like Maine and Vermont, are making it easier to build ADUs, which are second (and smaller) residential units on the same plot of land as one’s primary residence, like apartments or converted garages.

Vox reports on how states are finally beginning to step on solving the housing crisis.

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Absecon Lighthouse

Absecon Lighthouse, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the 3rd tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States. A structure which extends 171 feet in to the sky and 228 steps to reach the top. In April 1854, the Powhatan wrecked off the coast. Three hundred and eleven passengers and crew were lost. This tragedy was only one of many earning the Absecon Inlet the nick name of “Graveyard Inlet”.

In an effort to prevent further wrecks, the U.S. Lighthouse Service commissioned funding from Congress to build a lighthouse on Absecon Island. Designed by Lt. George Meade, the construction began in 1854. Lt. Meade replaced Major Hartman Bache to oversee the building. He would later go on to command the Union Army at Gettysburg. The first lighting took place on January 15, 1857 with a kerosene flame focused through a huge 36-plate, First-Order Fresnel lens (which it still retains). The final cost was $52,436.62. The white light shone brightly towards the sea. One could spot it 19.6 nautical miles from shore. The Absecon Lighthouse served its purpose for many years until being decommissioned in 1933. Since then, the tower has been restored and the lost Keeper’s house rebuilt.

Reports of paranormal activity date back to 1905 when one such keeper claimed to have spotted the Jersey Devil at the top of the tower. Since then, visitors and employees have experienced activity such as smells of pipe and cigar smoke, sounds of footsteps in the tower and the sound of the tower door opening/closing. Dimes have been said to appear in strange locations and partial apparitions have been seen. Not to mention the reports of eerie laughter. Seven deaths have occurred on the property. Thus, is the Absecon Lighthouse haunted by former lighthouse keepers and their families?

Absecon Lighthouse, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the 3rd tallest masonry lighthouse in the United States. A structure which extends 171 feet in to the sky and 228 steps to reach the top. In April 1854, the Powhatan wrecked off the coast. Three hundred and eleven passengers and crew were lost. This tragedy was only one of many earning the Absecon Inlet the nick name of “Graveyard Inlet”.

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Leading Excavation Professionals in NJ: Transforming Residential and Commercial Spaces for New Building And Construction Projects

Introduction

In the busy landscape of New Jacket, where property dreams fulfill industrial ambitions, excavation professionals play a crucial role in shaping the very foundation upon which these visions stand. Whether you're starting a new home, restoring an existing structure, or laying the groundwork for an industrial venture, choosing the appropriate excavation professional is crucial. This post dives deep right into the leading excavation professionals in NJ, highlighting their proficiency and contributions to transforming domestic and commercial spaces for new building and construction projects.

Top Excavation Specialists in NJ: Changing Residential and Commercial Spaces for New Building Projects

Excavation is commonly the very first step in any building landscape installation & design task. It involves more than simply digging holes; it includes a range of tasks such as website prep work, grading, and soil removal. The success of your construction project hinges on exactly how effectively these tasks are executed. In New Jersey, numerous contractors have established themselves as leaders in excavation solutions, recognized for their reliability and top quality work.

Understanding Excavation Services What is Excavation?

Excavation describes the procedure of moving planet, rock, or various other products from one place to an additional making use of tools, devices, or dynamites. This procedure is vital for various building and construction tasks consisting of:

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For home owners in New Jersey seeking to develop or renovate their residential properties, residential excavation services are critical. These tasks often include:

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Building Design & Construction in New Jersey

In the age of ruthless competition, the role of professional building design & construction services is decisive. 

These services ensure the on-time accomplishment of different construction projects through efficient architectural planning.

Professional architects ensure successful construction ventures. They guarantee the structures are visually appealing, functional & in compliance with regulations. 

Stay tuned to understand how architectural firms in New Jersey transform your visions into reality. Furthermore, explore the components guiding your way to the best services.

Why go with Professionals for Building  Construction  Projects?

Let’s look into the reasons that make building design & construction services necessary.

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Professionals undertaking a renovation, including remodeling, have the skills to put life to ideas. 

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Leading architects have in-depth knowledge of industry trends with building norms.  

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Skilled architects rationalize the construction process through project management skills. 

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Reputation with Experience

Review the architect’s position with the working approach. In addition, inquire about the success of previous projects. It is crucial for desirable outcomes. 

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Besides, review the company’s working style with an ability to incorporate technology. It ensures you a futuristic building design that aligns with your needs.

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Furthermore, they help you with building material selection for durable structures. 

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Facts About The NYC SST Supervisor Training

Construction workers in the five boroughs of New York City are advised to be trained for workplace safety. In addition to the conventional OSHA-recommended training, the managers and supervisors overseeing the work at construction sites need to take additional NYC SST supervisor training in compliance with the local Law 196 of 2017. ​ It is important to contact a training center that provides such training designed to meet the local NYC regulatory standards. The supervisor may be a manager, an overseer, or even a site safety coordinator. The training course would be customized to meet specific needs.

Site safety training (SST) is required in the construction industry, especially on a NYC site. The Department of Buildings has made safety training mandatory for every individual working in a supervisory role in NYC, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or the surrounding areas. Sure, the requirements vary from site to site and across the roles and responsibilities. The person working in a supervisory capacity may pick and choose the right training course from the following:

The 62-Hour Complete Supervisor Safety Course This particular safety training is extensive and meant to be undertaken by the following employees within a NYC construction site:

l Site Safety Managers l Site Safety Coordinators l Concrete Safety Managers l Construction Superintendents l Competent Persons designated by Construction Superintendents

The training will be completed in 62 hours, and successful students who score at least 75% on the quizzes and final exam will receive an SST card.

The 32-Hour Supervisor Upgrade Package This training course takes half the time of the conventional course and is meant for first-time students aspiring to get an SST card. The 32-hour course is open for people in supervisory positions at any NYC construction site. Additionally, they must have an up-to-date OSHA-30 card.

Completing the training course, which includes identity verification and various requirements, qualifies one to receive the SST card, provided the marks scored are 75% or more.

22-Hour Supervisor Upgrade Package Supervisors who have already completed 40 hours of the supervisor training course are eligible to put in 22 hours more to obtain the required SST card. The scoring pattern remains the same as the other packages, with the successful supervisor required to score at least 75% on the quizzes and final exams.

16-Hour Supervisor Refresher Package This is a training course for site supervisors that takes only 16 hours. Understanding that this refresher course requires the concerned supervisor to have an SST card is essential. The previous card will be revised and renewed once the final exam is completed successfully.

A new entrant or worker in the NYC construction site must undergo the NYC SST training for workers, which is 40 hours. The successful student who scores 75% or more in the tests and quizzes will obtain the first SST card that qualifies the said worker to work in any NYC construction site, provided a supervisor oversees it. 

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Introduction

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PARIS — Jean Paul Gaultier has tapped Duran Lantink to be its creative director, the Puig-owned brand confirmed Tuesday.The move makes the Dutch designer — whose puffy, body-reshaping silhouettes and distorted prints have made him a breakout fashion star — the first-ever successor to the label’s namesake founder, who became famous in the 1980s for blending pop theatricality and gender-fluid, inclusive storytelling with rigorous couture technique.Lantink will debut his vision for Jean Paul Gaultier during September’s Paris Fashion Week, staging the brand’s first ready-to-wear show in over a decade. His haute couture debut is slated for January 2026.“I see in him the energy, audacity and playful spirit through fashion that I had at the beginning of my own journey: the new enfant terrible of fashion,” said Mr Gaultier, who gave his blessing to the appointment.“Duran isn’t referencing Gaultier exactly, but you can find his values there in the way he is rethinking volumes, rethinking the body,” said managing director Antoine Gagey.The brand shuttered its ready-to-wear line in 2014, as top-end heritage brands and cut-rate fast-fashion groups alike pinched designer labels that had once been aspirational staples on the floors of department stores and multi-brand boutiques. For the last decade, Gaultier has shown only haute couture, which remained a laboratory for its founder’s campy, deftly constructed designs, while casting a halo over its significant fragrance business.Since 2020, when Mr Gaultier stepped down, the brand has used couture as a platform for rotating collaborations, giving designers including Glenn Martens, Haider Ackermann, Nicolas di Felice and Simone Rocha an unprecedented opportunity to try their hand at the artisanal form.The brand also revived its ready-to-wear offering with a series of capsule collections: collaborations with the likes of Lotta Volkova and Shayne Oliver as well as studio-designed drops informed by the brand’s archive. And despite the somewhat scattershot strategy, the business has steadily rebuilt a roster of around 100 stockists in addition to selling its collections directly online.“There’s a real demand for Jean Paul Gaultier, young people in particular are in step with its values,” Gagey said. But taking its fashion business to the next level will require a more stable approach. “We’re at a stage where we need more consistency across categories and seasons,” he added.Since reengaging with Gaultier, stockists have gravitated towards its entry-level luxuries like T-shirts and jersey dresses. Working with a single creative director will allow the brand to expand its credibility to new categories and stretch its propositions upmarket.“This brand is more elevated than people remember, with a heritage that is really rigorous and precise. We have a certain legitimacy in design, in luxury to reassert — not to mention the cultural credibility that was always a part of the brand’s story,” Gagey said.Lantink, aged 38, studied at the Gerritt Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam before building his profile in the industry through celebrity projects like designing a pair of viral “vagina” trousers for Janelle Monae in 2018. His 2021 debut runway show, which was staged for an audience of buzzing drones during coronavirus lockdowns, garnered critical praise for its innovative use of upcycled materials and transformation of archival garments and prints.Duran Lantink Autumn/Winter 2025 (BERTRAND GUAY) By the time he joined the Paris ready-to-wear calendar in October 2023, he had already attracted a robust circle of support. Boosters included stylist Jodie Barnes, “Fantastic Man” editors Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers and publicist Lucien Pagès, who cajoled editors to his outing on the ninth day of Paris shows.What they saw was compelling. Sportswear classics were reinterpreted in improbable, inflated proportions. There was humour (not just social-media-baiting gags), unconventional sex appeal and a sense of mystery.Lantink’s appointment at Gaultier follows big wins at the 2025 Woolmark Prize (announced in Milan earlier this month) and LVMH’s 2024 Karl Lagerfeld prize.“When I look at Monsieur Gaultier’s collections, it feels like he was always inspired by what was happening around him, culturally, socially and politically,” the designer said. “I feel a strong connection to that approach and spirit.But Lantink’s consecration as creative director of a major Paris house will come as bittersweet news to some, as the designer plans to suspend his namesake line to focus on his new opportunity.“Especially since I’m not only working on the ready-to-wear, but also the couture, it’s a big responsibility that I take very seriously. I have so much respect for Mr. Gaultier and his couture legacy, and I want to take the time to truly focus on the savoir-faire of the incredibly talented people in the atelier,” he explained.“Duran is something that won’t disappear,” he continued. “I’m still very eager to explore its possibilities — when the time feels right, and when I feel ready and confident that I can take on multiple things without compromising the quality.”Gaultier owner Puig — the Barcelona-based group known for its prowess selling fragrances — has steadily worked to rebalance its portfolio in recent years, shedding licenses in favour of investing in brands it owns outright like Jean Paul Gaultier, Paco Rabanne, Charlotte Tilbury and Nina Ricci. While the scale of its fashion businesses still pales in comparison to global scents like Rabanne’s “1 Million” or Gaultier’s “Le Male,” the company has sought to ramp up its footprint in apparel, notably by acquiring Dries Van Noten in 2018. After a long period of churning through designers, it has also built a more stable fashion platform at Rabanne, where Julien Dossena has been creative director since 2014.“Puig has a real strategy and ambition in fashion,” Gagey said.While luxury brands are currently facing headwinds worldwide, some labels that dramatically scaled back distribution in recent years are managing to bounce back with a new strategy. LVMH’s Pucci, for one, says it’s experiencing “strong growth” under designer Camille Miceli, who was brought in to relaunch the brand after it ditched many of its oversized boutiques in urban locations during the pandemic. L’Oréal’s Mugler, by contrast, parted ways with its designer of seven years Casey Cadwallader after sales and buzz tumbled from a post-pandemic peak.After onboarding Lantink, Gaultier’s immediate priority will be to grow sales through its current channels (the brand’s online flagship as well as leading stockists like Mytheresa, Saks and Nordstroms) as well as working more closely with influential stores like Dover Street Market (Gagey describes the Comme des Garçons-owned boutique as “re-positionnant.”)If all goes well, a return to retail could be in the cards in the medium term. “It’s time to dream bigger,” Gagey said. Source link

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PARIS — Jean Paul Gaultier has tapped Duran Lantink to be its creative director, the Puig-owned brand confirmed Tuesday.The move makes the Dutch designer — whose puffy, body-reshaping silhouettes and distorted prints have made him a breakout fashion star — the first-ever successor to the label’s namesake founder, who became famous in the 1980s for blending pop theatricality and gender-fluid, inclusive storytelling with rigorous couture technique.Lantink will debut his vision for Jean Paul Gaultier during September’s Paris Fashion Week, staging the brand’s first ready-to-wear show in over a decade. His haute couture debut is slated for January 2026.“I see in him the energy, audacity and playful spirit through fashion that I had at the beginning of my own journey: the new enfant terrible of fashion,” said Mr Gaultier, who gave his blessing to the appointment.“Duran isn’t referencing Gaultier exactly, but you can find his values there in the way he is rethinking volumes, rethinking the body,” said managing director Antoine Gagey.The brand shuttered its ready-to-wear line in 2014, as top-end heritage brands and cut-rate fast-fashion groups alike pinched designer labels that had once been aspirational staples on the floors of department stores and multi-brand boutiques. For the last decade, Gaultier has shown only haute couture, which remained a laboratory for its founder’s campy, deftly constructed designs, while casting a halo over its significant fragrance business.Since 2020, when Mr Gaultier stepped down, the brand has used couture as a platform for rotating collaborations, giving designers including Glenn Martens, Haider Ackermann, Nicolas di Felice and Simone Rocha an unprecedented opportunity to try their hand at the artisanal form.The brand also revived its ready-to-wear offering with a series of capsule collections: collaborations with the likes of Lotta Volkova and Shayne Oliver as well as studio-designed drops informed by the brand’s archive. And despite the somewhat scattershot strategy, the business has steadily rebuilt a roster of around 100 stockists in addition to selling its collections directly online.“There’s a real demand for Jean Paul Gaultier, young people in particular are in step with its values,” Gagey said. But taking its fashion business to the next level will require a more stable approach. “We’re at a stage where we need more consistency across categories and seasons,” he added.Since reengaging with Gaultier, stockists have gravitated towards its entry-level luxuries like T-shirts and jersey dresses. Working with a single creative director will allow the brand to expand its credibility to new categories and stretch its propositions upmarket.“This brand is more elevated than people remember, with a heritage that is really rigorous and precise. We have a certain legitimacy in design, in luxury to reassert — not to mention the cultural credibility that was always a part of the brand’s story,” Gagey said.Lantink, aged 38, studied at the Gerritt Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam before building his profile in the industry through celebrity projects like designing a pair of viral “vagina” trousers for Janelle Monae in 2018. His 2021 debut runway show, which was staged for an audience of buzzing drones during coronavirus lockdowns, garnered critical praise for its innovative use of upcycled materials and transformation of archival garments and prints.Duran Lantink Autumn/Winter 2025 (BERTRAND GUAY) By the time he joined the Paris ready-to-wear calendar in October 2023, he had already attracted a robust circle of support. Boosters included stylist Jodie Barnes, “Fantastic Man” editors Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers and publicist Lucien Pagès, who cajoled editors to his outing on the ninth day of Paris shows.What they saw was compelling. Sportswear classics were reinterpreted in improbable, inflated proportions. There was humour (not just social-media-baiting gags), unconventional sex appeal and a sense of mystery.Lantink’s appointment at Gaultier follows big wins at the 2025 Woolmark Prize (announced in Milan earlier this month) and LVMH’s 2024 Karl Lagerfeld prize.“When I look at Monsieur Gaultier’s collections, it feels like he was always inspired by what was happening around him, culturally, socially and politically,” the designer said. “I feel a strong connection to that approach and spirit.But Lantink’s consecration as creative director of a major Paris house will come as bittersweet news to some, as the designer plans to suspend his namesake line to focus on his new opportunity.“Especially since I’m not only working on the ready-to-wear, but also the couture, it’s a big responsibility that I take very seriously. I have so much respect for Mr. Gaultier and his couture legacy, and I want to take the time to truly focus on the savoir-faire of the incredibly talented people in the atelier,” he explained.“Duran is something that won’t disappear,” he continued. “I’m still very eager to explore its possibilities — when the time feels right, and when I feel ready and confident that I can take on multiple things without compromising the quality.”Gaultier owner Puig — the Barcelona-based group known for its prowess selling fragrances — has steadily worked to rebalance its portfolio in recent years, shedding licenses in favour of investing in brands it owns outright like Jean Paul Gaultier, Paco Rabanne, Charlotte Tilbury and Nina Ricci. While the scale of its fashion businesses still pales in comparison to global scents like Rabanne’s “1 Million” or Gaultier’s “Le Male,” the company has sought to ramp up its footprint in apparel, notably by acquiring Dries Van Noten in 2018. After a long period of churning through designers, it has also built a more stable fashion platform at Rabanne, where Julien Dossena has been creative director since 2014.“Puig has a real strategy and ambition in fashion,” Gagey said.While luxury brands are currently facing headwinds worldwide, some labels that dramatically scaled back distribution in recent years are managing to bounce back with a new strategy. LVMH’s Pucci, for one, says it’s experiencing “strong growth” under designer Camille Miceli, who was brought in to relaunch the brand after it ditched many of its oversized boutiques in urban locations during the pandemic. L’Oréal’s Mugler, by contrast, parted ways with its designer of seven years Casey Cadwallader after sales and buzz tumbled from a post-pandemic peak.After onboarding Lantink, Gaultier’s immediate priority will be to grow sales through its current channels (the brand’s online flagship as well as leading stockists like Mytheresa, Saks and Nordstroms) as well as working more closely with influential stores like Dover Street Market (Gagey describes the Comme des Garçons-owned boutique as “re-positionnant.”)If all goes well, a return to retail could be in the cards in the medium term. “It’s time to dream bigger,” Gagey said. Source link

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PARIS — Jean Paul Gaultier has tapped Duran Lantink to be its creative director, the Puig-owned brand confirmed Tuesday.The move makes the Dutch designer — whose puffy, body-reshaping silhouettes and distorted prints have made him a breakout fashion star — the first-ever successor to the label’s namesake founder, who became famous in the 1980s for blending pop theatricality and gender-fluid, inclusive storytelling with rigorous couture technique.Lantink will debut his vision for Jean Paul Gaultier during September’s Paris Fashion Week, staging the brand’s first ready-to-wear show in over a decade. His haute couture debut is slated for January 2026.“I see in him the energy, audacity and playful spirit through fashion that I had at the beginning of my own journey: the new enfant terrible of fashion,” said Mr Gaultier, who gave his blessing to the appointment.“Duran isn’t referencing Gaultier exactly, but you can find his values there in the way he is rethinking volumes, rethinking the body,” said managing director Antoine Gagey.The brand shuttered its ready-to-wear line in 2014, as top-end heritage brands and cut-rate fast-fashion groups alike pinched designer labels that had once been aspirational staples on the floors of department stores and multi-brand boutiques. For the last decade, Gaultier has shown only haute couture, which remained a laboratory for its founder’s campy, deftly constructed designs, while casting a halo over its significant fragrance business.Since 2020, when Mr Gaultier stepped down, the brand has used couture as a platform for rotating collaborations, giving designers including Glenn Martens, Haider Ackermann, Nicolas di Felice and Simone Rocha an unprecedented opportunity to try their hand at the artisanal form.The brand also revived its ready-to-wear offering with a series of capsule collections: collaborations with the likes of Lotta Volkova and Shayne Oliver as well as studio-designed drops informed by the brand’s archive. And despite the somewhat scattershot strategy, the business has steadily rebuilt a roster of around 100 stockists in addition to selling its collections directly online.“There’s a real demand for Jean Paul Gaultier, young people in particular are in step with its values,” Gagey said. But taking its fashion business to the next level will require a more stable approach. “We’re at a stage where we need more consistency across categories and seasons,” he added.Since reengaging with Gaultier, stockists have gravitated towards its entry-level luxuries like T-shirts and jersey dresses. Working with a single creative director will allow the brand to expand its credibility to new categories and stretch its propositions upmarket.“This brand is more elevated than people remember, with a heritage that is really rigorous and precise. We have a certain legitimacy in design, in luxury to reassert — not to mention the cultural credibility that was always a part of the brand’s story,” Gagey said.Lantink, aged 38, studied at the Gerritt Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam before building his profile in the industry through celebrity projects like designing a pair of viral “vagina” trousers for Janelle Monae in 2018. His 2021 debut runway show, which was staged for an audience of buzzing drones during coronavirus lockdowns, garnered critical praise for its innovative use of upcycled materials and transformation of archival garments and prints.Duran Lantink Autumn/Winter 2025 (BERTRAND GUAY) By the time he joined the Paris ready-to-wear calendar in October 2023, he had already attracted a robust circle of support. Boosters included stylist Jodie Barnes, “Fantastic Man” editors Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers and publicist Lucien Pagès, who cajoled editors to his outing on the ninth day of Paris shows.What they saw was compelling. Sportswear classics were reinterpreted in improbable, inflated proportions. There was humour (not just social-media-baiting gags), unconventional sex appeal and a sense of mystery.Lantink’s appointment at Gaultier follows big wins at the 2025 Woolmark Prize (announced in Milan earlier this month) and LVMH’s 2024 Karl Lagerfeld prize.“When I look at Monsieur Gaultier’s collections, it feels like he was always inspired by what was happening around him, culturally, socially and politically,” the designer said. “I feel a strong connection to that approach and spirit.But Lantink’s consecration as creative director of a major Paris house will come as bittersweet news to some, as the designer plans to suspend his namesake line to focus on his new opportunity.“Especially since I’m not only working on the ready-to-wear, but also the couture, it’s a big responsibility that I take very seriously. I have so much respect for Mr. Gaultier and his couture legacy, and I want to take the time to truly focus on the savoir-faire of the incredibly talented people in the atelier,” he explained.“Duran is something that won’t disappear,” he continued. “I’m still very eager to explore its possibilities — when the time feels right, and when I feel ready and confident that I can take on multiple things without compromising the quality.”Gaultier owner Puig — the Barcelona-based group known for its prowess selling fragrances — has steadily worked to rebalance its portfolio in recent years, shedding licenses in favour of investing in brands it owns outright like Jean Paul Gaultier, Paco Rabanne, Charlotte Tilbury and Nina Ricci. While the scale of its fashion businesses still pales in comparison to global scents like Rabanne’s “1 Million” or Gaultier’s “Le Male,” the company has sought to ramp up its footprint in apparel, notably by acquiring Dries Van Noten in 2018. After a long period of churning through designers, it has also built a more stable fashion platform at Rabanne, where Julien Dossena has been creative director since 2014.“Puig has a real strategy and ambition in fashion,” Gagey said.While luxury brands are currently facing headwinds worldwide, some labels that dramatically scaled back distribution in recent years are managing to bounce back with a new strategy. LVMH’s Pucci, for one, says it’s experiencing “strong growth” under designer Camille Miceli, who was brought in to relaunch the brand after it ditched many of its oversized boutiques in urban locations during the pandemic. L’Oréal’s Mugler, by contrast, parted ways with its designer of seven years Casey Cadwallader after sales and buzz tumbled from a post-pandemic peak.After onboarding Lantink, Gaultier’s immediate priority will be to grow sales through its current channels (the brand’s online flagship as well as leading stockists like Mytheresa, Saks and Nordstroms) as well as working more closely with influential stores like Dover Street Market (Gagey describes the Comme des Garçons-owned boutique as “re-positionnant.”)If all goes well, a return to retail could be in the cards in the medium term. “It’s time to dream bigger,” Gagey said. Source link