Daily excerpts of new fashion, culture, lifestyle, activism and women's news posts 2007-2019.
Model Sarah Berger is styled by Samia Giobellina in ‘National Holiday’, lensed by Hugo Comte for Off Black Magazine Fall/Winter 2018./ Hair by Chiao Chenet
I've been thinking and reading a lot about the French Revolution this past week. The willingness of the French to have both a carving of Lilith AND Eve with Adam on the Notre Dame Cathedral tells me not to be afraid.
Unlike John Ashcroft throwing a drape over Lady Justice's naked breast in the nation's capitol, the French have never covered up Adam, Lilith and Eve -- Adam's first wife but she was too bossy and stormed out of the Garden of Eden, refusing to submit to Adam.
So France survived the French Revolution. I haven't checked on the tiki torches or just how unruly the mobs became, but France survived -- white male superiority intact, but they did get rid of the king. Writer Maya Singer is on the same track, and she makes a lot of sense.
And this pondering of a burn it down revolution is written for Vogue magazine. VOGUE MAGAZINE IN AMERICA. Bob Dylan would be proud.
When Trump tells you all those college-educated white Republican women leaving the party are running home to take care of their men and male children after the Kavanaugh hearings, don't take the bite of this poison apple.
Educated Republican women can walk and chew gum at the same time. You know . . . womanly multitasking, brains firing on all cylinders.. . that sort of thing. I quote Maya Singer:
"If you’d asked me, before last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings with Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, where we were on the road to revolution, I’d have said we were somewhere around “the people are very mad but they’re working within the system.” As of today, I feel like the revolution could kick off any minute now, because with the vote to send Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the GOP (and Joe Manchin) have officially flipped us the bird.
When I say “us,” I mean all of us. Not just women. Not just Democrats. Standing by Brett Kavanaugh—a historically disliked nominee, with crappy poll numbers (even before Dr. Ford came forward with a credible allegation that he’d sexually assaulted her in their teens) who walked right up to the line of perjuring himself in his Senate testimony and exposed himself as a both a jerk and a partisan hack—was, make no mistake about it, a display of power. A president who badly lost the popular vote, abetted by 51 Senators who represent a mere 44 percent of Americans, rammed through their nominee just to show us they could. Trump and McConnell could have easily jettisoned Kavanaugh in favor of an equally conservative replacement; instead, fearful of looking weak, they stuck with him, not in spite of all the protest but because of it. God forbid they seem to entertain the concerns of their constituents, because then those constituents might think they have a claim on how this country is run, and who for.
Ask yourself: For whom, right now, is this country being run?"
Kerry Washington chats with Janet Mock against the backdrop of the Santa Monica Mountains, as the duo hikes along Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. Washington covers the new issue of Marie Claire US, exploring life after ‘Scandal’ in the November 2018 Power Issue. Thomas Whiteside is behind the lens for the issue on newsstands October 18.
Her production company, Simpson Street (the Bronx block her mother grew up on), has a slew of television and film projects on its slate, including The Mothers, a Warner Brothers film adaptation of Brit Bennett’s acclaimed novel; Universal’s workplace comedy 24-7, costarring Eva Longoria; psychological thriller The Perfect Mother; and an adaptation of Celeste Ng’s best-selling novel Little Fires Everywhere for Hulu, in which she costars alongside fellow executive producer Reese Witherspoon.
Washington’s most recent fame came in her producing and acting roles in the 2016 HBO film ‘Confirmation’ regarding the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings. Speaking of her role in ‘Scandal’, Washington hits a high note on the subject of expressing her black woman identity:
Annemarieke van Drimmelen Captures 'Sentimentale' For Vogue Italia October 2018
Models Tessa Bruinsma, Bo Fausser, and Roos van Elk are styled by Alex Harrington in ‘Sentimentale’. Photographer Annemarieke van Drimmelen is behind the lens for Vogue Italia October 2018./ Hair by Irena Ruben; makeup by Kathinka Gernant
Supermodel activist Doutzen Kroes covers the October 2018 issue of TELVA Magazine. Lensed in sensual cold-weather looks by Jonathan Segade, Doutzen is styled by Alicia Chapa in designs from Louis Vuitton, Stella McCartney, IRO, Chanel and more.
Model Gemma Ward covers the October 2018 issue of Vogue Thailand, styled by Jirat Subpisankul in images by Wasan Puengprasert.
Model Erika Kolani is styled by Anantama Putra in ‘Neo Folk’, lensed by Grego Gery for Marie Claire Indonesia October 2018./ Hair by Priscillia Christiana; makeup by Audrey Giovanni
Two people were in the global news in Africa yesterday -- Melania Trump in her colonial hat rolling around Kenya -- and Dr. Denis Mukwege, with his Nobel Peace Prize, co-shared with Nadia Murad.
I spent my time writing Friday about the revered Dr. Mukewege, who I’ve followed for over a decade. One wonders just how much funding Trump has cut to the women in the Congo and across Africa. It's billions.
Regarding Melania Trump, to roll into Africa looking like she just stepped out of the colonial masters period is just too much. I'm tired of her making statements with clothes and then professing that we are attacking her and not listening to her voice.
Danish beauty Freja Beha Erichsen releases Zara’s new lookbook called ‘Cozy Feeling’, a cool weather mix of cable knitted sweaters, long coats and skirts, accented with plaids.
Gisele Bündchen Stars As Mina, Captured By Luigi & Iango For Vogue Italia October 2018
Supermodel Gisele Bündchen channels legendary Italian singer Mina Mazzini, styled by Patti Wilson in Dior for the cover of Vogue Italia October 2018. Mina was a staple of television variety shows and a figure in Italian pop music from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. Her loud, syncopated singing earned her the nickname ‘Queen of Screamers’ and the public labeled her the ‘Tiger of Cremona’ for her gestures and body shakes. Mina was banned from TV and radio in 1963 because her pregnancy and relationship with a married actor did not accord with Italy’s dominant Catholic and bourgeois morals.
Strikingly, Gisele’s images by Luigi & Iango do not capture in any way Mina’s wildly animated nature, as described in stories about her. Not being familiar with Mina, I read commentary by self-proclaimed fashion experts and somehow got the impression that Mina was a transvestite. LOL. Oh well. The times we live in. Enjoy Gisele.
Top model Mariacarla Boscono is styled by Vittoria Cerciello in ‘Oggi Sono lo’, lensed by Dario Catellani for Vogue Italia October 2018./ Makeup by Gemma Smith-Edhouse; hair by Kei Terada
Model Maartje Verhoef covers the November 2018 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK’s ‘The Art Issue’, styled by Charlie Harrington in fluid elegance and sharp angles. Photographer Josh Skinner captures the modern heritage looks as ‘I Have Written My Name On The Far Side Of The Sky’ — Yves Klein —.on location at Blenheim Palace.
Ashley Graham Is Lensed By Giampaolo Sgura In Violeta by Mango Fall Winter 2018 Campaign
Model Ashley Graham fronts Violeta by Mango’s Fall Winter 2018 campaign. Empowered by the statement ‘I Am What I Am’, Ashley is lensed by Giampaolo Sgura in three different collections including dressy, casual and sporty looks.
Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski were arrested today, as protesters infiltrated the Hart Senate Office Building in DC, to rally against an affirmative vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Before entering the Senate Building, Schumer and Ratajkowski joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York to address crowds outside of the Supreme Court. Gillibrand told the crowd that the FBI had failed to seriously investigate the claims by Dr. Blasey-Ford that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. "It was not intended to get to the bottom of this. It was not intended to find the truth. It was intended to be a cover, a cover for those who don't want to look at the truth," Gillibrand said.
Shortly after Gillibrand finished, Schumer and EmRata were arrested, writes Harper’s Bazaar. On Twitter, EmRata shared the experience along with a photo of her carrying a sign which read Respect Female Existence Or Expect Our Resistance. She wrote, "Today I was arrested protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a man who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault. Men who hurt women can no longer be placed in positions of power."
Christy Turlington Burns Launches 'Giving Birth in America: California', A Dramatic Turnaround Story
Giving Birth in America is a documentary series that examines some of the reasons for the alarming current statistics about maternal mortality rates in the US, where the US finds itself with maternal mortality stats ranking at the very bottom of the developed world. The series is presented by Every Mother Counts, the non-profit founded by Christy Turlington Burns in 2011, dedicated to making childbirth safe for women everywhere. This fifth and most recent episode, California, focuses on Dr. Cristina Gamboa, an OB-GYN in Watsonville who provides pre-natal health care to an immigrant farmworker from Mexico with a high-risk pregnancy.
Christy Turlington Burns discusses her new documentary, made with ‘Every Mother Counts’ and ‘Giving Birth in America’ director/producer Clancy McCarty in the October 2018 issue of C Magazine.
Liya Kebede In 'Modern Bohemia' By Bjorn Iooss For Sunday Times Style Magazine UK Sept. 30, 2018
Top model Liya Kebede is styled by Verity Parker in ‘Modern Bohemia’, a psychedelic mix of good vibrations clothes from Gucci, Prada, Balenciaga and more. Bjorn Iooss flashes the Ethiopian beauty and global women’s activist for The Sunday Times Style Magazine UK.
Like Christy Turlington Burns, featured today about her upcoming fifth installment documentary around maternal health, Kebede is also dedicated to maternal health as an ambassador for the World Health Organization and through her own Lemlem Foundation.
Model Bella Newman sparkles in ‘Why Disco is Back in Fashion - Again’ styled by Jared Lawton. Photographer Andy Ryan is in the studio for WSJ Magazine October 2018./ Hair by Charles McNair; makeup by Raul Otero
Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns covers the October 2018 issue of C Magazine. Alison Edmond styles Turlington in noble origins looks from Gucci, Prada, Michael Kors and more for images by Pamela Hanson.
Christy meets with C Magazine at the New York City headquarters of Every Mother Counts, the non-profit organization Turlington Burns founded in 2010. Gracing more than 1,000 magazine covers for more than three decades is a part of her legacy, but Turlington Burns has a different primary purpose now. “Running an organization and raising a family forces you to prioritize. You can’t do everything at the same time,” she says. “Someone once told me, ‘You have to sequence.’ So, for me, that means family, EMC, and I guess I take the last sliver!”
The organization has raised more than $21 million, and has expanded its grant portfolio to include Bangladesh, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Tanzania, Uganda and the United States. And while maternal mortality has dropped worldwide, according to UNICEF, from 532,000 in 1990 to 303,000 in 2015, the rate of maternal mortality in America is rising, as analyzed by the Global Burden of Disease. It’s widely believed that much of this change is being driven by Republican policies determined to close down Planned Parenthood, often the only women’s health clinic in poor areas of America. Texas, for example, now has the maternal death rate of a third world country.
Model Othilia Simon is styled by Morgan Pilcher in ‘True Grit’, lensed by Quentin De Briey for Porter Magazine #29 Winter 2018./ Hair by Paolo Soffiatti; makeup by John McKay
Model Romy De Vries is styled by Cara Schiffers & Pip Peters in modern architecture, femme fatale looks lensed by Katelijne Verbruggen for Grazia Netherlands October 2018./ Hair & makeup by Severine Van Donkelaar
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