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DENTON, Texas – Get ready for some major closet envy. An impressive collection of clothing, shoes and accessories archives hundreds of years of fashion history. Some even go back 1,000 years. Step inside the 13,000 square foot space and you’ll find endless racks of clothing and accessories packed from floor to ceiling. “These are important parts of fashionista history that need to be preserved,” said Annette Becker, the director of the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas. The entire collection has been built through donations. “We have pieces that are examples of French couture from the most elite parts of the fashion design world to things that were made on someone's kitchen table by their grandmother,” said Becker. Started in 1938, UNT took custody of the collection in 1972. Since then it has grown to nearly 20,000 garments and accessories including 1,400 pairs of shoes, 2,500 hats and 750 handbags. Becker proudly shows off some of the collection’s most prized possessions. “This is a dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in the final scene of the film Charade and it was donated to us by Hubert de Givenchy who designed most of Audrey Hepburn's clothing for film,” she said. “We have a wide variety of examples from throughout fashion history in our collection and the oldest piece we have is a pre-Colombian textile fragment that's around 1,000 years old. We have to keep this really carefully stored in this acid free cardboard,” she explains. The piece was woven before synthetic dyes were even created. “So that red color really meant power and status,” said Becker. Today, the archive that spans primarily over 250 years is a valuable historical resource for researchers and students. But right now, it’s only available to visiting designers and research students. The ultimate goal is to document everything in the collection and make it accessible to anyone around the world. “Whether that's 8-year-olds who are thinking about a future career in fashion design to fashion curator curators from Paris who have come to our collection to do research,” said Becker. That means having every single item photographed and digitized so that anyone can see the collection online. Megan DeSoto, an Adjunct Photography Instructor at UNT, is spearheading the effort. “We're taking a lot of time to make these really high-resolution well-made photographs so that they're only handled once photographed once and then taken back to where they're being preserved,” said DeSoto. It’s a unique repository that Becker says will preserve centuries of fashion for generations to come.“Often in the world of fashion we think about these really elite designers and people walking the runways in Paris but really clothing is an art form that's in our everyday lives.” 2800

DENVER, Colo. -- Nobody prepares to be sexually assaulted. Irene Wilke never thought about it. Not for herself and not for her daughter. “It’s very difficult, knowing that harm has come to your child,” said Wilke. Over the summer, Wilke experienced a worst-case scenario for a parent. Her adult daughter was sexually assaulted, twice. “To have to hold your child’s hand as she recounts the events to the police and to the hospital,” said Wilke. Anyone who’s familiar with a rape examination knows it’s not pleasant. “The exam itself, it’s invasive, I mean, I’m looking all over at their entire body, but I don’t feel like it’s a bad experience. We want to empower our patients,” said Michelle Metz who runs the sexual assault examination unit for Denver Health. And most of the time in those cases, police have to take those victims’ clothes as evidence. “So, if a patient’s wearing the same clothing from the incident, we, law enforcement, likes to collect that clothing because it’s potentially a good space to get evidence from. But when we collect that clothing, so they don’t get that to go home with,” said Metz. “The hospital and the police are left trying to figure out how to come up with replacement clothing for them,” said Wilke. That’s what happened to Wilke’s daughter. The police took her clothes, so Wilke had to send her boyfriend out to get her daughter new clothes. “You’ve just listened to her recount this story, this horrific story, and they, they actually take her into another room, and do the SANE exam, commonly known as a rape kit, and it’s during that process that they took her clothes. And to have the nurse tell you, she’s going to need something when she comes out,” said Wilke. Now Wilke is doing something about the clothing problem. A few weeks ago, she started her organization, AFTER. She collects women's clothes to donate to hospitals, so they have something to wear home after these exams. “Just imagine yourself, if it were you, what would you want to start your first steps after,” said Wilke. Recently, she dropped off a donation box at one of her favorite breakfast spots. But, there was already clothes waiting for her. “I never thought of that gap between the system where they just need that immediate help, that, right now I need clothes immediately, I just think it’s fantastic what she’s doing,” said Jill Hope, manager at Sunrise Sunset. “And we picked up a carload of donations, from the employees here... my heart is touched, hearts touched,” said Willke. Wilke isn’t the only one trying to solve this problem. “The main output that we do is produce Fear2Freedom Aftercare and Icare kits which are then given to survivors of sexual assault,” said Tricia Russell, the executive director of Fear2Freedom. The organization was founded by a rape survivor in Virginia, who went on to accompany college students who’d been raped, who would show up at hospitals in the area. “And she realized that the students were having to leave in hospital gowns and scrubs. Just things that she thought were no appropriate for them to have to be leaving in. You’ve already been traumatized and humiliated and now you’re just adding to that,” said Russell. "You don't want to stand out, after you leave, and if you walk out of here in paper scrubs or a gown, you definitely would stand out," said Metz. So she started collecting clothes to give to the hospitals. “It’s t-shirts, underwear, sweatpants, it has toiletries so they can take a shower, so they can brush their teeth, brush their hair, and then it has some therapy items in the kits as well,” said Russel. According to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), an American is sexually assaulted every 73 seconds. That’s more than 1,100 people every day. Michelle’s unit at Denver Health saw more than 400 victims last year. “We’ve already seen 40 patients this month.” For Wilke, the assaults robbed her of something most moms love to do with their daughters. “How do you go shopping? Shopping for your daughter’s clothes is something that’s supposed to be fun, you know? You go to lunch, you go shopping. Not I got to go find some clothes because your child's clothes are taken into evidence.” But she’s not going to let that be the end of her story. Wilke will take her carload of clothes and try and make sure that the next person to go to the hospital after being assaulted will have something clean and comfortable to go home in. “Something fresh, something new, something that they can start their life after in fresh clean clothes.” 4574

Cheese Importers is a business that will directly feel the impacts of the cheese tariffs recently imposed on the European Union. “We started in 1976 out of our family home with six packs of cheeses from Wisconsin,” Cheese Importers Co-Owner Clara White said. From olives and pastries to European home goods, its main attraction is in the name. Cheese Importers offers a selection of 350 imported cheeses – most of them are from Europe. “Countries like Italy, Portugal, Spain, France,” said Sascha Stanger, the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Purchasing at Cheese Importers. It’s a popular spot for cheese lovers. However, prices are about to go up as cheeses of all types and flavors because the European Union has just been hit with an import tariff. "Really, it is impacting people negatively,” White said. White and Stanger say certain cheese prices are subject to a potential 25% increase. “[Cheeses like] Parmesan-Reggiano from Italy, Grana Padano from Italy, Buffalo Mozzarella from Italy,” Stanger said. “One of the items that will definitely be subject to change is Manchego from Spain.” The team says they haven’t felt a huge impact yet, but they’re anticipating a potential hit to their bottom-line. Therefore, they’re looking for alternative solutions to save money. “We buy directly from our sources in importing, but in the meantime – just to figure out how to put ourselves in a position of strength as what everyone is doing – we’d reach out to all of our importer partners across the united states and see what they would sell to us at the better price point,” White said. Truth is, European cheese is what the business is known for. Inevitably, customers will have to pay more. “You either have to pass it on, or you have to absorb it. And there’s not much room to absorb it. In fact, there’s no room to absorb it,” White said. Distinguished economics professor Dr. Kishore Kulkarni with MSU Denver says there are multiple reasons the current administration could be imposing tariffs on goods from Europe. It's a way for the U.S. to generate more tax revenue. Tariffs are also a way to punish foreign exporters if the government believes a certain country is not playing on a level field. In the context of cheese, Dr. Kulkarni says it's likely the federal government is hoping the tariffs will help U.S. cheese producers earn more money. “As we raise the taxes on the European imports, then the domestic cheese producers like it, because the price of imported cheese goes up, and then the domestic cheese producers can obviously raise their prices a little bit, and then their competition is stopped by this tax,” Dr. Kulkarni said. However, in his opinion, tariffs are never beneficial for the economy as a whole. “40 years of economics training has been telling me that the penalty that consumers pay, is much higher than the benefits that domestic producers get,” Dr. Kulkarni said. When one country imposes a tariff, the other country is likely to retaliate. “Then it just becomes a trade war, and this is a war where nobody wins,” Dr. Kulkarni said. It's a war where the consumer is punished too. “The fact is that the cost of a tariff gets passed along to consumers,” Cheese Importers customer Steve Pittman said. Ultimately, Cheese Importers hopes the tariffs will be lifted. However, in the coming months, they plan to continue in good spirits providing their customers with the specialty cheeses they’ve grown to love.“We do the very best we can with a lot of integrity and a lot of heart and soul and tighten our belts where we can and just try to be a good contributor in the world,” White said.   3652

CANARY ISLANDS -- Imagine rowing almost non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean with a group of four people. No bathroom, no shade and a limited supply of food. “You’re totally exposed to the elements,” said Evan Stratton, a U.S. veteran. Evan and three others rowed across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands off of Spain to Antigua, near Puerto Rico, as part of the Talker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge — a yearly ocean rowing race. The path is 3,000 nautical miles. “Our row took 50 days, 11 hours, and 35 minutes,” he said. “Which seems like a really long time, but we actually set a world record for our boat class.” The team, titled Fight Oar Die, was the only American team to compete this year. More than just a physical challenge, the race is a test of the mind as well. We sat down with Evan, who walked us through it. “It’s really a challenge in mental strength,” he said. “It’s an introspective look at yourself whether you want one or not because you remove all inputs,” he explained. “There’s no work phone calls, no e-mails, no TV, no radio.” Through their journey, psychologists are hoping to learn something. “We got involved as part of that research component,” said Dr. Trey Cole, a clinical psychologist and former veteran himself. Dr. Cole oversees the researchers from the University of Denver that have been working with the Fight Oar Die rowing team throughout their experience. “There’s a lot to do with motivation and sleep and purpose and those type of factors we’re trying to take a closer look at,” Dr. Cole said. He helped the men prepare beforehand too — with conflict resolution, stress management, and other skills. “It’s hilarious to be sitting in your off shift in the cabin hearing two guys on the boat yell at each other but they’re still just rowing,” Evan said. “The end goal is you gotta get there.” It was a team effort with personal mental challenges each rower dealt with individually. Part of Evan’s way of getting through was the photos and cards his wife packed for him, cards he could open when he hit “the wall,” when he was “almost home,” and on his son’s first birthday that he missed while rowing. Evan said a challenge like this took the support of his family, but it all starts with motivation. “It just takes getting out and doing it,” he said.Evan spent four years of his life as a Marine earlier on in his life. “I went through my own battles with PTSD and mental health,” he said. Bringing awareness to mental health was part of his motivation for joining the rowing team this year. “We really wanted to show veterans that life doesn’t end after the military, that you can still go out and do really big things and really hard things and really incredible things,” Evan said. This awareness is at the forefront of Fight Oar Die’s mission — to provide a platform for veterans' mental health issues.“The hope is that we can generate some conclusions from that that could be helpful in informing the future of veteran and service member care,” Dr. Cole said. Cole and other researchers will continue to look into the data from the rowing teams each year. 3122