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Ruth Negga Loves Velvet In 'Softly Does It' Lensed By Norman Jean Roy For The Edit July 20, 2017
Star actor Ruth Negga is styled by Tracy Taylor in in the season's lush, velvet elegance for 'Softly Does It'. Norman Jean Roy captures Negga for The Edit July 20, 2017./ Hair by Lacy Redway; makeup by Maud Laceppe
Emily Ratajkowski Fronts Allure Magazine August 2017, Lensed By Daniel Jackson
Actor Emily Ratajkowski covers the August 2017 issue of Allure Magazine. Stylist Alex Whitechooses designs from Marc Jacobs, Lisa Marie Fernandez, Prada and more in photographs by Daniel Jackson.
Interviewed by Loren Savini, Ratajkowski is as comfortable talking art and politics as she is about breasts and sexuality.
Giampaolo Sgura Captures Giulia Maenza & Kristian Einla For LOVE MOSCHINO F/W 2017.18
Models Giulia Maenza and Kristian Einla are lensed by Giampaolo Sgura for LOVE MOSCHINO Fall Winter 2017 ad campaign.
Models Hannah Bennett, Misty Downs, Lameka Fox, Elsa Hosk & Jasmine Tookes walk boldly into fall fashions, styled by Samira Nasr in 'The 18 for '17'. Photographer Terry Tsiolis is in the studio for Elle US August 2017./ Hair by Kevin Ryan; makeup by Frankie Boyd
op model Mariacarla Boscono fronts Vera Wang's Fall Winter 2017.18 campaign. Panos Yiapanis styled Boscono for images by Patrick Demarchelier. / Hair by Eugene Souleiman; makeup by Diane Kendal
Model Ronja Furrer is styled by Hannah Godde in sleek swim looks lensed by Andreas Ortner for Harper's Bazaar Czech August 2017./ Hair & makeup by Helge Brandscheidt
Model Julia Van Os stars in 'Tiptoe Through The Tulips', a visual extravaganza styled by Joanna Hillman. Photographer Daniel Riera flashes Julia for Harper's Bazaar US August 2017./ Hair by Alexander Soltermann; makeup by Maria Martinez
Model Bambi Northwood Blyth showcases Agent Provocateur lingerie, lensed by Jesse John Jenkins.
Three No Nonsense, No Boys Club Theatrics Republican Women Shut Down Republican Healthcare Bill
Republicans can box up yesterday's collapse of the healthcare bill however, they wish. Reality is that after Trump's inauguration, when back-room healthcare, overturn Obamacare strategy launched in the Senate, it was noteworthy that not one of the five women senators was part of the negotiations. Two of those women senators -- Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) sit on the Senate healthcare committee and Collins had actually drafted her own healthcare plan, in consultation with other senators, of course.
One can argue that the third Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito (W Va) was dragged to the party. I'm in two West Va. Facebook groups, and the organized appeal to Capito from her constituents was breathtaking. The level of professionalism in social media video-making was awesome. West Va. doctors and nurses came home from 12-15 hr. shifts and made a video in the kitchen before going to bed. Voters were concise and informed with facts. The level of emotions remained constrained, as voters laid out the facts for Capito.
These scenes were playing out all over America, but it was the three women senators -- Collins, Murkowski and Capito who brought down the Senate yesterday, and there is no reason to believe they will relent.
I propose that we all be subjected to a certain level of knowledge about civic events before we are allowed to vote. Over half of Trump voters don't believe that the meeting Trump Jr. agreed happened with the Russians -- happened. The fact that he released his own emails about the meeting does not convince them -- or they are reading/hearing from Trump-loving media outlets that this is #fake news.
We cannot combat this kind of deep ignorance among voters. If one believes that all of life is a conspiracy, then intelligent learning has no impact on one's mind. The liberal media is loathe to take up this topic, because it sounds so elitist. Reality is that informed people have been backed into a corner in which it is politically incorrect to challenge a fundamental ignorance and skepticism about real events as a civic responsibility. This state of our civic life in America has real consequences.
US president Donald Trump never talks about the reality that if all votes counted equally in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton would have received 259 votes and Trump 256. The states where Hillary Clinton won her 65,844,610 votes count for less than the ones where Trump won his 62,979,636 votes. The mismatch is considerable with Clinton actually beating Trump by 2 percent of the 2016 presidential vote, at 48.2% and Trump 46.1%. The remaining 5.7% of the vote went to independents and write-ins.
Rather than accept the mismatch between electoral college votes and the populations in those states -- a mathematical reality that also impacted the 2000 election that gave us President Bush vs. President Gore -- Trump charges voter fraud and has launched a federal commission to prove it. This is another authoritarian act, since states are in charge of their voting. The electoral college is a federal issue and one that should be a Congressional initiative.
Writing Wednesday for the New York Times, Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, informs us:
The Trump administration’s election-integrity commission will have its first meeting on Wednesday to map out how the president will strip the right to vote from millions of Americans. It hasn’t gotten off to the strongest start: Its astonishing request last month that each state hand over voters’ personal data was met with bipartisan condemnation. Yet it is joined in its efforts to disenfranchise citizens by the immensely more powerful Justice Department.
The level of voters education was a huge factor in the recent election, with more educated voters supporting Hillary Clinton. Trump carried non-college educated voters 2-1. Of far greater concern is new data among Republicans published by Pew Research in July 2017 that 58 percent of Trump voters believe that colleges and universities have a negative impact on America. In 2015, just 37 percent of voters agreed with this statement.
Among Democrats polled by Pew, 72 percent believe that universities have a positive effect on America.
Harley Weir Shoots Stella McCartney Fall 2017 Campaign At Landfill In Eastern Scotland
If there's one word I hate in today's modern vocabulary, it’s "authentic". It's one of the most over-used words to describe what voters want. Why is Donald Trump the president of the United States? His voters found him to be “authentic”, say the talking heads. Sigh.
Stella McCartney is another topic entirely. The British designer sources 53 percent of her label's materials from sustainable sources and is proudly vegetarian. She is constantly pressing the fashion industry to do more for the environment, challenging luxury labels and mass marketers alike to move on sustainability issues. Generally, the fashion industry is considered to be the second largest polluter on the planet.
It comes as no surprise, then, that Stella McCartney teamed up with cool-girl photographer Harley Weir in a Fall 2017 campaign shot at a landfill in Eastern Scotland. Models Birgit Kos, Iana Godnia and Huan Zhou lounge on a rusted-out car or piles of trash.
Model Zuzanna Bijoch shows off summer's bold geometry swim looks, styled by Elisabetta Dal Bello in Prada, Lacoste, Calzedonia and more. Photographer Olaf Wipperfürth shoots the black, white and yellow color block bodycon suits for Vanity Fair Italy July 7, 2017.
Model Caroline Corinth chills in laid-back looks styled by Thora Valdimarsdottir. Photographer Anja Poulsen is behind the lens for Costume Magazine August 2017./ Makeup by Gitte Guldhammer; hair by Josephine Mai
Rising model Birgit Kos enjoys Venice, styled by Tonne Goodman in fall's best new looks. Mario Testino captures 'Wonder World' for Vogue US August 2017.
Josh Olins Snaps Two Graces & One Laura In 'Let's Dance' For Vogue US August 2017
Models Grace Elizabeth, Grace Hartzel and Laura Love get a groove on in 'Let's Dance', styled by Tabitha Simmons.Photographer Josh Olins is in the studio for Vogue US August 2017.
Photographer Robbert Jacobs delivers a visually breathtaking series of images in Peet Dullaert's newest campaign. Primordial in its vision, the campaign is inspired by myths of the sea and organic symbols of life. In extraordinary, poetic images this latest Peet Dullaert campaign attempts to build collective awareness around the need to help protect our oceans and life within it. Our oceans are also the great symbol of the collective unconscious, the vast expanse of collective memory that unites our ecosystem. Estimates vary, but currently our oceans are believed to be 3.8 billion years old, with the oldest oceanic crust being less than 200 million years old. In the brand's call to action, Peet Dullaert writes:
While beauty prevails, its source for good simultaneously calls for awareness to help protect our oceans and decaying coral reefs in efforts to preserve the magnificent diversity they have harboured for centuries. Together we contribute to a better world. – from Peet Dullaert
Cato Van Ee Makes Beach Artistry Lensed By Hunter & Gatti For Harper's Bazaar Spain July 2017
Model Cato Van Ee worships the sun, styled by Angela Librero in swimsuits from Mango, Solid & Striped, Araks and more. Photographers Hunter & Gatti are behind the lens, making artistry with lovely, multi-media editorial images for Harper's Bazaar Spain July 2017.
Model Sonya Gorelova is styled by Brandy Joy Smith in Lena Melnik images forElle Kazakhstan August 2017./ Hair by Deborah Brider; makeup by Raul Otero
Fall is in the air in this beautiful editorial of knitted wool looks styled by Karolin Helou. Photographer Thanassis Krikis captures model Eliza Kukawska and her freshly-shorn friends for Madame Magazin August 2017./ Hair and makeup by Hara Papanikolaou
Aussie-born actor Rose Byrne channels the mythology of the free-wheeling, indie spirit western woman in 'Desert Rose', 40's-inspired tailored with swagger looks styled by James Valeri. Photographer Phil Poynter captures the natural beauty for InStyle US August 2017./ Hair by Teddy Charles; makeup by elanie Inglessis
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