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Taylor Hill and Boyfriend Michael Stephen Shank Star in the Ralph Lauren Romance Campaign


On any given day, you can typically find Taylor Hill in front of the camera, on a runway, or hanging at home with her boyfriend, Michael Stephen Shank, and their mini labradoodle, Tate. The Colorado native loves some good R&R—a good bath, some TV in bed. But for Hill, work is her priority: the 22-year-old model has walked countless fashion shows and is a face for Lancôme. And now, she has a new gig under her belt, as the newest face of Ralph Lauren Romance. She’s starring in the fragrance’s latest campaign, which launches today. And to ensure the romance in the campaign feels legit, she brought her longtime beau, Shank, along for the ride.

We sat down with Hill, with Shank and adorable Tate in tow, to ask them all of our Big Beauty Questions, below.

Glamour: What made you team up with Ralph Lauren?

They called me, they said they wanted to work with us and I said, “Heck yes!” For me, it just made so much sense because I’m from Colorado and I feel like a lot of essence and spirit of the brand is that western cowboy theme. It’s a huge deal where I’m from. Growing up, I always knew what Ralph Lauren was and when I came to New York and started modeling, I walked into a Ralph Lauren store for the first time and was like, “Wow, this looks like home. I don’t feel so homesick!” I’ve been walking for the brand since I was 17 and I’ve done almost every show since then.

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Hill and Shank together in the Ralph Lauren Romance campaign

Glamour: What was it like shooting the campaign with your boyfriend?

Taylor Hill: I had the best time. We were just doing our thing, on set just talking. We’re best friends first, and in a relationship, so for us it was like we just got to hang out. It was work for sure, but it was fun working together.

Michael Stephen Shank: I don’t want to say that it was too easy, but it really was too easy.

Glamour: What’s your favorite scent-related memory?

TH: The smell of baking, since my mom baked a lot when we were kids. She makes pies and cookies and all of that stuff—when I smell that, it’s like I’m back home and my mom’s baking cookies and it’s Christmas Eve or a birthday.

Glamour: What does your home smell like?

TH: My mom is obsessed with candles—she has a whole collection and special candles that she won’t light because they’re shaped like pinecones and things like that. We have a fireplace in the center of our house that’s always going in the winter. Home just smells cozy and warm. My favorite candle is Diptyque Baies ($65).

Glamour: Do you wear fragrance when you walk the runway?

TH: I’m always running around like crazy so I forget to, but I should, because then it’ll mark the scent of a memory. I’m a firm believer in that. I never had a signature scent, so now I’ll use Romance as that.

Glamour: Have you learned any amazing beauty tricks backstage?

TH: A really good one from makeup artist Fulvia Farolfi: She uses a hair dryer to heat up the eyelash curler. She dabs it on her hand to make sure it’s not too hot and then curls your lashes with it. Your lashes go ‘woop’ and stick straight up and last the whole day. Genius.

Glamour: What’s your skincare routine like?

TH: I wash my face every night to take off my makeup. I use the Lancôme Creme Radiance Cleanser ($27). I also swear by Bi Facil makeup remover ($30), it’s the best. If I shower in the morning, I’ll wash my face again—just a super light wash. Then, I’ll do the Génifique Advanced Serum ($105) and the Absolue Precious Cells lip balm ($50) . At night, I use the Hydra Zen night mask ($48). It’s an overnight mask that you pat on and let soak in overnight then rinse off in the morning.

Glamour: Your go-to makeup product?

TH: Lancôme Monsieur Big mascara ($25). Seriously, I’m not just saying because I work with them, I only use that. I stress out if I can’t find it. I’ll give it to makeup artists and be like, “please use this.”

Glamour: Are there any self-care rituals that you swear by?

TH: I love to work out, so doing rest days and massage is really good for muscle recovery. I love massage, I’m a firm believer in deep tissue—it needs to hurt a little bit. I like to take epsom salt baths, which I do a lot in the winter. I get really cold, so during New York winters I’ll take baths at least three times a week.

Glamour: Do you and Michael ever steal beauty products from each other?

TH: He uses Génifique, the serum. And my sunscreen.

MSS: True. I’m doused in that Lancôme stuff. She also uses my Thinksport ($7) deodorant, and then it disappears. It works well, so I’ll get it and she’ll steal it, and then I’ll never see it again. It’s a good one.

Glamour: What’s the craziest thing you’ve done in the name of beauty?

TH: I bleached my eyebrows for the Alexander McQueen show because Pat McGrath was doing the makeup. I was 18 and it was my first major London fashion week. My eyebrows are my thing! They’re my look, they’re my staple. I was crying, saying I couldn’t do it. And then Pat looks at me and she’s like, ‘Darling, it’s McQueen!” So I did it.

Glamour: Who’s your beauty icon?

TH: I have many. One of my favorite models is Gisele Bündchen. She’s such a beautiful human being from the inside out. I’m her number one fan. I’ve always loved Brooke Shields, she made me appreciate my eyebrows. And Cindy Crawford. Are you kidding? I love Cindy Crawford. Now we’re kind of friends and I’m so happy about it, and I’m friends with Kaia—I hang out with her backstage at shows and I’m totally chill and normal. But I tell her all the time that I’m a superfan of her mom.

Glamour: What’s your beauty mantra?

TH: “Less is more.” And “Enhance, don’t hide.”



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Naomi Campbell Somehow Just Landed Her First Beauty Campaign


Would you believe it if we told you that supermodel Naomi Campbell has never had a beauty contract until now? It sounds bonkers given that she’s reigned supreme over magazine covers and runways for nearly 30 years, but—somehow—it’s true.

Thankfully, this egregious situation has been rectified as Campbell has just been named the new face of Nars Cosmetics for its spring 2019 campaign. “Naomi is a living icon and brings such strong personality to the camera,” says François Nars, the company’s founder who also photographed Campbell for the brand. “She and I are like family. I have known her since the very beginning of her career. From the start, I have admired her, her beauty, and her style.”

“Very excited to be the new face of NARS Cosmetics ? Shot by my dear friend François Nars✨,” Campbell wrote announcing the news to her 6.1 million Instagram followers.

It’s rather mind-boggling that at 48, Campbell is still experiencing “firsts” in her incredible career. Of course, she is one of the original supermodels who rose to international superstardom in the ’80s and ’90s. And she’s been breaking barriers ever since. In 1988, she was the first black woman to appear on the cover of French Vogue and in 1989 she was the first black model to grace American Vogue‘s coveted September issue.

Campbell has also long been a voice for diversity and inclusion in the fashion and beauty worlds. And the fact that she’s only now getting her first beauty campaign in 2018 is evidence that more work is necessary. “I’ve never done [a beauty campaign] for anyone. People say, ‘Oh you’ve got beautiful skin’ and yet I’ve never done one,” Campbell told The Evening Standard in 2017. The writer of the piece also noted, “She gives me a look that says, ‘You know why.'” Mmhmm.

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Monica Lewinsky's Defy The Name Campaign to End Bullying Reaches Millions


Nearly one in three American students in grades 6–12 have experienced bullying. And that bullying, a study in the journal Pediatrics estimated, causes 1 in 5 teen suicides. It’s an experience that’s all too real for young people around the country, but it’s also one that can be carried long into adulthood. And perhaps nobody knows that reality better than Monica Lewinsky and her plethora of A-list friends.

Lewinsky, now a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, kicked off the anti-bullying campaign, #DefyTheName in October with a PSA featuring Andy Cohen, Lena Dunham, and Kelly Rippa. The goal? Take the power out of name-calling and the discuss the damage it can cause. And though the campaign officially ended, it’s made a massive impact, reaching more than 1 billion media impressions and growing, the campaign tells Glamour.

“It’s been extraordinary to see the snowball effect of people bravely stepping up to participate in this campaign—whether they changed their names on social media, mentioned the names they had been called in their posts or shared the PSA,” Lewinsky shared in a statement with Glamour.

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And it didn’t stop at the video. Throughout the month, celebrities came out in droves to support the cause by changing their handles on their social media to include the names they’ve been called.

Lewinsky herself kicked things off by changing her own handle to “Monica Big Mac Ditzy Bimbo That Woman Lewinsky.”

Stacey London, host of What Not To Wear, added in her own with “Stacy “Uglier than Elephant Man” London.”

Olivia Munn jumped in with “Olivia The New Girl In School No One Likes Munn.”

QuestLove shared his with “Quest Superdweeb Love.”

Rachel Bloom added in hers with, “Rachel Weird Loser Who Needs A Bra Bloom.”

And Alan Cumming added in his own, defying the name, “Alan Useless Cumming.”

Lewinsky is no stranger to name-calling—following the national scandal involving then-President Bill Clinton more than 20 years ago, Lewinsky became a target. Today, she still deals with the aftermath of what she calls a “traumatic” experience.

“For some people, [the campaign] was even the first time they had ever talked about the pain of having been bullied with name-calling. I’m incredibly grateful the campaign was healing for many—that’s exactly what I had hoped for,” Lewinsky says. “We don’t have to let the words other people choose to call us, define who we are or how we see ourselves.”

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Kim Kardashian Cast Real Women for Her New KKW Body Fragrance Campaign


When it comes to promoting her KKW Beauty and Fragrance lines, we’ve become accustomed to seeing Kim Kardashian herself in the ads and social media posts. The bottle for KKW Body was literally molded from its creator’s famously curvy figure.

But the reality star/beauty mogul is taking a different approach with her two latest creations: KKW II and KKW III. To promote the scents, the company has been posting close-up images of real women’s bodies, many of which feature rolls, wrinkles, and cellulite. It’s a stark contrast to the hyper-perfected shots of Kardashian that we’re used to. And that’s not a bad thing.

When Kardashian’s original fragrance bottle came out, people were upset with the unrealistic beauty ideals it portrayed. One body-positive blogger even re-created the campaign to make a point about the “perfect” bodies. “One of these bodies, a large part of our society will deem as ‘perfect,'” read the post’s caption. “My body is empowered by the opportunity to share a different reality. PERFECT: ‘having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.’ Stop striving to be perfect because guess what, you are there!”

It seems like Kardashian got the message loud and clear. She recently spoke to Refinery29 about the casting choices, and how the re-creations floating around on the internet played an important role in the decision.

“I was talking to some friends of mine and I had seen a couple other people re-create the [original KKW Body] campaign and I just thought, You know what? It’s not always about my body,” she explained. “The bottle obviously is my body shape, but I always celebrate and love confident women no matter what shape or size they are.”

She also revealed that many of the women were not professional models, but that they were all confident and excited to participate in the campaign. Her intended message is pretty straight-forward. “Just to be confident within your own skin—I think I’ve always put forth that message,” she said. “In the magazines I would look at, everyone was super tall and skinny and I didn’t feel like I had something that represented my curvier body shape growing up. And so I just wanted to show a campaign that supports women of all different shapes to feel confident within themselves.”

Kardashian’s own experiences with body-shaming definitely played a part in her decisions, as well. “When you do get shot by a paparazzi and you do have cellulite, which you know has definitely happened to me before, it’ll be on the cover of magazines like, ‘Worst Body Of The Week’ and, ‘Look how awful she looks,'” she said. “It’s always so hard on your soul when you see things like that and I see that happen to so many other women and I never thought that was fair. And so to show it in an artistic way just felt beautiful and right and I really wanted to show people that you can be beautiful no matter if you have stretch marks or cellulite.”

Reaction to the campaign has been strong—and mostly positive. One commenter on an Instagram image praised Kardashian’s choices: “I’m loving this campaign. Thank you for spreading the body positivity Kim.” And another said, “I’m very happy that these bodies look like everyday people. Yes queen???”

We’re sure we haven’t seen the last of Kardashian modeling for her own products, but this change is definitely welcome and refreshing. The two new fragrances will be available online November 2 for $60.

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Ivanka Trump's Curious Absence From the Midterm Campaign Trail


From the moment Ivanka Trump strode to the podium at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland to introduce her father, she’s held a special place in his plan and in American politics. Wearing a simple pink dress from her now-defunct fashion line, a congenial addition to the fiery lineup of Trump supporters calling for his opponent to be locked up, she delivered a promise: Donald Trump would come to the Oval Office with an intention to treat women with the respect and compassion they deserved.

The address got great reception. Ivanka’s stock went up, and she was widely perceived as someone who could tailor her father’s bluster into a message that younger women, moderates and independents could get behind.

And it seemed to work: her dad went on to defeat Hillary Clinton with considerable support from white female voters.

That was then. Now, just days remain in one of the most wildly contentious midterm elections in modern history. Women, as candidates and voters, have been squarely center stage. You’d expect Ivanka Trump—the figure who said her priority as the daughter of a would-be president (and later, his advisor) would be women—to be front and center. But, largely, she’s been absent from the scene.

While her father, brothers, and much of the political class keep up a breakneck campaign-trail pace, Ivanka seems to be sticking to her day job. A spokesperson for the 36-year-old didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but she, along with other women of the White House, will reportedly be hitting the trail for certain candidates in the big run-up to November 6—a day that could end up saying a lot about how Americans feel about not just the people on the ballot, but the president and his party.

You’d expect Ivanka—the figure who said her priority as the daughter of the president would be women—to be front and center. But, largely, she’s been absent.

It’s not that she hasn’t been seen at all. Over the summer, she took a break from her work promoting women’s equal pay and STEM education issues to attend a GOP fundraiser with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in Fresno, California. The event drew protesters who figured out where it was being held, despite reported attempts to keep the location quiet. But watchers of this midterm cycle’s campaign trail don’t think it would hurt to see more of her.

Amy Tarkanian, a former Nevada Republican Party chairwoman whose husband, Danny, is running for Congress, says she would love to see Trump publicly pitching GOP candidates: “Oh, I think she would be incredibly helpful,” she told Glamour in a phone conversation. “I think she’s the voice that most women never thought they had.”

While her father and brothers have their own communication styles and have put them to use out on the trail, the First Daughter is “able to take a stand with grace and elegance, and still exude this enormous amount of power, also mixed in with femininity,” Tarkanian said. “I think a lot of people on either side of the aisle [seem] to view her as a voice of reason, which I think is extremely powerful in this environment where you’ve got [people going] far to the right, far to the left, and toxicity all wrapped into one giant ball.”

Although she thinks an Ivanka arena-style appearance has the potential to draw “thousands,” Tarkanian—who jokingly calls herself a “taxi mom” for all the time she spends chauffeuring her own kids around—isn’t willing to lay into the presidential scion for not being on the trail 24/7. If Ivanka Trump doesn’t go into full barnstorming mode, “I don’t think it’s ‘disappointing.’ I think people realize she’s a mom, she’s a wife, she’s a daughter. She’s in a role that I don’t believe [any] other first daughter’s ever had,” she says.

“[Trump’s] got so many roles. There’s no way—I mean, I’m a mom of four and a wife and a daughter, and I feel like I need an assistant with an assistant with an assistant. So I understand completely, and I think most women would who are in this role of the parent in a middle class family trying to get everyone from Point A to Point B.”

Whether the First Daughter’s presence would still draw ire from those who criticize her for being quiet about other high-profile administration fumbles is unclear. As both daughter and aide to her father—and one whose husband, Jared Kushner, is also a top White House advisor—she’s also been called out for not being vocal enough in opposing administration policies that would seem to run counter to her message of caring for women and children. High on that list: Opposing the separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Ivanka eventually described the separations as a “low point” and publicly said she opposed them (while still calling immigration a complex issue).

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The advisor to the president also got name-checked during the divisive confirmation of new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh: A-listers demanded she live up to her self-proclaimed feminism by pushing for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against the judge. (Kavanaugh denied the claims; after a briefly renewed FBI background check, he ultimately got confirmed in a close Senate vote.)

Elizabeth Renda, a spokeswoman for the Democratic National Committee, told Glamour via email that “whether she shows her face on the campaign trail or not, Americans won’t forget Ivanka Trump’s complicity in the Trump administration’s dangerous rhetoric and harmful policies, which consistently hurt working and middle-class families.”

But ultimately, says Sarah Chamberlain of the non-profit Republican Main Street Partnership, it’s up to the candidates to make their own sales to voters.It’s been great to have Ivanka bring some attention to officials’ work and “highlighting key policies and initiatives that we’ve championed,” Chamberlain said, but “our members are focusing on their own major accomplishments and wins.”

Celeste Katz is senior political reporter for Glamour. Send news tips, questions, and comments to celeste_katz@condenast.com.In a pivotal election year, Glamour is keeping track of the historic number of women running (and voting) in the midterm elections. For more on our latest midterm coverage, visit www.glamour.com/midterms.

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Sen. Heidi Heitkamp Mistakenly Identified Sexual Abuse Survivors in a Campaign Ad


North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp was already in a tough battle to retain her senate seat in a state that President Donald Trump won by 36 points. And now a mistake by her campaign could be costing her more votes.

Earlier this week, Heitkamp’s campaign published a newspaper ad that was meant to serve as a rebuttal to her Republican opponent Kevin Cramer, but ended up naming sexual assault survivors without their permission or misidentifying them altogether. Cramer has come under fire for his comments about the #MeToo movement in the New York Times. He questioned whether “you’re just supposed to believe somebody because they said it happened.”

“They cannot understand this movement toward victimization,” Cramer said, referencing the women in his life, including his mom, wife and daughters. “They are pioneers of the prairie. These are tough people whose grandparents were tough and great-grandparents were tough.”

The letter was supposed to show Cramer “what prairie tough looks like.” It included signatures from more than 120 women who were supposed to be survivors of “domestic violence, sexual assault, or rape.” But once it went public, some women came forward saying they either weren’t survivors or had never given permission for their information to be used.

The campaign quickly apologized. “We recently discovered that several of the women’s names who were provided to us did not authorize their names to be shared or were not survivors of abuse,” Heitkamp said in a statement. “I deeply regret this mistake and we are in the process of issuing a retraction, personally apologizing to each of the people impacted by this and taking the necessary steps to ensure this never happens again.”

But, that may not be enough. “I don’t know what she [Heitkamp] could do that would make it better,” Lexi Zhorela, a self-identified liberal and one of the women named in the ad, told CNN. “I know that’s why a lot of the people in this situation are reaching out to seek legal counsel because of, you know, what she did is wrong.” She went on to call the mistake “reckless” and said, “You know, the names that didn’t want to be out there are already out there for the world to see. You can’t really retract that, the damage is done.”

And, as of now, Heitkamp has lost her vote, according to CNN.

Heitkamp has been vocal in her support of survivors, including voting “no” on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. She has also spoken out about her own mother’s experience. “I think it’s wonderful that his [Cramer’s] wife has never had an experience, and good for her, and it’s wonderful his mom hasn’t,” she said previously to the Times. “My mom did. And I think it affected my mom her whole life. And it didn’t make her less strong.”

It remains to be seen how this misstep will ultimately affect Heitkamp’s poll numbers, but the issue is almost certain to come up in her first debate with Cramer Thursday night.

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