If 2016 was the year of, like, “realizing stuff” for Kylie Jenner, 2017 is the year of going out on her own.
That’s right ― the social media star and lip kit mogul is reportedly getting her very own reality show, tentatively titled, “Life of Kylie,” according to Gossip Cop. The Huffington Post has reached out to Jenner’s reps, as well as a rep for E!, for more info and will update this post accordingly.
The new show is being considered as a “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” spinoff, and will naturally live on E!, Gossip Cop notes. Shooting will reportedly start soon, but no timeline has been confirmed.
As the show’s tentative title suggests, the show will apparently be all about the youngest Kardashian-Jenner’s life and will focus on her growing beauty empire. Her on-again, off-again boyfriend Tyga and some of her closest friends are expected to make an appearance.
Jenner’s spinoff will be the latest in a long list of other shows starring her family members, such as “Kourtney and Kim Take Miami,” “Kourtney and Kim Take New York,” “Khloe & Lamar,” “Kourtney and Khloe Take The Hamptons,” “I Am Cait” and last year’s “Rob & Chyna.”
It was really only a matter of time before she got her own series. It’s Kylie’s world, and we’re just living in it.
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If layering is an art form, we wouldn’t exactly call Steve Bannon a modern day Picasso.
Donald Trump’s embattled chief strategist has a habit of layering multiple shirts on top of one another. And we don’t mean something normal, like an undershirt and a sweater. We mean two button-down collared shirts. Over one another.
That got us wondering, though: Does anyone else actually do this? After a bit of digging and trying to wrap our minds around the whole thing, we did find at least one other iteration of this look: On J.Crew’s website, no less!
For what it’s worth, even in its trendiest form, the whole buttoned shirt over a buttoned shirt still looks pretty ridiculous. Plus, the shirt from J.Crew is “sherpa lined,” more like a jacket-type garment and therefore slightly less offensive.
The mag also assured its readers that this is not a trend they need to worry about adopting anytime soon.
“This is not something that anyone except for Steve Bannon does,” they wrote.
Fashion blogger Ryan Dziadul expressed a similar, if not slightly less judgmental sentiment. “I’m all for fashion experimentation, breaking the so-called rules, and wearing what you want to wear,” he told The Huffington Post. “But wearing two button-down shirts at the same time is just weird. It just seems so…uncomfortable, and not to mention time-consuming.”
Dziadul’s advice to Bannon?
“If you’re desperate to layer, add a scarf,” he said. “But then again, Steve Bannon doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who minds weirding people out.”
All in all, the style just seems incredibly unnecessary, unless Bannon is hiding something under all those layers. Like, say, information about Russia? A dart board with Kushner’s face on it?
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A daughter’s prom objection becomes a family’s lesson in acceptance with a gorgeous photoshoot to document it.
Every year countless numbers of youth who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender commit suicide. Many are bullied, abandoned by their family and peers, and some are put under immense pressure to conform to traditional and accepted gender roles and sexual identities. LGBT youth who come from highly rejecting families are 8.4 times more likely to have attempted suicide as LGBT peers who reported no or low levels of family rejection.
Mrs. Tawana Brown of Austin, TX, a photographer and mother of four, has always seen beauty through the eyes of a traditional lens. One of her specialties is women’s glamour photography, and after raising two older daughters, traditional femininity has been a staple in her life. It came as no surprise that when her youngest daughter, Tristin, would go to prom that she would also capture sending her off as beautifully and glamorously as she had her other daughters.
However, Tristin at an early age displayed that she was different from her sisters. When she became old enough to voice and express that opinion, her first act of self-expression was to chop off all of her hair. This was in stark contrast to her sisters and mother who prided their long healthy locks, which seemed to her mother like an act of teen rebellion. Later Tristin came out as Lesbian.
Being gay or lesbian was never an issue for Tawana. Her eldest brother is gay and was married to his life partner on the 2014 Grammy awards; however, she still could not seem to wrap her head around - not her daughter’s sexuality - but her daughter’s gender fluidity and expression. Tristin is an artist and Tawana wasn’t sure if this was authentic, artistic, or political in nature. Sometimes she dresses as a tomboy and other times atypically feminine. Maybe it was just a phase?
“I felt like she was trying to be different and to purposefully go against the grain.”
When prom finally approached, and Tawana prepared herself for what would be the last of a rites of passage for her daughters, it became very clear that Tristin was not going to conform to that dream and keep tradition.
“I was sad because with having two older daughters, prom shopping has always been a big deal, a memorable moment of bonding with me and my daughters. I always assumed my baby girl would do the same. I assumed she would wear a dress… until she told me she didn’t want to wear one.”
Tristin sensed her mother’s disapproval and resistance and went shopping alone with money given to her by older brother to buy a suit. When she came home with an oversized and unflattering suit her mother was aghast, but she now knew how committed Tristin was.
Tawana knew that no matter what Tristin was absolutely not going to wear a dress. Her expectations had to be put aside to honor her daughter’s wishes. She couldn’t make herself force her daughter into a skin that she simply didn’t feel comfortable in; however, she was also not going to allow her to go to the prom in a suit that didn’t make her at least look her very best.
So, she swallowed her pride and put her differences and disappointment aside to make sure that her daughter was going to look the best she could.
When Tristin’s suit came home from the tailor and she saw herself in the mirror, she smiled and said to her mother, “This is exactly how I wanted to look.” Tawana couldn’t contain how happy she was to share that moment with her.
The following days, Tristin and her mom joined to shop for the accessories for her prom suit. It looked like the dream Tawana had of spending her final rites of passage with her last daughter had come true anyway - even if it wasn’t wrapped in satin and sequence, but instead nicely tailored slacks and a blazer.
“Today, I feel I understand Tristin now more than ever before. I understand why her friends mean so much to her because they have been the only one’s who have fully accepted her. It was a sad realization for me, but I feel like that day bridged a gap between she and I.”
When asked what she learned about her daughter, Tawana replied, “I learned how brave she is. I learned that she taught herself to smile through sadness, embarrassment, loneliness, and fear. I learned what courage really is.”
When asked what she learned about herself and what she learned as a parent, she said, “Support and acceptance.”
“I want for my children to be happy, whatever they define as happiness. That day wasn’t easy for me, but I would do it all over again because I’ve never seen her so happy. This meant more to her than just a prom. This was about her being.” Tristin, her prom date, and friend didn’t go on to have a sad or tragic prom day, but one that was filled with the fun and memories of every other teen, and that is because the people in their lives, their homes, their community, and their schools accepted them for who they are.
I want for my children to be happy, whatever they define as happiness.
What Tawana went on to capture in the photoshoot of Tristin’s prom day was unlike anything she’s captured before and that was the beauty and pure happiness that shines only from within when one is allowed to live in their full truth and to align with their true selves.
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A maang tikka, known to some as a tikli, is a traditional South Asian accessory typically worn by brides from the center part of their hair to the forehead, over the ajna chakra.
It symbolizes the bride’s third eye as well as the union between two people on a spiritual, physical and emotional level, according to BollywoodShaadis.com.
So when ASOS, a British-based fashion retailer, put one up for sale on its website and labeled it a “chandelier hair clip,” many people of South Asian descent were not OK.
But ASOS’ apparent rebranding of the tikka was the last straw for many people.
Some people assumed the company was too lazy to learn the South Asian accessory’s real name. Others wanted ASOS to drop the “chandelier” nonsense and call it what it is.
“Dear @ASOS,” one Twitter user wrote. “If you really want to be a cultural appropriation enabler, the least you can do is call it a Tikka, not a chandelier hair clip!!”
Dear @ASOS, if you really want to be a cultural appropriation enabler, the least you can do is call it a Tikka, not a chandelier hair clip!! pic.twitter.com/qhuE99sQFt
Wow really @ASOS??? The ignorance whether accidental or not is real. Brb going to put on one of my many chandelier hair clips fam https://t.co/i4xnBSC0dY
Aisha Haque, a Bengali woman in London who goes by @ashlibob on Twitter, was one of the first people to call ASOS out on its “chandelier hair clip,” according to Globalnews.ca.
She told the Canadian news site that ASOS, much like many other fashion companies, gets away with appropriating a culture she holds dear.
“These big companies get away with it again and again,” she added. “I’d like to tell people to start understanding what cultural appropriation is and that it’s very much okay to make noise when you see it happening.”
BUT don't tell me I'm wrong. Don't tell me I'm 'making a big deal for nothing'.
At the very least, ASOS appears to have noticed the chandelier backlash.
As of Thursday evening, the Faux Pearl Chandelier Hair Clip was no longer available on the ASOS website. Similar products, including one named the Orelia Semi Precious Festival Hair Tika, were removed by Friday.
A spokesman for ASOS confirmed to The Huffington Post that the company removed some products in response to the “chandelier hair clip” controversy.
“We apologize for any offense that may have been caused. We have now removed this product from our site,” the spokesman said in an emailed statement.
This story has been updated to include a comment from ASOS.
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The 53-year-old actor stepped out in an interesting getup at Wednesday night’s “The Lost City of Z” premiere in Los Angeles. Pitt paired a black newsboy cap with a white button up, black jacket and baggy pants. Roomy and loose, these pants look comfortable enough to wear for days.
Pitt’s company, Plan B Entertainment, produced the “The Lost City of Z,” which was directed by James Gray and stars Robert Pattinson and Charlie Hunnam. Pitt himself does not appear in the film.
“Brad had developed this for years and years and initially the intention was that he was going to star in it, and then ― I don’t really know what the ins and outs were, or why the decision changed ― he decided just to produce it,” Hunnam told ET Online at the premiere.
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The response Mbah received was overwhelmingly positive, but one Twitter user threw in his unwarranted two cents to say, “[If] she was lighter, she’d be fire.”
The Cameroonian teen clapped back by informing the troll that she’s perfect in the skin she’s in. “No thanks,” she tweeted Sunday. “I wouldn’t trade my skin color for the world! Still [fire] tho.”
@dopelike_mimi@HotAsHelen_ I know you don't need my confirmation at all, but I agree that you truly are beautifully made as you are. Keep shining, sister.
The Gaithersburg, Maryland, native told BuzzFeed News that she’s encountered this kind of ignorance toward her dark skin before, but she was still disappointed.
She shared some of the other anti-black comments she received on her Instagram.
”I’m glad my tweet went viral because now I feel like I have a platform, which I want to use to talk about things like that and give advice to other dark-skin women who are going through similar situations and probably blaming themselves for it,” she told BuzzFeed. “I actually wanted people to see that colorism is still real.”
Regardless of the hate, she said she wants women with dark skin to always remember one thing: “I want all my dark skin girls to know that we are chocolate goddesses no matter what anyone says!”
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Donald Trump likes to wear his ties long and wide, with a bit of scotch tape to hold them in place (as all multi-millionaires do). The habit is just one of his many sartorial failings, but the most prominent. In fact just months into his presidency his bad taste in ties has become something of a global joke — and by global we mean Twitter. Enter the most recent gem of the Internet: @TrumpsTies
The artist behind @TrumpsTies digitally alters real photos of Donald Trump, doubling or tripling the length of his ties. There's the time Melania was made to use Trump's royal blue tie like a slack leash.
In the altered version of Trump's meeting with Kanye West, the rapper is stepping on his tie on the lobby floor of Trump Tower. The effect is political satire at its best: lewd, goofy, and a little frightening. Each tie creates a visual thread (literally), adding new meaning to facial expressions, lampooning the Donald, and providing a comedic outlet for our collective Trumpian anxiety. What's most surreal about the altered photos, however, isn't Trump's photoshopped ties. It's recalling these moments as they actually occurred. As GQ Staff Writer Caity Weaver suggests "It’s even funnier knowing that Trudeau was actually making that face at Trump’s bare hand."
If the size of his hands is a point of contention for Trump, then this metaphor for his sloppy use of dick slinging — presented via Twitter, his social media outlet of choice — will definitely grab his attention, or maybe he’ll just take the whole added length thing as a compliment. Here are a few more of our favorites.
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The singer accessorized her edgy new pixie cut with a sheer lace top and black sports bra at a dinner on Thursday to celebrate Chanel’s Gabrielle bag. She completed the look with a black bomber jacket and what appear to be silky sweatpants.
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After her daughter’s hair began falling out, Daniella Wride took her to a dermatologist and learned that her child had alopecia. A few weeks later, she became nervous about “Crazy Hair Day,” a themed day at school her daughter always enjoyed, until she found a creative solution in Walmart’s craft section.
Wride, who lives in Salem, Utah, told The Huffington Post that on January 1 she noticed her daughter, 7-year-old Gianessa Wride, had a bald spot on the back of her head that was the size of a quarter. The hair around her temples was also beginning to thin. A visit to the pediatrician and the dermatologist confirmed Gianessa’s alopecia diagnosis.
March 28 marked Gianessa’s school’s “Crazy Hair Day.” Last year, she turned her hair into a colorful unicorn horn. Determined to come up with an idea for this year’s themed day, Wride hit the craft aisle at Walmart.
“I knew that I wanted to do something fun for her,” she told HuffPost.
On her search, the mom of three found a pack of jeweled scrapbooking stickers and thought that the bright colors and fun designs would complement her daughter’s charm.
“It just fits her perfect personality perfectly,” she said.
Wride told HuffPost Gianessa was nervous about the idea initially. Since her daughter’s diagnosis, Wride had also worried that Gianessa’s classmates would bully her.
“I told her kind of what the plan was,” she said. “She wasn’t sure if people would like it.”
Once Gianessa looked in the mirror after her mom applied the sticker designs ― flowers, a butterfly and an owl ― she was ecstatic. She especially adored the jeweled green owl on the side of her head because green is her favorite color.
Her classmates loved her look, too. Wride said as soon as she dropped Gianessa off for school, she heard kids complimenting her daughter’s hair.
“She opened the car door in the car drop-off lane and kids were already telling her that it was amazing and awesome and that they wish they could do it and that it looked so great,” Wride said. “When she got home from school she told me they all told her that they absolutely loved her crazy hair.”
Wride makes sure to remind Gianessa that she is “awesome, with or without hair.” She also encourages other people with the autoimmune disease to wear whatever feels most comfortable for them, not for everyone else.
“Whether that’s wearing a wig, donning a scarf, wearing hats or rocking the bald look, you got this!” she said.
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“Riverdale” actress Madelaine Petsch (a.k.a. Cheryl Blossom) released a comical video in collaboration with TV Guide, debunking the many myths of being a redhead.
“Redheads throughout the ages have been subjected to myths and misinformation, and these tales of redheaded fiction have gone on for far too long,” she begins.
What follows is a hilarious list of ridiculous ginger stereotypes, which Petsch shuts down. She claps back at stories of redheads going extinct, redheads having bad tempers, and redheads having no souls. In fact, to prove redheads do in fact have souls, Petsch references Amy Adams, the Weaseleys, and Ed Sheeran.
Amen to that. Gingers aren’t the problem. As far as Petsch is concerned, the true enemy is blondes.
Oh and one more thing.
Check out the full video below, and don’t forget to #SaveTheReheads.
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NEW YORK ― On the last day of Tina Brown’s Women in the World Summit, fashion designer and activist Diane von Furstenberg did not hold back when giving her opinion about Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson.
During the event’s “Designing Disruption” panel, which also featured “Black-ish” actress Tracee Ellis Ross and Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth, Von Furstenberg responded to the February news clip that featured Teen Vogue writer Lauren Duca defending her piece, “Donald Trump is Gaslighting America,” to Carlson.
As Duca defended writing a political op-ed for a magazine with a teenage girl audience, Carlson snapped at the time: “You should stick to thigh-high boots. You’re better at that.”
Von Furstenberg’s response?
“It’s only the vengeance of the white man with a small penis.”
Carlson’s tone-deaf comments to Duca must have struck a nerve for von Furstenberg, a certified badass whose parents survived the Holocaust, and who has spent her entire adult life as both a fashion designer and activist ― something Carlson, apparently, doesn’t think is possible.
Check out von Furstenberg’s hilarious burn in the video above.
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This is the kind of royal treatment mental health deserves.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are yet again lending their voice to those living with mental illness, this time with a 10-part film series through their mental health campaign Heads Together.
The initiative, which is called #OKToSay, features videos on the importance of speaking up for mental health. The goal is to encourage more people to start discussions around emotional well-being. Prince Harry is also participating in the project.
“Attitudes to mental health are at a tipping point,” the royals said in a statement. “We hope these films show people how simple conversations can change the direction of an entire life. Please share them with your friends and families and join us in a national conversation on mental health in the weeks ahead.”
Each video showcases people with mental health issues as they talk about how acknowledging their condition helped them learn to accept and manage it. They also highlight stories about the person’s first time talking about mental health with a loved one. The conversations explore the importance of not staying silent when it comes mental illness.
The trio launched the new videos on Thursday right before World Health Day, which this year aims to focus on depression and the treatment gap for the disorder. Recent data from the World Health Organization found that depression rates have climbed 18 percent in the last decade. More than 300 million people globally experience the mental health condition, yet nearly half of them don’t get treatment.
Previous research suggests people may avoid seeking help due fear of shame from their peers. Public advocacy like William, Kate and Harry’s can help change that, according to experts.
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Horror stories from within the modeling industry are all too common, but each time a new one comes out, it serves as an opportunity to highlight the change that needs to happen toward a healthier, more inclusive environment. It also provides an outlet for the brave women who share those stories.
Liza Golden-Bhojwani, a model who currently lives in India, has been in and out of the modeling industry over the years, most recently getting back to work in 2016. She recently shared harrowing side-by-side images of herself ― one from her first Fashion Week in 2012, and one from today.
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In a lengthy accompanying caption, she heartbreakingly referred to her size in the left photo as what she “needed to be” to actually book runway jobs.
Bhojwani unraveled the struggle she faced during that first fateful string of shows, where she recalled eating 20 pieces of steamed edamame as a meal and binge eating her way up from a 34.5- to a 36.5-inch hip measurement throughout the month. She explained that as she traveled from London to Milan to Paris, the show offers dwindled. “I knew the reason for me not nailing the gig, my size,” she wrote.
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In 2014, she decided to revisit modeling and got into shape in a healthier way, through exercise and a more sustainable diet. But even though she called it the most fit she’d been in her life, it still wasn’t enough “for the likes of VS [Victoria’s Secret] or other brands.”
It was on a trip to India, Bhojwani explained, when things changed. She met her now husband, picked up all her belongings and moved there. Now not only does she have a healthier outlook on life, but she also has a totally different relationship with her body.
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“The picture on the right of me as of right now, my body as it is,” she wrote. “Not perfect, not show ready or VS ready, not the best, but it is mine and my soul is happy.”
Bhowjani also wrote that now she works out, eats what she wants without feeling guilty about it and does it all solely for herself. “Maybe I wasn’t made to be on the covers of magazines and shooting the biggest and best brands, but I was made for a reason,” she wrote. “I do deserve to be happy and feel fulfilled. We all do. Maybe I was made to share this story and spread the message of body love to all the women out there struggling.”
While we wouldn’t exactly agree that Bhojwani doesn’t belong as the front of a major photoshoot, we are inspired by her honesty, her story and her words of self-love.
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Model Chrissy Teigen just made a North Carolina woman’s dreams come true by paying off her tuition to beauty school.
Mercedes Edney of Charlotte had started an online fundraiser last month to raise $5,995 for esthetician school. She had raised about $300 by Friday, when Teigen stepped in and paid off the rest, NBC News reports.
In 2012, Edney founded Ixora Botanical Beauty, using her chemical engineering background and knowledge of family traditions to create natural skincare products. On her YouCaring crowdfunding page, Edney wrote that she wanted to “further my skin care knowledge by getting my license in esthetics” but financial aid and scholarships weren’t available.
“I’ve seen this be your passion for such a long time now,” Teigen wrote in a note with her donation. “So excited to see you fulfill your dream!”
She also said she was “really excited” for Edney on Twitter.
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!! @chrissyteigen I don't even know how else to thank you right now.
Edney tweeted that whens he first saw the huge amount of money come in, she initially thought it was a glitch, and talked about the financial struggles she’d faced since launching her business.
I've been struggling for so long. I put my everything into my business. I have sacrificed so much just trying to focus on my goal..
We have a feeling that will probably happen sometime soon.
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No woman needs to defend her right to wear a bathing suit. But if you’re going to do it, you might want to take a page out of Amy Schumer’s clap back playbook.
Duggan’s opinion was widely criticized by both fellow Instagram users and the media, but clearly, it has made little to no impact on Schumer’s life.
They say you should let your haters be your motivators, and Schumer did just that. After all, there is no better way to slap back ignorance than by living your life, doing exactly what they think you shouldn’t.
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When a Missouri mom named Rebecca asked her daughter, Audrey, how she’d like to celebrate her third birthday, the toddler had only one theme in mind: “poop.”
“For months, every time we mentioned her party, Audrey requested ‘poop balloons and a poop cake,’” Rebecca told The Huffington Post. “I tried suggesting other themes, but she always insisted on poop.”
Ultimately, she and her husband decided to “embrace the weird” and give Audrey the party she wanted.
The unconventional party took place in October at the family’s home in St. Louis.
The guests played “pin the poop,” enjoyed a poop emoji-shaped piñata filled with Tootsie Rolls and Hershey’s Kisses, and received whoopee cushion favors. Rebecca even dressed in a poop costume.
The mom said everyone loved the party and thought it was hilarious. “I expected the grandparents to question it, but they all just laughed when I told them,” she added.
Rebecca believes the birthday party embodied her daughter in many ways. “Audrey is definitely her own person,” she explained. “I hope she always has the confidence she has now. She is so funny and the best big sister.”
Rebecca hopes Audrey’s party can inspire other parents in the throes of birthday planning.
“I feel like in this time of Facebook and Pinterest, we sometimes get caught up in trying to impress other adults,” she said. “This party wasn’t for me, it was for Audrey. I love that we will look back at pictures, and it will represent her at 3 ― my funny and quirky little girl.”
Keep scrolling for more photos of Audrey’s “poop”-themed third birthday party.
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One week after “13 Reasons Why” debuted on Netflix, series executive producer Selena Gomez now has matching tattoos with two stars of the show: Tommy Dorfman, who plays Ryan, and Alisha Boe, who plays Jessica.
The trio’s matching ink is a semicolon, which has a powerful message behind it.
Dorfman explained over Instagram how the semicolon ― the symbol of the mental health care nonprofit Project Semicolon ― represents the end of one thought and the beginning of another. In the context of the show, which revolves around a high school student’s decision to kill herself, the symbol represents the “beginning of another chapter in life, in lieu of ending your life.”
Dorfman also shared his personal experience with addiction and depression in his Instagram post, making the tattoos all the more meaningful:
“I struggled with addiction and depression issues through high school and early college. I reached out and asked for help. At the time, I thought my life was over, I thought I’d never live past the age of 21. Today I’m grateful to be alive, in this new chapter of life in recovery, standing with my colleagues and friends, making art that helps other people.”
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Boe shared a moving caption of her own to explain more about Project Semicolon, which was founded by Amy Bleuel in 2013 with the stated goal to provide “hope for those suffering from depression, thoughts of suicide, addiction, and self-injury.” Bleul died by suicide on March 24, Wisconsin ABC affiliate WBAY reported.
“I have received so much love and support from all of you who are watching 13 Reasons Why,” she wrote, directing anyone in need toward the short documentary “Beyond the Reasons” and other mental health care information.
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British model Penny Delbaugh donned a chocolate bustier last week to help the magazine promote an adults-only Easter egg hunt taking place April 13 in London.
Food artist Michelle Wibowo used 11 pounds of chocolate to create the edible ensemble. She used dark chocolate for the bulk of the bustier and white chocolate for the tail and lace design, according to the Evening Standard.
The bustier is actually two plates of chocolate that are held together with lace strings. Fabric was sewn inside to keep the chocolate from touching Delbaugh’s skin and melting.
She had to walk carefully to prevent the bustier from cracking.
Wibowo needed three days to design and make the chocolate corset, but said she enjoyed the chance to connect Playboy bunnies and Easter bunnies.
“It’s a nice idea for Easter, but definitely for adults,” she said.
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For the first time ever, British Vogue has appointed a black man to be at the helm.
Parent company Condé Nast announced Monday that Edward Enninful will be leaving his position as the creative and fashion director of W, an American magazine, to become editor-in-chief of the British fashion book.
Enninful is set to replace Alexandra Shulman and disrupt a 100-year history of white women holding the position, including the current American Vogue editor, Anna Wintour. The 45-year-old, who is openly gay, will also become the first non-white man to lead a mainstream women’s fashion magazine.
Enninful is one of six siblings and migrated to England from Ghana when he was young. He has always had a love for fashion and officially began his career in the industry at the age of 16, when he was recruited to model in the British magazine i-D.
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Three years later, Enninful went on to become i-D’s fashion editor, which made him one of the youngest to ever hold such a prestigious position. He worked there for nearly two decades before leaving to contribute to both the American and Italian editions of Vogue.
He will officially take on his new role on Aug. 1, and we can’t wait to see what he’ll do next. Congrats to him!
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Great news for people who need another reason to move to Canada. The province of British Columbia just passed a law banning mandatory high heels in the workplace.
British Columbia’s government announced Friday that it has deemed requirement of high heels unsafe based on the risk of injuries, as well as the damage that comes from prolonged wear.
“This change will let employers know that the most critical part of an employee’s footwear is that it is safe,” Shirley Bond, minister of jobs, tourism and skills training and minister responsible for labour, said in a release. The regulation “ensures that workplace footwear is of a design, construction and material that allows the worker to safely perform their work and ensures that employers cannot require footwear contrary to this standard.”
Under the new regulation, employers must consider specific safety factors when choosing mandatory footwear codes -- factors such as uneven terrain, ankle protection and foot support, and tripping hazards. But besides protecting employees from health risks, the release also notes that British Columbia’s Human Rights Code already protects against gender-based discrimination, which can include enforcing a dress code based on gender.
The news comes nearly a year after a photo of a Canadian woman’s bloody feet and accompanying story went viral. The woman was allegedly “berated” for changing into flats at her restaurant job, despite the fact that the heels she had been required to wear were making her feet bleed and causing one of her toenails to fall off. At the time, the restaurant in question told The Huffington Post its policy surrounding dress code had recently changed, making flats an acceptable option and nixing its requirement that heels be over 2.5 inches.
Dress code regulation has come under scrutiny in other places around the world, too. In May 2016, a U.K.-based woman who was working as a receptionist was sent home for not wearing heels. The experience prompted her to start a petition that garnered over 150,000 signatures and was brought to Parliament.
The government concluded that “dress codes which require women to wear high heels for extended periods of time are damaging to their health and wellbeing in both the short and the long term in the U.K.,” but that there were “not currently enough disincentives to prevent employers breaching the law.” In short, while the government acknowledged the issues with enforcing dress code, the repercussions are not yet harsh enough to make companies stop using them.
In the United States, there is some disparity on federal and local levels. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states that “an employer may establish a dress code which applies to all employees or employees within certain job categories,” with exceptions made for a person’s religion or disability.
The New York City Commission on Human Rights, on the other hand, announced new guidelines in December 2015, which say dress code enforcement based on gender “may be a violation of the law.”
It’s hard to believe that we’re still talking about whether or not a woman should be forced to wear certain shoes in the year 2017. But British Columbia’s news is at least a more comfortable step in the right direction.
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