Maria Luisa Mendiola has always had an affinity for bold, striking swimsuits—in part because for years, she’d buy them in the hope that they’d take attention away from her feet. She was born with brachymetatarsia, a condition in which one of her toes is visibly shorter than the others. Growing up in Costa Rica, going…
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Perhaps the set of Stuart Little isn’t where feminists expected to battle gender norms, but Geena Davis is the happiest warrior. Trust that she will open a frontline when she sees one. In the movie, Davis is Mrs. Eleanor Little, mother to George Little and Stuart Little, the mouse-son the family decides to take in.…
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If you follow Serena Williams on social media, you know she’s been preparing for the launch of her namesake clothing line for some time now. If you’ve been keeping up with the greatest athlete of all time for longer, though, you know that she was once enrolled at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale for…
Read moreGoing from making music to making makeup isn’t an obvious jump, but the beauty industry is up for anything, especially when it comes in the form of a rumored Lady Gaga makeup line on the horizon. Not much is confirmed at this point, but according to Harper’s Bazaar, Lady Gaga’s company, Ate My Heart Inc.,…
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H&M is joining brands like Nike, American Eagle, and Macy’s and introducing its own collection catering to the modest shopper. Launching exclusively online on May 3 (with a second drop slated for May 24), LTD Collection is H&M’s first designed expressly with modest fashion in mind. The line is heavy on embroidered, flowy pieces such…
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Makeup artist Gucci Westman’s glowy, is-she-or-isn’t-she-wearing-foundation signature look has made Jennifer Aniston and Kate Hudson longtime devotees. Now the vegetarian and mother of three is using her clean-living approach to inform her new makeup and skin care hybrid line, Westman Atelier. Bare-bones, the plot may sound familiar. Pat McGrath famously used her years of experience…
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