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Wear LACMA taps SoCal brands Wolk Morais and ALSO for its fall 2018 art-meets-fashion mash-up - Los Angeles Times

10/23/2018, 4:16:48 PM
For the latest installment of the Wear LACMA program, designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais created custom fabrics inspired by a 1958 Helen Frankenthaler painting, while ALSO's founder Moise Emquies found inspiration in a 17th-century oil painting by Georges de la Tour. ✔ The results of which are sold to benefit the museum’s programs ✔ Launched in October 2012, the art-meets-fashion mash-up (the brainchild of former fashion consultant Katherine Ross, who is married to LACMA Director Michael Govan) has tapped a deep bench of Southern California design talent, including Irene Neuwirth, Lisa Eisner, Libertine’s Johnson Hartig, Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy and the Elder Statesman’s Greg Chait



EastEnders' Kellie Bright slams culture of best and worst dressed fashion lists

10/23/2018, 4:26:52 PM
The Queen Vic landlady isn't too keen on red carpet culture ✔ Like them or loathe them, ‘Best Dressed’ and ‘Worst Dressed’ lists have been part of celebrity culture since at least 1960, and quite possibly before that ✔ Kellie did, sadly, come up on The Mirror’s ‘Worst Dressed’ list from the awards for her perfectly pleasant but maybe somewhat under-dressed midnight blue frock



The 10 most popular fashion models on the web from Kate Upton to Kendall Jenner

10/23/2018, 7:28:08 PM
From Kendall Jenner to Kate Upton to Ivanka Trump, many of today's top names in fashion started off as models. But who is the most popular? ✔ From growing up Kardashian to hitting the catwalk, here's everything you need to know about Kendall Jenner ✔ With 1,500,000 average monthly searches, Trump hits the list at number four ✔ Revisit the heydays of the original supermodel, and click through to see how they're doing these days



5 Reasons to Ditch Your ‘All-Season’ Suit This Fall

10/23/2018, 4:07:50 PM
Weightier wools, corduroy and tweed are counter-intuitively the more versatile way to go. ✔ Plus, a heavyweight set can be broken up easily for more outfit options: A corduroy suit can do triple-duty as a full suit for a meeting, trousers with a sweater on a casual day, and a jacket on the plane over jeans ✔ October 11, 2018 Next Year’s Most Wearable Women’s Trends October 5, 2018 Fall’s Plaid Boots: Which Height is Right for You



From pink Balenciaga platforms to hideous slippers... these are the ugliest Crocs ever made

10/23/2018, 5:50:12 PM
CROCS are almost universally viewed as a crime against fashion. But despite the practical rubber shoes being just about as divisive as they come, there are quite a few different versions of them ou… ✔ More specifically, the hole pattern on the top gives us flashbacks to their rubber inspirations ✔ This PrettyLittleThing customer claims she was left looking like 'Mr Tickle' after the sleeves on her dress were so long they passed her knees ✔ And Primark is selling a £2.50 Halloween top that makes you look like you're being groped by a skeleton



Vogue Issues Statement On Its Kendall Jenner 'Afro' Controversy

10/23/2018, 7:08:03 PM
The 22-year-old model hasn't commented on the backlash. ✔ I’ve seen plenty of white models where there hair like this and nothing was said, one person wrote ✔ The whole combination was very overwhelming, and I started to freak out a little bit and needed to take a step back ✔ She later claimed that her words were twisted & taken out of context



Vogue apologizes for Kendall Jenner photo with 'afro': We 'did not mean to offend'

10/23/2018, 4:34:25 PM
Vogue shared an image of Kendall Jenner donning voluminous, teased curls to Instagram, which had some crying out cultural appropriation. ✔ Kendall Jenner (Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Veuve Clicquot) Vogue is admitting it may have made a misstep ✔ Jenner's older sister, Kim Kardashian West, has also been accused of cultural appropriation ✔ Here’s a look back on the fashion week favorite’s style through the years



Timothée Chalamet sparks romance talk after kiss with Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose

10/23/2018, 4:23:29 PM
Timothée Chalamet and Lily-Rose Depp were spotted smooching on the streets of New York City, sparking romance rumors between the two young stars. ✔ The two appeared engaged in a serious makeout session recently – though potentially not as epic as Chalamet's lip locking with Armie Hammer on the set of Call Me By Your Name ✔ So yes, it is a very safe bet that when she's on the red carpet she's likely rocking Chanel ✔ She looked statuesque in a plunging halter dress with wide belt and sequinned miniskirt ✔ Kevin Mazur, WireImage Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide



Gigi Hadid channels Baywatch in a red swimsuit on the beach in Brazil

10/23/2018, 5:16:07 PM
GIGI Hadid was spotted channelling Baywatch as she took to the beach n Brazil in a red swimsuit. The stunning supermodel  showed off her endless pins in the sexy one piece for a photoshoot in Rio D… ✔ Yesterday she shared an adorable snap of the two of them together and wrote happy place ✔ The singer listed the luxury North London mansion which has a Jacuzzi, roof terrace, four reception rooms and the pirate-themed pub he had built in his back garden for £3.5million



People Are Dragging Kendall Jenner After This "Afro" Photoshoot

10/23/2018, 7:35:00 PM
Another day another controversy for Kendall. ✔ She is the highest-paid supermodel on the planet, after all ✔ While others disagreed that the hairstyle was culturally appropriative in the first place ✔ The commercial was pulled within hours of release, with critics suggesting it trivialised issues of police brutality



Here's what the winner of The Great British Bake Off will get tonight

10/23/2018, 5:25:48 PM
THE winner of last year’s Great British Bake Off was the first to win the show since its move to Channel 4. But what did Sophie Faldo walk away with and do the runners up get anything? Here&#… ✔ PA:Press Association 3 The 12 contestants for Bake Off 2017 alongside the judges and presenters What else does the Bake Off winner get ✔ In July 2017, it was announced that she would be returning to reality TV and starring on ITV's reboot of ice-skating show Dancing on Ice



Taylor Swift donates $15,500 to fan whose mom is in a coma

10/23/2018, 4:03:56 PM
Taylor Swift has consistently used her wealth to help others. Now, she's donated $15,500 to a GoFundMe to support a fan whose mom is in a coma. ✔ Music superstar Taylor Swift broke her long-standing rule of not discussing politics by posting on Instagram her endorsement for Democrat Phil Bredesen who's running to replace Sen ✔ Swift's most recent charitable act was a $15,500 donation she made to a GoFundMe, which is seeking to raise money to support the family of Idaho mom Lauriann Bartell, who has been in a coma for the last three years ✔ The GoFundMe has now raised over $26,000 of its $40,000 goal



Inside Maybelline's plan to fight back against beauty upstarts like Glossier and Fenty that are winning over hordes of millennials

10/23/2018, 4:50:45 PM
BI PRIME: Maybelline execs outlined the brand's 2019 strategy, which include more technology and showing the brand's roots in New York. ✔ Its ads next year will feature new authentic faces Wang also said that Maybelline's ads will promote both celebrity spokesmodels like Adrianne Lima and Gigi Hadid and other women who are just as authentic, very diverse, and bring them to life in a very natural, authentic way



13 Stars Who Are in On the Joke — About Themselves

10/23/2018, 6:11:20 PM
These celebs aren't regular celebs, they're cool celebs ✔ Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty PARIS HILTON When promoting her 2005 movie House of Wax , the heiress-turned-actress-turned D.J ✔ partied in a T-shirt featuring the catchphrase See Paris Die, referring to her death scene in the movie ✔ Alessio Botticelli/GC Images; Walt Disney Pictures/Everett



The lowdown on Love Island winner and Dancing On Ice contestant Kem

10/23/2018, 6:16:52 PM
KEM Cetinay established himself as a fan favourite in Love Island due to his cheeky chappy character and bromance with Chris Hughes. He hasn’t been too far from the headlines since winning th… ✔ In February 2018, it was reported that Kem had been dating brunette beauty Ruby Blake since he began competing on Dancing On Ice ✔ The reality TV stars were on the star-studded guest list for the high-profile event to celebrate Kem's new role as brand ambassador, as exclusively revealed by The Sun Online



What's the difference between the BBC’s Woman in White and Wilkie Collins's beloved mystery novel?

10/23/2018, 6:51:56 PM
Ben Hardy, Jessie Buckley and Olivia Vinal lead new version of seminal early detective story ✔ There is also a break-out performance by Julia Garner playing the scion of a local redneck crime family ✔ Perhaps the biggest liberty Seres has taken is in introducing a new character, the scrivener Erasmus Nash (Malik), in place to record the different witness testimonies of the various characters, a neat device to workaround Collins’s device of using multiple narrators



Apps Installed On Millions Of Android Phones Tracked User Behavior To Execute A Multimillion Dollar Ad Fraud Scheme

10/23/2018, 5:38:35 PM
A BuzzFeed News investigation uncovered a sophisticated ad fraud scheme involving more than 125 Android apps and websites, some of which were targeted at kids. ✔ This dive into corporate records, domain registration information, DNS data, and other publicly available sources led to a startling conclusion: Rather than being victims of the MegaCast spoofing, the apps were all connected and therefore part of the same scheme



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