Kweku Larbi dreamed up Baxter Wood. He didn’t know who or what Baxter Wood was, but when the phrase came to him in a dream, he knew it was the perfect name for the eco-conscious rainwear brand he was ...
FIND OUT MORE ON ELLE COLLECTIVE So whether you're trudging through wet streets on your commute or caught off guard on an ill ...
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan’s biggest charity, famous for its emergency services for the poor, is kitting staff out in rain coats and rubber boots in the battle against the coronavirus as it can't ...
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the man whose invention keeps us dry all winter: Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), inventor of the waterproof raincoat — commonly known as a mackintosh. Macintosh was a ...
Whether singin’ in the rain like Gene Kelly or playing guitar in a purple-tinted version of it like Prince, the best way to stay dry in a downpour is to wear a raincoat. While raincoats have evolved ...
Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. So it should come as no surprise that the inventor of the modern raincoat, chemist Charles Macintosh, was a native of rainy Scotland. Although ...
As scrap rubber piled up in reclamation heaps last week, many a citizen wondered how—and even whether—you could separate the rubber from a raincoat. It is possible and simple, explained rubber ...
With heavy rain expected to blight parts of the UK over the New Year weekend, now seems like an ideal time celebrate the man who invented the mackintosh raincoat. Charles Macintosh, born in Glasgow on ...
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