Kendall Jenner Is Equestrian Beauty Lensed By Fred Meylan For ELLE France Oct. 26, 2018

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Kendall Jenner covers the October 26th, 2018, issue of ELLE France as the face of Longchamps. Photographer Fred Meylan captures the supermodel in equestrian-inspired, luxe separates suitable for the youngest horse lovers, styled by Jeanne Le Bault.

Titled the ‘Amazing Amazone’, ELLE France reminds us that even though Kendall’s latest pc-crowd crisis is the curly-hair images used by Vogue US in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund ads, she did top the Forbest’ list of highest-paid models last year with an earnings haul of $22 million.

Frederikke Sofie Goes Sensual Boho In Camilla Akrans For Vogue Japan December 2018

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Model Frederikke Sofie is styled by Sissy Vian in bucolic, country girl images — or boho chic with a new sensual twist writes VJ on Instagram — by Camilla Akrans for Vogue Japan December 2018./ Hair by Franco Gobbi; makeup by Ignacio Alonso

Anna Ewers Is Pure, Virginal, White Beauty Lensed By Alasdair McLellan For Vogue Paris November 2018

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Top model Anna Ewers redefines ‘Bohemian’ away from an eclectic, boho, unconventional global mix and into a virginal, pure nature girl motherland fashion story styled by Aleksandra Woroniecka. Alasdair McLellan captures the country girl beauty for Vogue Paris November 2018. / Hair by Gary Gill; makeup by Lynsey Alexander

Ashley Graham Is 'The Superb' Earth Goddess Lensed By Lachlan Bailey For Vogue Paris November 2018

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The November 2018 issue of Vogue Paris got the title right for this Ashley Graham editorial: ‘The Superb’. In a VP editorial that reminds me of years past, Graham is styled by Anastasia Barbieri in pastoral images by Lachlan Bailey that rock a message of Graham’s organic, earth goddess sensuality. Gaia, we SEE you!! Gorgeous! / Hair by Rudi Lewis; makeup by Stéphanie Kuntz

Doutzen Kroes Aces Lingerie Seduction In Hunkemöller Doutzen’s Stories Collection 2018

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Supermodel Doutzen Kroes prepares for a festive holiday season with her latest Hunkemöller Doutzen’s Stories Collection 2018. The Dutch beauty showcases red-hot, seductive but elegant lingerie bras, bodysuits and sexy hosiery designed by Doutzen and the Hunkemöller team.

Charlize Theron Launches J’Adore Absolu Lady Squad Sensual Goddesses Campaign

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The dazzling Charlize Theron continues in her relationship with Dior Parfums as the face of J’Adore Absolu fragrance. In an interview so long and spilling over with candid observations that we will publish it tomorrow in AOC Women In-Depth, Charlize Theron manages to turn a discussion with Harper’s Bazaar UK about her new J’adore Absolu campaign into an extended conversation about diversity and femininity on-screen. Stay tuned.

The film was directed by Romain Gavras, and is a true tribute to the beauty and community of women. Over the song “Flashing Lights” by Kanye West, the new-look lady squad shows off their proud prowess. 

The new Dior J'adore L’absolu campaign, where Theron is seen bathing in a pool of gold, reminds us of the famous 1999 campaign featuring the supermodel Carmen Kass. This time, though, the sensual-yet-powerful character Theron portrays is not alone, as she was in the 2011 campaign below — Anne’s favorite. Theron is surrounded by a diverse array of women who share an ethereal quality. The scene is inspired by the painting ‘The Turkish Bath’ by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Both the campaign and artwork integrate the eroticism of the naked female form into the relaxed sensual communion that women share apart from the male gaze.

IMAN Talks Models Of Color In Fashion With Porter Edit Oct. 26, 2018: We've Come A Long Way, Baby

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IMAN Talks Models Of Color In Fashion With Porter Edit Oct. 26, 2018: We've Come A Long Way, Baby

Porter Edit’s October 26 2018 issue turns its focus on supermodel, makeup entrepreneur, humanitarian and champion of black women’s rights: IMAN. Tracy Taylor styles the fashion icon in trench coats and utilitarian suitings from Michael Kors, Victoria Beckham, Joseph, Chloe and more for images by Hanna Tveite.

Jane Mulkerrings conducts the interview that touches on many topics from IMAN’s discovery by legendary photographer Peter Beard to her constant grief over the loss of her husband David Bowie.

It’s her focus on the fashion industry and her own activism on behalf of models of color that demands our focus, educating even me on the activism of IMAN, Bethann Hardison and Naomi Campbell’s launching of a campaign in September 2013 to force a reckoning over the dearth of models of color on the catwalk.

At AOC we see this pace of a primary place for models of color in the fashion industry escalating dramatically in 2017-2018. IMAN is totally correct is affirming that the changes are not only visible but blindingly so. It’s dazzling, frankly. Nobody gets a gold star for taking what was the right path all along. Nevertheless, the changes are breathtaking and a moment of joy for me personally as a citizen of Trumplandia.

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New Bride Karlie Kloss and Momofuku Milk Bar's Christina Tosi's Wedding Cake Go Way Back

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New Bride Karlie Kloss and Momofuku Milk Bar's Christina Tosi's Wedding Cake Go Way Back

Today’s brides have a passion for naked cakes and Momofuku Milk Bar is leading the trend, offering patisseries for wedding days!

The Milk Bar made big news recently, supplying the wedding cake for Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner’s quiet, surprise nuptials last week for 80 guests in upstate New York. The couple will hold a much larger reception in the spring.

The Milk Bar wedding cake is no surprise for Karlie because she has worked closely with the brand in the past and is good friends with the bakery's owner Christina Tosi. In 2012, with help from Tosi, Kloss created her very own Milk Bar cookie called Karlie's Perfect 10 Kookie. At the time, all the proceeds earned from the treats benefited FEED Project. The newlywed's special creation is still available at Milk Bar.

In a late September 2018 interview on Eater, Christina Tosi shares her strategies for fundraising and growth.

Megyn Kelly's 'Blackface' Comments Leave Her NBC News Future Very Cloudy

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Megyn Kelly's 'Blackface' Comments Leave Her NBC News Future Very Cloudy

I missed this Megyn Kelly 'blackface' stupidity from Tuesday. The NBC face been on thin ice anyway, as Kelly's ratings have not been great. Her audience is 35% or more people -- largely women -- of color.

She still hasn't recovered from her run-in with Jane Fonda, choosing to ask Fonda about plastic surgery rather than her activism, which was the scheduled topic. Fonda abruptly ended the interview.

So Megyn Kelly, who already has a track record over objecting to black Santas, wonders out loud -- in the midst of this Trump crisis -- why whites can't wear blackface on Halloween. If the woman wanted to get her contract cancelled, she just delivered her own knock-out punch.

Kelly’s off the air Thursday and everything is up in the air at NBC. Rumors are intense that her departure is in negotiations. Given the outrage among her own colleagues over her ‘blackface’ remarks, it’s difficult to understand how Megyn Kelly can survive.

What was she thinking!!! Just last night I wrote a terse pushback over Instagram and Twitter outrage that Kendall Jenner was wearing frizzy curls in a photoshoot. Generally I feel that our culture has become way too politically correct. However, blackface??? Are you out of your mind Megyn Kelly? Because I refuse to buy the dumb blonde moniker, being one myself.

Reiner Carlos + Brittany Alyse Flash Anna Stephenson In Cool Coats For ELLE Canada November 2018

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Model Anna Stephenson is styled by Corey Ng in cold-weather coats in neutral tones lensed by Reiner Carlos + Brittany Alyse for ELLE Canada November 2018./ Hair & makeup by Susana Hong

Charlee Fraser Talks Proudly Of Her Awabalkal Ancestors For S Moda El Pais November 2018

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Model Charlee Fraser covers the November 2018 issue of S Moda El Pais. Ana Fernandez Abadj styles Charlee in Marc Jacobs canary color coat and gloves, Gucci, Versace, Calvin Klein 205W39NYC and more in images by Henrique Gendre. / Hair by Roberto Di Cuia; makeup by Linda Gradin

In her interview, Charlee talks about being “"the first Australian indigenous model on the radar of the international fashion industry," in the words of WWD. "It's amazing for me to think about it. I do not carry it as a responsibility, but as an honor. It is important to vindicate my indigenous side, they are my roots and I want to continue talking about them, because it is a part of me that I love and value. Breaking stereotypes makes me feel good.”

Aida Blue Is Fit To Be Tied Nature Girl In 'Gone Fishing' By Hedvig Jenning For Exit Magazine FW 2018

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Model Aida Blue is 100% nature girl, styles by Sam Ranger in ‘Gone Fishing’. Photographer Hedvig Jenning is behind the lens for Exit Magazine Fall/Winter 2018./ Hair by Daniel Martin; makeup by Rebecca Wordingham

Isabeli Is Super Glam Boss Lady In Dawid Klepadlo Images For ELLE Serbia November 2018

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Model Isabeli Fontana covers the November 2018 issue of ELLE Serbia. Pablo Patane styles Isabeli in glam-woman pinstripes and accessories from Moschino x H&M, Chanel and more for images by Dawid Klepadlo.

Kendall Jenner In PC Trouble For Her Curly Hair In CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Ad

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Kendall Jenner In PC Trouble For Her Curly Hair In CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Ad

The fashion pc police were out in full force this week, and I’m not sure just how many people are offended. All I know is that my first response to seeing Kendall Jenner’s solo photo in the November 2018 issue of American Vogue was that she reminded me of my grandmother — my British grandmother.

I hope that the same people who are accusing Vogue and Kendall Jenner of cultural appropriation make it their business to vote in November. Like PLEASE stand up for the rights of people of color because America is in a terrible mess and you are worrying about Kendall Jenner’s clearly Gibson girl image. This is insane.

Believe it or not, millions of white women worldwide have curly, even frizzy hair. Every curly hairdo is not an attempt to rip off an Afro. Good goddess! Many, many Jewish women have curly hair because — ahem — when early humans migrated out of Africa, guess where they traveled? Into what is now known as the Levant and home to the Jewish people. Those early humans took their beautiful, curly hair with them and as a result, many other cultures ended up with lots of curls and even frizzy hair — NATURALLY. They are not fashion models and they were not ripping off Black women’s hair.

So we’ve got Trump trying to totally divide the country with his white nationalism and we’ve got Vogue magazine and Kendall Jenner once again having the audacity to think they can use Kendall in a Gibson girl look. Can we agree that Kendall’s outfit doesn’t look like it’s ripping off Afro fashion?

With all the pain and suffering on this planet, with Trump and the Republicans trying to take away voting rights for people of color in states all over America, this is the fashion industry crisis. I actually thought the editorial was very cool. Black women are everywhere in magazines right now — as they should be. As someone who tracks this topic every day, let me say that there is an abundance — and if we were counting — probably a statistical over-representation of models of color in fashion editorials right now. To that I say AMEN! It’s about time.

But then I read this kind of crap, that Kendall Jenner is accused of trying to cop an Afro — I can only say P-L-E-A-S-E give me a break.

"The image is meant to be an update of the romantic Edwardian/Gibson Girl hair which suits the period feel of the Brock Collection, and also the big hair of the '60s and the early '70s, that puffed-out, teased-out look of those eras," the Conde Nast publication said in a statement to E! News on Tuesday. "We apologize if it came across differently than intended, and we certainly did not mean to offend anyone by it." 

These two images from the editorial were used in a promotion for the publication’s CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. And it’s not the first time. Vogues are always in trouble for some offense with the pc crowd. Kendall is also in trouble for the second photo below, where she posed with model Imaan Hammam, who wore a beyond words fabulous afro in another image. So Is Imaan in trouble for her straight hair??? Surely you jest. She’s just doing what models do. The offense in this case is strictly Kendall’s white girl oppression of women of color.

"FOR YEARS WE have been penalized about our looks and especially our hair, It is a slap in the face when non-Blacks try to imitate our look," one Instagram user wrote in a comment on the initial photo.

"I like Kendall but why didn't they use an ethnic model who has hair like that," another wrote of the initial photo.  via The Hollywood Reporter

Elephants Are Herbivores And Congo Would Love GlamTribal's Elephant Garden Party Pendant

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Congo loves her watermelon at the Dallas Zoo

Elephants Are Herbivores And Congo Would Love GlamTribal's Elephant Garden Party Pendant

A circus retiree, the Dallas Zoo’s elephant Congo is called smart, investigative, and inquisitive and is enjoying exploring all of the new things she can do at the savanna. She loves to munch on bamboo, stripping layers of fibers and leaves off for a good chew, and enjoys regular pedicures with toenail filing, explains the Dallas Zoo in describing their Elephants on the Savanna exhibit. .

For all my love of elephants, I never considered their diet — specifically do they eat meat? One thinks of elephants as being herbivores, but is that actually a fact? The question was front and center in my mind, after planting a little garden in the tummy of our new GlamTribal Garden Party Elephant Pendant.

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Elephants are primarily herbivores, spending 16 to 19 hours a day eating and looking for food. An elephant’s diet in the wild is comprised of 50% grasses that are supplemented with twigs, leaves, bamboo, roots, bark and small amounts of seeds, flowers and fruits. Read on.

Georges Antoni Eyes Esti van Balen As Feminine Free Spirit For ELLE Australia November 2018

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Model Esti van Balen is styled by Rachel Wayman in romantic, free spirit looks lensed by Georges Antoni for ELLE Australia November 2018./ Makeup by Linda Jefferyes; hair by Daren Borthwick

Vanessa Moody Is Lensed By Michelangelo Di Battista For Harper's Bazaar Japan November 2018

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Top model Vanessa Moody is styled by Akiko Hayashida in Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton and more chic looks lensed by Michelangelo Di Battista for Harper’s Bazaar Japan November 2018.

Anja Rubik Stars In Zimmermann Resort 2018/2019 Campaign Lensed By Benny Horne

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Anja Rubik Stars In Zimmermann Resort 2018 Campaign Lensed By Benny Horne

Top model Anja Rubik is styled by Romy Frydman in Zimmermann’s Resort 2019 collection, lensed by Benny Horne./ Makeup by Jodie Boland; hair by Renya Xydis; creative direction by Nicky and Simone Zimmermann

Images via See Management for Jodie Boland