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Dad Hilariously Fails The Dress-Your-Baby-For-Daycare Test

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No shirt, no problem? 


When Brooke Hawley-Basso picked her daughter Olivia up from daycare recently, she got quite the surprise. Hawley-Basso's husband, Jeremy, got their daughter dressed in the morning before dropping her off without mom seeing.


Unfortunately, Jeremy didn't get the whole baby clothes thing right. Hawley-Basso, who lives in Indiana, shared her response to the incident on Ellen DeGeneres' Facebook page and the post really brought the LOLs. 





“Another mom standing there was cracking up,” she told BuzzFeed News about the response from other parents when she picked the 7-month-old up from daycare.


Better luck next time, Jeremy. Happens to the best of us. 

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The Kardashians Just Took Over Our Cheap Celeb Finds List

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You can use many words to describe the Kardashian family, but relatable isn't one of them. Until this week. 


Over the past few days, Khloe, Kourtney and Kylie have all stepped out in (relatively) affordable items that us mere mortals can scoop up. Between Khlo's cool sunnies, Kourt's breezy off-the-shoulder top and Kylie's bodycon dress, we know where our next paycheck is going. 


Check out the best cheap celeb finds of the week and let us know which items you're coveting.  


Khloe Kardashian's sunglasses





Le Specs The Prince Mirrored Sunglasses, $89


Kylie Jenner's dress



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Enza Costa Ribbed Jersey Tank Dress, $132


Kourtney Kardashian's top





Finders Keepers Bright Lights Top, $122


Miley Cyrus' top



A photo posted by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) on





GRL PWR Mesh Turtleneck, $70


Malia Obama's dress


 



After Party Vintage Sutton Wrap Dress, $78


 

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Dame Judi Dench Got A Kick-Ass Tattoo For Her 81st Birthday

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As if Dame Judi Dench wasn't already our everything, the actress got a tattoo of the words "Carpe Diem" for her 81st birthday. 


"That’s my motto: Seize the day. Finty gave it to me for my 81st birthday -- she's wonderful with surprises," Dench said in an exclusive interview in the new issue of Surrey Life magazine (Finty is her daughter). "Mind you, the company of 'A Winter’s Tale,' which I was doing at the time, used to say that it said fish of the day." 


Dench revealed her tattoo at a recent gala on June 9 in England. You can see it in a photo of her shaking hands:




Dench previously spoke about wanting a tattoo before her 80th birthday in an interview with Good Housekeeping U.K. 



I am tempted to have a tattoo to mark my birthday. Finty’s very keen on me having one," Dench said. "There’s an Indian symbol that I like which supposedly represents life and love and everything. One of the cameramen who worked on 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' told me what it meant, but I’m a bit nervous in case I’m being set up … It might be unbelievably rude!" 


The award-winning actress previously tricked film producer Harvey Weinstein into thinking she had a tattoo of his initials on her bum, though she later revealed it was just a stencil from her makeup artist. 


At the same gala where Dench revealed her tattoo, she also showed off a diamond stencil reading "007," alluding to her role as "M" in the James Bond films. Might be another great spot for a tattoo, if we do say so ourselves! 



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The Duchess Of Cambridge Stumps Her Loyal Followers In A Pretty Lace Dress

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Not even her most sleuth-happy fans can figure this one out.  


Duchess of Cambridge sightings are typically accompanied by lively fan fashion commentary, with social accounts perking up to ID her oft-repeated sartorial stunners with swift and accurate prowess.


That all changed on Friday, though, when the media phenomenon formerly known as Kate Middleton stepped out in this lovely collared peplum dress with a black fascinator and matching black pumps. 



The palace hasn't said what designer is responsible for the dress. After a fan guessed it may be either Alexander McQueen or Orla Kiely, WhatKateWore.com, one of the top fan accounts, was quick to commend the guess -- but could not confirm.






That is, until another fan and fashion editor chimed in to say it isn't McQueen. They went on to say isn't Temperley and it isn't Erdem, either.


So what is it? 










The U.K.'s Daily Mail could only say the dress "appeared to be... bespoke."


Kate and her mystery frock were joined by Prince William and Prince Harry at the World War I monument in Thiepval, France. They and other world leaders and government officials have spent two days commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, one of WWI's bloodiest events. 



The day prior, Kate was spotted looking lovely in a very identifiable Missoni coat. 



We will, of course, continue to update this pressing post as more information becomes available.

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Here’s Why Some Women Are More Likely To Groom Their Pubic Hair

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By: Sara G. Miller, Staff Writer
Published: 06/30/2016 on LiveScience


Pubic hair grooming is on the rise, especially for women who are younger, white and went to college, a new study finds.


The researchers surveyed more than 3,300 women ages 18 to 64 about their grooming practices, such as shaving, waxing or trimming. This is the first time that a nationally representative sample of women has been surveyed about this subject, although there have been numerous smaller studies done in parts of the country, according to the study, published today (June 29) in the journal JAMA Dermatology.


And most earlier studies about pubic hair grooming failed to include women of the broad age range examined in the new study, said Dr. Tami Rowen, an OB/GYN at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center and the lead author of the study. But the new study's inclusion of middle age women makes it clear that pubic hair grooming is more popular among younger women, Rowen said.  [7 Facts Women (And Men) Should Know About the Vagina]


Compared with women in the 18-to-24 age group, women in the 25-to-34 group were 83 percent less likely to groom, the study found. And women ages 55 to 64 were 96 percent less likely to groom compared with 18- to 24-year-old women.


In addition, the researchers found, grooming was the most common among white women. Women of all other races were less than half as likely to groom compared with white women, according to the study.


The researchers also found that women who had gone to college were 3.4 times more likely to groom than those who did not have a high school degree. Income also played a role: Women who made more than $100,000 a year were 22 percent more likely to groom than those who made less than $50,000 a year.


Shaving was the most common method that women used to groom, with 61 percent of the women reporting using razors and 12 percent using electric razors. Other common methods included trimming, with 17.5 percent of women saying they use scissors, and waxing, with 4.6 percent of women saying they used that method, according to the study.


Why groom?


The survey also included a number of questions about why women practice pubic hair grooming. 


One common assumption about why women groom their public hair is that it makes certain sex acts better, Rowen told Live Science. However, the researchers found no link between the types of sex acts women were participating in and their grooming preferences, she said.


Rather, "partner preference played a big role," she said. Indeed, women were 96 percent more likely to groom if they said their partner preferred it, according to the study.


The researchers also found that 40 percent of the women reported going to the doctor as a reason for grooming. Anecdotally, Rowen said that she has seen many women in her practice in recent years who are apologetic about their appearance if they have not groomed.


Groomers considered themselves to be hairier than those nongroomers. They were also more likely to agree with the statement "most women groom their pubic hair" than were nongroomers, the researchers found.


Women who regularly groomed were more likely to say that they looked sexier and that their vaginas "looked better" when their pubic hair was groomed, compared with nongroomers, according to the study.


This particular was not surprising, Rowen said. It's in line with the current cultural trend of what people consider to be the definition of sexy, she said. [51 Facts About Sex]


Nearly 60 percent of the women reported that they groomed for hygiene purposes. Removing pubic hair, however, does not make things cleaner "down there."


"Hair has a purpose," Rowen said. In the case of pubic hair, it's there to protect important, delicate tissues, she said. Some women, for example, have very sensitive labia, and removing the hair can leave the labia susceptible to injury, she said.


"There's nothing cleaner about" groomed pubic hair, she added.


And grooming can even result in injury, Rowen said. She personally has seen many injuries as a practicing gynecologist, she added. Common injuries include cuts, abscesses, burns from hot wax and inflamed hair follicles, she said.


And in the case of women with sensitive labia, removing the hair from the area can lead to thickened, irritated skin, she said.


Rowen noted that she didn't have a strong medical opinion as to whether women should groom. But if women are experiencing problems due to grooming, she said, she would talk to them about alternatives.


In addition, she cautioned against making any permanent changes to one's physical appearance. People are spending thousands of dollars on laser hair removal because of a trend, she said. 


Originally published on Live Science.


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Digital Tailors = Affordable Custom Menswear

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(This post is part of a series featuring disruptive concepts in fashion technology specifically emerging from San Francisco.)

Custom menswear is normally reserved for savvy gentlemen who are lucky enough to afford it and find it.

For many American men, spending hundreds of dollars on a custom shirt, sometimes traveling internationally to find a great tailor is part of the custom shopping requirements.

Miles Penn and his cofounder Rafi Witten at MTailor have the cure: affordable, high-quality custom menswear that doesn't require travel and masses of money. As part of a career ambition to go into business together (born during their time studying at Stanford), they've decided to democratize the custom menswear experience.

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MTailor is an app-based shopping experience that allows men to be custom-fitted for dress shirts, blazers, pants and suits. The team has carefully thought through the fabric, cut and style options available to customers.

Custom-fit items are shipped to one's doorstep and begin with getting shockingly accurate measurements using their custom tailor shopping app.

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"It's rewarding to hear customers say that it's the best shirt they've ever owned" says Miles, well-dressed in his finery: a custom tailored suit made by MTailor.

As it turns out, his customer base is thrilled to have access to affordable custom menswear - for many, it's their first custom clothing purchase. MTailor shirts carry an average price tag of $69US and include free shipping and returns.

"One area that e-tailing hasn't solved is the clothes shopping experience. So we set out to make an experience that is truly better: clothes that fit, with no need to exchange sizes. And you get fitted in the comfort of your own home when it's convenient for you. "

So how does it work?

Here's the low-down on the experience:

1) Download the app on your phone or tablet
2) Get measured by following the guided instructions (total time: 30 seconds)
3) Make your style choices
4) Pay and confirm your shipping

With happy men coming back for repeat sales, MTailor opts to stay true to the custom tailor experience. "Our product is affordable custom tailoring. We don't play the usual games with pricing and sales promotions. Customers order as many or as little as they like, which is an important part of the custom shopping experience. Most customers find us through referrals, and we offer a Give $20, Get $20 program. "

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The app is well-rated on iTunes (4.5 stars) and customers enjoy the convenience of building a profile for easy re-ordering. As part of the customer profile, MTailor also offers men the ability to 'clone' a shirt they've ordered in the past, and then make desired changes to style, cut and fabric.

While Miles boasts 10,000 possible combinations of styles, cuts and fabrics available to the customers, the app doesn't aim to overwhelm customers with choice - it even makes recommendations as you progress through the customization process. The business has received steady growth since inception in 2014.

MTailor claims that its measurements are 20% more accurate than a tailor.

" A tailor will take multiple measurements, and the measurements will be slightly different every time. If a customer gets measurements by different tailors, its normal for the measurements to vary from tailor to tailor. We brought in tailors and tested their measurements against those of the app. The results of our testing demonstrate that the MTailor app gets a more accurate measurement with a narrower spread for variation than human tailors."

Product design choices:

* Fabric pattern (all shirts are 100% cotton)
* Cuff style
* Tucked or untucked base
* Slim or classic fit
* The option of a chest pocket
* The option of adjusting the right or left sleeve for a wrist watch

The MTailor team is happy with their low product return rates and claim that returns continue to fall even further as the algorithm improves. They're launching custom short-sleeved shirts shortly, expanding the collection, and expect to grow internationally in the future.

MTailor is a success story in the pool of many apparel brands disrupting the traditional retail model and contributing to a global arms race for fashion technology intelligence aimed to delight and suit customer expectations.

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The Lisa Frank Adult Coloring Book Has Arrived -- And It's Only $3

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It seems like just June 27 when I first learned that a Lisa Frank adult coloring book was "coming soon," on its merry way to de-stressing cranky millennials around the globe with some black-and-white ballerina bunnies, frisky kitties and psychedelic dolphins.


And now, just like that, the book is out there. Color Me Lisa Frank is real, people. And according to this Instagram post, it's only $3. 




We all know coloring is good for the mind, body and soul, and just because you've graduated from elementary school doesn't mean you have to put your handy crayons to rest. Adults reap all the same benefits as children when it comes to creative expression, and the added nostalgia triggered by coloring only helps grown ups revisit their childhood selves, when their biggest worry was whether or not snack would be good that day. 


Lisa Frank junkies, coloring aficionados, tiny magic puppies masquerading as everyday humans: Get yourself to a Dollar General ASAP. The magic of Ms. Frank awaits you. 



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Intimate Photos Help Mom Regain Body Confidence After Having 3 Kids In 1 Year

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After giving birth to three children in one year, a Canadian mom decided to embrace her postpartum body with a sensual and empowering photo shoot. 


Melanie Varney and her husband, Gabby, welcomed their first child, a son, on March 11, 2013. Just 364 days later, the mom delivered twin daughters on March 10, 2014. Having children altered her body in ways she struggled to accept.


"Once the twins were born my confidence in my image was gone," Varney told The Huffington Post. "I was on top of the world with what my body had just produced, but the reflection of myself in the mirror was that of a stranger. "


When she saw that photographer Trina Cary posted a model callout for an "intimate" couples session in a lake, Varney decided take a leap and volunteered to participate with her husband.



Cary already knew Varney, as she had photographed products for her decorative arts company, West Coast Karma. The photographer said she was pleased the mom volunteered for the session, as her story and struggle aligned with the project's mission to promote body acceptance after change.


For Varney, the goal was to learn to love her body again after losing her confidence. "Becoming a mother was the best thing I have ever done. It's all I ever wanted to do," Varney told HuffPost, explaining that she and her husband struggled to conceive for a year and suffered two heartbreaking losses in the process. 


But after welcoming a healthy baby boy and then unexpectedly becoming pregnant with twins just three months later, the mom said her postpartum body image was far from her mind. "It was all about survival and preparing for a very busy time," she recalled. 



Still, when she did look at her body, she did not feel comfortable. "I remember googling 'twin moms postpartum' just trying to find similarities in my body to theirs," Varney said. "Of course, as mothers, we all agree that our babies are completely worth the skin, the stretches, and the lumps and bumps, but just as we are mothers, we are still ourselves," she added. "I was still Mel. I still needed to feel happy with 'Mel,' not just 'mom.'"


For the photo shoot with Cary, Varney and her husband agreed to "bare all" and pose with each other in various states of undress. "Lately I have been inspired by nudity because its raw, vulnerable and empowering," Cary told HuffPost. "I want to teach women and men how to be confident again. You don't have to be perfect in every way to be beautiful, you just have to own your flaws and embrace your differences."


Varney described the process as taking off her "mask" and confronting what was really there. "I wasn't able to choose the angles, suck in my tummy or filter over my bits. I felt vulnerable, but at the same time empowered," she said.



Reaching this state of acceptance was still a bit of a struggle for the new mom. "I didn't have much time to think about the way I looked (most days didn't have time to shower before my husband arrived home from work), but it was during intimate moments with Gabby that I began feeling insecure or comparing myself to mental images I thought I should look like," she said, emphasizing that it was her insecurities, not her husband, that made her feel this way. 


"Feeling sexy means different things to different people. I wanted to see myself the way my husband saw me," Varney added.


This feeling was precisely what Cary wanted to capture in her photos -- the mom's changing body and her changing relationship with her husband, but also the enduring love the pair have for each other.


"I wanted to highlight the way he sees her and thinks she is still as beautiful as she was when he first met her," the photographer said. "Also the acceptance she has now for her body with all of its new stretch marks, extra skin and wrinkles. She is beautiful and finally feels that way again, and [she] is proud to share that feeling with everyone else." 



Varney's children also inspire her to adopt a healthier view on body image. 


"I really want to raise my kids with a different view on beauty, self esteem and self portrayal," she told HuffPost. "Self worth has nothing to do with the way you look. I want both my daughters and my son to focus on what really matters -- humanity, kindness, acceptance, etc. I have made a conscious effort in my parenting to not comment on looks, rather compliment other aspects of their amazing little selves."


As for Gabby, he was excited to participate in the photo shoot because he's a fan of Cary's art. But he was surprised to find how much it empowered him as well.


"I think initially he did it thinking it would be something that would help me, but he told me the day after the photos were released that he thinks he may have gotten just as much out of the shoot as I did," Varney said, adding that men feel pressure to meet certain aesthetic ideals as well. 


The photographer echoed this sentiment. "Dudeoirs seem to be a bit of a joke in the media, but the truth is that men have confidence issues as well," she said. "They also worry about how other people, and especially their partners, view them."



Varney said the response to the photos on social media has been "humbling," adding that many women messaged her to say the images moved them to tears.


Still, others "missed the whole point of the pictures," she noted. "Our society seems to have hyper-sexualized naked bodies and associate an unclothed body with porn or something distasteful. It's a body -- we all have them, let's celebrate differences in ourselves and each other!"


The mom hopes the photos will inspire others, even if just one person or couple. "Having multiple children can take a huge toll on a relationship," she said. "Gabby and I drifted, but we never lost sight of our love."


"I hope that this can serve as a reminder for someone out there to take a little bit of time on their relationship," she added. "Sure they might not choose to get naked in a lake for a photoshoot, but maybe enjoy an ice cream on the back deck together and give each other some thoughtful compliments." Varney also said that she and her husband imagine themselves "giggling" together over the intimate photos when they're in their 70s.


Ultimately, the photographer wants viewers to embrace their own imperfections. "I hope people will see a strong, beautiful mother, who has chosen to love and cherish her body's flaws, and a husband, who is still in awe of her," said Cary.


She added that these sessions are meant for any and all women, no matter their size or appearance. She issued the following call: "Love yourself, stop beating yourself up in the mirror, accept the new you and walk with confidence."


The photos below may be considered NSFW. To see more of Cary's work, visit her website, Instagram and Facebook page.



H/T BabyCenter

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This Woman Was Fat-Shamed For Wearing Shorts -- And She Had The Best Response

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When one Texas-based actress left her house a few weeks ago to go run errands, she wasn't expecting to be fat-shamed for wearing shorts in the middle of June.


Unfortunately for Brynne Huffman, one seemingly harmless conversation with a fellow UPS customer turned into an insult when, according to Huffman, the woman told her that she should probably "rethink" wearing shorts. 


After the incident, Huffman posted a photo of herself on Facebook wearing the outfit that inspired the fat-shaming comment. In the caption she wrote an impassioned response, begging women not to "tear each other down."





Huffman wrote that, in a current climate where homophobia, Islamophobia and rape culture are such prevalent issues, there is no reason to be hating on a woman because of her size. 


"Plus sized doesn't necessarily mean unhealthy. Plus sized doesn't necessarily mean lazy. Plus sized doesn't mean ugly or undesirable or untalented or uncoordinated or LESS. THAN. HUMAN," Huffman wrote. "You might have an issue with my body. I don't."


Huffman ended her post with an encouraging reminder for women to lift each other up and "celebrate each other." She also included the powerful, body-positive hashtag: #EffYourBeautyStandards. Eff them, indeed. 


H/T Cosmopolitan.com

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Dad Opens Up About Adopted Son In Powerful Ad

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A poignant Jockey ad puts the spotlight on adoptive families. 


In a video for the brand's "Show 'Em What's Underneath" campaign, dad Michael Cottone talks about his son Vin while engaging in skin-to-skin bonding with the baby. "A few weeks ago, it was just me and my wife. And now, I’m a dad,” he narrates.


Cottone and his wife, Brigit, wanted to start a family but struggled to get pregnant, so they turned to adoption. "Vincent’s birth mother, she's amazing," the dad says. "The strongest person I’ve ever met. And she picked us. That’s an unbelievable feeling -- that she has the feeling in her gut that we are the ones to be his father, his mother."


Watch the full video above for more powerful words from the new dad.


H/T Babble

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These Sexy Swimsuit Ads Prove 'Thigh Gap' Is Not A Thing

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We thought swimsuitsforall couldn't be any more on point. The body-positive brand is responsible for Ashley Graham's first Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue appearance, making cellulite sexy, putting a 56-year-old in a steamy bikini ad, and being one of the few fashionable, reasonably priced hubs for swimwear over a size 10.


Then they took on the thigh gap



Swimsuitsforall's latest campaign is a series of inclusive images celebrating -- you guessed it -- bodies (and thighs) of all shapes and sizes.


Graham shows of her assets in swimwear along with Aerie spokeswoman Iskra Lawrence, Kylie Jenner's bestie Jordyn Woods, and a slew of other sexy women.



The dreaded and dangerous thigh gap phenomenon has plagued the Internet and men and women everywhere, so Swimsuitsforall snapped its models from behind in all their glory, thigh gap or no thigh gap.


“Mind the gap, or don’t mind the gap – who cares?" the brand said in a statement, declaring, "It’s the summer of #MySwimBody!”



And thus, the beautiful social media campaign, which first launched in May, continues to make its mark. Using #myswimbody, followers have even posted gorgeous swimsuit photos of their own. 






Here's to a summer filled with millions of bathing beauties not giving a you-know-what about their thighs -- or any other parts of their bodies, for that matter.


Check out more images from the campaign below. 


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These Are The 10 Most Common Fat-Shaming Phrases On Twitter

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Fat-shaming doesn't help anyone, but that doesn't stop people from doing it -- especially on the internet. 


New research conducted by Elliptical Reviews looks at the prevalence of body-shaming on Twitter. Using geo-tags and Twitter mentions, the company analyzed more than 17,000 fat-shaming-related tweets to discover the most common phrases internet trolls use and where this body-shaming is happening. 


Elliptical Reviews found that the 30 most common fat-shaming phrases and terms included weight-focused names, such as "fat bitch" and "thunder thighs," and phrases like "stay out of the kitchen." 


The top 10 most common fat-shaming phrases and terms on Twitter in the U.S. are:




  1. Lose weight




  2. Fat ass




  3. Stop eating




  4. Hit the gym




  5. Fat bitch




  6. Fatso




  7. Big boned




  8. Lard ass




  9. Fat boy




  10. Fatty




Read the top 30 most common body-shaming phrases below. 



Elliptical Reviews also looked at where this fat-shaming is taking place. The graph below shows the number of body-shaming-related tweets sent in each U.S. state.


Researchers found that the highest amount of online body-shaming takes places in Wyoming, Vermont and North Dakota, while the states with the lowest incidences of fat-shaming tweets are California and Texas.


The five states with the highest prevalence of fat-shaming tweets are:




  1. Wyoming




  2. Vermont




  3. North Dakota




  4. Alaska




  5. South Dakota




Scroll below to see the full map of fat-shaming tweets broken down by state.



The study also analyzed the prevalence of specific body-shaming phrases around the world. Phrases like "big and fat" and "lose weight" were used evenly throughout North America, Europe and Asia. The terms "fat ass" and "fat bitch" were used overwhelmingly in the U.S., while the phrase "stop eating" was surprisingly prevalent in South Asian countries. 


Click through the interactive map below to learn more. 





While most people likely have seen or experienced harassment online, the overwhelming majority of victims of internet harassment are women. Women ages 18-24 experience a disproportionately higher amount of harassment than men, with 26 percent reporting they've been stalked online and 25 percent reporting they've been targets of online sexual harassment.


The abuse women face online is often much more gendered and sexualized than the abuse men face. While men undoubtedly experience fat-shaming and body image issues offline, women and girls -- once again -- face the brunt of weight-shaming. While Elliptical Reviews did not analyze gender in their findings, other statistics would suggest that most of these fat-shaming phrases are directed at women.


"There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to the weight question, but it certainly starts with an increased measure of respect and acceptance for every body, in every size," the Elliptical Reviews study notes.


Remember: Body-shaming helps no one


Head to Elliptical Reviews to read the rest of the study. 

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OK, Whose Fine-Ass Grandaddy Is This?

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A new viral sensation is proving that swag doesn't necessarily diminish with age. 


Photos of a well-dressed older man rocking an awesome gray beard surfaced Wednesday, on social media platforms like Tumblr and Twitter, with popular sites like World Star Hip Hop dubbing him "Mr. Steal Your Grandma." 



He's about to steal my grandma My Gaad Where are your sons new grandpa??? #mrstealyourgrandma #mynewgrandpa #sexy

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The photos are of Irvin Randle, a resident of Houston, Texas, who by the looks of his Instagram, consistently serves a phenomenal look. It's unclear how old Randle really is, or whether he is indeed a "grandpa," but the thirst is most definitely real. The comments on his page range from "when your step daddy fine af" to "i bet u smell good..." (OK, calm down). 



Thursday

A photo posted by too grown. (@irvinrandle) on




On Thursday, Mr. Randle had just a little over 300 followers on his Instagram account. As of Friday, he has over 8,000, and the number is only growing.   


While Randle is being mostly praised for his good looks and great fashion sense, his Instagram also reveals something else to rave about: He loves reading to young children. 



REAL MEN READ!!!

A photo posted by too grown. (@irvinrandle) on




 


Slay, grandpa, slay. 

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Jennifer Lopez's Makeup-Free Selfie Has A Surprise 'Hamilton' Guest

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No makeup necessary!


Jennifer Lopez might require a glam squad to go full J.Lo every night of her Las Vegas residency, but in her down time she's happy to just be Jenny from the Block. 


The "Shades of Blue" star shared a photo of herself looking gorgeous sans makeup on Thursday with a surprise guest in the background: Lin-Manuel Miranda! 


Clearly inspired by the "Hamilton" creator's moving Tony Awards acceptance speech, Lopez captioned the photo of the duo with the hashtags #loveisloveisloveisloveisloveislove#LoveMaketheWorldGoRound and #JLin



#loveisloveisloveisloveisloveislove #LoveMaketheWorldGoRound. #JLin

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With papers strewn across a coffee table and Miranda at his laptop, we can't help but wonder if the two might be collaborating in the near future. A new musical, perhaps? 


A friend to Miranda since his "In the Heights" days, Lopez was one of the lucky few to score a ticket to "Hamilton" and went backstage to congratulate him after the show. 



How could we say no to these two? 

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Kylie Jenner Can't Stop Posting Photos Of Herself In Cornrows

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Kylie Jenner is no stranger to controversy, as she's posed for a magazine cover in a gilded wheelchair and dated a 25-year-old rapper at only 17 (whom she's still, unfortunately, dating). 


The 18-year-old reality star is also a repeat offender of cultural appropriation, especially when she wears her hair in cornrows. On Friday, Jenner posted a selfie showing off her braided hair on Instagram, immediately drawing the ire of her fans. 



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Twitter was not happy with her photo, and commenters lashed out at the teen:














Only a few weeks ago, Jenner posted a photo with cornrows while modeling a nude bikini:



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Kylie has worn braids before and, as past Instagram photos attest, she'll probably do it again -- despite what people have said about the problems with her hairstyle. 


"Hunger Games" actress Amandla Stenberg called out Jenner for cultural appropriation in 2015, writing in the comments of one of Kylie's cornrow photos, “When u appropriate black features and culture but fail to use ur position of power to help black Americans by directing attention towards ur wigs instead of police brutality or racism #whitegirlsdoitbetter." 


Stenberg even made a video, called "Don't Cash Crop on My Cornrows." The clip explains why it's so troubling for white people to wear braids and, in the case of Kylie, use their celebrity status to elevate the hairstyle to something "trendy," despite its consistent presence in black culture. 





Jenner should watch this video and think twice before she wears cornrows again. 

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Beauty Essentials For Sun-Kissed Pool Lovers

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For exactly one month of summer, I essentially set up residence at my local pool, where my kids have swim team practice followed by tennis and endless dips in the water with pals. It's not uncommon for me to drag them to the car reluctantly after five hours of continuous sun time, my fingers burning from typing on the black keyboard of my mobile office.

(Now would be a case in point!)

Which brings me to a roundup of beauty goodies that I've been collecting for this particular time of year that are boutique, must-haves to protect, exfoliate, revitalize and nurture our sun-kissed skin.

BODY OIL
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Keeping skin hydrated through summer's varied weather conditions can often be a challenge; this morning, my nose needed an extra exfoliation for example. Little Barn Apothecary's body oils are deliciously fragrant and readily absorbed so that they leave you highly moisturized without feeling slippery. My husband declared a major thumbs up to the honeysuckle + grapefruit blend upon first wear, a combo that to me sparks of summer. What's nice: a little goes a long way, especially for après sun care. Also available in lemongrass + mint.

$34 for 3.9 oz.; littlebarnapothecary.com

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When my family and I first headed down to Costa Rica, where the Equatorial sun is directly overhead and feels twice as powerful, I searched for a broad-protection sunscreen that would be compatible with my kids' sensitive skin and would really, REALLY protect us. We chose Blue Lizard after some research and a top vote from the EWG (Environmental Working Group) and haven't looked back. It's pretty fabulous for a host of reasons, and here's one: it stays on and seemingly lasts a little longer in water than most others. It costs a bit more, but it's worth it.

Bluelizard.net

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If you're aiming to be productive and give yourself a mani or pedi poolside--or anyplace where a flat surface to prop your bottle evades you--this little tool holds your nail polish bottle securely so the application process goes that much smoother.

$14.95, assorted colors; tweexy.com

HERBAL BATH CRYSTALS
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Soak your sore muscles from summer sports in a warm bath with the fragrant benefit of natural aromatherapy using Gigglemug Bath Crystals. Made with 100% pure Dead Sea Salt and pure essential oils, your body will feel detoxed and cleansed in no time. Available in three fragrances (lavender, peppermint, eucalyptus + lemon) and unscented.

$10 for 7 oz.; honestearthcandles.com

SHOWER GEL
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After caking on the sun protection from a day at the beach, nothing feels better than giving yourself a good rinse. I adore the refreshing scent of Every Day Botanicals yuzu mint shower gel that for an all-natural product, makes a remarkably frothy bubble. Its spearmint oil cools the skin and while moisturizing, leaves no sticky residue.

$14.95 for 16 oz.; everdaybotanicals.com

Click on for other cool finds for your beach bag, this summer's sizzling swimsuits, additional aromatherapy products and how to prep for a chic white party.

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The New Model Who's Making Gender Irrelevant

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By Véronique Hyland

Before Avie Acosta moved from Edmond, Oklahoma, to New York City, she had already begun a very 2016 kind of metamorphosis: shedding Instagram followers from her past life. "I unfollowed the people I went to school with and started following people throughout the world that I thought I'd be friends with if I wasn't in Oklahoma," she says.

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One of those people was Hari Nef, the first transgender model signed to super-agency IMG. "I randomly followed her during that spurt because I just liked her Instagram," she recalls. "Then she started getting publicity and, reading her words, I was like, wait. I identify with that." Acosta, who was born male, was then in the process of figuring out her gender identity -- she had worn a skirt to a high-school winter formal, an experiment that went over without much comment from her classmates - and had started to feel that she needed to change her life in a big, still-undefinable way. And that change, she knew, had something to do with New York.

After racking up overtime shifts as a host at an Oklahoma City sports bar called Republic that she describes as having "like 30 TVs and 100 beers on tap," Acosta saved enough to move to New York at 19, with three suitcases and zero contacts. While working at Republic, she had changed her name to Avie and begun female hormone treatments, though "I still got called 'he' every day," she says ruefully.

Settling into her new identity, she was determined to befriend all the people she'd been following on a five-by-three-inch screen IRL. She DMed Gogo Graham, a designer who creates fashion specifically for the trans community, and landed a spot in Graham's New York Fashion Week show this past February, wearing an exaggerated Mohawk and a red bra. And she vaulted herself into the city's social life with the enthusiasm of a newcomer who's loath to make it another Netflix night.

At a Marc Jacobs party, she met Jake Greene from Paper magazine, who ended up introducing her to Kendall Werts, who became her agent at Wilhelmina Models. She went to Juliana Huxtable's #ShockValue party and finally met Nef in person. The model took Acosta under her Gucci-clad wing and brought her to a party for Diesel's flagship store on Madison Avenue, which led to an invite to a Ladyfag party held at a mansion. (In Acosta's telling, these evenings pile up like dominoes, some of them only vaguely recalled. Of the Marc Jacobs party, she says, "It was in like an old-school gym or something. It was for his sunglasses release. And so I guess I met Jake there, although I don't really remember ...")

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A friend of Nicola Formichetti's met Acosta at yet another party and sent the designer a screenshot of her Instagram; pretty soon, she had an invite to his Nicopanda show. Another night found her walking the red carpet at the Captain America premiere, wearing a unisex look from Baja East. "I just hear about stuff and I just end up there," she says nonchalantly of her social calendar.

It sounds like something that might happen in 1979, not 2016, but in a matter of months Acosta had an agent, runway jobs, and a circle of friends in the city -- everything she'd envisioned back in Oklahoma. It was like a fashion version of The Secret. "I was really broke for a month," she says of her early days in the city. "I think I'm still broke, because this is New York."

Acosta is signed to the men's board at Wilhelmina. "With women's [boards], I know for a fact that there would be things about my body" that she'd be asked to change, she says, like losing inches on her waist. "I like to think of it as -- you know when you were in middle school and there's that one girl who is on the football team? And that girl was the cool girl?" she says. "That's how I feel."

However, in keeping with fashion's increasingly genderless mood -- as seen at Alessandro Michele's revamped Gucci and the unisex approach of New York lines like Hood by Air, Baja East, Eckhaus Latta, and 69 -- Acosta has been doing go-sees for both men's and women's shows. Right now, she's learning a "men's walk" for the former, which she breaks down as "hunch, look down, look bored and annoyed." She hopes to walk the upcoming men's shows in Europe, which would mark her first time leaving the country (and would require getting her first-ever passport.) She's already booked editorials in Purple and in the Italian fashion magazine Lampoon that should get her noticed.

Related: A 56-Year-Old Sports Illustrated Model on Bikinis, Gray Hair, and Her 'Roundy Tummy'

Her agent tells me she's been mistaken for a trans man on castings, which she takes as a compliment. The way she dresses off-duty, too, has a gender-eliding spin. She arrived on set at this shoot wearing light-wash jeans and a vintage baby-blue pleated negligee-style dress that could pass for Gucci. Both pieces, along with her underwear, were borrowed from one of her roommates. As far as she's concerned, she says, no item of clothing has an innate gender: "It's literally an inanimate object that's fabric and cloth."

When she first came to New York, she briefly went off hormones. Explaining that decision, she says, "Once I got here I was like, wait, I have a lot of this space to just exist." In Oklahoma, "I was very concerned with all the typical trans things like passing or like being misgendered at work. I would let that be this very draining thing for me. And I didn't want to do it anymore. I didn't want to be in the same position that I was in in Oklahoma, just in a different city. I wanted to change it all." She has since gone back on hormone treatments, but she speaks of those days as a charmed time when she didn't have to fit into one category or the other, but could float between them for a while.

Her family still doesn't really understand all of this. "Things have never been good with my parents or anything," she says. But they have begun to show a cautious interest in, if not endorsement of, her new, increasingly high-profile life. Her father, she says, "checks in. I send him links to the things that come out [about me]. They read them and they respond ... I think that they're doing a lot better job with it." She told her 13-year-old brother "that when I get established, I'll let him come visit."

Does she miss anything at all about her old life? "Sometimes I miss driving. I miss being able to get in a car, put music on, and be in your own space," she says. "Not very often."

Photographs by Tetsu Kubota. Styling by Rebecca Ramsey. Hair by Nicolas Eldin. Makeup by Aya Komatsu.

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A Brief History of Terrible Yogurt Commercials Targeted at Women

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By Gabriella Paiella

Somewhere around the early aughts, yogurt went from a fermented-dairy-milk product that had been enjoyed by various cultures around the world for millennia to a fermented-dairy-milk product marketed as an ambrosia that was wildly irresistible to women.

If these gendered commercials are to be believed, not only were were women easily tricked into thinking that a 100-calorie pack of sugary yogurt tasted exactly like an elaborate and decadent dessert (because women aren't allowed to actually eat dessert), they had simply gone mad with their love of the stuff. It was all but implied that off-camera, women everywhere were stripping down, slathering yogurt on their bodies, and praying to a Golden Calf created from empty Yoplait containers. "YO-GURT!" they chanted, a depraved and unstoppable mass. "100 calories per serving!" they shrieked into the moonlight.

And there were so many commercials.

Related: 19 Defining Moments in the History of Yogurt

Yoplait was one of the worst offenders. One of their earlier, long-running campaigns involved two women (one of whom was actress Leisha Hailey) commenting on the excellence of the yogurt they were eating by comparing it to various very good things that women supposedly love. For instance, during an exchange at a spa, they quizzically invoked Buddhism to call the yogurt "Zen wrapped in karma dipped in chocolate good." They eventually agree that it's "getting a foot massage while shoe-shopping for chocolate-covered heels good," and then they laugh and laugh in their plush robes.



When Yoplait Light started churning out new flavors, they set up a situation in which a woman was talking to her friend about her diet on the phone, as two women do (there needs to be a spinoff of the Bechdel Test exclusively for yogurt commercials). Her diet was going great, she assured the person on the other side of the line, because she was stuffing her face with apple turnovers, Boston cream pie, white-chocolate strawberries, and key lime pie. Her eavesdropping husband ransacks the house in search of these hidden desserts, but alas, it was all just yogurt, yogurt, and more yogurt. Ack!



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Women at the workplace were not immune from yogurt's stronghold either. Another Yoplait Light commercial featured a woman staring longingly at the near-whole raspberry cheesecake in her work fridge and calculating the calorie-burning effort she'd have to put in if she ate a slice. As she's doing her mental gymnastics, her colleague pushes into the fridge and exclaims, "Raspberry cheesecake! I've been thinking about this all day." Surprise! Her perky asshole of a co-worker is not referring to the real raspberry cheesecake, but to the raspberry-cheesecake yogurt she has stored next to it. The first woman tells the terrible woman, "You've lost weight," because "yogurt will make you thin and being thin is good" is the most important not-so-subliminal takeaway in every yogurt commercial.



A mainstay of these yogurt commercials is the side-by-side dessert comparison, in which dessert is very clearly presented as an evil temptress and yogurt all that is good and fermented and holy. When a woman opens her fridge to find a slice of chocolate cake, she reaches for a Dannon Light & Fit yogurt with a thin coating of chocolate at the top -- but doesn't take it out of the fridge before TAUNTING THE SLICE OF CAKE WITH HER YOGURT CONTAINER. "Take that!" she seems to say to the cake. "Linda, you've lost your damn mind. I'm a cake," the cake probably said back.



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Another woman, tempted by her co-worker snacking on cookies, settles for a Dannon Light & Fit strawberry-cheesecake Greek yogurt instead. She waves her spoon and hexes her co-worker, shrinking his cookies. Later in the commercial, she runs into another woman in her office eating the same yogurt. Her colleague waves her yogurt spoon too, magically shrinking a doughnut another male co-worker is eating and then the two women laugh knowingly at each other, imbued with the dark and ancient power of yogurt.



But yogurt's influence is no laughing matter. Take the woman who filled her entire cart with Dannon Light & Fit containers and then maniacally sucked one down in the grocery store aisle because she couldn't help herself. Her friends and family staged an intervention shortly after.



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In more recent years, Oikos (that's Greek for "Dannon") has relied on hunky men to hawk their product. Along with John Stamos's regular appearances, there's a clip in which a woman browses through various snacks on an "online snacking site" until she finds the one -- a man wearing a large Oikos container around his waist. They go mini-golfing, frolic in a meadow, and have a generally romantic time. It is implied that she will then fuck the yogurt.



But yogurt trends have changed over the years: Watery, low-fat, and sugar-laden flavors have given way to the full-fat Greek stuff. And with that, yogurt ads are also beginning to shift how they market their product. For instance, a recent commercial by Organic Valley served to highlight women's realistic morning routines instead of the sun-dappled woman-laughing-alone-with-yogurt schtick we're all used to.

And now, thanks to Oikos Triple Zero -- the "official yogurt of the NFL" -- men must suffer, too. Triple Zero is just Greek yogurt plopped in a different-color container and endorsed by Cam Newton with an emphasis on protein, so men can feel more secure eating what has been traditionally marketed as a feminine food.

Big Yogurt truly comes for us all.

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In the Beginning There Was Yarn: Pitti Filati Unravels the Mystery of Fashion in Florence

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At times it is important to get back to the basics. While understanding the heart of the matter of politics, religion and even humanity seems challenging at this very moment, getting to what is at the core of fashion was as easy at traveling to Florence for me. In this magical place, laden with all kinds of opportunities, I found the essence of all trends: thread. And in the process I discovered just how trends come to be.

We may not think much about what makes up ninety percept of what we wear. It's a simple, seemingly endless spool of fiber -- be it wool, nylon or cotton to name a few -- that, once put together by master tailors and designers, can become a garment of possibilities. My own relationship with fashion has as much to do with comfort and ease of wearability as it does with how an outfit looks. So being inside the Pitti Filati fashion fair in Florence, wandering around surrounded by cashmeres, silks and the likes, clarified that instinctual connection I have with my favorite pieces of clothing.

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While ready-to-wear collections are shown a year before, to the season -- for example, what is on the runways now will be in stores in time for the Spring/Summer seasons of 2017 -- trends in thread, yarns are shown a year and a half before they are turned into looks that are finally in stores. Because now is when designers and fashion offices decide what to utilize once they begin working on the collections that will be shown come next January 2017, for their winter collections in stores in 2018. See how that all works? Predicting colors, textures and weight this far in advance had always seemed to me like some kind of hocus pocus alchemy experiment. Yet, now that I get how it works, it's all making a lot of sense. The secret to all fashion is held together by a thread. Literally.

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So, it turns out, fashion isn't as much of a guessing game as we think. Designers have specific color pallets and moods suggested to them by the manufacturers of the materials they use for their collections. It's why one year everyone has a purple story, and another, for example, light blue is the color of the season. Move over Pantone, because Pitti Filati has the colorations, trends and combinations all thought out for what we'll be wearing in the fall/winter season 2017-18. It was presented in their fashion research lab, with the theme "Twenty-four Hours in Knit" under the artistic direction of designer Angelo Figus and Nicola Miller. And you know what, from the examples, the models I saw, I can't wait for next winter -- a whole year and a half from now.

While visiting the 24H lab, I ran into the wonderful Angelo Figus. I'm a huge fan and couldn't contain my enthusiasm. Here is a designer who has really done it all, and continues to care deeply about the art of fashion and design. He's made beautiful shoes, designed spaces, worked on theater productions, styled runway shows and editorials, and yet, when I met him he was "removing fuzz from the clothing." Yes, I quote him, master designer and visionary, Figus was making sure the Pitti Filati design lab creations didn't have unwanted pills.

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Designer Marcelo Burlon, left, with Raffaello Napoleone, right, Chief Executive of Pitti Immagine at Sansovino 6


Figus took the time to explain that their briefing for this edition of the Pitti Filati Lab was "we must provide material for the imagination and stimulate dreams." The word dream is always present in my own vocabulary when I describe fashion, film, culture and even my beloved Florence. If that corny quote holds true, "a dream is a wish your heart makes" then my heart is filled with wishes of couture and trendsetting shoes.

Figus continued that, "this [Pitti Filati] is not a fair where a single, univocal idea of style must come out, because the inspiration, the dream, the research and the imagination must work for, and I make an example, for Benetton as for Balenciaga; it must be cross-sectional, not bound to one style." Figus has been responsible for this across-the-board vision that ends up influencing fashion around the world since 2004, when the first edition of the Pitti Filati Fashion Lab was called, appropriately, "Supermarket Of Styles -- Supermarket Off Styles".

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Among the standouts for me, as far as actual producers of groundbreaking yarns this year, were Filpucci, with their 'Re.Verso' recycled cashmere. Well, again I'm oversimplifying a process and a material that are much more luxurious and complicated. This incredibly thick, soft and luscious cashmere is the first of its kind, engineered and made of pre-consumer leftovers, fully traceable and from materials made in Italy, of course! This season they've also added Baby Camel, made in the same eco-friendly way.

Millefili was another brand that had me at "hello", with a stand featuring their name made up of blue and yellow pencils, a work of art, and all kinds of goodies to be collected inside it. My favorite, a box of bubble wrap, for use in case of stress. The box didn't come in too handy of course, because Pitti Filati was more dreamy for me than chaotic, but I still will hold on to my present for the upcoming days... And the materials on display at Millefili were simply fantastic.

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Those wandering around the lower floor of the Fortezza da Basso, where the fashion fair was held, couldn't help but fall in love with the designs that made up the 'Feel the Yarn 2016' display. In its seventh year, the initiative pairs 26 fashion students, from 13 international design schools, with 22 Italian yarn mills coordinated by the Consorzio Promozione Filati, to create groundbreaking fashion looks. This year's theme: 'KNITt(in)g TIME' and this year's winner, Wang Yanjun from BIFT-- the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, with yarn provided by Toscano. A special prize was awarded by Salvatore Ferragamo to Yan Wen, student of the Polimoda in Florence, who worked with Pecci Filati materials. My own personal favorites were the outfits by Nai-Chi Liu (pictured above with her designs) who studies at the Bunka Fashion College in Japan. I found her looks haunting and deeply rooted in ethnicity, which I find always so humanly fashionable.

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And for those who enjoy their "exit through the gift shop" experience as much as I do, there was even a vintage fashion fair within the fair, the Vintage Selection 28, where one could buy anything from Chanel costume jewels to original US army jackets. I found some beautiful Roberta di Camerino sunglasses in a light tortoise brown -- am now kicking myself for not buying them from Punti di Vista -- and did walk away with a light blue, full sleeved, very Eighties Beltrami shirt in silk and lace from Street Doing, a vintage couture shop based in Florence.

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At the end of this new adventure that was Pitti Filati for me, I watched a fashion presentation inside the Teatro Pergola, where, as a child, I performed my dance recital. A place filled with memories, still possessing the light and scents I remembered, I thought nothing could outdo the space itself. And yet Sansovino 6 and the brand's Ohio-born wonderfully charming designer Edward Buchanan did! With a fashion show bearing the theme 'Here Comes the Sun' Buchanan channeled the energy of the beautiful Nina Simone, in all her courage and might, but also her sex appeal.

With a finale that felt part Hair, part Rent and all style, Sansovino 6 conquered my heart.

Until next year Pitti Filati. You've taught me what the essence of fashion is and I'll keep wanting to come back for more.

All images courtesy of Pitti Immagine, used with permission.

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12 Beach Cover-Ups For Under $50 That Will Help You Kick Start Summer

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We spent the better part of June on the hunt for a great beach cover-up. One that is lightweight and stylish and can provide enough coverage after we've spent too much time in the sun. But the problem we ran into? They were all outrageously expensive. 


We decided to dig into the depths of the internet to find cover-ups that won't break the bank. Herewith, 12 cover-ups so cute, you'll want to wear them beyond the beach. 


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