Less than two days after Donald Trump was declared president-elect, Macy’s department store is renewing its 2015 decision to dump his products from its shelves. 

In a Thursday interview with financial website The Street, Macy’s chairman, Terry Lundgren, said the company made the right call. 

“As I have said, we wouldn’t carry product from a political candidate ― and now a politician ― whether they be Republican or Democrat. If Hillary Clinton had a line of women’s suits or handbags, I wouldn’t carry those either,” Lundgren said. “I just think we don’t want to be a politically associated company. We sell to everybody at Macy’s, and have a broad and diverse customer base.”

Lundgren’s latest comments are almost identical to the explanation he gave in July 2015, following Macy’s decision to cut ties with Trump after the Republican candidate said Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists.”

Lundgren has refused to comment on what role, if any, Trump’s stance on policies like immigration had to do with phasing out Trump’s line, and has consistently characterized the move as a business decision. 

After Trump’s now-famous comment on Mexicans, Macy’s issued a statement saying it was “disappointed and distressed by recent remarks” and did not condone them. 

Macy’s was among businesses like Univision and NBC that cut ties with Trump. He reacted by slamming Macy’s, insisting he was the one who called off the relationship and urging his supporters to boycott the store. 

Macy’s stock fell throughout 2015, but started to bounce back earlier this year. 

The retailer had carried Trump’s clothing line, which included dress shirts and ties, since 2004. It still carries a signature clothing and accessories line by his daughter, Ivanka Trump.

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People are threatening to burn and throw away their New Balance sneakers after a company exec voiced what sounded like a corporate endorsement of President-elect Donald Trump. 

Wall Street Journal reporter Sara Germano tweeted a quote from New Balance vice president of public affairs Matt LeBretton on Wednesday, in which LeBretton said, “[with President-elect Trump], we feel things are going to move in the right direction.” 

Though the company soon clarified that they were speaking specifically about Trump’s position against the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, the tweet had already spread context-free to angry customers.

Sneaker blog Sole Collector shared it with readers, who promptly responded with photos. 

New Balance told BuzzFeed Wednesday that the stance didn’t apply to widespread policies but to Trump’s dim view of the controversial TPP deal, which New Balance believes would make their homegrown businesses harder. 

New Balance wants “to make more shoes in the United States, not less,” global PR manager Mary Lawton told HuffPost in a statement. “New Balance publicly supported the trade positions of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump prior to election day that focused on American manufacturing job creation and we continue to support them today.”

The response continued on Twitter:

Hopefully no one had taken out their trash yet when the truth hit. 

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Olympic skier Bode Miller shared the news of his daughter’s birth with an intimate postpartum photo on Instagram.

On Nov. 5, Miller and his wife ― professional volleyball player, Morgan Beck Miller ― welcomed their second child together. The baby girl, whose name is not yet been announced, was born at home. 

“It was an amazing day for the Miller family yesterday as we welcomed our baby girl,” the dad wrote in his Instagram caption. 

Miller’s photo offers a glimpse into the family’s home birth, as it shows his wife engaging in skin-to-skin contact with their newborn.

The mom posted another photo of their new daughter on Instagram.

“Our baby girl made her way earthside this morning,” she wrote in the caption. “7 lbs 4 oz 20.5” #grateful for another successful home birth.”

This baby girl joins big brother Nash, who was born in May 2015. Nash makes an appearance in his dad’s Instagram photo as well.

Bode Miller also has two other children from previous relationships: 3-year-old Samuel and 8-year-old Neesyn Dacey.

Congratulations to the parents on their new addition.

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After sharing a video of her son at the nail salon, Amber Rose is facing backlash and mom-shaming.

On Tuesday, Amber Rose posted a video of her 3-year-old son Sebastian getting a mani-pedi. In the video, the toddler says he’s excited to get his nails done and picked the color orange like a pumpkin.

“Pumpkin nails with Mr Skully Bones #HalloweenisNeverOveratOurHouse” Rose wrote in the caption.

“We encourage our children to paint, draw and be creative so why block them from their creativity when it comes to self expression? Fuck society standards and gender roles! Let your children be great!” she added.

Rose’s video has been viewed over 700,000 times and the comments section is filled with positive responses.

“I love their relationship,” wrote one commenter. “She lets him be him and that’s why she’s a wonderful mother!!!”

“Yet another wise message from a wise woman!” added another. “Thanks for spreading inclusiveness and positivity.”

Not all responses were so positive, however. Several Instagram users accused the model and author of “turning [her] son gay.”

“S**t like this makes me so mad! That could be the door for him to become gay,” wrote one commenter. “Step feminizing these young boys!” added another.

In response to the criticism, many users rushed to Rose’s defense, clapping back at the naysayers.

“You can’t turn someone gay!” one commenter wrote. “Dumb f**ks! Maybe you should spend some time reading a f**king book than spending your time criticizing people you don’t know!”

Several people pointed out that Sebastian’s father, Wiz Khalifa, often has painted nails as well. Others pointed out how the response highlights the issues with masculinity in our society today.

“If you look at he video he’s excited and he looks happy and content just spending time with his mom, getting a mani-pedi,” one commenter explained. If he didn’t want it he could easily say ‘mama I don’t want this’ and I’m sure she would understand. As a people, we really struggle with how we raise our men and it’s becoming a really big problem.” 

Indeed!

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Brazil’s top bottoms were front and center in Sao Paulo this week in the annual Miss Bumbum Pageant. The cheeky contest, now in its sixth year, awards top honors to the woman with the top bottom.

Activists said it represents a new low for the country.

Erika Canela of Bahia won the title Wednesday night, which includes about $14,900 in prize money and a lucrative modeling contract. 

The 24-year-old is the first black woman winner. She told the Brazilian website EGO she was very happy to “show the Brazilian beauty.”

“I was very surprised,” Canela said, in a quote translated by the Daily Star. “I am very happy and grateful to my mother, who voted for several mornings.” 

Canela’s prize-winning posterior bested a field of 26 other first-class fannies ― one representing each state of Brazil. After a public vote, 15 women were chosen for the keister contest finals.

But there were a few bumps on the road to gluteus glory. 

Runners-up Danny Morais  and Karyn Alvyshave (also known as MC Sexy) accused each other of cheating, according to the Daily Mail.

Morais and Alvysave each claimed the other was paying for votes. Morais also accused her rival of enhancing her buttocks with implants ― a big no-no.

Alvysave denied the charges, insisting her behind was “all natural.”

Miss Bumbum organizers were excoriated over a sexy promotional photo taken a few weeks ago showing eight finalists re-enacting Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” 

Pageant founder Cacau Oliver said the cheeky pic was a dramatization of the last meeting of the women before the grand finale. Oliver told Newslink reporter Matt Roper: “It reminded me of the Last Supper. It was where Jesus was betrayed by Judas, because of jealousy, and, like it or not, the woman with the most votes is also the target of jealousy.

“She is at the center, and the other girls will want to crucify her because she got more votes than them.”

Many Brazilian Catholics were outraged. The Rev. Clesio Vieira, a priest from Rio de Janeiro, said the photo represented “the vulgarization of the sacred and is deeply disrespectful.”

Although Miss Bumbum is advertised as a celebration of Brazilian beauty, some advocates said it’s a sign the county is hitting rock bottom.

Activist Karen Vasquez said the contest perpetuates an ugly stereotype of Brazil as a country where women flaunt their bodies, according to Fox News Latino, which translated comments she made to the Brazilian website EFE.

“We are not against freedom, and women should express themselves as they want, even naked,” Vasquez said. “But when that freedom becomes a prison of advertising, the meaning of things changes, and the butts of Brazilian women remain slaves of that advertising god.”

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By Kathleen Hou

If you once paid $100 for a bottle of green Chanel polish on eBay, blame makeup artist Peter Philips. The former creative director of Chanel Makeup and current creative and image director for Dior Beauty is the man responsible for some of the most iconic, covetable beauty trends and images of the past few decades. Crystal eyebrows? That was him. The Raf Simons Mickey Mouse makeup? All Philips. The full face masks on Björk? Again, his work. To celebrate Dior’s decades of beauty heritage, the fashion house and Philips recently debuted The Art of Color, a new book celebrating the brand’s past and current makeup creative directors. The Cut talked to Philips about his thoughts on the no-makeup movement, how social media helped Dior’s grey lipstick sell out, and what RuPaul’s Drag Race has contributed to beauty.

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How did the book come together?

It represents the eras of Dior, with previous makeup creative directors Serge Lutens and Tyen. We started the book about a year and a half ago. We worked with Marc Ascoli, the book’s art director, to do different chapters in the book that each represented a particular color. Then Marc had this genius idea to link each chapter with art pieces because Christian Dior owned art galleries in the early years. Often people want to do an epilogue for the book. Marc twisted that idea by adding an original portfolio of beauty images. At the end, you’ll see an homage to each of the colors from the chapters on one girl. We did a three-day shoot of Julie Hoomans with Richard Burbridge.

Alicia Keys and other celebrities have been wearing no makeup in public. As a makeup artist, have you ever done no makeup, period?

For shows, it can be tricky because not every model has the skin to go barefaced. At Dior [runway shows], I used a light coating of foundation and pink eye shadow to give the illusion of nothing. But for shoots, I’ve forgone makeup more than once. It depends on what you want to say and on the photographer: what he wants, expects, the light he uses, the quality of his pictures, and his film.

No makeup is no big deal. I say to my assistants, “You have to step back.” I’ve got my suitcase full of products, and containers with lipsticks, mascara, and all kind of glitters, and then there’s one little container that is empty. You have to take that empty container, and think about what will go into it to create your look. Sometimes it can remain empty. If the girl is there, the light is perfect, the skin is great, nothing can be enough. A good makeup artist must be able to edit themselves and create a statement through restraint.

If the girl is there, the light is perfect, the skin is great, nothing can be enough.

What type of statement do you think no makeup makes?

That everything is perfect the way it is. We don’t have to enhance or cover up. But we also work with models, so their job is to be flawless or give the appearance of flawlessness, even with their faults. No makeup is a glorification of natural beauty.

Some people might think it’s funny for a makeup artist to do no makeup. It’s a little like being a chef and giving people raw vegetables when they come to your restaurant. But it’s the choice that seems important?

Makeup is a choice. Nobody is obliged to or forced to use makeup or to wear makeup. But once you know about makeup and the ingredients you can play with, you can make — continuing your analogy — a meal which is as light or as heavy or as spicy or sweet as you want.

It’s knowing the ingredients and how to play with what fits your personality or the occasion. When I do makeup for shoots or shows, I use my ingredients and make my own little recipe. It has to appeal to the taste of the designer, because when I do a show I have to complete her or his vision.

You’re new to social media. What have you learned about beauty from social media?

Makeup and beauty is democratic. It’s accessible for everybody, and you can become an expert on a topic in almost a day. All the information is there, and that’s a good thing because it means that everybody can play, dare, discover, make their own recipes, and do whatever they want to do with makeup.

As somebody who creates products, it stimulates me to try to be ahead of trends and to create products that will seduce women. I never believed in dictating trends because that time when collections came out and women had to wear a certain skirt length or color or eye makeup to be in fashion is long gone.

When women buy into makeup it means that they appreciate it, they love it, and they see something in it that they can use. Social media is really important because it pushes us to make sure that our formulas are keeping their promise. If it’s not good, it can be criticized straight away. If it’s good, people will talk about it.

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The new lipstick range, Rouge Dior, comes in some unusual colors — there’s green, yellow, navy blue, grey. Why did you want to create those shades, especially when you knew they might not be well-received?

It’s actually a mix of personal and professional desire. I knew I had to make a range of essentials, so there are 35 shades of reds, pinks, beiges, nudes, and corals. There are some matte because I thought we desperately need matte at Dior. Then I did a range of crazy colors which I created for me personally. But we found out the factory could also produce them for the market.

Funnily enough, girls started buying into [the crazier colors.] I’ve seen the girls at the Dior Beauty counter, and they were so enthusiastic about the shades. It’s really shown how fun makeup can be. I just found out yesterday that these shades will be part of the range we unveil in Japan. In most countries, the grey is even sold out. It’s contagious!

And with social media, there’s been more of that feeling that makeup can be for play, not just function.

Five years ago, when I did interviews for magazines, more than 50 percent of the questions I got were solutions for makeup problems or quick tips. I almost felt like a doctor. It seemed as though makeup was a big stress factor for most women. But since the dawn of social media, the questions I get now are totally different. They’re more like, Where can I get that color? That formula? There’s a big shift in the mentality.

Makeup is not permanent. It’s not like a tattoo. If that red isn’t right for today, it can be something else tomorrow. That takes a lot of the pressure away from women. I’m 100 percent convinced that like even something like RuPaul’s Drag Race has a huge impact on how women and men view makeup. I mean, if a guy can look like a goddess, maybe that means that the regular woman just needs 20 percent of what he does. It’s really opened up a lot of doors for women that were closed. It’s a good thing.

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Lorelai and Rory Gilmore ― or, as you may also know them, Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel ― were not necessarily revered for their keen sense of style over the seven-season run of “Gilmore Girls.” 

Teasers from the Netflix reboot, slated to debut on Nov. 25, show some sartorial improvement, but we’re pleased to report the duo is looking especially chic for their red carpet appearances beyond Stars Hollow. 

Graham and Bledel appeared together at a fan event in Berlin, Germany on Thursday. Graham looked ready as ever for a Friday night dinner in a low-cut, long-sleeved mini dress with gold pumps. Bledel also looked lovely in a black cut-out top, a silver pleated skirt and black Schutz heels.

The two also carried twinsy black clutches. Swoon. 

They look gorgeous, but we can’t help hoping they kicked off those matching shoes at the end of the night and dug into some of their namesake ice cream straight from the pint. Old habits die hard, right?

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A teen in Florida who beat cancer and wore a shirt with the word “survivor” on it has been told his attire didn’t adhere to dress code at his high school.

On Nov. 2, 16-year-old Tyler Powers wore a purple Relay for Life and American Cancer Society shirt that included the word “survivor” across the back of it to Ridgewood High School in New Port Richey, Florida. At 7 years old, Powers won his first cancer battle after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 5. He relapsed when he was 8, but was declared cancer-free at age 10.

The teen told The Huffington Post he thought he grabbed a purple Ridgewood High School shirt that morning, but put on his “survivor” shirt instead. During second period, a teacher told Powers his shirt didn’t meet the school’s dress code because one of the logos on it was too large. According to the school’s dress code, logos cannot be bigger than a quarter. Powers told HuffPost the teacher then said he had to go in-school suspension to get a new shirt to wear.

“I asked her where the ISS [in-school suspension] room was and she told me room 111,” Powers said. “I went down there where I had three options: I could get a change of clothes that they provide, a free Ridgewood shirt, and they would confiscate my shirt until the end of the day or I could call my parents and they would have their workday interrupted and bring me a change of clothes down or I could accept ISS and stay there all day.”

Powers chose to wear a temporary shirt that the school provided for him.

Linda Cobbe, communications and government relations director of Pasco County Schools, told HuffPost that Ridgewood has a modified dress code in place this year, an effort to improve academic performance and college preparation. She confirmed that the size of the logo was the issue for Powers’ shirt, but said that the teacher provided him with a different shirt and that Powers was not sent to in-school suspension.

In a statement, she noted that Powers was only at school for part of the day (Powers takes classes at a local college) and that the faculty at Ridgewood “can’t discriminate by allowing one student to wear a special shirt” (emphasis hers):

On November 2, a young man who attends the school for one period per day showed up in a shirt that violated the dress code. His teacher noted that he had a shirt with a logo that violated the logo size limitations and asked him if he had another shirt to change into. He said no. She then asked him if someone could bring him a different shirt and he said no, so she asked him what size he wore and then got him a school-provided shirt. She never noticed what was on his shirt and he never mentioned anything about being a cancer survivor; the school never knew he was a cancer survivor. If he had said something, the teacher would have listened empathetically and explained to him how the logo size limit applies to all shirts and that they can’t discriminate by allowing one student to wear a special shirt. In high school, they hold students accountable for knowing rules, processes and procedures.

Since the incident, Powers has been speaking out about the “extremely strict” dress code at his school. He told HuffPost several students have said they disagree with the standards, including his friend whose brother is in the army and who was told to change out of his sibling’s platoon shirt. On Sunday, Powers wrote on Facebook that he is the junior class president at Ridgewood and noted that he wants to be a “voice” for his fellow classmates.

“I was not elected by the staff of Ridgewood, I was elected by the students of Ridgewood High School,” he wrote. “With that being said, I represent the students, not the administration.”

Along with the students, Powers’ mom, Dorothy Powers, stands by her son and supports his decision to speak out about his school’s dress code.

“He has a voice and he is using it,” she said. “Couldn’t be more proud!”

Powers said he met with an assistant principal at his school to discuss what happened, but that “nothing got resolved.” He plans to stand by his class and continue being vocal about Ridgewood’s dress code.

“I in no way, shape or form see how an American Cancer Society shirt, a shirt that promotes a positive influence, from a nonprofit foundation that cures diseases would have more of a distraction than pulling a student out of class ... to get a new shirt.”

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It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.

To call Michelle Obama’s first lady farewell tour a roller coaster of emotions would be an understatement. There were the love letters in T Magazine, the relentless, passionate campaigning for Hillary Clinton and the rose gold chainmail Versace gown seen ‘round the world, to name a few.

Now, during a week when we could all use a bit of a pick-me-up, FLOTUS is back to kick us right in the feels all over again.

Looking ethereal in a white Carolina Herrera gown, she is, as usual, the epitome of elegance and grace. Aptly calling her America’s “Mother-in-Chief,” the story followed Obama in the months leading up to Election Day. 

Of course now, the story, cover and Obama’s words, which went to print before the election, hold a completely new meaning post-election. Consider the way she describes her role as first lady ― a position that Vogue calls “surprisingly malleable, shaped by the personality, style and interests (or lack thereof) of the person occupying it.”

“I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine,” Obama said. “I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment. Because any first lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There’s no legislative authority; you’re not elected. And that’s a wonderful gift of freedom.”

It is what she did do ― advocate for education, promote healthy lifestyles and become a darling of the fashion industry ― that in part will make saying goodbye so hard to do. We don’t know for sure what kind of first lady her successor will be. All we know is what Michelle has meant to so many people over the past eight years, perfectly summed up to Vogue by President Obama himself.

“Who you see is who she is,” the president said. “The brilliant, funny, generous woman who, for whatever reason, agreed to marry me. I think people gravitate to her because they see themselves in her—a dedicated mom, a good friend, and someone who’s not afraid to poke a little fun at herself from time to time.”

We know it’s better to smile because it happened than cry because it’s over, but we’re going to need a few days to recover from this one.

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First Lady Michelle Obama’s days in the White House are numbered, and she’s savoring every last moment as she prepares to say goodbye.

“Looking out on the South Lawn and the Washington Monument and it had just rained and the grass was really green and everything popped a little bit more,” she told writer Jonathan Van Meter for Vogue’s December cover story. “It’s soooo beautiful. And for that moment I thought, I’m going to miss waking up to this, having access to this anytime I want.” 

Yet she’s ready for the next step, she said.

“On the flip side . . . it’s time. I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It’s enough. Because it’s important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power. The nature of living in the White House is isolating. And I think Barack and I—because we’re kind of stubborn—we’ve maintained some normalcy, mostly because of the age of our kids. I go out to dinner with my girlfriends; I go to Sasha’s games; Barack has coached a little basketball with Sasha’s team. But at the same time, when you can’t walk into CVS?”

And while she admits that she doesn’t know what that step will be, she vows to continue fighting on behalf of the issues she cares about.

“I will always be engaged in some way in public service and public life,” she said. “I’ve always felt very alive using my gifts and talents to help other people. I sleep better at night. I’m happier.”

Van Meter spent a month by the first lady’s side, accompanying her to various engagements and speaking to her staffers.

He shows just how revolutionary her tenure has been. She took a “job with no salary, a platform with no power” and loaded it with significance and purpose, he wrote.

“Everything we do is by choice,” she said. “I could have spent eight years doing anything, and at some level, it would have been fine. I could have focused on flowers. I could have focused on decor. I could have focused on entertainment. Because any First Lady, rightfully, gets to define her role. There’s no legislative authority; you’re not elected. And that’s a wonderful gift of freedom.”

She is the perfect mix of substance and insouciance, Van Meter argued.

He highlights her accomplishments in the last eight years ― like Reach Higher and Let Girls Learn, two education initiatives ― as well as her impeccable style and penchant for SoulCycle and carpool karaoke with late-night host James Corden.

Particularly remarkable has been her choice to spend so much time learning from young people.

“It makes us want to live right and do right and be right—Every. Single. Day—so that we don’t ever disappoint these kids and they have something to hold on to, and so that they know—as I say all the time—I can do this. You can do this,” she said.

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The unsettling rhetoric from Donald Trump’s campaign, as well as the countless acts of hate that have been reported in the days since his election, have left many people wondering how they can be an ally to those targeted by hateful actions and words. 

There’s one incredibly easy way to show your support ― wear a safety pin. Adapted from a movement that spread in the United Kingdom following the Brexit vote, Americans have been encouraged to wear safety pins on their clothing to signal solidarity. If you’re wearing a safety pin, it’s a sign that you’re a safe ally. 

According to an Instagram posted by user b00kn00k, wearing the pin shows that “immigrants, refugees and anyone else threatened by the hate and fear mongering of Trump and his many supporters can know that I care and will do all I can to combat xenophobia, racism, sexism and ableism.”

As it happens, safety pins happen to be lovely in design on their own accord, and have been the inspiration for jewelry of all different types. If you are looking to show your solidarity and want something a bit more permanent than a safety pin, here are 12 lovely pieces of jewelry to consider.

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Newsflash: Over-the-knee boots aren’t going anywhere. Just ask the Kardashians.

And yet, we’re filled with dread every time we attempt finding a pair that doesn’t take a small army to pull up over our legs. 

Your calf size can be found by measuring the circumference of the biggest part of your calf. According to fashion and lifestyle website The Curvy Fashionista, the fit for wide, extra wide and super wide calves goes as follows: 16” to 18 1/4” for wide, 17 1/2” to 20” for extra wide and 18” to 21” for super wide. There’s a lot of confusing overlap there. Meanwhile, many boots we’ve spotted around the internet offer a 15” circumference, at most. 

There are, fortunately, some brands that cater to fuller calves, and they’re affordable, too. Behold, 10 stylish over-the-knee boots in a range of wide calf circumferences to keep your legs warm ― and stylish ― all winter long. 

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Kendall Jenner, the woman who once posted the most-liked Instagram photo in the world, has seemingly deleted her account.

On Sunday, fans who tried to view Jenner’s account found themselves staring at a screen telling them, “Sorry, this page isn’t available.” But why did she do it?

She may be taking notes from sister Kim Kardashian, who’s been extremely quiet on social media since being held at gunpoint and robbed in Paris last month. The entire Kardashian-Jenner crew was likely shaken by the incident, so there’s a chance the Vogue cover girl simply decided it was time to scale back her online presence. 

There’s also a chance that Jenner’s decision to get rid of her Instagram account has something to do with her desire to get more involved in standing up for issues she believes in.

In last night’s episode of “Keeping Up with The Kardashians,” Jenner spoke with sisters Kim and Khloe about doing more to speak out about important issues, like gun violence. The model seemed hesitant to use her public platform to speak about the cause, fearing her celebrity status might “do more harm than good” by taking away from the real message. 

The simplest explanation, however, may be that Jenner just decided it was time for a social media break for reasons unrelated to either of the above.

The model spoke about deleting her Instagram account in an interview with Allure published earlier this year. 

“I definitely have close friends, and even some family members, who are so connected to their phone and can’t get off of it,” she said, before recalling a family vacation with sister Kylie.

“It was the first time we had ever been to this beautiful place, and we were sitting in a car,” she said. “I was just zoning out, taking it all in. And Kylie wouldn’t put her phone down. I’m like, ‘That’s so crazy to me that you’re not experiencing this.’ That was the moment it kind of clicked for me. And I didn’t like it. So sometimes I delete Instagram or Twitter or Snapchat off my phone for a couple days.”

Perhaps this is just one of those times; we’ll have to wait and see. Meanwhile, there’s always her Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat accounts. 

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James Charles, who is making history as the first-ever male CoverGirl, opened up about his journey in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres Monday. 

The 17-year-old, who will appear in campaigns for CoverGirl’s newest mascara, “So Lashy,” told DeGeneres that many members of his family mistook him for transgender when he first expressed an interest in wearing makeup ― not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course.  

“Men in makeup, obviously, is a very new concept. It has not been widely accepted in the past,” Charles, who identifies as gay, said. Noting that it “took a lot of explaining and a lot of understanding,” he said that his family was “incredibly” supportive in the end. 

“There was definitely people who weren’t accepting right away,” he said. “I definitely was pretty dramatic on Twitter. I was very immature ― who isn’t at age 12, let’s be real ― once I kind of figured myself out and grew as a person, I now have a ton of different friends and learned who I was.”

The New York teen began wearing makeup only a year ago, and shot to viral fame when he posted his senior photos on his Instagram account in September. 

Last month, the CoverGirl brand praised Charles as a “boundary breaker” in announcing the “So Lashy” campaign. 

“One year ago, he boldly chose to launch his Instagram to the world,” a company representative wrote in a statement, “using transformative, dynamic makeup looks to showcase the many facets of his personality, serving as an inspiration to anyone who might have been afraid to do the same.”  

Bravo, James Charles! 

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For Allure, by Kristen Bateman.

It looks like more diversity is finally coming to an iPhone keyboard near you. In the spirit of inclusivity, the Unicode Consortium announced it will be releasing 56 new emojis in 2017. While there will be a pie and pretzel emoticon we’ve all been waiting for, the secretive Silicon Valley group will also be releasing some emojis that make major progress toward diversity.

The latest update will introduce a bearded man, “a nude person in a steamy room,” a breast-feeding mother, and a woman wearing a hijab. Rayouf Alhumedhi, 15, from Saudi Arabia submitted a proposal earlier this year to request that a hijab emoji be added to the keyboard, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Roughly 550 million Muslim women on this earth pride themselves on wearing the hijab. With this enormous number of people, not a single space on the keyboard is reserved for them,” she wrote in the proposal, which gained the support of many, including the cofounders of Reddit. In April this year, the current emoji system added an update that allowed users to cycle through different skin colors to include more diverse options.

Some of the other proposals, which seemed to be successful and have been added to the new set of keyboards for 2017, include a human throwing up and a vampire. The new set will also include broccoli, socks, an exploding head, a brain and a flying saucer.

Emojis have become such a big part of our culture that they’ve been popping up everywhere, even on the runways at Chanel and on shoes from Charlotte Olympia. Kim Kardashian and Versace have released their own emojis, and the Museum of Modern Art recently purchased the original set to add to their permanent collection.

In today’s world, there’s no denying that emojis have almost become a second language to us. But if you’re dying to try out one of these animated characters soon, you’ll have to wait until they’re approved first. Technology companies such Apple and Google ultimately decide which emojis to include and what they will look like, so there’s no guarantee that the hijab emoji will show up with your next update.

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The hoodie is not only the most important item of clothing in your closet on DGAF days, but it’s a pretty important piece of clothing in our collective cultural history. Seriously. While we were busy writing the hoodie off as an innocuous sweatshirt to be reserved for post-gym brunches or shameless evenings of Netflix and chill, it was subverting its way right into the fabric of our cultural consciousness. We don’t often think of clothing as having an agenda, but the hoodie definitely does.

“Most people see the hoodie as the representation of anything anti-social,” says Laura McLaws Helms, a New York–based fashion historian. “It’s this anti-establishment, anti-social thing, and probably the ultimate garment that represents those ideas.”

The hoodie has what you might call a paradoxical history. When it first hit the retail scene in the ’30s, the hoodie had a pretty practical intent: keeping athletes warm, a purpose that was quickly appropriated by blue-collar laborers. But not too long after its vanilla beginnings, the hoodie started to get a rep on the streets. According to McLaws Helms, this, too, was purely practical — the hood provided the perfect shroud for ne’er-do-wells up to no good. From there it really took off. In the ‘70s, the hoodie solidified its counterculture rep, largely thanks to the army of graffiti artists sporting the style as they left their marks on major urban centers. In rapid succession came the hip-hop crowd and the skater scene of the ‘80s and ‘90s — two more countercultures borrowing the uniform of their predecessors.

For a brief second, it looked like the hoodie might swing back toward its squeaky-clean roots, says McLaws Helms. “The hoodie has had this other tread that’s all about leisurewear and resort wear,” she says. “You can go through old issues of WWD and Vogue from the ’70s, and it’s all pictures of pretty blondes on the tennis court wearing hoodie sweatshirts.” It provides an interesting commonality between the country club set and some of the era’s most relevant counterculture movements.

But the hoodie held down its street cred heading into the 21st century, when it was adopted by the early recluses who pioneered Silicon Valley — most notably, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.

Which brings us to the latest incarnation of the hoodie. In an almost poetically perfect throwback, the athleisure trend has taken the preppy hoodie of the ‘70s country club set and the humble uniform of the 1930s football star and married the two. But there’s also a much more ironic trend happening with the modern sweatshirt. As the street-style trend has moved away from the fringes of fashion into the mainstream, so has the most authentic piece of street-style wear. All of a sudden, labels like Supreme, Vetements, and Yeezy are slapping three- and four-figure price tags on oversize versions of the uniform of graffiti artists and tech nerds in a kind of modern-day counterculture move that might have you scratching your head.

Throughout all of these different incarnations the hoodie has had throughout history, there’s been one common thread in its narrative: subversion. “The hoodie has been inserting itself into some of the biggest cultural conversations of the past century, and we’re only just now starting to pay attention. That’s part of why designers like Kanye West and Vetements are drawing on that history. They have hoodies in their collections because it has such a strong cultural background,” says McLaws Helms. “For any designer, when you take something from history, even if it’s just contemporary history, it’s always going to come with a certain amount of cultural connotation.”

Herein lies the hoodie’s genius. It’s managed to pass through some of the most important counterculture movements of our time, only to end up right in the focal point of high-end trend watchers. With one simple item of clothing, modern designers are referencing not only a broad-spectrum history of youth culture, but also a very relevant political conversation. 

With one simple item of clothing, modern designers are referencing not only a broad-spectrum history of youth culture, but also a very relevant political conversation.

So what gives a simple item of clothing that kind of power? It starts with the form and then becomes about the narrative that we, as a culture, write around it — what started out as a totally functional way to keep high school athletes warm became one of the most potent symbols of subversion. The crazy thing is just how much narrative power the hoodie has managed to garner over the past century. “For such an omnipresent garment and such a common thing, it’s really unlike any other piece of clothing in terms of the amount of stories people have about it,” says McLaws Helms.

The hoodie now has such cultural cache that it’s become prescriptive — when you see one in the wild, you start filling in the narrative about it’s wearer. Take for example the Black Lives Matter movement, which sprang from the murder of Trayvon Martin and the huge amount of time the court spent discussing the role his hoodie might have played in his death. The hoodie rose to such importance in that case, that many attributed Martin’s death to his clothing choice that day.

If history is any indication, the hoodie is here to stay — but it won’t be staying quietly.

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You can now wear your support of Hillary Clinton and the Pantsuit Nation on your sleeve while supporting an important cause. 

In the wake of last week’s presidency shock, many people were left wondering what action they could take to support the causes they support. Plenty of nasty merchandise has emerged over the past month, but this line in particular has got us reaching for our wallets.

The Outrage, a clothing website that aims to “connect with others who support equality and smash limits, stereotypes and barriers” sells gems like “liberal vagenda” and “smash the patriarchy” brooches. It vowed last Wednesday to donate 100 percent of proceeds from its new Pantsuit Nation collection to Planned Parenthood. 

One-hundred percent of the brand’s already-existing “Nasty Women Unite” collection was already going to Planned Parenthood in Donald Trump’s name, while portions of proceeds from other collections go to other causes the site supports.  

This action takes a cue from those who have recently donated to the organization in the name of Mike Pence, who has repeatedly and dauntingly made his position against abortion very clear. It also comes just one day after Trump said in an interview with “60 Minutes” that some women may “have to go to another state” for an abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned. 

Rebecca Funk, co-founder of The Outrage, explained to The Huffington Post why it’s so important for the site to take a stand. 

“Like so many, we think it’s long overdue to have a woman in the Oval Office and we were heartbroken when Hillary was not elected,” Funk said. “She is a long-time champion of women’s rights and we wanted to honor and carry forward the important work she has done on our behalf.”

Since announcing its plans, Funk told The Huffington Post that The Outrage has “sold over $50,000 of merchandise in less than a week. It’s been overwhelming in the best possible way,” she said, adding, “If any readers out there live in D.C. and want to volunteer at our warehouse (my former living room), we’ll take all the help we can get.”

Never underestimate the power of fashion. 

Head to The Outrage to shop. 

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