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Don't Blame 'A' But 'Pretty Little Liars' Is Ending After 7 Seasons

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We’ve got a secret. Can you keep it? “Pretty Little Liars” is ending. 


On Monday, the teen mystery series’ creator, I. Marlene King, announced that the seventh season will be the show’s last in a Facebook Live chat with stars Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse, TVLine reports. 


Last year, King teased that an eighth season or a movie was “very possible,” but has previously stated that the twists and turns would come to a satisfying end this season. 


“We have enough story to take us to the end of Season 7,” she told TVLine in 2015. “We’re going to let the fans tell us if they’re ready to say goodbye to this world and these characters.”


Hale also seemed to confirm that Season 7 would be the series’ last earlier this month, telling E! News, “Yeah, there’s like rumors of maybe a movie — there might be a movie, but seven seasons will definitely end the show.”


As the longest-running TV series on Freeform ― the network formerly known as ABC Family ― “Pretty Little Liars” helped usher in a new era of scripted programming. When it first premiered in 2010, it garnered a sizable audience and grew to be the network’s most popular show over the next six years. 


The summer finale airs Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 8/7c, before the series takes a break until April for its final 10 episodes. Brace yourselves for the end.


 


Watch the full announcement below. 




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22 Afropunk Festival-Goers Exemplify The Beautiful Diversity Of Blackness

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Hundreds of attendees gathered to celebrate art, activism and individuality at the 2016 Afropunk Festival at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn, New York, over the weekend.


Staying true to its mission, this year’s festival, which took place Aug. 27-Aug. 28, was full of folks flaunting their vibrant, eclectic and unique ways of life. Created to give a voice to the the urban kids who identified with the punk scene, Afropunk has grown into a place of inclusivity ― free from judgement and stereotyping ― which celebrates just how multifaceted people really can be in the black community.


The free-spirited and welcoming nature of Afropunk is what attracted first time festival-goer Bryanna Neal.


“People can’t fathom who we are so they wanna label us as weirdos and creeps but the thing is we’re here to be ourselves and I never found a spot like that,” the 24-year-old Philadelphia native told The Huffington Post. “I’ve always been to myself, always been alienated and, then now, this is like my home right here. This is what I love and I’m glad I’m here.”


That energy also brought Charlotte native Devin Lightner to the festival. The 21-year-old told HuffPost that he’s amazed at how unapologetic attendees are at defying the stereotypes that society often times tries to use to confine black people.


“It shows how broad [blackness] is and how influential our culture is,” the first time festival-goer told HuffPost. “I’m seeing black people doing metal and people dancing to it. I’ve never even seen a black metal group before, and you got people of different races here just embracing it and taking it all in and enjoying it, too, so it’s an awesome thing.”


Alternative R&B artist Gallant, who performed on Sunday, told HuffPost that he’s lucky to exist in a time where people are gravitating towards music like his that doesn’t fit neatly inside of one box.


“Seal really challenged the way that I looked at a genre,” the 24-year-old crooner said. “When I was growing up... I did not think that you were allowed to make that kind of music if you were a black male. I just didn’t think you were allowed to do it because I didn’t see it.”


Gallant said it pleases him to see more and more people challenging stereotypes because it allows artists to thrive without traditional labels.


Brooklyn native Kesha Morse said she's happy Afropunk highlights black artists with an alternative edge. The 67-year-old told HuffPost that it’s hard to ignore the influence black people have had on punk, or anything for that matter.


“Blackness is a spirit and it’s a holiness about it that will draw people to it. That can’t be denied,” Morse, who said it’s her second time at the festival, told HuffPost. “We were the first here and people can say they are any number of things. But they all derived from one and that’s from blackness. So no matter how far removed you think you are from that, when you get the tribe blackness together to have a consciousness, it’s gonna pull you to it. You can’t deny it.”


In the spirit of this, HuffPost Black Voices asked 22 attendees from different walks of life to define themselves by completing the sentence “I am...” with one or a few words, giving us a chance to peak into what makes these eclectic souls so special.


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Women Get Honest About What They Want In Men's Body Hair

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Full beard, chest hair, full pubic bush or totally clean-shaven testicles ― guys might manscape for comfort or to feel, shall we say, bigger in certain areas. But here’s something else men may not consider: what do women want?


Using mannequins with hair stuck to them, Glamour asked three women for their thoughts on body hair and grooming, and it turns out that as far as men are concerned, they like it pretty much all-natural.


“What I prefer on a man is really just this,” one woman said, pointing to a mannequin with a full beard, full armpit hair, full chest hair and full pubic hair (OK ― she cut back the mustache slightly, “for access purposes”).


But when the ladies talked about their bodies, they illustrated the interesting truth about gender roles and expectations of beauty: the same standard that goes for women not shaving, also applies to men who shave.


“Men face the same type of pressures that women do. Their pressure is to be hairy, and girls are ― their pressure’s to not be hairy. So I don’t think there’s a double standard.”


Watch the full video above. 

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Gene Wilder Agreed To Play Willy Wonka Under This One Condition

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“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” is one of those movies that transcends time. 


The original film, released in 1971 and directed by Mel Stuart, starred the late screen icon Gene Wilder as the titular Willy Wonka. Wilder died at the age of 83 on Sunday, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.


Without Wilder the film may have been good, but with him, it was wonderful. As it turns out, however, the actor wasn’t always sold on the role. In fact, he only agreed to play the famous candyman under one condition


As reported by Letters of Note, Wilder told Stuart:



“When I make my first entrance. I’d like to come out of the door carrying a cane and then walk toward the crowd with a limp. After the crowd sees Willy Wonka is a cripple, they all whisper to themselves and then become deathly quiet. As I walk toward them, my cane sinks into one of the cobblestones I’m walking on and stands straight up, by itself; but I keep on walking, until I realize that I no longer have my cane. I start to fall forward, and just before I hit the ground, I do a beautiful forward somersault and bounce back up, to great applause.”



When asked why he wanted to do this, Wilder simply said, “Because from that time on, no one will know if I’m lying or telling the truth.”


Wilder wanted Wonka to be completely unpredictable, and as we all know, he got his wish. The scene featuring Wonka’s grand entrance is one of the most memorable in the film, thanks to Wilder’s imagination and creativity.





Wilder also provided some input about Wonka’s costume after seeing the first sketches. According to Letters of Note, the actor wrote a letter to Stuart offering up some suggestions for the character’s signature look


“I don’t think of Willy as an eccentric who holds on to his 1912 Dandy’s Sunday suit and wears it in 1970, but rather as just an eccentric — where there’s no telling what he’ll do or where he ever found his get-up — except that it strangely fits him: Part of this world, part of another,” he wrote, adding, “A vain man who knows colors that suit him, yet, with all the oddity, has strangely good taste. Something mysterious, yet undefined.”


No one could have captured the character quite like Wilder, and we’ll be forever grateful. 

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A Documentary Focusing On The Perfection In Japanese Denim

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Like many Black Americans I was introduced to the perfection of Japanese denim by Hip-Hop. After I heard Jay Z say "these ain't Diesel, these is Evisu" on the Just Blaze produced, Blueprint 2 bonus track Show You How in 2002, I started investigating denim brands. Two years later I bought my first pair of Japanese denim- a pair of Evisu I scored from a menswear shop in Boston. And, I wore them everywhere for the next four years including on my trip to Japan in 2005. I loved those jeans and they were not my last pair of Japanese denim. I am currently breaking in two pairs of selvedge denim- an Edwin pair and a Uniqlo pair. To put it quite plainly: I am a proud denim enthusiast.



Last week I had the pleasure of watching a documentary about my mild obsession- Weaving Shibusa by filmmakers Devin Leisher, Erik Motta and Mehdi Ahmadi. It premiered to an audience in San Francisco on August 6th at an event hosted by Self Edge- a producer of the documentary and famed denim house. The film is beautiful with stunning shots all over Japan, intriguing interviews with denim legends and a trip to denim mecca Shinya Mills in Ibarra where denim brands such as Japan Blue, The Real McCoys, Fullcount and Denime are woven along with other members of the Osaka 5.




While denim was invented in America in the late 1800's, it was perfected in Japan. As told by Atsushi Matsushima of Lightning Magazine in the film, the story of Japanese denim begins in late 1940's and early 1950's Ueno, Tokyo during the American occupation. American military men would sell old clothes in underground markets where Japanese would rummage to find choice items. Matsushima goes on to explain that much like the automobile industry and electronics, the Japanese copied American culture when they became interested in denim. Throughout the late 20th Century and into the 21st Century Japan and America competed to see who could make the best cars, gadgets and jeans.

In the 1960's Japan started making their own jeans rather than import them from America or buy what was available in Japan. And, the Japanese put into making jeans the same attention to detail and eye for perfection that they put into everything else. While Americans have moved on to advanced technology to make denim, in Japan the best denim is still made on old shuttle looms that have been rescued from factories across the country. When Japanese denim makers want to add a particular feature to their jeans they talk of having to build a machine to make it. To them no detail is too small.




Another example of the Japanese attention to detail and pursuit of perfection comes in the dyeing process. Denim is dyed with indigo and liquid indigo is brown naturally. It turns blue when exposed to air. The process of using indigo is described in the film as a battle against nature. And, although the use of indigo is a painstaking process, the artisans at work never get to see the final outcome of their work because the real color of indigo comes after use. Only the owner of a pair of jeans will be able to appreciate their work.

Mikiharu Tsujita, the founder of Full Count, described the process he went through to find cotton suitable for his jeans. He said he did not like the feel of the cotton he was getting from America at first. It did not produce jeans as soft as the vintage jeans he was trying to emulate. So, he sourced cotton from Egypt, Switzerland, America and Peru before finally settling on cotton from Zimbabwe. There cotton is still picked by hand and goes through an old production style. Tsujita knew by the feel that he had to use Zimbabwean cotton.




Denim has truly lived a long life and has become more acceptable as time has passed. Masayohi Kobayashi of The Flat Head put it well when he said "I don't think there are any other clothing items that have stories like jeans." You can wear jeans for a decade and they only get better with time- in fit and color. Kazuhiko Hanzawa, founder of Marvin's Vintage, can tell the type of wearer of a pair of jeans by the fades. And, according to Yutaka Fujihara, director of BerBerJin, there will be no "next denim." In other words, no item will see the lifespan, utility and importance of jeans in fashion culture. So, if you have not been taking your denim purchases seriously, now may be the time to reconsider. The Japanese know denim and appreciate the art they are making when they make a pair of jeans. We can all learn something about appreciating the small things through the lens of Japanese denim.

I had the opportunity to connect with one of the directors of the film, Devin Leisher, via email and asked him to answer the following questions:

1. What gave you the idea to make a documentary about Japanese denim?

The idea came simply from personal interest. Japanese denim has been something i've been heavily interested in (and involved in on the forums) since about 2007-2008. I knew how difficult it was for people to get information on the topic, partly because of the secrecy of the brands, partly because of their inaccessibility in Japan, and felt that if I was only able to not only get "answers" for people, but also show the brands and figureheads and connect the enthusiasts to the makers, that I would have something very unique.


2. Why do you think the Japanese are able to take American products and drive them to perfection like they have with denim, cars and electronics?

I think the Japanese are able to take American products, and products from all over the world for that matter, and take them to the 'next level' because they are very singularly-focused and dedicate themselves to perfection. It is not at all uncommon for people in Japan to have the same career their entire lives. They want to be the best they can be at what they do, so they learn all they can about something, reverse engineer it to find the pitfalls, and make the better version. They do a lot to understand the "how" and "why" of things, which can lead to a better result versus just emulating and tweaking what a product is on the surface.


3. When will the film be released and where will people be able to watch it?

At this moment we are focusing on several screenings all over the world into December. Simultaneously, we are investigating various distribution plans we'd like to set forth with, but ultimately we plan to get this in peoples hand by New Years.

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Going Against the Flow: Purva Gupta, CEO of Lilyapp

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Purva Gupta is the Co-founder & CEO of Lily. Lily helps women discover & buy clothes according to their emotions and perceptions about their own body. Purva's team has built the industry's first algorithm that uses advanced machine learning to match emotions, preferences, and perceptions to clothes in real time- both in online and offline stores.

Purva is an alum of the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, UNICEF, The Founder Institute, and Khosla Impact Fund, and has an MBA from the Indian School of Business.

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Purva Gupta


What does entrepreneurship mean to you, and what underlying characteristics do you see in successful entrepreneurs?

Purva:
For me, it is the most powerful medium to create the change I want to see in the world. It is indeed very hard to bring change in the face of resistance, but possible.

The early stages of a startup are like launching a rocket against the force of gravity. The force of gravity is like every single imaginable & unimaginable challenge that comes in front of the founders everyday as they are trying to get the rocket off the ground. Nonetheless the fuel here is the founder's unwavering belief in their vision, consistent hard work and a healthy disregard for impossible.

Sometimes I agree with Elon Musk that entrepreneurship is like eating glass. And I would recommend it to anyone who has a taste for... eating glass!

What are you most proud of in your professional career?

Purva: Creating a product that speaks to the inner thoughts of a woman about her body by creating an emotional connection.

I started my career working with one of the world's best advertising agencies- Saatchi & Saatchi where I learnt that most loved brands connect emotionally with the user. It's how they make the user feel that matters. When I moved to New York, the desire to connect emotionally with users was breeding in me for a few years now. I was very observant of my own problems and thoughts. With a few months of shopping in the US, I started paying attention to my inner thoughts while shopping in stores- I was always looking for clothes that would make me look thinner or make me feel that I am looking thinner, because that's the social norm. I hated walking out of store without finding anything that fit my criteria. My strong itch persuaded me to speak to a 1000+ women about their shopping experiences only to come to the behavioral insight that- "Women are always trying to find clothes that helps them accentuate the parts of their body they like and de-emphasize the ones they don't like." That was my Aha! moment that led me to create Lily, knowing that no shopping experience today cares about what goes on in a woman's mind about her own body/needs when she is in a physical store or online buying clothes.

I am very proud of the team building Lily- a founding team of women with backgrounds in machine learning/AI, behavioral science, marketing, image consulting and retail with working experiences at Facebook, Saatchi & Saatchi, Macy's, Instagram and Khosla Impact Fund and education from Stanford, MIT, CMU, ISB and Yale. And the team is dreaming big- to be the emotional intelligence in the world of commerce.

If you could do something over in your life, what would it be?

Purva: I feel everything in my life is going according to a script and the challenges are because there is a demand in the script for the protagonist to emerge as a gladiator overcoming those challenges. From an acute problem of stammering as a teenager to going against my family to marry the man I love and then pursuing a long distance relationship with him after marriage so I could chase my startup dream. I believe that every challenge is helping me learn something new about myself and making me more fearless. That said, I wish I had realized my love for technology as an enabler earlier when I was a teenager- may be I would have started building companies earlier. At 27, I feel I am running out of time.

Tell us about an instance where you had to go against the flow to realize your goal.

Purva:
Recently, I had to give up (almost) everything I fought very hard for- a prestigious job, my secure US visa, financial security & staying with my husband under the same roof. What for? To further jump off the cliff and build a plane on my way down. I fought with my family to marry the guy I love. I married him. Then while still in India, I had to find myself a job in the US. A job that could help me create a ding before a dent in the world, and by the way, I wasn't even authorized to work in the US at the time. I found a job with UNICEF'S Innovation team creating a Venture capital inspired fund to back literally life saving technology products and I got a diplomatic visa to work in the US. My husband was attending his MBA program at Yale and I had just finished my MBA. Lets just say, we had enough in student loans, but my tax free salary from an international development agency was a good start. In the midst of all this- I found my calling to build Lily in the face of uncertainty. I had no money, I gave up my diplomat visa hat came with my job, I moved to California to join an incubator and most importantly I entered into a long distance relationship with my husband a year into our marriage. Then I literally asked myself- what would I do if I were not afraid? Would I go to California and build my company? A first time, non-technical, solo, female founder with lack of experience in retail, I was intimidated in the beginning, but passion won over fear and I am so glad I went against the flow.

How does Lily work?


Purva: Lily is all about how she makes the users feel about themselves and about the products they would like to buy from their favorite stores- online & offline. Our proprietary algorithm matches women with products in stores according to their emotional needs. On the mobile app, Lily asks the users simple questions and creates their unique profile. On the other hand, Lily embellishes product inventory from every brand or retailer with the similar attributes that create a user's unique profile. Hence the matching of products to people happens in real-time. Lily uses a personalized, hybrid chat as the fundamental user experience.

What drives you? How do you measure success for yourself?


Purva: When I describe Lily to women and they tell me they can't wait to use it. You always want to make something people want!

More than 80% women in the US are unhappy with their appearance, still current shopping experiences ignore what's going on in a woman's mind about her body which heavily influences the buying decision. Its is sad but true, as studies show, Women on an average get 13 negative thoughts about their body every single day. More than 85% apparel is bought in physical stores, still users are frustrated, confused and using trial & error to discover clothes in stores. And I want to create the emotional intelligence that can solve these problems. It fascinates me that a real real behavioral insight has led me to create a product that solves these hard problems mentioned above.

One of my measures of success is how solving this problem has become the personal mission of my life. I want to lead this movement of empowerment for women, leaving behind the self-doubt in appearance to a world of confidence, happiness and unlimited possibilities.

If you were to give advice to your 22 year old self, what would it be? What do you know now that you wish you knew when you were graduating from college?

Purva: Until you don't ask, the answer is certainly no! So don't bother yourself with doubts, self-doubts or the mother of all questions, why will they listen to me? Asking hard questions is okay. Getting attracted to hard problems is even better. As I am realizing my own style now as a founder, I think I do not get discouraged by picking up hard problems. Almost every investor in the last few months has told me that I have picked up a very hard problem, but someone has to solve hard problems too, no?

Like every founder faces overwhelming times in the journey, I go through those as well. My way of dealing with situations is best explained by what Mark Watney, the character in the movie the Martian, says- 'One step at a time and you get to go home!'

Follow Purva Gupta at @purvagupta10, check out the other interviews in Going Against the Flow series at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charu-sharma/ and join this movement to empower 1 million female entrepreneurs on goagainsttheflow.com.

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Stockholm's Awesome Street Style Will Actually Make You Excited For Summer's End

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There’s no dread quite like impending end-of-summer dread. The days will soon be shorter, watermelon will be out of season and our denim cut-offs will no longer be appropriate every day wear.


We’re clutching our bottles of rosé just thinking about it. 


In Stockholm, though, where Fashion Week is currently underway, the local temperature is a comfortable 64 degrees ― perfect autumn weather. 


As a result, super-stylish Fashion Week attendees have whipped out their fall finest, from fuzzy sweaters to lovely layers and denim jackets. We can feel the cool breeze hitting our faces just looking at them. 


Check out some of our favorite looks below, and just try not to get inspired for the new fall season, regardless of how you feel about pumpkin spice lattes


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'Hidden Rainbow' Hair Is A Trend You Won't See Coming

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Every time we head to the hair salon, we have to decide between a trim and subtle highlights or chopping off a foot and going green.


Switching things up can be a much-needed change, but if you’re not quite ready to become a full-blown mermaid or try out a striking shade of gray, there is a way to experiment with wild colors without committing to full-time unicorn hair.


It’s called hidden rainbow hair ― and it’s precisely what it sounds like.




The sneaky dying technique hides a vibrant rainbow of color beneath a curtain of a more natural shade, meaning you can choose when you want to reveal it.


“Hidden rainbows are placed in spots not normally seen unless the hair is up,” hair stylist Athena Golden, the colorist behind the dye job above told The Huffington Post. “We usually place layers to give the peekaboo effect.”


Golden told HuffPost that the most important part of doing a hidden rainbow look is maintaining the integrity of the hair while lightening it to a point where the colors will be vivid. “Done wrong, the colors mix with the base tone of the hair and make a color not intended,” she said. For instance, blue on yellow-blonde will result in a green color.



Stay tuned for the final results later today :) #rainbowhair #hiddenrainbow #hiddenrainbowhair by Seniour colourist Carla

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When done correctly, the finished product looks effortlessly cool, especially when pops of color randomly peek out when you run your fingers through your hair or style it in a braid.


The versatility of hidden rainbow hair means you can hide it in the office and flaunt it in less corporate circumstances. But unlike the “business in the front, party in the back” mullet, it’s a dual-situation hair trend we can actually get behind.


Whether you choose a pastel palette or a more jewel-toned range of color, this trend is guaranteed to turn more than a few heads. Check out more glorious hidden rainbow inspirations below.



Hidden rainbows are all the London rage right now. #hiddenrainbowhair #hiddenrainbow #rainbow #rainbowhair by Carla

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Iniciando la semana con este #secretrainbowhair en @soloparamunecas ✌

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There's always a rainbow after the rain ☺️ #hairdye #hiddenrainbow #crazycolors #underlights

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Actual #hiddenrainbow footage #enjoy

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Jiijii! Bello #secretrainbowhair de hoy en @soloparamunecas ❤

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Hidden rainbows from your boss... That's so Not Another Salon. #rainbowhair #rainbowhaircolor #rainbowhairdontcare #unicorn

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#rainbowhair #dontcare #hiddenrainbow #underlights #rainbow #ilovemyhair #mylittlepony #tonywoodhair

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Another view of the #hiddenrainbow #underlights from today

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23 Reasons To Love Having Natural Hair

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The presence of Black American Olympians dominating their respective sports this summer was a representative testament to our country’s diversity. The ongoing shaming of Gabby Douglas’ natural edges, however, portrays our country’s lack of acceptance of that diversity ― particularly when it comes to natural hair. 



What better way to combat that prejudice than with unapologetic and celebratory expressions of self love from the natural hair community? That’s why The Huffington Post asked readers to share a selfie of their natural curls, coils and kinks with a caption telling the whole world what their hair means to them using our hashtag #MyNaturalHairJourneyIs.


The submissions show that no two hair journeys are exactly alike. Some wear their hair natural as a declaration of defiance, a symbolic crown worn proudly against the status quo. Others do it to be true to nature, their heritage and their beautiful selves.


Check out all of the compelling photos below and join the conversation in the comments section, on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #MyNaturalHairJourneyIs. We may even feature your selfie next time!








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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs natural by any means necessary.




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs proof that I don’t have to follow rules to be accepted by society! My hair is loc’d, not my mind or the way I handle myself.






#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs glorious! My crown is a reflection of God’s creativity.






#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs hopefully an inspiration to women who need help accepting their natural beauty in a society that values Eurocentric beauty standards.




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs explorative. 








#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs responsible for my confidence. 






Growing my hair ― all of it everywhere ― makes me feel free, wild, and connected to the divine. 




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs learning to be comfortable with my thick wool-like hair that I was born with. 






#NyNaturalHairJourneyIs is a great expression of self-love. 




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs cosmopolitan, not comical.




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs my return to to my ancestors.




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs big and fun! I love my hair! 




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs feeling one with nature.






 Loving our coils helps us feel a closeness to our lineage.




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs dauntless, deliberate me.




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#MyNaturalHairJourneyIs something that makes me feel proud, healthy, and happy that I made the choice to stop using relaxer.






























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Here’s How Teyana Taylor Got Her ‘Fade’ Body

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Kanye West’s “Fade” video premiered during MTV’s VMAs on Sunday and it was unreal. Primarily because of its star, Teyana Taylor.


The video features Taylor channeling Jennifer Beals in “Flashdance,” and it will make you want to get your butt to the gym, STAT.







So ... Who is Teyana Taylor?


The 26-year-old dancer, actress, and new mom (her daughter is 8 months old ... can you even??) first hit the scene way back in 2007. Taylor celebrated her 16th birthday on MTV’s iconic show “My Super Sweet Sixteen.”






Since then, Taylor’s had bit parts in a few movies, offered vocals on Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” album, and dropped her first studio album in 2014.


Taylor is also engaged to Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Iman Shumpert, who also makes a cameo in “Fade” with their daughter. 


How did she end up in “Fade”?


West chose Taylor to be the star for “Fade” after the two ran into each another while they were recording. After chatting about their respective families and careers, West was inspired by the love Taylor had for her fiancé and new baby.


“Literally when I left the studio and went back to my recording room, [a head representative from G.O.O.D. Music] came up to me and said Kanye wanted me to dance to one of his songs — for ‘Fade.’ I was like, ‘Oh my god, you’re lying,’ she told Vogue.


What’s the deal with the cat scene at the end?


Taylor revealed to Vogue that she had no clue why she was transformed into a cat, or what the sheep appearance at the end of the “Fade” video meant, either.







“He was just like, ‘I’m going to put you in this cat face. It’s going to be chic.’ It was definitely something deep,” she said. “The whole video is deeper than people probably processed it. So I feel like it’s up for the people to figure it out.”


How is her body so dope?


Outside of the cat and sheep thing, people have been dying to know how Taylor achieved that insane body she’s got. It’s pretty simple: She doesn’t diet and her only workout is dance, according to E! News. 


“I just dance. I almost feel like dance is so underrated in the fitness world,” she said.


Um ... talk about #BodyGoals?? 







Luckily, Taylor announced via Twitter that she’ll be releasing a workout video in the coming months — so the hope of one day achieving her fitness level is out there.






In the interim, we’ll be blasting “Fade” and attempting to jiggle our way to a six-pack.

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Willow And Jaden Smith Are Trying To Figure Out If This Is 'Real Life'

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Jaden and Willow Smith are truly living in their own universe. 


The teenagers, who are 18 and 15, spoke with the ever-evolving Pharrell Williams for Interview magazine’s September issue and gave us all another peek inside their fascinating minds. The two teenage philosophers opened up about wanting to make the world a better place, helping fans achieve their dreams and whether this is all really “real life.” 


The interview starts out with Pharrell asking a simple question (”What’s on your mind, Willow?”) and turns into something much greater. 


“This morning actually was pretty intense because I was thinking about the world and my place in the world, things that I have made or want to make,” Willow said. “I was thinking about all the things that I could do that I don’t do. But, you know, I was just thinking about the world and everything.” 


Yup, same.



The two siblings bounce back and forth, getting candid with the “Voice” coach and talking about their inspiration (their parents), their personal style (”rambunctious”) and sibling rivalry (Jaden says Willow is better at everything).


But there’s one area where Jaden shines above the rest ― philosophy. The 18-year-old, who has no problem comparing himself to Galileo, jumps at the chance when ― surprise! ― Pharrell asks if he has any philosophical questions he wants to share. Um, is his dad the Prince of Bel-Air? The answer is always yes. 


“A question I would like to present to the world is: Where is the love? And what are we doing?” Jaden pondered. “Who’s making the decisions that are putting us in the predicaments that we are in, with all of these people losing their lives around the world in so many different ways?”



The two continued on about fame, social media and the impact they want to have on their incredibly large audience. Jaden explained that he flew up a fan to NYC with him “to just to, like, witness a lifestyle, see that anything’s possible,” while Willow described a more out-of this-world encounter with one of her followers. 


“A fan came up to me in New York a couple days ago, and they’re like, ‘Is this real life?’ And I looked at them, and I go, ‘I don’t think it is,’” Willow said. “It was a crazy moment because I actually, like, looked into her eyes and thought, “She’s actually asking me this question. Like, she’s not BS’ing me. This isn’t a joke. She’s actually asking me, ‘Is this real life?’ And I’m giving her my truest answer, which is, ‘I don’t think it is.’”


But just in case this is real life, Jaden made sure to tell Pharrell that in 10 years, he wants to be “gone,” whatever that means. Willow agreed, adding, “I feel that. I see myself in the mountains somewhere in a tent cooking a squirrel” and just “living off the land.” 


In that case, we’d better hope there’s good internet service in the wild, because we’d be lost without Willow’s and Jaden’s Twitter accounts. 






To read the rest of their article in Interview, head here. 

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Controversial Photographer Terry Richardson to Release New Book

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The controversial fashion photographer Terry Richardson will launch a new book during New York Fashion week, which starts on September 8.


Titled Skinny, the book is a tribute to his assistant and girlfriend Alex “Skinny” Bolotow, and features intimate images of the couple’s private life. Unlike his previous work, which has drawn heavily on candid, sexualized imagery, Richardson will share some of his more personal, family photographs in his latest publication.


For example, the book features photographs of Bolotow breastfeeding the couple’s five-month-old twins, swimming, and reclining on a couch with the couple’s pet dog.



first family vacation

A photo posted by Terry Richardson (@terryrichardson) on




According to Page Six, publishers Angela Hill and David Owens of Idea Books encouraged Richardson to put together the publication, which will be on sale in a limited edition of 1,000 copies.


Skinny presents a markedly different image than that portrayed in Richardson’s previous publications including Terryworld, and Kibosh, which also included explicit images of Bolotow performing sex acts on Richardson.


Consequently, a 2014 exposé published by New York Magazine called Richardson “a proud pervert,” and described his work as “misogynistic,” “extremely explicit,” and “pornographic,” and reported that the photographer has faced numerous accusations of exploiting young models. Bolotow has always defended Richardson, however. “I think part of being a strong woman is owning the decisions that you’ve made in your life,” Bolotow told New York Magazine. “Trying to put the onus onto someone else for your own decisions is really cowardly and kind of dishonest.”



Somebody call the wahhhmbulance

A photo posted by Terry Richardson (@terryrichardson) on




Despite the accusations, Richardson has enjoyed sustained success driven by the fashion industry’s desire to be associated with the candor and rawness of his imagery. Meanwhile, the art world has also supported his forays into fine art, and he has recently enjoyed solo exhibitions featuring his portraits at Galerie Perrotin in Paris in 2015 and Hong Kong in 2016.


HuffPost Editor’s Note: You can read more about Terry Richardson’s history of sexual abuse accusations here, here and here.


Need help? Visit RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Online Hotline or the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s website.

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Alicia Keys Isn't 'Anti-Makeup,' She Just Doesn't Want To Wear It

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We can’t stop fallin’ in love with Alicia Keys.


The songstress made a serious splash at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday when she arrived sans makeup. 


Social media was up in arms about Keys’ appearance, despite the fact that she looked as gorgeous as ever. The Grammy winner took to Twitter to sound off on the commentary, blowing a kiss to her haters in a makeup-free selfie.






The mother of two has been vocal about the #NoMakeup movement, and intends to keep her bare-facedness going during her appearances on the TV show “The Voice.”


To all of this, we say: GET IT GIRL.

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A South African High School Has Banned Girls From Afros And Natural Hairstyles Because They Are “Untidy”

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Black South African girls as young as 14 have resorted to public protests for the right to wear their natural hair at a prestigious, formerly whites only school. The image of a schoolgirl sporting an Afro and standing up to a white man went viral on Monday (Aug. 29).






Soon an online petition was launched asking South Africans to support the girls by demanding the school review what critics say are racist school policies. When education authorities met with students, parents and teachers, some of the girls cried as they recalled their experiences.


“I have a natural Afro, but a teacher told me I need to comb my hair because it looks like a birds nest,” one girl told the provincial head of education. Another said her mother forced her to cut her hair because she “didn’t want trouble” at the affluent school.


The students also said they were discouraged from speaking African languages. Some said they were compared to monkeys or told they were too concerned with race and politics to achieve the academic excellence the school demands. Some said they were told they belonged in schools in black townships, which are still poorly funded and on the outskirts of the city.


Pretoria High School for Girls has not yet commented, but the school’s code of conduct (pdf) dictates that cornrows, dreadlocks and braids may not be more than 10mm in diameter (just about a third of an inch). The code of conduct does not mention Afros or hair texture, but the girls say the rule that “all styles should be conservative, neat and in keeping with school uniform,” has been used to oppress black students.


A final year student at the school penned an essay for The Daily Vox, a youth-oriented news site, describing some of the incidents girls at the school have experienced. In one, black girls speaking their mother tongue were told to “stop making those funny noises,” and in another incident students were forced to comb their hair before being allowed to eat dinner.


“Our schools undervalue blackness and focus more on containing us than nourishing us,” wrote Malaika Eyoh. “Racially charged incidents between students and staff members are commonplace, as are sweeping these issues under the rug.”


This article originally appeared on Quartz Africa. Sign up for the Quartz Africa Weekly Brief — the most important and interesting news from across the continent, in your inbox.

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Don't Use Alicia Keys' Bare Face To Shame Women Who Wear Makeup

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Alicia Keys announced her #NoMakeupPledge back in May, but people still seem to have a lot to say about her bare face. 


On Sunday night, the singer-songwriter appeared on stage at the MTV VMA awards rocking a stunning red dress, an intricately braided bun, and not a stitch of makeup. Reactions to her continued dedication to avoiding cosmetics ranged from praise to complete disdain:


















That last point from the ever-grating Piers Morgan encapsulates everything wrong with this makeup vs. no-makeup debate. Morgan comparing Keys’ bare face to Kim Kardashian’s nude selfies, calling it more “empowering” is just another example of how society polices and scrutinizes female expression. Instead of simply giving kudos to Keys for making a choice that works for her, people are acting as if her choice is a commentary on the choices of every other woman ever. 


Makeup, and the choice to wear makeup, is a complex and personal decision. Some women choose not to wear makeup in order to embrace a different side of their beauty (makeup-less beauty is not the only form of “natural” beauty). Other women choose not to wear makeup simply because they can’t be bothered, or they don’t know how to apply it, or they don’t even have access to it because of their economic background. 


A common defense of makeup use is that it’s all about making oneself feel “good,” that it isn’t about pleasing men, but about pleasing yourself. That’s one approach, but let’s be real. For some people, makeup is absolutely about giving in to societal pressures about beauty. And there’s no shame in that.


Makeup can also be about survival. Wearing it can allow some women access to spaces that they wouldn’t have otherwise (in the corporate world, for instance, where women are far more scrutinized for their looks than men).


And for some femme trans women and other feminine-identified people, makeup is not only a form of self expression, but a form of self actualization that allows them to navigate the world easier, that keeps them safe. Some women with severe scarring (acne hyper-pigmentation, accidents, burns from acid attacks), use makeup to help them feel more comfortable facing the world each day. 


Wearing makeup isn’t just about “hiding” one’s “natural” beauty, or being “fake.” So many of the “Alicia looks so beautiful without makeup” comments on Twitter came from men like Piers Morgan, praising her while pitting her against other women who choose to wear makeup. 


As YouTuber and blogger Rian Phin succinctly put it in a recent video about makeup, this is a prime example of how society (and listen, mostly men) will rush to praise a women who doesn’t wear makeup ― but only if she is already “pretty enough.”


“Like, you don’t want someone to show their natural acne and scars and natural hyper pigmentation,” Phin writes. “You don’t let women have their natural mustaches, chin hair, beards, and unibrows without shi***ng on them.” 


That’s why both the positive and negative commentary about Keys is so completely absurd. It’s ignoring the fact that women wear or don’t wear makeup for a myriad of reasons. So why are we so preoccupied with what one woman chooses to do with her face?


On Monday, Alicia Keys tweeted a response to the criticism she received over her face, writing:






Do. You. It’s probably the most succinct approach to this entire debate. Alicia Keys started #NoMakeupPledge as a way to embrace who she is, free herself from a preoccupation with looks, and inspire others who have grappled with similar issues to follow suit. And that’s great. But that doesn’t mean that people who love a beat face, or who feel they need makeup to feel comfortable in the world, are any less beautiful or any less valid in their reasoning. 

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Grandparents Have Dressed Alike For 52 Years -- And Twitter Loves It

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You know what they say: The couple that dresses together, stays together. OK, maybe not. But every day for the 52 years of their marriage, Anthony Gargiula (@AnthonyGargiula) says his grandparents have dressed alike. His twinning grandparents tweet blew up Twitter, being retweeted more than 20,500 times and becoming a Twitter Moment.


We’ve got to admit, they are pretty cute. See for yourself!






And even better was when Gargiula let his grandparents know that they were now famous:


 





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Did Rihanna Wear Drake's Tuxedo Shirt As A Dress After The VMAs? An Investigation

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Join us on a journey through Rihanna’s past few days, won’t you? 


On Sunday, the singer was honored at the MTV Video Music Awards with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. After her final number ― she performed four times throughout the night ― rumored boyfriend Drake, dressed in a full tuxedo, appeared on stage to present the award to Rih.


And it was too good. 





Once Drizzy was done putting all your boyfriends to shame, the two kinda sorta kissed and the ceremony came to a close ... but that’s where our story begins.


Following the show, the duo partied the night away at their favorite club, New York hotspot Up&Down. They were pictured arriving and leaving the club together, and reportedly spent the night at the same hotel, according to The Daily Mail. 



The next day, Rihanna was spotted leaving the hotel wearing what appears to be the same exact shirt (!) Drake wore on the VMAs stage for a dinner date with the rapper at Nobu. 


It’s impossible to confirm that the garment in question is actually the rapper’s shirt, but a) It looks almost identical b) WOULDN’T YOU? c) It fuels the relationship rumors, i.e., Rihanna’s favorite activity outside of slaying your faves regularly.



Somewhere in between her hotel and the restaurant, Rih found time to work her sartorial wizardry and belted the oversized shirt before entering the establishment. 



Your queen, Rihanna, ladies and gentlemen. 

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These Celebs Are Embracing The No Makeup Movement

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The Smug New Neighbors

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Let's consider the empty house on the street where I live.

The house is empty because the owner, Sammy, a guy about 30, suddenly moved out after living in the place for 3 years. I remember the day he moved in. He came with his cars and bikes after his suburban parents bought the house for him. During his first weeks here some of the neighbors went out of their way to say hello but Sammy was aloof. He obviously didn't want to be bothered to get to know the people on the block.

What Sammy did for a living was a mystery, but his pattern was to leave the house everyday around noon and return in the early evening.

Sammy could have been living on a mountain top because he never made eye contact with neighbors. You could pass Sammy in the street and he'd have one of those Village of the Damned 'straight on' stares like he was sleepwalking.

Sammy's house was a large space with interesting room patterns. I know because I used to be friends with the couple, Walter and Betty, who lived there before their move to Washington State. Walter, Betty and I didn't become friends until their last two years on the street. Who knows why it took us so long to strike up a friendship. One day they invited me to dinner so I got to sample Walter's gourmet cooking. On warm summer days, Walter would invite me over for a swim in his pool. The pool was a fairly deep above ground monstrosity with a sturdy wooden deck, set among some of the largest trees I've seen in the neighborhood. After a swim, we'd catch an iced tea during which Walter would talk about his favorite poet, Gary Snyder.

I wasn't happy when Walter and Betty announced that they were moving west. I was getting used to going over there for dinner and swimming in their pool, and then inviting them over to my place for patio parties. Friendships like this don't come easily. You can say hello to neighbors, even chat with them on the street for years and still never be invited over to their place.

When Walter and Betty moved out the house wasn't empty for long. One day I spotted a suburban looking couple talking with the realtor. The couple had driven up in a Lexis, which spelled m-o-n-e-y. A week or two after that a big moving truck appeared, and Sammy appeared with his bushy black hair and an army of friends. The friends, all men, were scruffy in a hip way although they all had the same type of manufactured beard.

They moved in quickly and within days held a massive outdoor party around Walter's old pool. Sammy's friends built a large bonfire and started a barbecue. The party lasted until the wee hours. Then at 4 or 5 am I was awakened by a suburban girl, one of Sammy's party guests, crying under my bedroom window. She was so drunk she found it hard to put together sentences however I tried to make out what she was saying. In the end, I couldn't decipher her drunken valley girl 'up talk' although it seemed that some boy had dumped her.

I was curious about Sammy for a short time but after a while I stopped caring. There was no reason to say hello, especially if his response was going to be something like a smug nod.

Sammy's outdoor parties were becoming more and more frequent. Party guests, driving in from the western Main Line, were double parking on our tiny street. Sammy acquired strings of Japanese party lights and strung them along the tree branches so that from my house his yard looked like a massive house boat in New Orleans. The parties got progressively louder and wilder yet it was fascinating to see how every party began as low key events but as the night wore on, and as more alcohol was consumed, the voices got louder and louder. Eventually the voices became so pitched it sounded like twenty men screaming at one another.

If the screaming prevented me from falling asleep, I assumed that many of my neighbors were experiencing the same thing. I'd turn on the AC or put fans in my bedroom window to muffle the noise but like the racket from a plague of locusts, the voices would always resurface.

And among these voices there would always be the sound of a woman crying. .

"That makes 4 crying women in 30 days," I'd tell friends. 'What do they do to women over there?"

Sammy acquired a succession of roommates to help pay the mortgage. Generally the roommates were in their twenties and never stayed long. At first the roommates were part of Sammy's social circuit but then I noticed a change. They seemed to be living independently, especially the lost looking Irish guy who seemed to be terrified of strangers and whose large dog seemed to be his only friend. He would sit glum faced on Sammy's stoop staring into space. For a time I thought he was hearing impaired.

Some of Sammy's roommates moved out in the middle of the night although they were very quickly replaced with new roommates. At one of the parties, the invited guests double and triple parked on the sidewalk up and down the street, upsetting the neighbors. Somebody called the police, and ten of Sammy's party guests got parking tickets.

"These people have no idea how the city works," I told a friend.

Sammy acquired so many roommates I lost count of them. Prohibitive housing and rental costs were really impacting people in their twenties, and Sammy's house was proof of this. Nobody could afford to live on their own. I called Walter and Betty and told them that their former home had become a gigantic hipster commune complete with dogs, motorcycles, bonfires, and beautiful white women in long dreadlocks. "It's a sight to behold although nobody on the street has made friends with them because they don't seem to want to get to know anybody."

I told Walter and Betty that Sammy had decided to get rid of the pool and chop down the oldest and grandest tree on the property. Walter and Betty were meticulous home owners, but very soon Sammy began to let things slip. After all, it really wasn't his house. His parents found the house for him. They were the ones who appreciated the house but they probably had high hopes that Sammy would come to appreciate it someday.

It wasn't long before the house began to look shabby, although all the women who visited or lived there seemed to be the same type: they were tall and elegant looking with long beautiful hair. They also dressed like fashion models, mostly in long flowing dresses. Even if beautiful women are not your thing, no one could deny the astounding beauty of these creatures. They seemed to go in and out of Sammy's house at all hours.

The men, by contrast, were doughy looking with thick Clark Kent glasses and hairy necks. "This is proof," a comedian friend of mine commented, "that pretty women like money and power."

For a period of a year, especially in winter when there were no leaves on the trees, anyone walking on the sidewalk could look right into Sammy's front window and see somebody watching Homer Simpson.

The parties continued, the beer kept flowing, and the male chorus of voices kept getting louder and louder. Sometimes I could make out what was being said. There were stories about work but more often than not there was no smooth narrative at all, just discombobulated half sentences with long pauses as well as the overuse of the word 'like' (let's not forget beer burps), and finally unexplained yells as if someone had inadvertently sat on a possum.

"Like...I mean, but like....Yeah, you know. What the fuck!"

(Repeat 50 times and you have the party conservation).

A few neighbors, eager to build bridges, continued to attempt to make contact with Sammy, but to no avail.

Two weeks ago in a bizarre replay of 3 years ago, the suburban parents returned in the same Lexis. Standing in front of the house they whispered to one another before knocking on Sammy's door. The parents had to knock a long time before one of the roommates answered although he didn't open the door but talked to them through an open slat.

Some sort of negotiation seemed to be in progress, but what?

The very next day at least two of the roommates moved out and the day after that it was Sammy's turn. Sammy left on his bike, never to be seen again.

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6 Genius Hacks For Upgrading Your LBD

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For Teen Vogue, by Emma Sarran Webster



Weddings, overall, are a blast. You get to dress up, celebrate love, and dance with your friends to new hits and nostalgic old ones. But, for those of us who get invited to multiple weddings a year, planning for the occasions can get a tad overwhelming — and expensive. Do you really have to buy a new, killer dress for every love-filled event? No. Whether you’re trying to save some money (especially after adding up the inevitable costs of flights, hotel rooms, and gifts), or you just want to avoid going through the process of searching for several perfect, classy, weather-appropriate cocktail dresses that you’ll rarely wear again, there’s a simple solution: Head to your closet and grab your favorite go-to little black dress instead. We know, it may feel a little tired, or even boring, for such a celebratory event as a wedding — but add one (or more!) of these statement-making accessories and it’ll suddenly feel fresh, edgy, and ready to turn some heads on all those dance floors.


Related: The Top 10 Mistakes You’re Probably Making When You Straighten Your Hair



1. Cinch a simple shift with a sparkly belt.


ASOS Vintage Embellished Chain Belt, $30. us.asos.com



2. Draw attention up with this ethereal headband that you can don with an up-do or loose, flowing locks.


Zara Leaf Hairband, $23. zara.com



3. These cool hoops will catch the light, and fellow wedding guests’ eyes.


Anthropologie Crystallized Open Hoops, $44. anthropologie.com



4. Accessorize your arm with a fierce cuff like this alligator option.


Bling Jewelry Golden Alligator Large Cuff, $15. bluefly.com



5. Add some edge to your look with these spiky earrings.


Slate & Willow Accessories Armor Earrings, $10 rental. renttherunway.com



6. Let this clutch be your own “something blue” in honor of the special day.


Whistles Bloomingdale’s Exclusive Patchwork Small Clutch, $45. bloomingdales.com


See the rest of Genius Hacks for Upgrading Your LBD on TeenVogue.com


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