Victoria's Secret Kisses Network TV Fashion Show Goodbye | Thinking Next Steps

Victoria's Secret Kisses Network TV Fashion Show Goodbye | Thinking Next Steps

Victoria’s Secret is going to rehab and hopefully something new and wonderful will be born on the watch of former president of Tory Burch John Mehas.

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show kissed network television ‘goodbye’ Friday, announcing that it will no longer air on network television after 22 years years for the fashion show, and almost two decades on television.

The announcement was made in a Friday memo to the chain’s associates from Leslie Wexner, the chief executive of Victoria’s Secret’s parent company, L Brands. Mr. Wexner said that the company had been “taking a fresh look at every aspect of our business” in the past few months, and noted that the brand “must evolve and change to grow.”

Jessica Alba Talks Leading An 'Honest Life' Lensed By Will Davidson For Porter Edit May 10, 2019

Jessica Alba Talks Leading An 'Honest Life' Lensed By Will Davidson For Porter Edit May 10, 2019

As an actor, mother, loving wife and companion and founder of Honest Company, Jessica Alba is known as a vocal campaigner for female equality and social justice.

Alba’s debut film role was in the 1994 film ‘Camp Nowhere,” and she became a household name in James Cameron’s TV series ‘Dark Angel’ and the blockbuster ‘Sin City’.

The Latina star is styled by Tracy Taylor in images by Will Davidson for Porter Edit May 10, 2019. Sanjiv Bhattacharya conducts the interview.

Malaika Firth + Sophia Ahrens For ARKET Sustainable Swimwear 2019 Campaign

Malaika Firth + Sophia Ahrens For ARKET Sustainable Swimwear 2019 Campaign

Models Malaika Firth and Sophia Ahrens are lensed by Laura Jane Coulson in ARKET Sustainable Swimwear 2019 campaign.

Simple, direct. Who is ARKET? Somehow we missed it. But of course! Google takes me to H&M.

Max Abadian Flashes Arlenis Sosa In 'Power Plant', A Tropical Paradise For ELLE Canada June 2019

Max Abadian Flashes Arlenis Sosa In 'Power Plant', A Tropical Paradise For ELLE Canada June 2019

Model Arlenis Sosa is styled by Corey Ng in ‘Power Plant’, a lush visual extravaganza shot in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Photographer Max Abadian is on location with Sosa for ELLE Canada June 2019./ Hair by Olivier De Vriendt; makeup by Genevieve Lenneville

Angelina Jolie Is "Too Busy" To Play Céline Dion | Is Jolie Not Allowed To Make Her Own Choices?

Angelina Jolie Is "Too Busy" To Play Céline Dion | Is Jolie Not Allowed To Make Her Own Choices?

AOC didn’t go looking for news that Celion Dion is reportedly ‘devastated’ that Angelina Jolie is “too busy’ to play Dion in the biopic of her dreams.

Full disclosure, I wrote my first AOC blog post in the summer of 2007, after reading Angelina Jolie’s Esquire interview. Smart Sensuality Woman Angelina Jolie: Virtue Considered in Carversville's Country Air. In three hours, she changed my life around in a good way.

Always a social actvist ‘conscientious objector’ especially in the arena of racism and women’s rights, I had become a bit too comfortable in life. Jolie inspired me to action once again — and I’ve never looked back in my revitalized second act life.

It seems that the lives of “friends” Céline Dion and Angelina Jolie have intersected over Dion’s biopic.

A source told RadarOnline: ‘For years now, Celine’s big passion has been a musical movie adaptation of her life, career and marriage to Rene [Angelil]. She wants this to happen for both her kids and her fans, and was dead-set on Angie playing Celine Dion. ‘Celine considered Angie a good friend, and is devastated that she’s turning down the role.’

SI Swimsuit Issue Editor M.J. Day Leads A Convo About Female Sexuality In #TimesUp Era

SI Swimsuit Issue Editor M.J. Day Leads A Convo About Female Sexuality In #TimesUp Era

Victoria’s Secret Angel and top model Barbara Palvin showcases mind and body, lensed by James Macari in Costa Rica in the 2019 Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Issue. Barbara poses in I.AM.GIA, Dolores Cortes, Beach Bunny Swim and more as the issue makes its new May 2019 debut. / Makeup artist Christine Cherbonnier

Writing for WWD, Kali Hays asks swimsuit issue editor M.J.Day the fundamental question: Is the Sports Ilustrated Swimsuit Issue Still Relevant? (Note that Conde Nast, WWD’s parent, is asking the same question.) The fact that Victoria’s Secret revenues and profits have plunged in recent years give the question sustenance . Victoria’s Secret fashion show viewership has also plunged, as an ultimate symbol of global ‘camp’ and perhaps even American decadence and decline on a planet fighting for its very existence.

Jennifer Aniston Covers Harper's Bazaar US Fab At Every Age Issue June-July 2019

Jennifer Aniston Covers Harper's Bazaar US Fab At Every Age Issue June-July 2019

Talent Jennifer Aniston is styled by Miguel Alberto Enamorado in images by Alexi Lubomirski for Harper’s Bazaar US June/July 2019. Aniston is interviewed by American stand-up comic, writer, radio contributor and actor Tig Notaro.

Mikael Jansson Captures Anna Ewers In 'She Wears The Pants' For W Magazine #3 2019

Mikael Jansson Captures Anna Ewers In 'She Wears The Pants' For W Magazine #3 2019

Top model Anna Ewers is styled by Katie Grand in ‘She Wears The Pants’, lensed by Mikael Jansson for W Magazine #3 2019./ Hair by Eugene Souleimin; makeup by Pat McGrath

Kim Kardashian West Helps Free 17 Federal Prisoners in Last Three Months, Announces New Justice Documentary

KIM KARDASHIAN WEST AND HER PERSONAL ATTORNEY, CO-FOUNDER OF BURIED ALIVE PROJECT, BRITTANY K. BARNETT ENTERING THE WHITE HOUSE TO MEET WITH JARED KUSHNER AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ON PRISON REFORM ISSUES. VIA THR

Kim Kardashian West Helps Free 17 Federal Prisoners in Last Three Months

Buzzfeed wrote on Tuesday that Kim Kardashian West has helped free 17 federal prisoners in the last three months.

Lawyers Brittany K. Barnett and MiAngel Cody confirmed Kardashian’s involvement in funding the 90 Days of Freedom Campaign, an entity born from President Trump’s signing of the First Step Act, designed to see sentence reductions for those serving life terms on drug offences.

“She’s using her platform to shine a light on this issue,” said Barnett, who is Kardashian West's personal lawyer and one of the co-creators of the Buried Alive Project. “She really helped us with the work we’ve already been doing, and she’s helping us amplify the voices of the people who are buried alive.”

“People get out of prison when powerful women link arms. Brittany and I linked arms years ago, and Kim has come and linked arms, too," Cody, Barnett’s co-counsel on the 90 Days of Freedom Campaign, said. “It’s about using what resources you have to shine a light on the underbelly of American injustice."

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It seems safe to assert that Kim Kardashian West will be front and center in the battle. It seems safe to assert that Kim Kardashian West will be front and center in the battle. In fact, she just announced Wednesday ‘Kim Kardashian: The Justice Project’, a new two-hour documentary for Oxygen.

Vogue India's 'Fifty Shades of Nude", A Testament To Nuanced Sisterhood By Bikramjit Bose

Vogue India's 'Fifty Shades of Nude", A Testament To Nuanced Sisterhood By Bikramjit Bose

Vogue India shares a photographic vision of the topic front and center of our fashion industry minds: skin color.

Just now, I found a 2009 AOC short speaking about Padmi Lakshmi, former wife of Salman Rushdie, and a quote from Paula Karaiskos, of Storm Models saying: “The whole discussion about using more ethnic women in fashion has broadened the debate on models in fashion in general and designers are now looking for more discerning faces to front their campaigns.”

In retrospect, I’m not quite sure what Karaiskos meant, given the meaning of ‘discerning’. She meant well.

The Guardian article was focused primarily on the rise of Asian models in fashion. A decade later, AOC remains proud of our heritage and headline: Is the Entrenched Dominance of White Fashion Models Ending? I admit never dreaming it would take nearly a decade to smash through fashion’s white supremacy mentality once and for all. Without social media and the Internet, this breakthrough wouldn’t have happened. Old ways would have prevailed.

Vogue India’s May 2019 issue takes the convo into one of nuance with “Fifty Shades of Nude”, lensed by Bikramjit Bose with styling by Anaita Shroff Adajania. / Hair & makeup by Manaisha

Abby Champion Joins Calzedonia SS2019 Swim Campaign Lensed By Ben Watts

Abby Champion Joins Calzedonia SS2019 Swim Campaign Lensed By Ben Watts

Model Abby Champion joins the Calzedonia Swim Summer 2019 campaign, led off by Barbara Palvin and Ophelie Guillermand. Ben Watts is behind the camera, capturing Abby at Harbour Island, Bahamas. Michela Buratti styles Abby in classic America colors accented with a popsicle pink two-piece.

Caster Semenya: How Much Testosterone Is Too Much For A Female Athlete?

Caster Semenya: How Much Testosterone Is Too Much For A Female Athlete?

By Daniel Kelly, Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University. First published on The Conversation.

The South African athlete, Caster Semenya, has lost her case against the athletic governing body, IAAF, which means that she will have to take medication to lower her testosterone levels if she wishes to continue competing internationally in running events.

Last year, the IAAF introduced new regulation for female athletes with “difference of sexual development” (DSD). Athletes with circulating testosterone of five nanomoles per litre of blood (5nmol/L) or above and who are androgen-sensitive, have to meet certain criteria if they wish to compete internationally. One criterion is that DSD athlete must use medication to reduce their blood testosterone level to below 5nmol/L for a continuous period of at least six months.

Semenya felt that the IAAF was targeting her, specifically. She took her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but the court rejected the 28-year-old athlete’s challenge against the IAAF’s new rules. Although CAS found the rules to be discriminatory, it also said that they were “necessary, reasonable and proportionate”.

Bella Hadid + Fans In 'Denmark'-Inspired Solvang, CA By Sean Thomas For Vogue US May 2019

Bella Hadid + Fans In 'Denmark'-Inspired Solvang, CA By Sean Thomas For Vogue US May 2019

Supermodel Bella Hadid poses with fans in Solvang, California, located in the Santa Ynez Valley. Jorden Bickham styled Bella in Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo, Gucci, Celine, Fendi, Balenciaga, Dries Van Noten and more in a fashion editorial that AOC first took for real.

Photographer Sean Thomas captures the ‘camp’ or ‘kitsch’ fashion scene for Vogue US May 2019. / Hair by Tamara McNaughton; makeup by Romy Soleimani

Petra Collins Eyes Sara Grace Wallerstedt In Watery, Bold Colors Beauty For Vogue Hong Kong

Petra Collins Eyes Sara Grace Wallerstedt In Watery, Bold Colors Beauty For Vogue Hong Kong

Model Sara Grace Wallerstedt scoops up three covers for the May 2019 issue of Vogue Hong Kong. Sara Grace lends her ethereal persona to a futurist, organic set of of flowers and water, wearing ruffles, ruching and draping galore styled by Anya Ziourova. Canadian artist, photographer and more Petra Collins lends her feminine, dreamlike gaze to the production seen clearly through her eyes.

Sven Baenziger Flashes Lisa Louise In 'Surf and Skate' for Grazia Italy April 2019

Sven Baenziger Flashes Lisa Louise In 'Surf and Skate' for Grazia Italy April 2019

Tamara Gianoglio styles model Lisa Louise in ‘Surf and Skate’, lensed by Sven Baenziger for Grazia Italy ‘s April 2019 issue. / Makeup by Elena Pivetta

Anok Yai Covers Vogue Italia May 2019, Lensed By Steven Klein As 'Best In Show'

Anok Yai Covers Vogue Italia May 2019, Lensed By Steven Klein As 'Best In Show'

Model Anok Yai didn’t even like the picture posted on Instagram, taken by a professional photographer who captured Yai, at Howard University’s homecoming week in October 2017. Eighteen months later Yai not only covers the May 2019 issue of Vogue Italia, but she is lensed by one of fashion’s most provocative, talented, transgressive photographers Steven Klein. Amazing!

Patti Wilson styles Anok Yai for ‘Best In Show’, a classic Steven Klein editorial. “Great fashion photography not only understands the clothes and makes them look beautiful and of-the-moment,” says Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, “but it also brings a twist that catches the eye and captures the imagination. In the case of Steven Klein, you give him a dress, and he will give you a girl in a dress with a robot in a garden. It’s clever, conceptual, and ultimately lyrical.” .

Olivia Malone Captures Nicole Atieno In All White Shapes For Marie Claire UK June 2019

Olivia Malone Captures Nicole Atieno In All White Shapes For Marie Claire UK June 2019

Kenyan beauty Nicole Atieno is styled by April Hughes in ‘Take Shape’, an all-white editorial shot in Morocco. Photographer Olivia Malone is behind the lens for Marie Claire UK June 2019./ Hair by Rimi Ura; makeup by Tiina Roivanen

Eva Herzigova 'Spectacular' Smolders In Koray Birand Images For ELLE Turkey May 2019

Eva Herzigova 'Spectacular' Smolders In Koray Birand Images For ELLE Turkey May 2019

Supermodel Eva Herzigova is lensed by Koray Birand in ‘Eva Herzigova Muhteşem (Spectacular)’. Fashion Editor Asli Asil styles Eva for ELLE Turkey May 2019./ Hair by Maxime Mace; makeup by Mayia Alleaume

When Biodegradable Plastic Is Not Biodegradable -- Only To A Degree

When Biodegradable Plastic Is Not Biodegradable -- Only To A Degree

The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the environment. This is the sort of claim often made by plastic manufacturers, yet recent research has revealed supposedly biodegradable plastic bags still intact after three years spent either at sea or buried underground. So un-degraded were these bags that they were still able to hold more than two kilos of shopping.

The study’s authors, Imogen Napper and Richard Thompson at the University of Plymouth, tested compostable, biodegradable, oxo-biodegradable, and conventional polythene plastic bags in three different natural environments: buried in the ground, outdoors exposed to air and sunlight, and submerged in the sea. Not one of the bags broke down completely in all of the environments tested. In particular, the biodegradable bag survived in soil and sea almost unscathed.

Katlin Aas Wears 'The Best of Beauty' By Marcin Tyszka For Marie Claire Italy April 2019

Katlin Aas Wears 'The Best of Beauty' By Marcin Tyszka For Marie Claire Italy April 2019

Model Katlin Aas poses in architectural elegance in classic colors for ‘The Best of Beauty’, lensed by Marcin Tyszka for Marie Claire Italy April 2019./ Hair by Emil Zed