Amanda Brooks 'Farm From Home' Book Honors New Life In Cotswolds, Cutter Brooks Shop

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Amanda Brooks 'Farm From Home' Book Honors New Life In Cotswolds, Cutter Brooks Shop

Former Barney's fashion director Amanda Brooks is set to open Cutter Brooks, a lifestyle boutique that will bring a curated selection of international brands and artisan makers to Stow-on-the-Wold, an English market town nestled in the Cotswolds, writes WSJ Magazine.

“I’ve wanted a shop since I was 23,” says Brooks, now 44. “I love selling. I love sharing my point of view and my passion.” Set in a 17th-century building, Cutter Brooks (the moniker combines her maiden and married name as wife of artist Christopher Brooks) will capture Brooks’s take on the English countryside aesthetic: “A little bit bohemian, a little eccentric,” she says. “But more farmhouse than stately home.”

Brooks' journey to the Cotswolds began in 2012, when Westchester-raised Brooks and her family left New York for a yearlong sabbatical in the English countryside. Their time was spent at her husband's home Fairgreen Farm.

Xavi Gordo Captures Evgenia Fedoseeva In Romantic Gaucho Looks For ELLE Spain July 2018

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Model Evgenia Fedoseeva is styled by Inmaculada Jiménez for images by Xavi Gordo in ELLE Spain July 2018./ Hair & makeup by Paula Soria

Vincent van de Wijngaard Flashes Saskia, Guinevere, Dilone & Achok For Beauty Papers S.S 2018

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Vincent van de Wijngaard Flashes Saskia, Guinevere, Dilone & Achok For Beauty Papers S.S 2018

Models Saskia de Brauw, Guinevere Van Seenus, Dilone and Achok Majak convene in 'The Narcissism Myth. Katelyn Gray styles the quartet in images by Vincent van de Wijngaard for Beauty Papers Spring/Summer 2018 . / Hair by Rudi Lewis; makeup by Siobhan Furlong

Tessa Bruinsma Is Lensed By Carlijn Jacobs In Miami's Deco District For Vogue Netherlands June 2018

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Model Tessa Bruinsma is styled by Gijsje Ribbens in 'Miami', lensed by Carlijn Jacobs for Vogue Netherlands June 2018./ Hair by Hester Wermet-Rijn; makeup by Suzanne Verberk

Bella Hadid's Four Spectacular Covers By Chris Colls For Vogue Mexico July 2018 | About Bella's Big Hat

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Bella Hadid's Four Spectacular Covers By Chris Colls For Vogue Mexico July 2018 | About Bella's Big Hat

Social supermodel (a new term among fashionistas) Bella Hadid proves that 5-star, unadulterated supermodel status could be headed her way. In a series of four spectacular covers lensed by Chris Colls for the Julia 2018 issue of Vogue Mexico, Bella drops the gauntlet to her critics. Valentina Collado styles Bella, whose Instagram image of her nearly-naked self under an outlandishly large hat was widely attributed to Jacquemus' Spring-Summer 2018 collection. 

Not so, clarifies Vogue Mexico. Bella's immense had is from the Guadalajara brand Olmos and Flowers. 

Ella Rattigan Plays 'Millenial Lolita' In Pamela Hanson Images For Vanity Fair Italy June 27, 2018

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Photographer Pamela Hanson captures model Ella Rattigan in 'Millennial Lolita', styled by Alice Gentilucci for Vanity Fair Italy's June 27, 2018 issue./ Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Dotti

Michelle Obama Says "Making Mistakes Was Not An Option For Us . . . We Had To Be Outstanding"

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Michelle Obama Says "Making Mistakes Was Not An Option For Us . . . We Had To Be Outstanding"

Our beloved former First Lady Michelle Obama talked openly about race and the expectations and pressures that came with being "the first" black couple to occupy the White House. Michelle was speaking at the American Library Association's annual conference in New Orleans on Friday.

“Barack and I knew very early that we would be measured by a different yardstick,” Obama said of her husband’s tenure as the nation’s first black president during a conversation with Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden. “Making mistakes was not an option for us. Not that we didn’t make mistakes, but we had to be good — no, we had to be outstanding — at everything we did….When you’re the first, you’re the one that’s laying the red carpet down for others to follow.” 

Michelle's conversation came in advance of the November release of her upcoming memoir 'Becoming'. She spoke particularly on the subject of race, saying: "It's just a shame that sometimes people will see me, and they will only see my color, and then they'll make certain judgments about that," she said. "That's dangerous, for us to dehumanize each other in that way. We are all just people."

Kim Noorda Channels Retro Beauty Looks Lensed By Tim Verhallen For Harper's Bazaar Netherlands July 2018

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Model Kim Noorda is lensed by Tim Verhallen in retro beauty images for Harper's Bazaar Netherlands July 2018./ Makeup by Anita Jolles; hair by Daan Kneppers

Updated: Gigi Hadid Covers Vogue Australia July 2018, Reflecting On Privilege And Social Media

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Gigi Hadid Covers Vogue Australia July 2018, Reflecting On Privilege And Social Media

Supermodel Gigi Hadid covers the July 2018 issue of Vogue Australia, lensed by Giampaolo Sgura.

"There is no handbook for being in the spotlight."

Interviewed by Zara Wong, Gigi Hadid channels the same self-reflective thoughts expressed by Kendall Jenner. As a fast-rise Instagirls, Hadid knows that she is the product of a love/hate social media echo chamber, one "as unreal as Donald Trump's hair",  wrote VICE.

Hadid has learned that this echo chamber can turn on a girl quickly -- like when a 3 second video of Gigi doing what models, assuming the pose in eating a fortune cookie sent the Internet into apoplexy, got her condemned as a racist and the subject of demands that she be banned from the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai. 

Camila Falquez Captures Janelle Monáe In 'An American Dreamer' For Allure US July 2018

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Model Janelle Monáe is 'An American Dreamer', styled by Jaime Kay Waxman. Photographer Camila Falquez is in the studio for Allure US July 2018./ Hair by Nikki Nelms; makeup by Francelle

i-D featured photographer Camila Falquez's 'radically soft photos of black masculinity' in December 2017. The Brooklyn-based photographer convinced her model, LZ Granderson, that posing in pink tulle would not hurt his career. I said, ‘Listen, trust me. You want to be seen as a man ready to change the stories told about men,’” Camila recalls. Camila first met LZ, an aspiring politician, when she was taking photos at this year’s Afropunk Festival and fell in love with his aura. “He was so gracious, honest, and giving in the way he posed.”

CEO Alison Ettel, AKA #PermitPatty, Throws Her White Woman Weight Around With 8 Yr. Old Black Girl Entrepreneur

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CEO Alison Ettel, AKA #PermitPatty, Throws Her White Woman Weight Around With 8 Yr. Old Black Girl Entrepreneur

In Oakland #PermitPatty met a strong wall of resistance to her domineering, white ways with 8 yr. old Jordan, who was selling water on the street on a hot day.

This is public shaming of the best kind, and CEO Alison Ettel will surely wish that she had just stayed in bed that day. Better yet, she should have used one of her own products to chill out. This is a good read about social justice with a bad ending for #PermitPatty!!!

Chloe Mallett Flashes Idina May Moncrieffe & Ruby Evers For MAKE Magazine Summer 2018

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Models Idina May Moncrieffe and Ruby Evers delight in life's simple pleasures, styled in summer femininity by Ursula Lake. Photographer Chloe Mallett is behind the lens for London's digital MAKE Magazine Summer 2018.

Sam Rollinson Shimmers In Watery Prints Lensed By Henrique Gendre For S Moda El Pais June 2018

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Model Sam Rollinson is styled by Natalia Bengoechea in 'Son De Mar'.  Photographer Henrique Gendre flashes the watercolor prints seaside for S Moda El Pais June 2018.

Whole Foods Markets Wipes Instagram Clean To Support Honeybees & National Pollinator's Week

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EcoWatch explains why it's critical to protect endangered species, citing, for example, the rusty patched bumble bee species that has declined by 87 percent in the last 20 years,  disease, climate change, pesticides, habitat loss and intensive agriculture.

“We launched the Give Bees A Chance campaign because kids are often taught to be afraid of bees, but the role they play in our ecosystem is imperative and deserving of our respect and protection,” explains Nona Evans, president and executive director of Whole Kids Foundation. “One of the best ways we can teach kids about bees is through educational beehives at their schools, where they get an up-close look into the world of pollination.”

Stefano Galuzzi Captures Aya Jones In 10 Getaway Essentials For Porter Edit June 22, 2018

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Model Aya Jones poses in 10 key looks styled by Morgan Pilcher, guaranteed to make your next vacation the most effortlessly stylist yet. Stefano Galuzzi flashes Aya for Porter Edit June 22, 2018.