Mondetta Originals is getting back to its roots.
The brand, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada, was cofounded more than three decades ago by Ash Modha, who is now the chief executive officer. The label is bringing back its popular flag sweatshirts that it stopped manufacturing in 2000.
“The inspiration to relaunch the very items that launched our company 35 years ago was triggered foremost by the synchronicity of myself and the other founders’ own immigrant stories alongside what’s happening in media today,” said Modha. “Refugees are in crisis on almost every continent, and the current socio-political climate is finally starting to bring this issue front-and-center. Celebrating the value of immigrants, and honoring their powerful, personal journeys feels more relevant than ever.”
Modha and his brother Prashant were Indian and living in Uganda when president Idi Amin expelled the country’s Asian population in 1972. They found a home in Winnipeg and in 1986 teamed with two Kenyan-born brothers to launch Mondetta Clothing Co.
The original sweatshirt featured one large flag crest on the front. Now, the shirt features a removable and interchangeable arm patch. This can be a flag from a country or a Pride flag, a peace sign and others. Modha wears a

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HAIL TO THE CHIEF: First Lady Melania Trump spent part of Wednesday morning visiting Obama Hall in the Emintsimadze Palace in Ghana’s Cape Coast. A photo of President Obama, who visited the site during his first year in office, is hung in the lobby, according to a press pool report.
Trump was greeted with an “Awkwaaba” (Welcome) sign with a photo of her own likeness and name. She had traveled there to meet with Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, the chieftain of the regional Fante tribe.
The First Lady arrived to a flurry of Ghanaian and American flags outdoors. Yellow and purple sashes — meant to be signs of royalty and wealth — adorned the interiors. Girls played traditional horns, better known as antentebens. In an olive jacket, tan pants and chocolate brown stilettos, Trump appears to be maintaining an earthy palette thus far for her four-nation trip.
As is customary, the First Lady was seeking permission to visit the Cape Coast Castle, which served as an outpost to transfer slaves. Obama likened it to a Holocaust concentration camp.
With approval granted, Trump ditched her heels for flats, as there was some ground to cover. At what is believed to be the site in Ghana

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IT TAKES TWO: Karl Lagerfeld arrived fashionably late to his own party on the last day of Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday night for the final stop-off of a series of events celebrating the launch of his collaboration with Kaia Gerber. A party was held at the Revolve Social Club in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, with Gerber making an in-store appearance at the Karl Lagerfeld flagship at 420 West Broadway in New York on Sept. 12.
For the Paris leg, the house threw a party at its headquarters on rue Saint-Guillaume in the city’s 7th arrondissement. The decor, like the collection, was based on a mix of a California vibe — think palm trees and trompe l’oeil windows looking onto Malibu beach at sunset — and Lagerfeld’s world, including floor-to-ceiling projections of the designer’s private library on the walls of one of the rooms. Lagerfeld and Gerber-shaped balloons filled the corridors.

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Lagerfeld’s nearest and dearest turned out for the event, including pet models Brad Kroenig and Baptiste Giabiconi; the designer’s godson, Hudson Kroenig, and his longtime studio heads at Chanel and his namesake brand, Virginie Viard and Anita Briey.
Giabiconi said he was impressed by the collection. “It’s fresh, young

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LOS ANGELES  — A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said Tuesday he is suing all Catholic bishops in California and the Archdiocese of Chicago, seeking to compel church officials to release records on clergy abuse.

The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles by Thomas Emens claims a civil conspiracy among church officials to cover up clergy sexual assault and move offending priests to other parishes.

Emens said at a news conference that he was abused for two years starting in 1978 when he was 10 years old by Monsignor Thomas Joseph Mohan. The priest, who is deceased, arrived at St. Anthony Claret Catholic Church in Anaheim in the early 1970s from Chicago, according to the lawsuit.

“This lawsuit is to find justice — to get the clerics at the top to come clean and tell the truth,” Emens said.

Emens, of Camarillo, alleges that he was assaulted by the monsignor he knew as a “close friend” when he was between the ages of 10 and 12 and living in Anaheim more than three decades ago.

Attorney Jeff Anderson said the goal of the so-called nuisance lawsuit is to force the church to reveal the names of all priests accused of child molestation. He said church documents would reveal a playbook among bishops and other officials to protect offending clergy by keeping files under wraps and moving the priests across the country and, in some cases, out of the U.S.

The lawsuit asks a judge “to abate the continuing nuisance” of abuse by ordering each diocese to name all accused priests, detail their history of alleged assault and identify their last known addresses.

The California Catholic Conference of Bishops, which oversees the state’s 12 dioceses, didn’t directly address the lawsuit in a statement Tuesday afternoon. Instead the group pointed out the “positive steps taken by California dioceses over the past 15 years to protect children and young people from abuse.”

Reforms implemented in 2003’s Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People include “fingerprinting and background checks for priests, staff and any volunteers working around children and young people,” the statement said.

Every diocese has also instituted programs to train students and staff in identifying and preventing abuse, the group said.

A call seeking comment from the Archdiocese of Chicago was not immediately returned.

The court filing invokes both public and private statutes of nuisance law in California. Such laws generally involve behavior that negatively affects a community or interferes with the use and enjoyment of private property, said John Nockleby, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

Alleging nuisance violations in relation to past sexual abuse by a single priest is a “creative approach” by Emens’ lawyers, said Nockleby, adding that it will be very difficult to prove in court.

Criminal charges are not feasible in this case because they would fall outside California’s statute of limitations.

City News Service contributed to this story.

LOS ANGELES — The coronation came nearly nine minutes in.

LeBron James was running down the court again, and the Denver Nuggets were scrambling to get in position. Seeing a seam down the middle, James stepped into the paint and threw down his first dunk in Staples Center for the home team – the packed house springing out of its seats into furious applause.

James, deservedly, will be the main event for the Lakers this season. The King had that influence Tuesday night, as he notched an efficient 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting.

But around his 15-minute cameo in his second preseason game, the Lakers faltered in a 113-111 loss to the Nuggets in their second meeting in three days – a game that had its positive developments, but also unvarnished elements that require more than a little finishing.

The Lakers have the King, but his court will take more time to figure out. Still, Coach Luke Walton felt like the Lakers got closer to what they want to become.

“We’re somewhere in the middle: It’s so early that the consistency is gonna go up and down a little bit,” he said. “Tonight was much more the team that we’re gonna be, that we’re building toward.”

The good: James, who helped the Lakers steamroll the Nuggets in transition when he was on the floor, finishing with a plus-13 rating. Rajon Rondo (11 points, seven assists) and JaVale McGee (15 points, five blocked shots) also picked up from their strong Lakers debuts on Sunday, helping fuel a charged offense that scored 27 points off of fast breaks. By halftime, the Lakers had scored 59 points despite only four 3-point baskets.

The bad: bouts of chaos, particularly on the second unit. The Lakers led by as many as 18 points during the second half as the starters began checking out, and with untested lineups, the lead began to dwindle until the Nuggets tied the score early in the fourth quarter.

The Lakers saved the ugliest gaffe for last, as rookie Isaac Bonga passed up a look at a potential game-winning shot as time expired.

Overpassing was a bit of an epidemic: A few Lakers confessed afterward that they got a little too pass-happy, prompting Walton to joke that he wondered if the team was “messing” with him. But they also felt like it was a good problem to have, in a sense.

“Yeah we’re a little too unselfish, but that’s good for us,” James said. “Right now, as we continue to learn one another, we want to make the extra pass and go from a good shot to a great shot. And it’s great. Some of them we felt like we gave up the ball too much, but it’s going to be good for our team in the long run.”

Defense was again an issue, particularly with the small-ball lineups that the Lakers hope to implement with their shallow big man depth. So was fouling (30 total), and so were turnovers (22).

While young players played the bulk of the second-half minutes, there were apparent communication issues between bench players who have yet to log many minutes together – and still will play considerable roles on the team.

Still, Walton talked encouragingly about his group, saying Kyle Kuzma (seven points, six rebounds) had a better overall effort playing center. The impending return of Lonzo Ball also figures to stabilize the second unit.

There was at least one aspect that seemed ready for the regular season: The sold-out Staples Center, boasting 18,997 fans who gave James and the Lakers a robust welcome. It’s been a while since a Lakers home preseason game generated that much of a buzz.

“It felt like a regular game: The crowd, I think it looked like every seat was filled, everybody was yelling,” forward Brandon Ingram said. “Pretty fun atmosphere to play in.”

LeBron goes coast to coast for the #LakeShow (: @SpectrumSN & TNT) pic.twitter.com/Brm5FlCrLG

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 3, 2018

@KingJames reflects on his first game at @STAPLESCenter as a member of the home team#LakeShow pic.twitter.com/w7jqAYu3B3

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 3, 2018

HIGHLIGHTS: Lakers drop their second preseason game tonight after a strong first half, 111-113. pic.twitter.com/neGJvRVwmR

— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) October 3, 2018