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Maroon 5 Performing At 2019 Super Bowl: Reports

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Maroon 5 Performing At 2019 Super Bowl: Reports

Maroon 5 has been tapped to bring its moves like Jagger to next year’s Super Bowl, Variety is reporting. 

The Grammy Award-winning rock band fronted by “The Voice” coach Adam Levine has signed on to play the halftime show at the 2019 Super Bowl in Atlanta, two sources told the magazine. Maroon 5′s hit single “Girls Like You” has sat near the top of the charts all summer.

“The offer has been extended and they’ve pretty much accepted,” an unnamed source told Us Weekly about the performance.

In a statement to Variety after publication, the NFL would not confirm or deny the news:

“It’s a Super Bowl tradition to speculate about the performers for the Pepsi Halftime Show,” the NFL’s statement said. “We are continuing to work with [longtime sponsor] Pepsi on our plans but do not have any announcements to make on what will be another epic show.”

Representatives for the band and the NFL did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment.

Levine has long expressed his desire to check off the career milestone, telling Howard Stern back in 2015 that the band was on a “short list” of potential performers.

“We very actively want to play the Super Bowl,” he said at the time. 

This year, Justin Timberlake returned to the Super Bowl stage, more than a decade after his his controversial 2004 appearance with Janet Jackson.

Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Coldplay have all recently performed at the event. 

In 2016, actress Taraji P. Henson inadvertently predicted Maroon 5 would be chosen soon when she confused the band with Coldplay during the British rock group’s halftime set. 

“YAAAAAAASSSSSS!!!! #maroon5 is life to me!!! #superbowl50 #HappyCamper,” the “Empire” star wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post, which included a video of Coldplay’s performance. (Levine took a screencap of the post for posterity.)

Maroon 5 jokingly responded after the mix-up, tweeting at Henson, “Thanks for loving our performance from our seats at #SB50. … We think we sounded pretty good!” 

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Demi Lovato's Mom Breaks Silence On Singer's Overdose: 'I Was In Shock'

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Demi Lovato's Mom Breaks Silence On Singer's Overdose: 'I Was In Shock'

Demi Lovato is “happy” and “healthy” nearly three months after her reported drug overdose, according to her mother Dianna De La Garza.

The “Sorry Not Sorry” singer, who’s long struggled with substance abuse issues, was hospitalized in July after she was discovered unconscious by friends at her home in the Hollywood Hills in California.

Weeks before the incident, she released the song “Sober” which appeared to chronicle a relapse that she’d had after six years of abstaining from drugs and alcohol. 

Lovato herself has yet to make a public statement as she’s currently in a treatment program, but her mother now says she has Lovato’s blessing to open up about the morning she learned her daughter was in trouble.

“It’s still a really difficult thing to talk about,” De La Garza said during an appearance on Newsmax TV. “I literally start to shake a little bit when I start to remember what happened that day.”

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Demi Lovato (R) surprises her mother, author Dianna De La Garza, at her book signing of ‘Falling with Wings.”

She says she first learned about Lovato’s overdose after receiving a slew of text messages from friends and family reaching out to see if the singer was still alive.

Then while she was with her daughter, Dallas, De La Garza got a phone call from Lovato’s assistant, informing her that the news was indeed true. 

“So, I was in shock. I didn’t know what to say,” she said. “It was just something that I never, ever expected to hear, as a parent, about any of my kids.”

The assistant told De La Garza that Lovato was conscious at the time but not speaking. 

“I knew at that point that we were in trouble,” she recalled.

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Demi Lovato performs at at her 2018 California Mid-State Fair last concert before entering rehab. 

That’s when De La Garza and her two other daughters rushed to Lovato’s side at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, where she was in “critical condition” for the next two days.  She says she jumped out of the car and “ran into the emergency room to be by her side.”

“She just didn’t look good—at all. She was in bad shape,” De La Garza added. “But I said to her, ‘Demi, I’m here. I love you.’ And at that point she said back to me, ‘I love you, too.’”

After news of Lovato’s overdose broke, her family released a statement on her hospitalization, casting doubts on early reports that she’d overdosed on heroin.

De La Garza said Lovato is now doing “really well” and concentrating on her recovery thanks to the outpouring of love from fans and fellow artists. 

“She’s happy. She’s healthy. She’s working on her sobriety, and she’s getting the help she needs,” she added. “That in itself encourages me about her future and about the future of our family.”

“I just feel like the reason she’s alive today is because of the millions of prayers that went up that day when everybody found out what was happening,” she said. “I don’t think she would be here if it hadn’t been for those prayers.”

De La Garza has now made it her mission to speak out about the America’s opioid crisis by sharing her family’s story, which she hopes will inspire others to reach out for help.

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What Sets You Off, According to Your Myers-Brigg

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What Sets You Off, According to Your Myers-Brigg

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e all have that one thing. A trigger point. A metaphorical nail-on-the-chalkboard. That special, horrible something that we, personally, just cannot stand. But we don’t always know why it bugs us so much. If you consider your Myers-Briggs type, however, it might all make sense. It can also offer a bit of perspective.

For example, as an INTJ, I loathe surprises. But in fleshing all this out, I realized what entirely ruffles my feathers would leave another type completely unbothered. (I’m talking to you, oh-so-adaptable ESTPs.) Learning this made me think about how to better express my frustrations to loved ones, and I think it just might help me get a little less mad when I realize not everyone “gets” why a surprise might bug me.

Below are my observations about what sets each type off — and other revelations about how we might take all these annoyances with a little more chill.

INTJ: Surprises

You love to plan your life and you like routine. Everything gets penciled into your calendar weeks or months in advance so you know how to navigate your to-do list while still fitting in friends, family and hobbies. With that in mind, you HATE surprises that throw your entire daily or weekly “working model” off-kilter. You’ll be ruffled to no end if your friend says she’s in the neighborhood and wants to drop by, but also if your partner plans a surprise getaway for the weekend. Just remember: A lot of P-types operate better with spontaneous decisions and open-ended plans, so it’s good to practice give and take — and sometimes grin and bear it.

ENTP: Poor decision-making

To others, you can seem like a wild child at times. You’ll try anything once, test boundaries, stay out late and venture into the unknown. But all your quirks and visible emotions hide a deeply logical inner core. You only take calculated risks. You need to achieve, and you will put parameters in place to make sure that happens. All that is to say: You make smart decisions, and you can’t understand others’ poor decision-making. In teams or relationships especially, remember to be extra clear about what you need; not every type is as intuitive as you.

INTP: “Meaningless” activities

You do not squander energy; everything you do works into the bigger picture of your goals and dreams. Even if you’re science-obsessed, you might also take business classes to launch your own startup centered around an invention of yours; or maybe you’re reading self-help books to just get a handle on the human stuff a bit better, since you can feel hopeless at times. You can’t be bothered with what you deem truly “meaningless” activities, like staying on top of celebrity gossip. Remember that your brain doesn’t always need to chug along at a million miles a minute, though. Reality TV could very well be the break that will recharge your mental battery. Try it before you knock it.

ENTJ: Laziness

You have intense drive. Of all the types, you have the capacity to accomplish the most due to your extreme willpower and seemingly boundless energy, which is why you have no patience for those without clear direction, drive and ambition. You just don’t “get” when people stop moving forward. But don’t forget that you’ve been blessed with special powers, allowing you to check boxes off any to-do list and climb the ladder at work. Not everyone wants or needs obvious markers of achievement to be fulfilled. Maybe start asking what fulfills those people you don’t instantly understand. Not only will those conversations fire you up (you love passionate people), but you’ll also get greater perspective on more intangible goals.

INFJ: Pot-stirring

You don’t come to every social event, but when you do, you’re usually putting out fires between friends and smoothing the human dynamics at parties. You are the quintessential wise sage/therapist and have a knack for figuring out how people tick or where relationships are breaking down. You also can quickly suss out WHO’S STIRRING THE POT, which you hate. You want people to just get along! Your awareness is both a blessing and a curse. Thanks for helping humans live in peace, but remember that not every battle is yours to mediate or remedy. You can just enjoy a party because it’s a party and forget Jon’s passive-aggressive remark to Emily. Not your beef.

ENFP: Clashing values

ENFPs are defined by a very clear sense of self, as well as a deeply felt sense of right and wrong. You live by your moral compass, and you take deep offense to people who seem lawless or so carefree they’re constantly hurting others. While it’s important to keep in mind that not everyone values the exact same things you do, it’s also great to find “your people.” Surround yourself with people who share your worldview, and the stresses of trying to understand others’s (as you naturally do) will feel far less taxing.

ENFJ: Inconsistency

You are able to read people in two ways: You pick up on their emotional energy, and then you interpret the most likely explanation for their feelings, behaviors and ticks. You can often get wrapped up in people you don’t understand, though, thinking that the more you learn the more you’ll magically “get it.” So when someone is inconsistent, and you seemingly cannot rely on them to keep plans or show up in big moments, it ruffles you; at your core, you want to deeply understand those you care about and only invest in people who are willing to love you back. While it’s good to realize humans are not inherently predictable (anything can change how we behave from day to day), it is okay to distance yourself from people who don’t seem to say what they mean, or mean what they say. That can drive you nuts.

INFP: Controlling behavior

You know who you are and what you stand for, unconventional though you may sometimes seem to others. You typically see the best in everyone and want to surround yourself with those who will let you be your truest yourself. You hate it when others try to dim your spark, whether it’s dismissing your argument or questioning your decisions. Just be careful: Since INFPs work hard at fully accepting others exactly as they are, you often lash out when you feel like someone’s trying to control you, or if someone put you down one too many times. If you do snap back, this can ultimately lead to regret, which INFPs are prone to — and that’s in addition to the original annoyance. To combat this: Try calmly, firmly calling out negative behavior early on to get the grievance off your chest (before you blow up); you don’t need to stand for that!

ISTJ: Tons of change

The ISTJ motto might as well be, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” You like routine and the tried-and-true method, because there’s a precedent for success and therefore a low failure rate. You can deal with one change at a time if it’s truly needed. However, if your significant other wants to consider a move and kids, for instance, or your boss wants you to tackle a new project and travel out of state to wrap an old one, you get overwhelmed and frustrated: Is this really necessary? Maybe, maybe not. Although you’re introverted and would rather do than talk, make sure to articulate your desire (or need) to do one thing at a time.

ESTP: A snail’s pace

You can’t stand when someone wants you to fall in line. Your first instinct is to explore, try new things, break the mold, test the boundaries! As such, you often do…and, in the process, might accidentally stumble upon a new way to be. Which is awesome. But if you find a more efficient procedure at work or think you’ve got a solution for a perpetual relationship argument, you might get frustrated when it’s not immediately implemented. You are probably the most impatient personality type. But remember that you are often the earliest adopter of an idea or trend — and can even jump too quickly. Slowing down (a teensy bit) and hearing others’s concerns will help you avoid having to backpedal.

ISTP: Dishonesty

As an ISTP, you just want the bare-bones facts. You don’t need to know every gory detail of your friend’s latest fight with her partner or talk ad nauseam about who said what, when, to whom. You don’t pry, and you don’t like drama. But if you ask a question, it’s because you really think the answer is important to the dynamic of your friendship or understanding of a person in the larger sense. You’re fine with not getting an answer, but you are not fine with being lied to. Ever! To you, dishonesty is just inefficient. But remember, sometimes your pals might not be fully comfortable divulging emotional stuff to you because you so rarely want to get involved. Having honest, open relationships requires trust, which you often build during those mushy heart-to-hearts you struggle with. So, try emoting with your pals from time to time. You’ll get more honesty in return.

ESTJ: Inefficiency

If your group is going on a big trip, you’re the one who emails everybody with travel arrangements months in advance. If you and your coworkers are tackling a big project, you’re the leader who makes sure the entire system hits all goals and checkmarks on time. You hate inefficiency because you have such a great mind for figuring out the best way to sail a ship. You will immediately notice why a line is bottlenecking at the airport or in what order you need to make each item on the menu to get out of the kitchen the fastest. While these insights make you a take-charge kind of person, don’t forget that it’s taxing to dwell on inefficiency — the world is full of it — and taking the scenic route (so to speak) can sometimes allow you to enjoy the experience more, rather than rush to the destination.

ISFJ: Instability

As an ISFJ, you’re pretty chill a lot of the time. Part of the reason for this is because you like things certain way and you work hard to keep everything organized and planned. Your biggest pet peeve is when everything gets jumbled and turned upside down, even if the chaos is prompted by a categorically “good” thing, like a potential job promotion. You just like when all is decided and safe; instability and loose ends tend to make your typically patient personality become seriously agitated. Leaning into others during these more unstable times is your best bet. Although you need your alone time, you benefit a lot from heaping doses of social comfort, even if you’re just calling your best friend for a good chat.

ESFP: Rigidity

You like to live life on your own terms, and you really don’t like to be defined by a set-in-stone plan. When someone tries to get you to nail down a date, a time or a deadline, you start to feel like that person is cramping your style — and you may even push back. Although you do operate best with flexibility, remember that commitments and timelines will inevitably help you reach your most fulfilling goals. You don’t want to wake up one day and realize you missed the boat on your dreams; just think of your path to achieving those dreams as a map of loose guidelines toward your destination, not a single set of directions.

ESFJ: Arguing for no reason

You just want everyone to get along. Arguments that could have been avoided, nitpicking someone’s behaviors, or starting a heated debate? What’s the point? At your core, you want to help others connect and see friendships grow and thrive. So when people seem to inflame “drama” that might have been avoided with a simple sidestep, it irritates you. Just remember, though: Some personalities don’t argue to be frustrating or speak their minds to brew controversy. They debate to test ideas or get to know others’ perspectives better (truly) — and they get over it quickly. It’s okay to disagree!

ISFP: Ignoring the real you

You are fiercely independent and appreciate when others see you for your uniqueness. With your charm and aura of mystery, you have a line of people who want to be around your intriguing, vibrant spirit. But not everyone “gets” you on a deeper level, and that realization can lead to a huge letdown. Some people might even make you into more of a fantasy than reality, which drives you up the wall. While you don’t need any part of that, some people might actually be trying harder to understand you than you think. Before you lock someone out for not getting to know the real you, ask yourself if you’ve even been allowing them a solid chance for that.

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6 spring/summer 2019 trends you can wear now

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6 spring/summer 2019 trends you can wear now

Another season of London Fashion Week has come to a close, and whilst Milan and Paris are yet to come, the main spring/summer 2019 fashion trends are starting to emerge.

Designers like Roksanda, Rejina Pyo and Alexa Chung are leading the way, with trends that we’re excited about for next year. So excited about actually, that we’re going to start wearing them now. Here’s how:

Suits

Left to right: JW Anderson, Eudon Choi, Alexa Chung

Oversized, fitted, 70s style or more retro, pastel-coloured or checked… suits were all over the catwalk at LFW, from Alexa Chung to Eudon Choi and JW Anderson. There is literally a style to suit every personality, and of course the beauty of them is that they’re the perfect transitional piece. Wear them now with a silk blouse or rollneck and ankle boots.

Neon

Left to right: Natasha Zinko, House of Holland, Rejina Pyo

Love it or hate it, you just can’t dismiss neon next season, it’s literally everywhere. At NYFW, Jeremy Scott backed the lime green hue, while Naeem Khan and Sies Marjan flashed a bit of orange and pink. Over in London, House of Holland was all about neon, while Natasha Zinko closed the week with fluro green and yellow. Dip into it now with accessories to lift a monochrome outfit.

Puff sleeves

Left to right: Richard Quinn, Rejina Pyo, Christopher Kane

Go big or go home is the motto for SS18, well, when it comes to sleeves at least. I’ve loved them at Rejina Pyo on maxi tea dresses, at Richard Quinn on overcoats and shirts at Christopher Kane. The message is clear: go big or go home.

Pink

Left to right: Emilia Wickstead, Roksanda, Erdem

Millennial pink might have been put on the back-burner with the arrival of sunshine yellow, but it’s very much back in the limelight for spring. Emilia Wickstead, Erdem, Roksanda and Delpozo were just a few of the many designers to make us see la vie en rose.

Sheer layering

Left to right: Rejina Pyo, Erdem, Delpozo

Dare to bare for SS19, as sheer tulle and lace are taking over. Think see-through jackets at Rejina or OTT tulle at Roksanda and Simone Rocha. Th key is to layer: wear a sheer shirt this season, under a corduroy blazer to protect your modesty.

Bows

Left to right: Preen, Roksanda, Emilia Wickstead

Last season it was polka dots, and for SS19 the ladylike detail of choice is bows aplenty. They ranged from discreet finishing touches at Preen and Roksanda, to bold and oversized and Emilia Wickstead. We want more.

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11 Dressy Jumpsuits To Wear To A Fall Wedding

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11 Dressy Jumpsuits To Wear To A Fall Wedding

Who says dressing up for a wedding means wearing a dress?

Whether you like to keep it cool and trendy, or you’re a gal who just isn’t into dresses, wedding guest jumpsuits are just the thing for all of those fall engagements on your calendar. They’re adorable paired with the right wedding guest coat and wedding shoes that aren’t heels. They’re warmer than dresses, more comfortable for all-night dancing, and you’re probably more likely to wear them more than once.

For wedding guests who “don’t do” dresses, we’ve rounded up 11 of our favorite dressy jumpsuits that’ll be perfect for fall weddings. 

Here, take a look at our plus, petite and dressy options for wedding guests:

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5 London Fashion Week Looks I Can’t Wait to Recreate

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5 London Fashion Week Looks I Can’t Wait to Recreate

Do you ever have get that feeling where you look at a runway show, declare a dress cool (or succinctly in line with the tenets that define your style), and then move on to the next one, feeling inspired but somewhat dissatisfied? It happens to me all the time, mostly because it’s hard to approximate a singular garment (like a dress shown on a runway), particularly one that is loud, or runs the risk of being typecast as “the piece of the season,” with the contents of your existing wardrobe.

The satisfying kind of inspiration is always tucked into the edges of a show and expands your perspective, or delights and surprises and presents a new way to consider getting dressed. One that may not have occurred to you. Think exposed socks over stockings, an unexpected quirk like a gigantic brooch, the way in which a pair of pants pair with a sweater, two hats on one head, how a model’s hair is worn, and so forth. Here’s where real flow occurs — that thing where your creative juices start spilling and suddenly, your closet’s existing freight is new again.

This concept is not new, it’s personal style. And I know we’re only two cities through fashion month, but my grand takeaway from the runways of London suggests that we are still very much embedded in the era of personal style. While there is no question many of the collections that have thus far presented fall into that category of inspiring-but-perhaps-dissatisfying (because you can’t actually apply them), there are plenty more that offer enough inspiration to take to your own closet and attempt to recreate. As such, here are five looks I am eager to try as informed by London.

Here’s a look from Toga’s runway collection. I have high-waist jeans. I have a denim shirt. My denim shirt may not have shoulder pants, but I’m willing to feign a set. In pairing my existing jeans with a denim shirt, I will make sure to include a pendant of some sort that may not so literally look like a bolo with a belt maintaining an equally salient buckle. I also have white socks and white pumps; I’ve worn them together before. Maybe I should give it another try.

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Technically speaking, this is one of those aforementioned dresses that inspires but doesn’t satisfy unless, that is, you are the proprietor of at least one floral nightgown that you are willing to reimagine as cocktail party wear. I’d add a colorful pair of pumps, or sandals with an ankle strap that shine, but the real kicker here is in the hairdo. Note to self: slick back hair into tight ponytail or bun (a great styling trick for holders of frizzy hair like mine) that is high enough to then pair with a bow that creates the illusion of cat ears. Instant youth! The greatest anti-aging trick of all.

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We have not reached peak tourist, which is great for the number of short-sleeve button-down shirts in my closet, but here’s a new way to consider them: brightly colored, with pencil skirts, and ambitious hats that maintain chin straps (as a spoiler alert, Man Repeller is launching a plaid flannel hat that you, too, will be able to tie around your chin in November, thus hopefully providing winter context to the trend of tourist fashion!).

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I have been rejecting dresses since earlier this summer for the same reason I used to: I don’t feel like they say enough when what I want them to do is shout different things at different junctures on my behalf. One excellent way to remedy this without abandoning dresses I own and opting for different clothes altogether is through the use of elaborate and somewhat gigantic brooches to change the statement I plan to make. By positioning them differently every time I wear them, I satisfy the function of changing the dress, and by adding cabbage as an arm accessory, I’m not sure what utilitarian function is achieved, but I definitely feel good.

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In what is perhaps my favorite trend to surface this season, the silk scarves I have spent the greater half of the last decade tying around my neck are planning a relocation to my head, where they will live folded over once in the shape of a triangle and tied at the nape of my neck as hairkerchiefs to keep me cool next summer. Through the fall and winter, I might tie them under my chin to keep my ears warm. They seem to demand a denim jumpsuit or overalls. I will give them both.

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Charli Howard: “We should see more curves on the runway – it doesn’t make you less fashionable because you have boobs & a bum!”

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Charli Howard: “We should see more curves on the runway – it doesn’t make you less fashionable because you have boobs & a bum!”

London Fashion Week has been alive with the sound of seriously sassy street style. So we went down to meet the style stars making wardrobe waves on and off the runway in our street style video and ultimately ask “is London Fashion Week diverse enough?”

Charli Howard: “We should see more curves on the runway! It’s 2018!”

“I am usually a bit of a ‘get your boobs out girl’ but I am trying to be a little more, you know, sophisticated,” Charli Howard, the model-turned-author-turned-activist-turned-allo-round-Queen, tells me as she proudly shows off her Mango grey suit. But whilst runways are taking a step in the right direction in terms of truly representing the world we live in, Charli thinks there is more that needs to be done, “I feel that London Fashion Week hasn’t been as diverse as New York Fashion Week has been. I think New York Fashion week was about different body shapes and here it feels like the same white, skinny girl over and over again and that’s a bit disappointing.”

Charli continues, “I just think we should see more curves on the runway – it doesn’t make you less fashionable because you have boobs and a bum! Get with the programme! It’s 2018, babe!” We couldn’t agree more, Charli.

Alanna Arrington: “If my face isn’t ready, my ass is!”

Alanna Arrington has an energy that is comparable to a comet from outer space. Bursting with energy following one of her show-stopping runway appearances during fashion month, the Victoria’s Secret angel exclaimed, “people catch you from every angle around here – if my face isn’t ready, my ass is!” She then proudly proceeds to swing herself around to reveal the word ‘denim’ emblazoned on her bum. Off-White at its finest.

As London Fashion Week comes to a close, here are GLAMOUR’s favourite street style looks

But how can we be extra like Alanna, I wonder? “You have got to do whatever you want with that – that’s everyone’s special bit of taste. I always say you can wear a trash bag and you can wear it well, who cares?” And how she would slay that trash bag!

Zawe Ashton: “You see these girls who are so much closer to you than you were ever used to seeing at fashion week. You sort of want to go, ‘I am here for you girl!”

Whilst keeping sleek whilst keeping it chic, straight after the Roland Mouret show at London Fashion Week the actress come girl crush come woke woman 2018, Zawe Ashton revealed how the increased diversity on the runway is having such a positive effect, personally. “I get such an amazing feeling in my stomach. You see these girls who are so much closer to you than you were ever used to seeing at fashion week. You sort of want to go, ‘I am here for you girl!’

Please, please, please, let’s keep it moving forward.” Just. Yes. Zawe.

Watch the video above for more from the street style stars, including some banging Autumn/Winter styling tips.

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Justin Bieber Serenades Hailey Baldwin Outside Buckingham Palace Because Of Love

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Justin Bieber Serenades Hailey Baldwin Outside Buckingham Palace Because Of Love

Justin Bieber plopped down on the edge of a fountain outside Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to serenade the woman he’s called “the love of my life,” Hailey Baldwin. 

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Justin Bieber stops at the Buckingham Palace fountain to play a couple of songs with his guitar for Hailey Baldwin.

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Justin Bieber stops at the Buckingham Palace fountain to play a couple of songs with his guitar for Hailey Baldwin.

The “No Brainer” singer performed acoustic versions of his 2016 hit “Cold Water,” and Tracy Chapman’s 1988 classic, “Fast Car.”

Videos posted on social media show Baldwin blushing and smiling at her beau’s musical prowess:

Here’s Justin Bieber serenading his fiancee Hailey Baldwin while busking outside Buckingham Palace, in London. pic.twitter.com/tCJwKEMHwK

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) September 19, 2018

Baldwin also snapped plenty of photos:

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The couple were in town because Baldwin walked the runway during London Fashion Week. 

Biebs and Baldwin have been engaged since July, and there’s been much speculation about whether the pair have already tied the knot. People reported that the two said “I do” at a New York city clerk’s office last week, which Baldwin denied. 

Baldwin’s uncle, actor Alec Baldwin, told People on Monday at the 2018 Emmy Awards that the couple “just went off and got married. They went ahead and did it without listening to anyone.”

Representatives for Bieber and Baldwin did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.

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Does Anyone Actually Eat Cereal for Breakfast Anymore?

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Does Anyone Actually Eat Cereal for Breakfast Anymore?

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was visiting my parents on a recent weekend when I witnessed the following tableau at 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning: my dad, clad in a blue cotton pajama set and robe, sitting in the kitchen with a newspaper spread out before him, pouring 2% milk into a bowl of Grape Nuts cereal and eating it at a notably leisurely pace. I must have watched my father perform this ritual thousands of time over the course of my childhood, but I suppose I never registered the fact that he was still doing it. I observed with rapt attention, like an anthropologist observing some bizarre human behavior.

After a few minutes, I couldn’t help myself: “Dad, you still eat milk and cereal for breakfast?”

“Yes?” he replied, his tone more question than answer, as if curious why I even found it necessary to ask.

Thus began a mental spiral that ended with a pressing — nay, burning, investigative query: Is the combination of milk and cereal, eaten out of a bowl and consumed with a spoon, still a breakfast staple in 2018? It hasn’t been one for me in at least eight years, though I did ingest milk and cereal daily in this precise manner from the moment I had enough teeth to chew a Cheerio to at least the end of my senior year of high school. My cereal phases over the course of this seminal period were arguably more powerful than my stylistic ones, evolving from Rice Krispies to Raisin Bran to Smart Start to Honey Bunches of Oats to Cracklin’ Oat Bran with no shortage of ceremony. Sometimes I garnished my morning bowl with banana slices, but more often than not it was an purist endeavor: plain cereal swimming in milk of the cow variety (skim, 1% or 2% — whatever was in the fridge). I ate it in the company of my family before we set off for school, or work, or whatever agenda the day happened to hold, all five of us huddled over the kitchen table, washing down each bite with a sip of Tropicana orange juice. I ate it without thinking, because it was placed on the table in front of me and it tasted good.

Then, I stopped. It was somewhat gradual in the sense that I replaced the milk in my cereal bowl with Greek yogurt circa 2010, but when I ultimately eliminated the cereal as well, the transition picked up considerable speed. I became a flake in the brewing avalanche that was Wellness with a capital W, and baby, I was snowballing. All of a sudden I was eating oatmeal decorated in the manner of a professional mosaic and assembling open-faced toasts worthy of the Museum of Modern Art. The only thing close to milk I continued to consume regularly was the soy variety I added to my coffee in the morning, and cereal? I pretty much forgot it existed.

Apparently I wasn’t the only one: “[Breakfast] cereal, both as a cultural marker and a profit center, is at a crossroads,” The New York Times proclaimed in 2016. “Since the late 1990s, its popularity has been slowly fading.”

“Overall cereal sales in the U.S. have declined 11% over the past five years to around $9 billion in 2017, according to Mintel, a consumer research firm,” The Wall Street Journal reported this past spring. “Post CEO Robert Vitale said cereal has lost a tenth of its shelf space as a result.”

In a Twitter poll conducted a year ago by CNN Money Digital Correspondent Paul La Monica inquiring how often his followers ate cereal, the majority of responders answered “Never!”

More woes for General Mills. Cereal sales down. So is $GIS stock. Will include this poll in story later today. How often do you eat cereal?

— Paul R. La Monica (@LaMonicaBuzz) March 21, 2017

I posed a slightly more specific question to my Instagram followers last week, asking how many people actually consume cereal and milk for breakfast these days. Responses poured in by the hundreds, many of them from staunch defenders of this mealtime ritual I’ve associated with a bygone era.

“If eating cereal as an adult is wrong, I don’t want to be right,” one person messaged me. “If anything, cereal should be the norm! A lot of us are adults who work full time jobs and are not afforded the luxury of having the time to prepare a full breakfast for ourselves every morning. Cereal is cheap(ish), easy and there is a ton of variety.”

“Absolutely,” another said. “There is nothing more decadent than a simple bowl of cereal (bonus if you go for a ‘children’s’ cereal, a.k.a. joy in a bowl.)”

In addition to ease and cost, nostalgia was the primary reason responders cited as the driver behind their cereal consumption: “I had a long chat with some folks about this the other day,” one person told me. “We all agreed that we only eat cereal when we’re feeling super nostalgic! And, depending on my mood, I either go for the super sweet sugar bombs (that I was only allowed to eat at grandma’s house) or the boring cereals (Raisin bran) that remind me of what the adults were eating.”

“Cereal feels dependable and reliable, not to mention very comforting and nostalgic,” another wrote. “There’s nothing nostalgic about a protein shake or a poached egg!”

“It totally hits the spot when I wake up feeling off or need food that feels like a hug from mom,” said another.

Others acknowledged that even though they maintain their cereal-eating habits, they do so in the midst of a changing breakfast landscape. “Breakfast is the hardest meal to choose,” one person confessed. “There are so many health injunctions related to breakfast. You ‘have’ to eat protein (but be careful with dairy!), good fat, no sugar, not too many carbs… it’s so hard and makes me more anxious than any other meal. I compromise by adding fresh fruits and nuts to my milk and cereal.”

“It’s definitely not trendy, and it seems old-school compared to something like avocado toast or chia seed pudding or whatever else people are eating for breakfast these days,” said another.

“The vibe I get at work is that the only acceptable grown-up breakfast food is yogurt,” chimed in a third.

Upon further research, I learned that cereal companies are not only wizening up to the powerful selling point of their products’ inherent nostalgia factor, but also pivoting their marketing strategy based on the reality that they can no longer compete with so-called “trendy” breakfast foods like green smoothies and chia seed puddings.

“The cereal makers realized that coming out with some of the really healthy cereals in recent years like Cheerios with added protein or Frosted Flakes with high fiber just weren’t getting people to eat more cereal,” Wall Street Journal reporter Annie Gasparao told CBS News. “The people who are eating cereal are eating it because it’s fun and it tastes good and it looks fun with fun colors. They aren’t eating it to be healthy.”

In other words, after trying and failing to hop on the Wellness train, cereal companies are now leaning in the opposite direction: more sugar, more artificial and more kid-like. According to CBS News, Post stopped selling the high-protein version of Honey Bunches of Oats and revived Oreo Os, which they had previously discontinued in 2007. (I purchased a miniature box of at my local bodega to confirm they do, in fact, taste like actual Oreo cookies). Similarly, Kellogg’s pulled its lower-sugar iteration of Frosted Flakes from stores and dispatched chocolate and cinnamon flavors instead, which boast a sugar content of 10 grams per (measly) 1/2-cup serving. And finally, my favorite: General Mills faced so much outrage for eliminating fake flavors, high-fructose corn syrup, and artificial dyes in Trix cereal (one incensed customer called it “basically a salad now”) that they actually decided to bring back the older, more colorful, corn-syrup-filled version.

“These companies know that the nostalgic brands, the fun flavors, the cartoon mascots that’s what’s selling cereal and that’s what’s going to make them be able to stabilize this category that’s lost shelf space to Greek yogurt and protein bars and things that people view as healthier for breakfast,” Gasparao told CBS.

A side effect of this shift in focus is the somewhat startling but nonetheless true revelation that cereal isn’t so much a breakfast staple anymore as it is a novelty food. In a culture ruled by social media, no edible thing can succeed unless it is “doing the most,” and if cereal couldn’t do the most when it came to health and wellness, then it would have to do the most in other ways — as a snack (perfect for grabbing a 1/2-cup handful), as an indulgent dinner option (I can’t be the only one who begged to eat breakfast for dinner as a kid), as an experience (ever been to Kellogg’s NYC café or Milk & Cream Cereal Bar?) or as 2018’s unique blend of viral-friendly nostalgia (colors and iconography that reference the past paired with the kind of fantastical branding that sounds good in a tweet or looks like-worthy in a photo).

Haley’s boyfriend Avi (to whom I reached out for comment due to his rumored expertise on the topic of cereal) kindly sent me a bulleted list of the 11 different types of Cheerios he took note of during a recent trip to the grocery store: Original, Honey Nut, Apple Cinnamon, Multi Grain, Chocolate, Frosted, Fruity, Very Berry, Honey Nut Medley Crunch, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Protein. “There is also now a Pumpkin Spice Frosted Flakes,” he added. “There are more than six types of Raisin Bran. Have we advanced as a society because of this? Is this the best use of our time and resources?”

The answers to these questions are debatable, but Big Cereal’s marketing efforts seem to have reached at least one prominent member of Generation Z (13 hours before this story went live, I might add):

last night i had cereal with milk for the first time. life changing.

— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) September 19, 2018

Life-changing indeed. Last week, I myself stood on a chair, pulled my roommate’s stale box of Cinnamon Puffins from the back of our kitchen cabinet and poured it into a bowl with milk. I ate it alone, legs curled criss-cross-apple-sauce underneath me on the sofa, washing down each bite with a sip of chamomile tea. I ate it at 8:21 p.m., but don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll work my way up to breakfast eventually, and I’m sure Kylie will too.

Photo by Louisiana Mei Gelpi. 

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Kristen Bell Admits She Smokes Weed In Front Of Sober Husband Dax Shephard

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Kristen Bell Admits She Smokes Weed In Front Of Sober Husband Dax Shephard

We figured it out: Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s relationship is the good place.

The “Veronica Mars” actress and the “Parenthood” alum have never been shy about sharing the secrets to their marriage, including therapy, taking time apart and even hall passes. And now we know that drugs are definitely on the table.

Despite Shepard’s struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, Bell revealed that she smokes weed from time to time in front of him, when the moment is right.  

“I like my vape pen quite a bit and I smoke around my husband. It doesn’t seem to bother him,” she said on a recent episode of the “WTF with Marc Maron” podcast. “Weed rules.”

“Once a week, if I am exhausted and we are about to sit down and watch ’60 Minutes,′ why not?” she added. 

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Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell attend The 2017 Baby2Baby Gala.

The two talk “very openly” about drugs and alcohol in their household, Bell explained.

Shepard recently marked 14 years of sober living. Before settling down with Bell, the actor said he “loved to get f――d up—drinking, cocaine, opiates, marijuana, diet pills, pain pills, everything.”

“He lost his privilege with them because he can’t handle it,” Bell said of Shepard’s drug use. “His brain doesn’t have the chemistry to handle it.”

So, instead of partaking himself, Shepard encourages Bell and their friends to safely experiment, believing that people “shouldn’t leave this earth without having tried mushrooms or ecstasy.”

“He wants to have an ecstasy party with all of our friends,” Bell said on the podcast. “He wants to have everyone get an overnight babysitter that we trust, put all the kids together, then come to our house, check your keys, and then have one of his buddies there and just give everybody really good ecstasy and just have us all braid each other’s hair or something.”

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Kristen Bell arrives to the 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Bell, for one, has never done anything of the sort ― except for possibly mistaking a pill for a Tic Tac at a Dave Matthews Band concert, she joked.

“He doesn’t have a problem with anyone else partaking in anything, provided within reason, that they’re not acting like a complete shmuck,” she said. 

In September, Bell praised Shepard’s sober journey in a beautiful Instagram tribute, writing that she’s “proud that you have never been ashamed of your story.”

“I know how much you loved using. I know how much it got in your way. And I know, because I saw, how hard you worked to live without it,” Bell wrote. “I will forever be in awe of your dedication, and the level of fierce moral inventory you perform on yourself, like an emotional surgery, every single night.”

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How To Get Rid Of Blackheads And Have A More Handsome Face

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How To Get Rid Of Blackheads And Have A More Handsome Face

Blackheads: no one wants them, everyone has them. They emerge at puberty and, like weird ear hair (if you haven’t got it, trust us, it’s coming), they’re a fact of life.

That’s not to say you should be resigned to allowing the sweat, oil and other gunk that causes comedones (to use their fancy name) to set up shop in your skin.

With the help of a dermatologist and a few grooming products, it’s impossible to minimise and even evict these annoying dots from your face. Here’s how.

What Are Blackheads?

“Blackheads are a type of acne and, like all acne, are caused by a clogged pore,” explains Manhattan dermatologist Dr Dennis Gross, founder of Dr Dennis Gross Skincare. “When dead skin cells or other debris get into the pore, they mix with the oil and cause a clog.”

However, unlike oh-so-poppable whiteheads, where the skin over the blocked pore remains intact, these darker pimples form when the skin around the bump opens. “When the sebum oil mixes with air, it oxidises and turns black.”

The most common places for blackheads to call home are the nose, chin and forehead – helpfully, right where your date/everyone in your business meeting can see. But as the body has over five million pores, they can pop up elsewhere too, like on your back and chest.

What Causes Blackheads?

Though blackheads aren’t as obvious as their pus-filled siblings, as Dr Gross points out, the acne-causing culprit is still the same: blocked pores.

What propagates these varies from pollution to unwashed towels, but there are also a few causes that fly under the radar, such as certain personal care products.

If what you slather on your skin has a thick, greasy consistency, it could actually be causing, rather than helping avoid, breakouts. Those who suffer severely from blackheads should look out for products labelled ‘non-comedogenic’, which is grooming speak for saying they don’t clog pores.

How To Prevent Blackheads

Like all forms of acne, the blemish that you see today actually started two weeks ago, proving why, as with anything, offense is better than defense.

“To avoid blackheads, you should be using a gentle daily cleanser with alpha and beta hydroxy acids (namely salicylic acid),” says Dr Gross. “Blue LED light is also great for killing acne-causing bacteria, and is not drying like other topical products.

Don’t overlook the role a simply everyday moisturiser plays in keeping your skin clear either. “Although it may seem counterintuitive, not using a moisturiser can actually lead to your sebaceous glands overproducing oil, causing more breakouts and blackheads.” In other words, the best-looking skin is balanced skin.

How To Remove Blackheads At-Home

The battle to beat blackheads is one fraught with danger. Because of their size and awkward location, they can be tricky to eliminate without aggravating the skin. Especially if you’re tempted to have a dig with your fingernails (don’t do that).

The most effective at-home methods for removing blackheads involve using face washes, pore strips, exfoliators and face masks to suck all excess gunk from the depths of your pores. However, not just any old product will do.

Dr Gross suggests looking for those that contain active ingredients like salicylic acid or sulphur to stem sebum production and fight acne-causing bacteria. “Alpha hydroxy acids work to exfoliate and remove dead skin cells to prevent them from clogging pores in the future,” he says, “and colloidal sulphur and kaolin clay work to reduce blemishes and absorb oil.”

If you want to remove individual blackheads or spots yourself, always wash your hands first. Use a clean skin tool (these have a loop at either end to allow targeted removal) and apply equal pressure to the area. Finish by applying an astringent, such as tea tree oil, to the area to stop the spread of bacteria.

How To Remove Blackheads Professionally

You’d be forgiven for thinking all facials are a candlelit experience that involves having a face mask gently brushed on by a therapist as you nod off, coddled in white towels and listening to the sound of crashing waves. That’s not the case with professional extraction.

The process isn’t painful per se, it’s just a little more aggressive than a regular facial because it involves having someone dig around in your skin while shoving a forensic light in your face. Sounds relaxing, eh? Perhaps not, but the results are definitely worth it. Your skin may appear (temporarily) slightly redder afterwards, but it should ultimately be clearer than you’ve ever seen it.

Step 1: The skin is cleansed with salicylic acid to gently remove surface debris, including dead skin cells.

Step 2: The face will be steamed to open pores, and a gentle exfoliating serum applied to make extraction easier. A desincrustation mask is then used to soften the keratinaceous plug (the nasty cocktail of stuff clogging the sebaceous gland) prior to extraction.

Step 3: Once the extractions are complete, a gauze is used to exert firm pressure on the skin. Alternating different angles, the blackhead is gently lifted from the pore opening.

Step 4: An astringent is applied to extraction sites to reduce the possibility of infection, followed by a clay or sulphur mask to cleanse the pores and absorb any remaining oil.

Step 6: The process is finished with a non-comedogenic moisturiser and physical sunscreen to restore and protect the skin’s natural barrier function.

The Best Products For Getting Rid Of Blackheads

Exfoliating Cleanser

Used daily, an exfoliating cleanser will rid your face of surface dirt and dead skin cells, helping to avoid build-up that can lead to clogged pores while also leaving it primed for other products.

Buy Now: £22.50

Deep Cleanse Face Mask

Aside from channelling your inner Patrick Bateman (the grooming regime, not the whole killing thing), a face mask used once a week is ideal for a deeper cleanse that allows you to stay on top of blackhead build up.

Buy Now: £37.00

Peel-Off Nose Strips

Back in the day, pore strips were a fiddly affair. Nowadays, they are just as effective but with less of the faff, pulling out clusters of blackheads left sticking up like iron filings. Grim. But weirdly fascinating and satisfying.

Buy Now: £2.47

Stainless Steel Skin Tool

When more aggressive tactics are needed, use steel to shift your spots. The angled loops on a skin tool allow you to apply targeted pressure directly to affected areas, as opposed to randomly stabbing yourself with your nails.

Buy Now: £10.00

Tea Tree Oil

Loaded with antimicrobial properties, tea tree oil is one of the best ingredients for preventing and eliminating acne. Apply as a final step before moisturiser to prevent infection and leave your mug smelling good too.

Buy Now: £15.50

Oil Control Moisturiser

You don’t need us to tell you that prodding at your face can cause redness and irritation. A quality oil control moisturiser will sooth skin and keep it supple while preventing more pimples from forming.

Buy Now: £29.50

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3 Outfits That Harness the Power of a Whimsical Bag

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3 Outfits That Harness the Power of a Whimsical Bag

In partnership with The Volon. 

Isn’t the great thing about non-occasion dressing that when you are considering the incidents of your everyday and the clothes you wear to fulfill the menial tasks that inevitably come up, there is no real dress code to take into consideration? The margins on what is appropriate are so wide that, arguably, whatever you choose is applicable.

Navigating your accessories makes this exercise all the more dimensional: a tracksuit will only be as informal as the bag you pair with it, a gold lamé gown will only be as dressed up as the sandals you give to it, and if we are talking about a quilted set that features a skirt so huge it needs its own doorway, then the necklace you affix to your chest holds more value than perhaps you’d initially thought it could. The common denominator among all of these looks — which I’ve put together below to accomplish the dressing part involved in the attending of three disparate events — is especially the bag you pair with them.

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Why? Because here is what seems like a frivolous cocktail purse — the kind of bag you may not normally consider on a day-to-day basis but can actually find itself quite useful with its deceivingly large size and the gold chain strap that enables its ability to be tied to your person in various hands-free ways. This makes executing against the whims of your aforementioned everyday all the more pleasant. But what to wear to accompany with these whims? So glad you asked.

Layers of Nylon For a Windy Weekend Chock Full of Errands

The Volon bag styled with kule windbreaker, Hanes T-shirt, Isabel Marant pants and Dior clogs

Why it is only now occurring to me that the best part of owning windbreaker pants is also getting a windbreaking jacket to wear as a direct rebellion of volatile weather is beyond me, but I’m glad I’m here. On this occasion, which invariably presents itself every weekend, I will ignite the functional TriBeCa mother in me with clogs and ask her to teach the indulgent dresser in me how to make the most of her ball bag. In this instance, she will tie the gold chain around her wrist as if a bracelet and charge forth to the supermarket, ready to navigate a grocery cart with two free hands and use said hands, one connected to an arm furnished with a ball bag, to collect from the aisles of perishable goods ahead of her. As an added bonus, I might also get my dry cleaning and call it a Saturday well spent.

Your Duvet Cover, But As a Top and Skirt Set for, I Don’t Know, Family Dinner?

The Volon bag styled with Cecilie Bahsen set, Chanel boots and Roxanne Assoulin necklace

I think I’ll definitely wear this to Thanksgiving dinner, if not because I love how I feel in it then definitely because it lends itself to embracing a food coma following the intake of copious nourishment because it is a practically a bed on which to fall, only better and more supportive because it’s also attached to your body. But Thanksgiving is too far down the road to wait to embrace such a method of dressing, so maybe, too, by wearing a bag messenger-style across my comforter and adding combat boots, I can attend an ambitious lunch meeting or dinner party, or simply take myself for a walk against a street with a flower shop on it, enabling the ability to stop, touch and smell the roses with both hands and nostrils. The possibilities! They’re endless.

A Gold Lamé Cocktail Dress, but With Ripped Jeans and Sandals

The Volon bag styled with Maison Margiela dress, Moussy jeans and Trademark sandals

Here’s an example of what you get after committing one of those indulgent, impulse sale purchases. After the fact, you wonder who you were thinking yourself to be when you made said purchase. This gold dress, replete with jewel-encrusted boob cups and a sheer overlay that I have abandoned, all together is possibly the coolest thing I own. But where do I go and what do I do that facilitate the obvious implementation of this dress? Over jeans and cinched at the waist with our star bag, imagined as a fanny pack in this iteration, the world becomes an oyster, with its events as its pearl. I work in a fashion office with loose dress code regulation, so I could wear it to work, use the fanny pack as an office supply container, pulling sticky notes and binder clips and pens from its well. Or to walk around Soho. To meet friends, my parents, to take my kids out with their stroller. It doesn’t matter, which I guess is the thing of it. The margins are wide, and so is the bag. Choose your own adventure.

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This blogger's wedding day beauty glam squad will make you insanely jealous

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This blogger's wedding day beauty glam squad will make you insanely jealous

Move over Meghan, there’s a new wedding in town and it’s going to be MAY-JOR. In case you didn’t know, international law student turned influencer, Diipa Khosla, is getting married to long-term beau, Oleg E.H. Büller, this weekend – and she’s sharing her beauty prep exclusively with GLAMOUR.

The social media star has rallied an enviable glam squad of the very best in hair, makeup and skincare for her upcoming nuptials. First up, Diipa has been following a tailored skincare regime, developed by Clinique skincare experts, for the past three months to get her skin in optimal condition. They also designed her Indian skincare based on the differing climates. And judging by her recent Instagram posts, it’s working.

For the event itself, MAC Cosmetics’ makeup pro, Nisha Sirpal, will be creating eight makeup looks for events taking place over four days of celebrations. In addition, celebrity hairstylist, Aamir Naveed, from Aveda will be designing intricate hair looks for each event.

As for her wedding scent, Diipa has chosen Jo Malone London to fill the room with her signature fragrances. It’s little wonder why; the British fragrance brand has a plethora of beautifully crafted fragrances that fill each room with a scent of evocative elegance.

“I can’t believe my wedding is just a couple of weeks away – it has been incredible working with the talented artists and specialists at MAC, Aveda, Jo Malone London and Clinique to make my dream wedding looks a reality,” says Diipa. Well, we cannot wait to see the results. Watch this space…

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The Gut-Wrenching Story Behind 'Colette,' The New Keira Knightley Movie

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The Gut-Wrenching Story Behind 'Colette,' The New Keira Knightley Movie

Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland were in a Los Angeles hospital on Feb. 22, 2015, the night Julianne Moore won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance as a woman with early-onset Alzheimer’s in their independent film “Still Alice.”

Surrounded by five or six friends in the intensive care unit, they toasted with champagne, wishing they could be at the Dolby Theatre to celebrate. But the married couple was used to missing out by then. Glatzer and Westmoreland had been watching awards season roll by from the sidelines for weeks. 

“It felt like this dream that the film was really connecting to an audience and that her performance was being so celebrated. But at the same time, we were dealing with the reality of Richard’s health, and I being a caregiver and looking after someone who could no longer look after themselves,” Westmoreland told me during an emotional call in August. “It was the best of times and the worst of times.”

Glatzer was diagnosed with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ― a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord ― in 2011, after developing a slight lisp. Within a year, he lost his ability to speak altogether, and began using an iPad to communicate. Westmoreland urged his husband to take it easy as his physical health declined, but Glatzer had other plans. 

“He would type, ‘No. I want to make movies,’” Westmoreland said. “He was just determined.” 

By that point, Glatzer had written and directed two films with Westmoreland ― “The Fluffer” and “Quinceañera,” the latter a Sundance hit that won the 2006 festival’s grand jury prize, audience award and enough buzz to land a distribution deal with Sony Pictures Classics. From there, they made the heavily derided 2013 film “The Last of Robin Hood” about actor Errol Flynn, starring Kevin Kline and Dakota Fanning. “Still Alice” was their shot at redemption, even if Glatzer’s condition was tightening its grip on his body. 

“He started losing the use of his hands, so by the end of the shoot in 2014, he was just typing with one finger,” Westmoreland recounted, audibly upset. “We went into post and edited over that summer and, at the time, we just knew we were on the race against time to get this out into the world.”

The film, co-starring Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart, premiered at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival. Sony Pictures Classics snatched it up from there, releasing “Alice” in December of that same year so it could contend for the 2015 Academy Awards. The accolades came and went, and Glatzer was on to the next project. 

“A few days after [Julianne’s win], it was back to what film we were going to do next. He had his iPad, and by then he was typing with one toe, and he just typed ‘C-O-L-E-T-T-E.’ And I said, ‘Yeah,’” Westmoreland recalled, crying over the phone,“‘We’re going to do “Colette.”’”

Glatzer died three weeks after the 2015 Oscars aired, at the age of 63. 

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Wash Westmoreland (left) and Richard Glatzer in Paris. 

“Colette” is Westmoreland’s first feature directorial effort since Glatzer’s death. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is set for release this month, stars Keira Knightley as the real-life French writer whose husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars (Dominic West), took credit for her acclaimed Claudine novels in the early 1900s.

Featuring a queer lead character ― Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, best known for her novel Gigi ― the film is an unexpected period piece. It begins like many early 20th-century husband-and-wife novels do: she’s a seemingly naive, economically disadvantaged young woman, while he’s a man of means, education, celebrity and scandal. But unlike your run-of-the-mill redemption narrative, “Colette” veers confidently into a complex tussling of sexuality and gender norms inside and outside the construct of marriage.

Westmoreland and Glatzer started considering telling Colette’s story around 1999. They were enamored by her history. How Henry recruited Colette to ghost-write under his nom de plume, Willy. How the novels she wrote became a surprise hit among young female readers in Paris. How he refused to publicly acknowledge her authorship, going as far as to lock her in a room until she produced the pages he needed to keep his charade afloat ― a gruesome inversion of Virginia Woolf’s concept of a room of one’s own.

By 2001, Glatzer had written the first draft of the film. 

“We worked as if we were playing tennis with the ideas,” Westmoreland said of he and Glatzer’s collaboration, which took place during a summer vacation in Paris. “During the writing process, we managed to have it out in terms of what the story should be, what the characters should be thinking, what the juice was that propelled it forward ― and we’d just do it through a dialogue.”

“I’m more a throw-the-spaghetti-against-the-wall guy,” he laughed, “and Richard’s more discerning, had a Ph.D. in literature and a better hand on the architecture of the whole piece. That was the yin and yang for us.” 

Grieving is a long and complicated process and when I came out of the darkest times and wanted to work again, there was no other choice than to push forward with ‘Colette.’

After a few rounds of back and forth, Westmoreland and Glatzer finished the script in 2002 and began pitching it to producers.

They were shocked by the feedback. 

“People were like, ‘Oh, it’s very interesting,’ but there was this sense that it was almost too radical to fit into the conventional period-piece mold,” Westmoreland told me. “Certainly it’s set at the beginning of the modern age, but what this film really focuses on is the developments in gender identity and sexuality that were happening around that time and a lot of people just found it a little too strong, a little too much. So it took a long journey to get it to the big screen.” 

It took 18 years, 30 drafts and an Oscar, to be exact.

Because of the success of “Still Alice,” and Hollywood’s current infatuation with female-driven stories, “Colette” was greenlit in early 2016, nearly a year after Glatzer’s death ― thanks in part to support from “Carol” producers Pam Koffler, Christine Vachon, Liz Karlsen and Stephen Woolley.

Westmoreland was thrilled. The project had Glatzer’s fingerprints all over it. 

“Grieving is a long and complicated process and when I came out of the darkest times and wanted to work again, there was no other choice than to push forward with ‘Colette,’” Westmoreland said. “There was just a sense of this was a way of celebrating Richard, keeping his legacy alive and putting his name up there again. It was a way of me staying close to him ― to make this film that he loved and hear the words that he wrote being animated by such brilliant actors.” 

Westmoreland believes that Glatzer would be proud that the movie ― centered around a woman fighting for her worth in a male-dominated industry ― is hitting theaters now, during the swell of the Time’s Up and Me Too movements. 

“Throughout history we’ve felt the story of a man keeping a woman down, a man suppressing a woman’s voice, a man claiming credit for a woman’s work,” Westmoreland said. “But it’s just become more and more the focus of conversations about modern feminism ― this inequality in the sense of work and sexual abuse in the workplace, both of which feel very much in tune with the story of ‘Colette.’ It’s about claiming a voice that you were unable to liberate.”

“Colette” officially hits theaters on Sept. 21. Whether or not the accolades arrive this time, Westmoreland is as anxious as ever to move on to new films ― to make a name for himself while still protecting his late husband’s legacy. 

“We didn’t talk much about death, but one day he did say to me, ‘I want you to keep making films after I’m gone,’” he recalled, holding back tears once again. “Whatever I do, I think I’ll always be co-directing in my mind because Richard was so seminal to the formation of my whole view of film, and literature and art, as well. He’s just always been part of me so that will continue in anything I ever make.”

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Hailey Baldwin: The girl who grew up on the red carpet

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Hailey Baldwin: The girl who grew up on the red carpet

Hailey Baldwin is rising in the ranks of today’s supermodel elite.

She’s from movie royalty family (daughter of Stephen, niece of Alec). She’s a key player in the young-and-successful group aka Gigi Hadid, T-Swift, Kylie and Kendall etc. and she’s recently scored a modelling campaign for Topshop. Here we chart the style of 20-year-old Hailey Baldwin…

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This is the most popular dress in New York according to Pinterest

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This is the most popular dress in New York according to Pinterest

It’s always fascinating when you get a little insight into other women’s wardrobes. Like the style formulas French instagrammers swear by, or the Australian dress brand celebs are fighting over.

Now new research by Pinterest has revealed the number one dress style that US women love, especially in New York, and it’s a classic.

Across the pond, they swear by shirt dresses. Seen loads on the streets of NYFW, the versatile dress has been increasingly saved on the site, and in fact, it’s had a 102% increase in saved pins since the start of the year.

I can see why. Whether it’s a simple white version, a linen number or a feminine silk one, the shirt dress is incredibly versatile, and can be dressed up with heels or down with boots or box-fresh trainers.

Here are a few of my faves below:

Shop now: JW ANDERSON Tiered striped cotton-poplin midi dress for £650 from Net-A-Porter

Shop now: Fitted shirt dress for &pound34.99 from H&M

Shop now: Printed shirt dress for £29.99 from MANGO

Shop now: CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC Leather button-through shirtdress for £1,518 from MatchesFashion.com

Shop now: SNAKESKIN PRINT SHIRT DRESS for £79.99 from Zara

For autumn, try a rust-coloured leather dress (see Kitri for an amazing vegan leather one) or dark denim for an update on the trend, best worn with snake print ankle boots.

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43 times Hailey Baldwin's hair & makeup stole the show

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43 times Hailey Baldwin's hair & makeup stole the show

Hailey Baldwin has quickly become one of our favourite beauty icons – from her cute hairstyles to her stunning makeup, she always seems to get it right.

One thing we notice about Hailey is her love of ponytails and braids; she enjoys putting the focus on her dramatic eyeshadow or bold lip rather than on her hair. And even though blondes do have more fun, the 21-year-old isn’t afraid to switch up her hair colour either.

Take a look at her best ever looks here…