Sandra Martens Delivers A Floral Bouquet Lensed By Simone Falcetta For Grazia Italy August 2018

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Model Sandra Martens blooms in the season's beautiful, sophisticated floral prints, patterns and burnouts. Simone Falcetta is behind the lens, capturing 'L'ora del Petali' for Grazia Italy August 2018./ Hair by Maurizio Kulpherk; makeup by Elena Pivetta

Sasha Pivovarova Fronts 'Eternal Sunshine' By Zoey Grossman For Numéro Tokyo September 2018

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Sasha Pivovarova Fronts 'Eternal Sunshine' By Zoey Grossman For Numéro Tokyo September 2018

Model Sasha Pivovarova is styled by Heathermary Jackson in 'Eternal Sunshine', lensed by Zoey Grossman for Numéro Tokyo September 2018./ Hair by Sylvia Wheeler; makeup by Lottie

Giedre Dukauskaite Wears Soft Sensual Looks, Lensed By Alexandra Nataf For Porter Magazine #28 Fall 2018

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Rising model Giedre Dukauskaite is styled by Morgan Pilcher in womanly sensuality for 'Lead Us Into Temptation'. Photographer Alexandra Nataf captures Giedre in intimate, tactile, intelligent closeups for Porter Magazine #28 Fall 2018./ Hair by Diego Da Silva; makeup by Chiho Omae

Monica Bellucci Covers Esquire Spain August 2018 | Italian Star Set To Play Tina Modotti

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Italian film star Monica Bellucci covers the August 2018 issue of Esquire Spain, lensed by Ricardo Abrahao. Styling team Álvaro de Juan and Maria Molina choose an Emporio Armani coat with Eres bodysuit for the cover, with more bodycon looks from Stella McCartney, Pucci, Rochas and more inside. 

Bellucci will soon reach one of her most important film goals -- to play the role of feminist revolutionary Tina Modotti. The six-part miniseries will be directed by Italian director Edoardo de Angelis ('Indivisible') with shooting in Mexico, Los Angeles and Italy. 

Lupita Nyong'o Covers Porter Magazine #28 Fall 2018, Lensed By Mario Sorrenti

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Lupita Nyong'o Covers Porter Magazine #28 Fall 2018, Lensed By Mario Sorrenti

Actor and WildAid ambassador for elephants and Africa, Lupita Nyong'o covers the Fall 2018 #28 issue of Porter Magazine. The 2014 Academy Award winner for Best Suporting Actress for her performance in '12 Years a Slave' is styled by Cathy Kasterine in 'L is for . . . ' lensed by Mario Sorrenti. / Hair by Vernon Francois; makep by Nick Barose

Emma Hardy Captures Arizona Muse In 'Love Actually' For Porter Magazine #28 Fall 2018

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Arizona Muse is photographed in London's Hyde Park with her husband Boniface Verney-Carron and son Nikko in 'Love Actually' by Emma Hardy. Julia Brenard styles Arizona who is about to celebrate her first wedding anniversary with Boniface for Porter Magazine #28 Fall 2018./ Hair by Mark Hampton; makeup by Anita Keeling

Yulia Musieichuck Wears Italian Retro Elegance By Federico Barbieri For SCMP Style August 2018

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Yulia Musieichuck Wears Italian Retro Elegance By Federico Barbieri For SCMP Style August 2018

Model Yulia Musieichuck is styled by Donatella Pia in retro romantic looks that evoke Italian elegance. Federico Barbieri is behind the lens for South China Morning Post Style Magazine August 2018./ Makeup by Rossano Fasano

Rory Payne Eyes Luna Bijl In A 'Square Roots' Grunge Fusion For Porter Edit August 10, 2018

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Rory Payne Eyes Luna Bijl In A 'Square Roots' Grunge Fusion For Porter Edit August 10, 2018

Model Luna Bijl is styled by Helen Broadfoot in heritage rugged casual fall plaids with the spirit of '90s grunge for 'Square Roots', lensed by Rory Payne for Porter Edit August 10, 2018./ Hair by Naoki Komiya; makeup by Jenny Coombs

Amber Valletta Poses In Modern Essentials Lensed By Derek Kettela For ELLE Russia September 2018

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Supermodel Amber Valletta is styled by Ekaterina Mukhina in modern woman essentials lensed by Derek Kettela for ELLE Russia September 2018./ Hair by Teddy Charles; makeup by Rafael Pita

Fran Summers Visits Her Yorkshire Roots In Alasdair McLellan Images For Vogue UK September 2018

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Fran Summers Visits Her Yorkshire Roots In Alasdair McLellan Images For Vogue UK September 2018

Rising model Fran Summers returns to her roots in North Yorkshire, styled by Kate Phelan in noble origins knitwear, luxe separates and coats in toast tones from Chloe, Max Mara, Givenchy and more. Photographer Alasdair McLellan is behind the lens for Vogue UK September 2018.

Jake Terrey Captures Victoria Lee For Vogue Australia August 2018

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Australia-raised, New York model Victoria Lee is styled in logo-rich luxury by Pip Moroney in images by Jake Terrey for Vogue Australia August 2018./ Hair by Koh; makeup by Peter Beard

Vogue Australia interviews the up and coming model in-depth.

Lameka Fox Wears Bright Prada In Erik Madigan Heck For Harper's Bazaar UK September 2018

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Lameka Fox Wears Bright Prada In Erik Madiga Heck For Harper's Bazaar UK September 2018

Model Lameka Fox is styled by Leith Clark in colorful femininity by Prada for 'All Things Bright', lensed by Erik Madigan Heck for Harper's Bazaar UK September 2018./ Hair by Jordan M; makeup by Sam Addington

Federal Court Reverses EPA Relaxing Ban On Chlorpyrifos, Gives Agency 60 Days To Reinstitute Ban

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The ninth circuit federal court on Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely linked to brain damage in kids. The court ruled in a 2-to-1 decision that the EPA offered “no defense” of its decision to delay a ban on chlorpyrifos ― a move the court said violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The law governs pesticides, mandating that the EPA ban chemicals from being used on food, if scientific evidence establishes that they cause harm. 

The agency has 60 days to finalize a ban initiated by the Obama Administration in November 2015.

The Trump administration's then head of the EPA Scott Pruitt reversed the ban on chlorpyrifos in March 2017, almost immediately after taking the office and with little explanation. 

Critics were furious with Pruitt and Trump for putting DOW Chemical profits ahead of the health of Americans. In a joint letter to Pruitt in June, the American Academy of Pediatrics and Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy group, said they were “deeply alarmed” by his decision. 

“EPA has no basis to allow continued use of chlorpyrifos, and its insistence in doing so puts all children at risk,” they wrote. 

The decision to relax rules around pesticides came at a time when Ivanka Trump was promoting feeding children organic food not contaminated by pesticides. Her silence on the proposed reversal of a chlorpyrifos ban was one of the earliest examples of Ivanka saying she stands for women and children, but then takes little positive action to help them, if it means disagreeing with her father. 

All concerned bloggers and activists noted at the time that now-retired Dow CEO Andrew Liveris was then the head of President Trump's new American Manufacturing Council. Oh, and he also donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.

Dow celebrated Pruitt's actions on reversing the ban on chlorpyrifos and activists went to court. The Council headed by Dow's Liveris was disbanded after multiple CEOs refused to serve any longer after Trump equivocated in his remarks about white-nationalist violence in Charlottesville, one year ago this weekend. 

The absurdity of Ivanka Trump's silence at the time of the EPA actions contrasted with the advice given by her health coach on IvankaTrump.com:

“The average conventional apple is sprayed with over 45 different chemicals, including six that are known or suspected carcinogens, 16 suspected hormone disruptors, five neurotoxins (a.k.a brain cell killers), and six developmental or reproductive toxins… It is definitely worth the premium price tag.”

More than 24 studies have found "chlorpyrifos to be  a neurotoxin that very likely affects the development of children’s brains, most particularly if the exposure is prenatal." The pesticide was banned in residential use 17 years ago but continued to be used in agriculture.

Nika Rusakova Wears Futuristic Fashion Looks Lensed By Filip Koludrovic For Vogue Portugal

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Model Nika Rusakova is styled by Luca Falconi in 'Regresso Ao Futuro', a futuristic fashion story lensed by Filip Koludrovic for Vogue Portugal August 2018./ Makeup by Joyce Clerkx; 

Ruth Negga Prepares For 'Hamlet', Lensed By Tesh For Marie Claire UK September 2018

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Ruth Negga Prepares For 'Hamlet', Lensed By Tesh For Marie Claire UK September 2018

Hollywood's Ruth Negga is lensed by Tesh near the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes on the French Riviera. The newly-crowned Louis Vuitton ambassador is styled by Jayne Pickering for the September 2018 Marie Claire UK cover story.

Continuing with her role "as a ball-busting Tulip" in the third season of 'Preacher', available on Amazon Prime, Negga is poised to play 'Hamlet' at home-country Dublin's Gate Theatre from September 21-October 27. This is not Negga's first Shakespearean role, having played Lavinia in 'Titus Andronicus in 2006. She also played Ophelia in 'Hamlet' at London's National Theatre in 2010. 

The play's director Yaël Farber said that Negga, 36, was assuming the role of Hamlet during a “ravaging time in our world”.

“It seems we are all in the court of Claudius now, collectively sliding towards the cliff over which facts, truth and integrity have tumbled,” she said.

Louis Vuitton Ambassador Michelle Williams Wearing LV, Lensed By LV Photographer Collier Schorr is Just Coincidence

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Writing for the New York Times , fashion director and chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman posts this headline: Vanity Fair's September Cover Sells Something. And Not Only What It Says: Michelle Williams, Louis Vuitton and the aesthetics of brand synergy. 

For starters, writes Friedman, the imagery of a makeup free, minimal and unadorned Williams is confrontational in its own way, reflecting the aesthetic of Vanity Fair's new editor Radhika Jones. The cover is a pivot away from Vanity Fair's prior days "kind of arch celebrity-meets-intellect fantasy."

Herieth Paul Goes Green In Joshua Jordan Images For ELLE Germany September 2018

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Herieth Paul Goes Green In Joshua Jordan Images For ELLE Germany September 2018

Model Herieth Paul is lensed by Joshua Jordan in 'Go Green', styled by Astrid Doil for ELLE Germany September 2018./ Hair by Louis Angelo; makeup by Campbell Ritchie

Agata Pospieszynska Captures Florence Kosky & Felines For Harper's Bazaar UK September 2018

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Model Florence Kosky is styled by Charlie Harrington as a Grey Gardens cat lady, lensed by Agata Pospieszynska for Harper's Bazaar UK September 2018./ Hair by Gareth Bromell; makeup by Polly Osmond

Amber Valletta Celebrates American Craft Lensed By Zoe Ghertner For Proenza Schouler FW 2018 Campaign

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Amber Valletta Celebrates American Craft Lensed By Zoe Ghertner For Proenza Schouler FW 2018 Campaign

Who better than fashion icon and supermodel Amber Valletta to front Porenza Schouler's FW 2018 campaign as it explores "the heritage of American craft through the lens of a voyager." Valletta is increasingly associated as a leaders among models of the American craft movement.

Shot by photographer Zoe Ghertner, the Proenza Schouler images captures "a surrealist American landscape, embracing the macramé, artisanal tie-dyed, and patchwork pieces of the collection and embodies the spirit of the outdoor freedom and wide open spaces."