Month: December 2021

Bella Hadid. Photography by Claudio Lavenia/Getty ImagesThe garment influenced the gender non-conformity movement. By Natalie Michie Date December 14, 2021 Facebook Twitter The vest has been making its return for some time now. In recent years, it’s been spotted on the runway, and models like Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid have been sporting a reimagined
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There was a time when even the most fashion-literate couldn’t bear to look at a pair of stiff, dull, everyday jeans. The pandemic pushed the once tight and rigid staple out of the way in favor of Gen Z’s baggy, slouchy styles. And many people stopped wearing jeans completely, swapping them for sweats or fun,
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The Washington PostGetty Images bell hooks, the profound feminist author, poet, and professor, died on Wednesday at the age of 69 in her home of Berea, Kentucky. She had been ill, and was surrounded by her friends and family when she passed, according to a statement from her niece, Ebony Motley, per the Lexington Herald
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If health is wealth, then turmeric is gold. But really, the flowering plant in the ginger family is gold in color and the turmeric benefits for skin—and health—are plentiful. Native to South and Southeast Asia, “the root part [of turmeric] is what is used in cooking, traditional South Asian and Asian medicine, and now in
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In Kenneth Branagh’s evocative, semi-autobiographical drama Belfast, Caitriona Balfe plays a resilient but increasingly scared woman facing an impossible choice. Named in the script only as Ma, Balfe’s character is the matriarch of a working class Protestant family in 1960s Northern Ireland, whose day-to-day existence becomes increasingly dangerous amidst The Troubles. With her husband (Jamie
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LOCATION: The northern tip of the Spanish island of Ibiza, overlooking Xarraca Bay. The spa is part of the Six Senses Ibiza resort, which boasts 116 guest rooms and suites, 17 townhouses, three restaurants, shopping, and an ever-changing lineup of entertainment and adventure outings. VIBE: A healthy yet indulgent respite with breathtaking views. THE CONCEPT:
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Heavy is the head that wears the Swarovski-encrusted crown—but Leni Klum sounds anything but weighed down. The bubbly 17-year-old is recounting the details of her first-ever runway walk, at Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda show—which took place in the hard-to-top setting that is Venice’s St. Mark’s Square. Not only was it the first fashion show
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On the first day of class in September 2014, my undergraduate students stared at me, surprised. They were expecting an instructor who looked more conventional, more white, more male. Yet there I was, a butch-of-center Black woman, with a boyish haircut and a men’s button-down shirt, teaching their first English class at New York City
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