It’s a truth universally acknowledged that Netflix’s Queer Eye reboot can make even the most hard-hearted viewer teary-eyed. It’s also well-known that the series’ fashion expert, Tan France, has a penchant for a certain type of shirt—specifically, short-sleeved, printed, button-up blouses. And, after binge-watching the just-released second season, I’m finding myself not only reaching for the tissues, but also for my credit card.
Even if you’ve only watched a few episodes, you’ll quickly pick up on France’s go-to style tips for his transformation subjects (“heroes,” as they’re called on the show): a “pop of color” here, a fresh blazer there—and, if you want something a little funky, try a boldly-patterned short-sleeve shirt, styled with a “French tuck.”
Sixteen episodes deep, I kept coming back to France’s preferred garment, imagining what it would look like in my wardrobe. I tend to wear colorful dresses and polished blouses—but these boxy, button-down styles struck me as a solid pairing for my summer jeans. Plus, France himself wears them so well on the show. (I’m hardly the first and only person to develop an affinity for his very specific shirting after watching the show—Twitter is filled with fellow viewers who’ve adopted his signature look.) I like to think of it as “the Tan Fran Effect,” a unique phenomenon where, post-binge-watch, my online shopping carts are filled with short-sleeved shirts in cabana stripes, floral prints, and other patterns akin to his (and his mentees’) on-screen wardrobe. And lucky for me (not-so-lucky for my bank account), many brands share my recent infatuation for the silhouette, with plenty of summery options at every price point waiting to become a cornerstone of your summer #OOTD.
If you, too, find yourself with a sudden draw towards Tan France-inspired shirts, welcome to the club—we’re always down to talk Queer Eye.
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ICYMI, on Saturday Meghan Markle married Prince Harry in a lavish royal wedding at Windsor Castle. And though the entire wedding was beautiful, there was a lot of conversation surrounding Markle’s stunning wedding dress—mostly about how streamlined, modern, and seamlessly chic it was. But if her custom-made Givenchy frock felt somehow familiar-looking to you, you’re not alone.
By Sunday, someone on the Twittersphere came to the humorous conclusion that Markle’s wedding dress seemed to have been inspired by Jennifer Lopez and her character’s wedding dress in The Wedding Planner. And thus, a meme was born.
As you may or may not recall from the 2001 romantic comedy, Lopez plays a wedding planner who toils away on other people’s dream days, without ever thinking about her own romantic life. But during a wedding scene in the film (that’s as close as we’ll get to a spoiler!), Lopez is spotted wearing a strikingly similar dress to Markle’s.
For the scene, Lopez also wore a bateau-neck, three-quarter-length-sleeved silk dress. Like Markle, her hair was similarly pulled back into a bun, which was adorned with a veil and delicate jewelry.
Of course, Markle’s real-life wedding dress came with a few more frills than the movie version. Not only did the now-Duchess of Sussex‘s gown come to life after months of hard work by designer Clare Waight Keller, the first female artistic director of Givenchy, but it also came complete with a 16-foot long bespoke veil and a looser skirt than the one Lopez wears. And Markle didn’t just fix her veil to her bun like Lopez; instead, she rocked a one-of-a-kind tiara borrowed from the Queen’s personal Crown Jewels.
PHOTO: BEN STANSALL
“After meeting Ms. Waight Keller in early 2018, Ms. Markle chose to work with her for her timeless and elegant aesthetic, impeccable tailoring, and relaxed demeanor,” the Palace said in a statement about the dress and its creator. “Ms. Markle also wanted to highlight the success of a leading British talent who has now served as the creative head of three globally influential fashion houses—Pringle of Scotland, Chloé, and now Givenchy.”
It’s kind of fun to imagine Markle and Waight watching the movie together and dreaming up their royal wedding recreation—but us, this just offers further proof that Markle’s look is a truly timeless one.
Just because you didn’t score an invite to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’sroyal wedding on May 19 doesn’t mean you can’t dress like it. And now, there’s a new product out there that will make for the perfect compliment to the fascinator you’ve been holding onto in anticipation.
Becca Cosmetics’ newest highlighter, called “Royal Glow,” promises exactly what the implies: a glow worthy of a royal. The shimmery pressed powder comes in a warm golden honey shade infused with pink pearl. The best part, though, is that the center of the palette is stamped with a crown, and looking at that every time you put on your makeup can be considered a consolation prize for not being able to catching a glimpse of Markle’s tiara IRL.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Becca Cosmetics
Buy It: Becca Cosmetics Highlighter in Royal Glow Becca Cosmetics, $38
If you want to go all out on the royal wedding inspired makeup (on May 19, or any other day), you can also paint your lips with Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G in Nude Kate, which was inspired by Kate Middleton, or opt for Markle’s favorite shade, Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution lipstick in Very Victoria.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Nordstrom
Buy It: Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G in Nude Kate, Nordstrom, $34
PHOTO: Courtesy of Nordstrom
Buy It: Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution lipstick in Very Victoria Nordstrom, $34
The highlighter, which launched last week, was originally only available at John Lewis, a London-based department store. But thankfully, Becca knows the royal fascination extends well across the pond and all us Anglophiles can now get it on beccacosmetics.com. We might not be fully awake this Saturday morning when the royal wedding kicks off, but at least our cheekbones can look like it until the caffeine kicks in.
“What was it like having Ann Richards as a mother?” People always ask me this question. They’ll come up to me and recite a favorite line from her keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention—“Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, she just did it backward and in high heels!”)—or reminisce about the day she became the first woman elected governor of Texas.
Here’s my answer: Being Ann Richards’s daughter was both exhilarating and daunting. My mom was demanding of herself and everyone around her, and she knew that women only got what they fought for—nothing more, nothing less. She insisted on hard work, and a lot of it.
This Mother’s Day I’m thinking even more than usual about what my mom would have to say about the world today. (One of my great regrets: that she died before having a chance to bring her wit to Twitter!) I know she would have loved that, with the last gasps of the patriarchy in full throttle, women of every age and background are standing with each other, demanding nothing less than full equality. As someone who spent her life making sure women made progress—economic, political, cultural—I know Mom would be at the ramparts with us: knitting her pussy hat, helping women running for office, marveling and rejoicing at the explosion of activism across the globe.
Mom used to remind us: ”When my grandmother was a girl, the only people who couldn’t vote under Texas law were ‘idiots, imbeciles, the insane, and women.’” Yet two generations later, Mom was elected governor of Texas. She got there by sheer determination, and she wasn’t about to let anyone else half-step it in their own life. When my children were born, Mom made it clear she wasn’t the “baking cookies kind of grandmother.” Instead, she always asked each child if they were the smartest one in class. If they said no, she wanted to know why not.
Mom saw so many changes in her lifetime. In particular, she was overjoyed by the passage of Title IX, which gave girls the opportunity to play competitive sports. Watching her granddaughter Hannah pitch through a tough inning of softball or her granddaughter Lily coxswain for the rowing team was a marvel. Mom also cherished her time at University of Texas Lady Longhorns basketball games, where she cheered loudly with her friend Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. If you closed your eyes, you might have mistaken the two of them for teenagers.
When someone asked what she would have done if she’d had a second term as governor, [my mother] said, “I would have raised more hell.”
But of all the issues Mom cared about, women’s ability to control their body and make their own decisions about childbearing was number one. Like every mother I know, Ann Richards found it unconscionable that her daughters, much less her granddaughters, might have fewer rights than she did—and she was not about to let that happen. She often opined about politicians’ obsession with what was going on in other people’s bedrooms. It was no surprise that her first full-time campaign job was for Sarah Weddington, who (at 26) had successfully argued Roe v. Wade before running for state legislature.
Mom was 47 when she decided to run herself. After she won, she became adamant that women shouldn’t wait for an invitation or until they had the perfect résumé. She’d say, “Cecile, this is the only life you have. There aren’t any do-overs. So whatever new chance comes your way, jump at it.”
When I got a call inviting me to interview for the job as president of Planned Parenthood, I almost didn’t go to the interview. I did what any grown woman would do: I called my mother. When I listed all the reasons I wasn’t qualified, she wasn’t having it. “Planned Parenthood is the most important women’s health care organization in the country—how exciting!” she said. “If you don’t try for this, you’ll regret it forever.”
This month, when I left Planned Parenthood after 12 years as president, I was more grateful than ever to Mom for believing in me even more than I believed in myself.
To me, this is the theme of Mother’s Day. Over the last year and a half, I’ve met mothers and daughters who are organizing together, going to town halls together, speaking out together, and doing things they never could have imagined doing before. There are the daughters I’ve met on book tour, who proudly ask me to sign a copy of Make Trouble for their troublemaking mother. The sheer determination of women across America to come together, support each other, run for office, and declare #TimesUp is nothing short of historic. I’m sorry Mom didn’t live to see this moment, and be part of it. But I think of her daily, and how she helped deliver us to to this moment.
So today I hope mothers and daughters everywhere will take a page from Ann Richards’ book. When someone asked what she would have done if she’d had a second term as governor, she said, “I would have raised more hell.”
These are words to live by.
Cecile Richards is the former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund. She is also the author of the New York Times best-seller Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead (Touchstone), on sale now.
There’s a seemingly infinite number of spring dresses out there, which is great for people who love options, and not ideal for those of us who need more style direction. Well, over the past few weeks, Meghan Markle has been inadvertently providing fans and cursory shoppers alike plenty of insight into the silhouettes that belong at the very top of your list, from pinafore-inspired midis to flowy florals.
Over the long arc of her style evolution, Markle has developed a proven track record for classic styles with contemporary touches. And in her recent public appearances leading up to the royal wedding, she’s had numerous enviable dress moments, which the public has obsessed over. Because the Meghan Markle effect is a very real phenomenon, we’re resigning ourselves to the fact that we’ll find ourselves wanting to copy the duchess-to-be’s look soon enough—so we rounded up some of the best spring dresses on the market right now, inspired by Markle’s wardrobe. Her exact threads can veer on the pricey side, but fear not: Many can be very closely mimicked with affordability in mind.
Check out how to get that Meghan Markle springtime look for $150 or less, ahead.
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Chrissy Teigen is Twitter’s reigning clap-back queen. Everyone knows this. The Cravings author is famous for dishing out delicious shade whenever a troll writes her a rude comment. Whether she’s slamming someone who said she “peaked” or checking a person for criticizing her fertility plan, Teigen doesn’t hold back.
Most of the time, Teigen just calls out one person—one tweet—which gives off the impression most of the messages in her mentions are positive. Perhaps she tweets one thing, receives a swarm of nice responses, but then a few bad apples get in there and spoil the bunch. That’s why Teigen notices them and claps back accordingly.
But that’s wishful thinking. Teigen’s latest tweet shows this absolutely isn’t the case. It’s not just a few bad apples who sneak into her mentions; it’s a bunch. And they crawl into her feed within seconds. She proved this last night by exposing the tweets she received just minutes after suggesting that women boycott Twitter. A quick backup: Teigen urged women last night to stop using the platform because she thinks it needs to be safer for them.
“Ladies. Let’s do this. #WomenBoycottTwitter. Not because of hate but because I love this platform and know it can be better. Tomorrow. No secret timeline checking, no tweets, no clicking the bluebird square. They need to see we matter.I’m boycotting for many reasons. To stand with the victims of sexual assault, online threats, and abuse. And to boycott the fact our demented, pussy grabbing president can tweet nuclear threats of war I can’t even see,” she wrote.
The gross responses she received shortly after posting this prove why she pushed for a boycott in the first place. “My mentions since posting #WomenBoycottTwitter 3 minutes ago #thisiswhy,” she tweeted, along with a few screen-shots of some truly horrible messages. See it for yourself, below:
If this is what Teigen received only a few minutes after tweeting, we can’t imagine what her mentions look like now. Several female celebrities have talked openly about the offensive comments they’ve received online, but these screen-shots put a visual to the problem. And it’s a major. Hopefully, Twitter sees this and devises a plan to combat trolls for good.
