Pink satin is not just for bad high school prom dresses anymore. 

Jennifer Lopez looked stunning in a bubblegum-hued minidress for a filming of "American Idol" Thursday in Hollywood. The 46-year-old shared a photo of her outfit on Instagram, captioning it with her own take on a "Mean Girls" adage. 

"On Thursdays we wear pink," she wrote. 

Regina George would be proud. 

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Chrissy Teigen and John Legend headed out for a basketball game Thursday night, and were all sorts of cute in the front row. 

The celebrity couple enjoyed an evening out at the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It looked like pretty much the best date night ever. 

There were selfies:

And snuggles:

And smiles: 

Sigh.

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It's been a long, cold winter of hat- and coat-wearing for the Duchess of Cambridge, the royal formerly known as Kate Middleton. But now it appears spring has sprung -- when it comes to her outfits, anyway!

The duchess and Prince William were in London Friday visiting the mentoring program XLP, a charity that provides emotional support for children dealing with emotional and behavioral struggles. 

The duchess chose a designer she's never worn before for the occasion, as many fan sites noted. She picked a brand new, red-and-white checkered top with buttons and a coordinating pleated skirt from bespoke womenswear line Eponine's Spring/Summer 2016 collection.

According to the brand, Eponine is "inspired by the elegant lines of the Fifties and the unexpected styles of the Sixties." That inspiration is totally apparent in this suit, which retails around $1,700, a spokeswoman for the line confirmed to The Huffington Post. 

Kate paired the outfit with black pumps, a clutch and those famous flowy locks. 

We know spring doesn't officially start until March 20, but we'll take this as a cue to whip out our cute coordinates, too. 

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Huh? 

A gorgeous new Lane Bryant television ad featuring models Ashley Graham, Tara Lynn, Denise Bidot and Georgia Pratt in the brand's underwear (nothing we haven't already seen from Victoria's Secret), including a shot of new mom Lynn breastfeeding her baby, was rejected by major networks. 

TMZ first reported ABC and NBC turned down the #ThisBody Lane Bryant ad "as is." A representative for Lane Bryant confirmed this to The Huffington Post and provided a statement from NBC about why they declined. 

"The first edit was turned down out of hand and while we clearly created the commercial to air we will not edit it as we believe it’s a beautiful and appropriate expression of women’s bodies," read the statement from NBC. "We do plan to air this through our own media and through digital channels where they find it as acceptable."

Lane Bryant shared the video on their Facebook page, along with a pointed message: "The networks didn’t want you to see this. But we do. Share. Tag. Show everyone what #ThisBody’s made for."

In a statement sent to HuffPost, Lane Bryant described the significance of the empowering ad. 

The THIS BODY campaign was meant to be a fun way for us to celebrate and honor women of all shapes and sizes. What is too much for some does not hold true for others. All women should be celebrated and feel empowered to express themselves as they see fit. We want her to know she can attract as much media attention, look just as striking as any woman, and decide what beautiful means to her. The THIS BODY commercial holds nothing back. It is a true celebration of women of all sizes doing what makes THEM feel beautiful whether its breastfeeding their newborn, flaunting their bodies the way they see fit, breaking down barriers all around and simply being who they are or want to be!

The company's #ThisBody campaign launched last month, and they dubbed it an "overdue, unavoidable, and a rapidly progressing cultural (r)evolution" for body positivity and shifted perception, according to Refinery29. 

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The next time Grandma criticizes your multiple tattoos, tell her they might just be a sign that you're healthy.

A new study published in the American Journal of Human Biology last week -- and getting lots of ink since then -- suggests that people with multiple tattoos have a better immune response to new tattoos than people who are getting tattooed for the first time.

According to the research, "Tattooing may stimulate the immune system in a manner similar to a vaccination to be less susceptible to future pathogenic infiltration." While the study has a small sample size and is not yet conclusive, it provides fascinating evidence of how well the body can be "trained" to respond to stresses over time.

For the study, researchers at the University of Alabama collected saliva samples from 29 volunteers before and after they were given tattoos. Nine of those participants were receiving tattoos for the first time. They then analyzed the participants' saliva samples for levels of immunoglobulin A, an antibody that lines portions of our gastrointestinal and respiratory systems, and cortisol, a stress hormone known to suppress immune response.

“Immunoglobulin A is a front line of defense against some of the common infections we encounter, like colds,” Christopher Lynn, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama who co-authored the study, wrote in a press release.

According to the researchers, the saliva samples from first-time tattoo recipients showed their levels of immunoglobulin A declined much more dramatically than they did for the people who already had multiple tattoos, suggesting that people with more "tattoo experience" had immune systems that were more habituated to that kind of stress.

Lynn isn't suggesting people go out and get full sleeve tattoos to ward off colds and the flu just yet. In fact, he said, a person's first tattoo can make them more, not less, susceptible to illness.

“They don’t just hurt while you get the tattoo, but they can exhaust you,” he said in the release. “It’s easier to get sick. You can catch a cold because your defenses are lowered from the stress of getting a tattoo.”

Lynn compares the body's response to getting a tattoo for the first time to an out-of-shape person exercising in the gym: Muscles are sore at first, but the pain fades with repeated workouts.

“After the stress response, your body returns to an equilibrium,” Lynn said. “However, if you continue to stress your body over and over again, instead of returning to the same set point, it adjusts its internal set points and moves higher.” 

But other experts are poking holes in the findings. Dr. Sylvie Stacy, an Alabama physician who specializes in preventive medicine, points out the study used a small sample of subjects and investigated only a couple of the many substances involved in immune response in the body.

"I would not encourage anyone to get a tattoo for the sake of immune system benefit," she told HuffPost. "Getting a tattoo carries significant risks -- including infection, scarring, and potential adverse psychological effects. It’s very unlikely that these risks are outweighed by any boost in immune system response."

Lynn acknowledges that the study's findings could also mean that people who are already in good health are more likely to get multiple tattoos, because their immune systems are better at recovering from them and their past tattoo experiences have been more satisfactory. 

"They probably already had good immune systems, and we think the tattoos draw attention to this," he told HuffPost. "We also think that, among those with good immune systems who are into tattooing culture and get tattoos, the quick healing and positive reaction may reinforce an interest in getting more."

Conversely, people who had a bad immune reaction to their first tattoo aren't as likely to come back for more. The study points out that historically, tattoos appeared to be a way for healthy, "attractive" people to differentiate themselves from less-healthy peers, and that could still be the case -- multiple tattoos mean you can handle the pain.

Of course, the research didn't involve people who chose not to get any tattoos at all. "We did not collect biomarkers (saliva) from non-tattooed [people] because we were comparing the pre-post tattoo session change, not absolute values related to immunity," Lynn said. "It would be difficult to come up with a scenario that is similar to tattooing to do pre-post testing of non-tattooed."

While the University of Alabama study takes a specific look at immune responses to tattoos, however, it also contributes to existing research on different techniques that could sharpen the effectiveness of vaccines, such as injecting them in a way that's similar to how tattoo artists inject ink under the skin.

"There is ... evidence suggesting that applying a vaccine with a tattoo approach -- several small punctures, not one big shot -- may increase the effectiveness," Lynn said.

The research is piquing the interest of medical experts like Dr. Amesh Adalia, a board-certified infectious disease physician at the University of Pittsburgh.

"Such a finding is provocative and future studies are required that assess other arms of the immune system, reproduce the results, and gauge the real-world effects in terms of vaccine responses as well as frequency of infections in tattoo recipients," Adalia said by email.

If anything, Lynn hopes the study reduces the stigma associated with getting inked up. "We'd like to take tattoos out of the negative subcultural niche of bikers, sailors and risky behavior," he said.

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Sorry to break it to you, but that beard on your face is technically pubic hair.

Hear us out:

1. The term puberty is a direct descendant of "pubertatum," the Latin word for "age of maturity" and manhood, as well as "pubertis" ("adult, full-grown, manly"). The Middle English term for pubic hair was "neþir berd." So, etymologically speaking, any hair that grows in a place it didn't before puberty is pubic.


2. The follicles of beard hair are composed similarly to the hair on a man's groin and armpits, according to Dr. Bobby Buka, founder of Greenwich Village Dermatology and section chief at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "The concentration of sebaceous glands is high in several areas," he said: the face, groin and armpits. "So the hair characteristics in those areas are very similar, in terms of thickness of shaft and quality of hair."


3. It is believed that our groin hair has stayed thick (while most of our body hair has thinned out over our evolutionary time) so that it can release pheromones and attract mates, and your beard does it, too. Sebaceous glands are higher on your face than your scalp, Buka said, which leads to an increase in sebum, which carries pheromones. And since it's richer in sebum, and richer in pheromones, your beard has a distinct smell. "Your signature smell comes more from beard hair than from scalp hair. The base of a hair follicle is much bigger on your face, which is why it looks thicker on your face than your scalp hair. But it’s considered the same type of process, slightly different growth rates but same morphology otherwise," Buka said.

In conclusion: If you have a beard, you have pubes on your face. Or, maybe your privates have a little beard on them down there. But for what it's worth, does Buka personally refer to beard hair as pubic hair? "No, I do not," he said.

Perhaps it's all semantics.

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Not-retired supermodel Cindy Crawford and her daughter Kaia Gerber have us seeing double -- in the best possible way.

The dynamic duo are Vogue Paris' spitting-image cover stars for April, looking like two biker babes with matching wind-blown hair, equally fierce brows, hoop earrings, winning smiles and the same leather jackets. 

Photographed by Mario Testino, the new spread marks just another milestone in Gerber's blossoming modeling career. The 14-year-old, who has appeared in the likes of Vogue Italia and CR Fashion Book, now stars in Alexander Wang's spring/summer 2016 campaign as a member of the brand's "Wang Squad."

Unlike the new Wang images, the Vogue Paris cover has a vintage '90s quality going on. Essentially, they are both this photo of Crawford circa her "House of Style" days, taken in 1993. 

Sigh. #Familygoals. 

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Kylie Jenner is ready for her close-up, all day, everyday. 

The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star shared a series of swimsuit photos on Instagram Sunday night, showing us all that she can turn even the most average of days spent by the pool into an on-brand photo shoot. Oh, and she also made sure to remind us all that she's an adult with a real tattoo. 

In the pics, the 18-year-old poses by the pool in a sporty one-piece Chanel swimsuit, which reveals the ink on her hip. (Oh, and nothing screams summer accessory like a furry hat, amiright?). The burgeoning lipstick mogul left the photos captionless, letting them speak for themselves. 

Jenner first revealed her tattoo -- the phonetic spelling of the word "sanity" in red ink -- back in December 2015. She also has a teeny tiny red heart on her upper arm and a small red script tattoo on her inner bicep. 

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Are you ready for March Madness? Are you ready for weeks of exciting games and unexpected upsets? And most importantly, are you ready to have your bracket completely destroyed after the first round of games? Yes you are!

Since you're going to throw away your money in an office pool, we put together a printable 2016 March Madness bracket for you anyway. On Sunday, the NCAA selected the 68 men's teams that will play in the tournament and fight for the National Championship. Oregon, Kansas, North Carolina and Virginia are the four No. 1 seeds this time around. But let's not pretend there's any method to this madness. 

(Click here for a printable PDF of the bracket.)

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File this under: Love, love and more love. 

President Barack Obama sat down with ballerina Misty Copeland for an eye-opening conversation with Time. Both pioneers in their respective fields, the pair chatted about obstacles they have overcome, issues of race and their legacies.

After pointing out the sheer absurdity that Copeland's body is considered "athletic" or "large" in the ballet world ("You're tiny!" he said), the president was asked if he notices that same body image pressure with his two daughters, Malia, 17 and Sasha, 14.

The proud father, who reportedly got choked up talking about his children at last week's state dinner, explained it's his wife Michelle --  and his relationship with her -- that promotes a healthy body image for the two young women.  

“The fact that my daughters have got a tall gorgeous mom who has some curves, and that their father appreciates, I think is helpful," he said. "I do think that culture’s changing for the younger generation a little bit more… But it’s still a challenge.”

Sigh. Never change, you two.

Seriously. Never. 

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It's no secret that fashion trends are constantly recycled, but what about beauty trends?

Well, according to a new video from Marie Claire, most of the current makeup trends that we know and love aren't all that new. The bold brows trend? Yeah, that was big in the 1960s. Orangey-red lipstick? Major in the 1940s. 

Check out the video above to see how trends from back in the day are still huge in 2016. 

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The Duchess of Cambridge wears many hats, both figuratively and literally. But her latest, an all-gray number for the Commonwealth Day celebration service in London Monday, knocked her typically tiny fascinators out of the park.

Clad in a gray coat by Canadian favorite Erdem with a matching clutch, shoes and hat by British milliner John Boyd, the royal formerly known as Kate Middleton looked a lot like beloved American Girl doll Samantha Parkington:

Their striking similarities have caught our attention before, but this outfit might just serve as final proof that they're one and the same person. 

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Forever 21 has learned the hard way that graphic tees are not the place for offensive jokes. Especially if they are ambiguous, rape-y ones.  

The shirt in question, pictured below, has the words "Don't say maybe if you want to say no.," in bold writing across the front.

In what was likely meant to be typical Forever 21 bro-y humor -- other men's shirts say "Player's Club," "Bad Habits," and You Know I'm Right" -- this particular shirt insinuates that, perhaps, "maybe" actually means "yes."

It doesn't. 

People on Twitter criticized the shirt, pointing out the way it reinforces harmful notions of victim-blaming after sexual assault. 

The clothing company issued the following statement to The Huffington Post Monday afternoon about the tee: 

Forever 21 strives to exemplify the highest ethical standards and takes feedback and product concerns very seriously.  With regards to the t-shirt in question, upon receiving feedback from our customers, we took immediate action to have it removed from our website.  We sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by the product.

Good move, Forever 21. But it should have never been approved in the first place.  

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When Saygin Celen founded Downtown Shoes in May, 2014, he was a man inspired by the brand's namesake. He saw--and continues to see--downtown New York City as a beacon for ambitious, stylish, and outgoing individuals. The company's fashionable, suede, high-necked shoes are intended to go from work to play without losing their cool. Read on to learn how a trained Mechanical and Industrial engineer strode into the fashion industry.

Saygin Celen (far right) with Downtown Shoes brand Ambassadors. Photo by Anett Elek.

What did you do before Downtown Shoes? Where?

I am an engineer by training, with an MBA in international marketing. Engineering requires delving into deep details relentlessly, which really helped me focus on the design aspect, craftsmanship details, versatility and comfort without sacrificing anything. I started working as a designer, then moved up to production engineer. I lived in Barcelona for 5 years. I worked in architecture, managing a small company and turned it into an architecture solution company. Then, as I came to New York, I started my own company, Downtown Shoes one month after my arrival [in New York]. I was traveling back and forth looking for the right moment to move full-time to the city that never sleeps, and experience it deeply from inside.

What made you want to start your own business?

I come from an entrepreneur family. Getting my MBA also made me push myself into the deep jungle of trial and error--taking new ideas to fruition. I am a doer, because I believe that is the only way we can deeply learn things and enhance ourselves and make a big difference. You need to find your great idea and push it forward everyday painstakingly.

Entrepreneurship makes you a better person and makes you explore a great number of things, including yourself. I think Downtown was the idea that I wanted to dedicate myself to make it reality. It took thousands of steps: finding a name, changing the manufacturer three times, and tens of prototypes each taking sometimes a month. There were thousands of emails. It was definitely a great experience making it happen.

How did you decide on the name? What were some of the other choices?

When I moved to New York, I lived in far Brooklyn for two months, but I wanted to live in Manhattan with all the ups and downs--all the energy coming towards you. That was the meaning of living in New York. You go out and things happen, mostly, unexpected; meeting a new person, finding an opportunity, discovering a great cafe, finding yourself in a hidden art gallery. All these things tend to happen, even more, in Downtown.

I called the brand Downtown because it reflects the energy that I want to convey for the brand for today and for the far future. Downtown is versatile, energetic, bold, sometimes tough, yet elegant, it lives day and night. Downtown people are great at changing their moods, going into a cafe, their office, or to a cocktail bar. They are always present and real.

What was Downtown's first shoe, and how did you decide on it?

Downtown's first shoe was Soho. I wear it everyday now. The suede and neck was a given in the shoe equation for me. The suede reflects the elegance, great looks and high quality. The neck was to give the sense of boldness and versatility. Red was also another given. The stitches, accent, lining and sole are all red. The red reflects the expressive individual, the person who has deep energy inside, who likes to change everyday and challenge the ordinary. This is all Downtown and Soho was the first shoe that completed our vision of the Downtown as a fashion brand from New York.

An early sketch of the 'Soho' shoe.

The 'Soho' shoe.

How would you describe your style?

I would say, Versatile Cool. You can wear a Downtown for almost any occasion and it always looks natural. Downtown may be for people who like to explore--who are stylish. Downtown is a lifestyle shoe brand for people who live a fast paced life with many activities around the clock, just like a New Yorker does. If you ask a New Yorker, the next few days are almost always full because they need to and like to do things and try new things.

Where are the shoes manufactured?

The shoes are manufactured in China. We also tried to manufacture in Europe especially Turkey and Italy; however, the final price was higher for the top quality we were asking for. We wanted to have accessible price for the top quality we needed. China has the advantage of having a huge shoe industry. The region we make the manufacturing has the capacity to produce half the global shoe production volume. Therefore, they have great certain advantages for reaching any kind of material with affordable prices and they are happy to help create solutions for you.

How big is the company?

We officially started sales at the beginning of 2016. Our main headquarters is located in New York, but we now have offices in San Francisco, Germany, and China, too. Apart from our manufacturing team, we have around 10 talented people in our staff.

Where are Downtown Shoes sold? Where would you like to see them in the future?

Our shoes are sold mainly through our website. That's where we will mainly keep our focus by centering our mind on attracting more customers and fans to our ever-changing and evolving brand. We will also take steps this year with top online retailers so that we increase our interaction with Downtowners around the world.

Where would you like to see Downtown Shoes in the future?

We have plans to see Downtown in the top boutiques and retailers who have a great selection of products. We will be launching our women's shoe line before the end of this summer reflecting the same Downtown New York energy, yet, femininely. Next year, we have plans to extend the Downtown shoe design in the other top fashion cities. Firstly, it will be Downtown LA, followed by the cities in Europe, Downtown Paris, Downtown London and Downtown Milan. Each shoe line will reflect a different energy and be identified with that city and a well-known designer from that city. Our design team will work closely with each designer to create the Downtown for the respective city. In 2018, we would like to step to become a fashion brand by launching our first clothing line starting from Downtown New York and moving our way forward with the other fashion pioneering cities.

For more info on Downtown Shoes, check out: DowntownShoesNewYork.com

For more info on the author, Alex Schattner, check out: AlexSchattner.com

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After seeing a ridiculous body-shaming clothing ad, fashion designer Christina Ashman decided to turn the tables with a version of her own.

To advertise an item labeled as "Big Size Plus Size XXXL/XXXXXL Ladies Wadded Autumn Winter Shorts Skinny Leggings" (yes, really), the shopping site Wish featured a thin model promoting the product by fitting both legs into one leg of the shorts. How exactly this image was meant to appeal to customers remains pretty unclear.

Ashman, the designer behind Interrobang Art & Fashion, saw the ad in a story from HelloGiggles, which described the image as an "incredibly cruel way to model plus-size shorts," and decided to post a response to Facebook in the form of a perfect photo and two middle fingers.

"I don't have any formal qualifications in marketing, but if plus size ladies buy shorts based on how one leg looks on a whole petite woman, then maybe smaller ladies will buy skirts based on how the whole thing looks on one pretty thunderous thigh," she wrote in the caption.

Ashman told The Huffington Post she found the ad, which is similar to online retailer Herry He's Store ad from last year, "really insulting to plus-size women everywhere" and had an important message for companies that promote body-shaming as well as consumers.

"I just think it's important to not let the media and fashion brands bully people into thinking they aren't good enough -- for whatever reason," she said. "People should love their bodies, however big or small."

H/T Mic

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