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Jamaican model, the elegant beauty Alicia Burke is styled by Cathy Kasterine in 'Disco Inferno', lensed by Rory van Millingen for Porter Magazine #25 Spring 2018./ Hair by Neil Moode; makeup by Ninni Nummela
Religious Groups Tried To Block Rihanna's Senegal GPE Global Education Conference Visit
When 10 current and three former heads of state and more than 100 ministers gathered at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference in Dakar, Senegal, the conference marked the first time an education financing conference has been hosted by a developing country.
President Macky Sall of the Republic of Senegal and President Emmanuel Macron of the French Republic welcomed the more than 1200 participants including leaders from UNESCO, UNICEF, the World Bank, civil society, philanthropic foundations and the private sector. Rihanna, GPE’s Global Ambassador supported by Global Citizen, also participated.
Thankfully, Senegal's President Sall didn't bow to the generally unreported but very real protests in Senegal, demanding that Rihanna be banned from the event because of her involvement with the 'Illuminati'.
Snopes writes that activist celebrities like Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Madonna and Katy Perry are common targets of Trump's friends -- the conspiracy theorists -- who argue that these pop culture leaders are either Satanists or part of the Illuminati. This top conspiracy theory about the Illuminati posits that ultra-wealthy celebrities, bankers, billionaires and politicians are all globalists who secretly rule the world, putting their party above countries or religion.
Hillary Clinton is considered to be among the most dangerous of the Illuminati, as Alexandra Petri wrote for The Washington Post in October 2016, three weeks before the election in: "The hideous, diabolical truth about Hillary Clinton".
The Illuminati is believed to include many Freemasons. Although the two groups are believed to share many members and common values, they are historically separate.
Model Alécia Morais is styled by Soraya Dayani in Riccardo Vimercati images for US Of America Magazine./ Hair by Nicolas Eldin; makeup by Yacine Diallo
This new magazine is working on its third issue and perhaps needs a Kickstarter campaign. Conceptually, US Of America has a solid, inspiring vision behind it.
Luxury jewelry editorials can be the most boring fashion views on the planet. But Poland's Procne Magazine (sorry, no Google translator) delivers a sexy, steamy seduction story starring Denisa Dvorakova & Kristoff Kralik. Carine Roitfeld would approve! Tereza Bila is the creative director behind the shoot with styling by Jana Kapounova. Andreas Ortner owns the masterly photographer's vision giving us gorgeous images of Bulgari luxe jewelry./ Hair by HonzaBalcarik; makeup by Adriana Bartosava
Andreea Diaconu Fronts 'All New Everything' For The Newly-Renamed Porter Edit February 8, 2018
Top model Andreea Diaconu is styled by Tracy Taylor in 'All New Everything', lensed by Alique for the newly renamed Porter Edit February 8, 2018./ Hair by Singo Shibata; makeup by Benjamin Puckey
Interviewed by Jane Mulkerrins, we learn that Diaconu can't wear bras. "I get sick from them. Seriously, they give me acid reflux," she insist. "I think it's because I don't really have boobs." Alright then. But it gets better, as we learn that the 26-year-old Romanian would much rather be on a surfboard, a bike or under canvas in the wilderness than on a catwalk. "I don't know what I'm doing in the fashion industry," she admits with a chuckle.
Model Pooja Mor is styled by Ilona Hamer in 'A New Age', lensed by Alexandra Nataf for Porter Magazine #25 Spring 2018./ Hair by Conrad Dornan; makeup by Pamela Cochrane
Edie & Christabel's Itchy Scratchy Patchy Opens At NYC Dover Street Market Honoring 5 Women 'Heroes'
The divine Edie Campbell continues to pop up everywhere. Vogue US introduces us to Edie's good bud Christabel MacGreevy, Campbell's partner in Itchy Scratchy Patchy, the fashion with heart label the duo launched in 2015.
Today, its latest collection, titled Heroes, lands in Dover Street Market New York.
“Where we started was very playful and irreverent and kind of sarcastic, and this is definitely much more heartfelt and kind of more sincere,” said Campbell over the phone from London. The pair’s new collection is inspired by five women—Sappho, writer Jeanette Winterson, journalist Marie Colvin, artist Leonora Carrington, and Boudicca—and utilizes symbols to represent the strengths and virtues of each woman on garments that range from trousers made in collaboration with Dickie’s to motorcycle gang jackets made with Lewis Leathers.
“They are very singular people, who kind of just grabbed us,” began Campbell. “There’s no particular rhyme or reason to it, they just had characteristics or lives that are very, very...”
India-born model Bhumika Arora is styled by Connie Berg in American southwest-inspired designs from Dior's 2018 resort collection. Photographer Lara Jade is in the studio for Harper's Bazaar Kazakhstan's February 2018 issue.
Top model Nadja Bender is styled by Miranda Almond in nightlife looks lensed by Regan Cameron for Harper's Bazaar UK March 2018./ Makeup by Neil Young; hair by Perrine Rougemont
Duckie Thot, Kiki Willems, and Anna Cleveland are joined by Harry Alexander, Jordan Robson & James Crewe for 'Spirits Within'. Photographer Tim Walker is in the studio for images styled by Katy England for Vogue Italia February 2018./ Hair by Malcolm Edwards; makeup by Lucy Bridge
Photographer Brigitte Niedermair collaborates with fashion stylist Isabelle Kountoure to create 'Moving Parts', a study on form and transparency, for Wallpaper Magazine's March 2018 issue. Read all the product details at Wallpaper.
Swimwear brand Solid & Striped makes waves, releasing a major collaboration with 13 models -- Lily Aldridge, Hailey Clauson, Jourdan Dunn, Hannah Ferguson, Isabeli Fontana, Toni Garrn, Jessica Hart, Elsa Hosk, Eniko Mihalik, Carolyn Murphy, Barbara Palvin, Natasha Poly and Josephine Skriver -- who designed and model their sleek swimsuits in classic colors for the Solid & Striped Summer 2018 Swim Team collection.
Each model designed one silhouette in three colorways before heading to Harbor Island in the Bahamas for a photo shoot with Bjorn Iooss, styled by Carine Roitfeld. A calendar will be produced and sold online for $98.00. One-pieces are $168 and bikinis are $176 ($88 top/$88 bottom) and are on sale Feb. 6. / Hair by Akki Shirakawa; makeup by Fulvia Farolfi
Romee Strijd and Dilone get cozy for the March 2018 Vogue Turkey cover story, lensed by Miguel Reveriego. The duo wears spring collection looks from Gucci, Balenciaga, Versace and Dior styled by Konca Aykan.
Global icon Angelina Jolie is styled by Samira Nasr for Elle US Magazine's March 2018 cover story. Lensed by Andres Kudacki, Angelina talks with former US Secy of State John Kerry for a Women's History month story about her work for women and refugees worldwide.
Swedish actor Alicia Vikander is styled by Tonne Goodman in her second Vogue US cover story. Vikander is set to play Lara Croft in the new 'Tomb Raider', lensed by Steven Klein for the March 2018 issue./ Makeup by Yadim; hair by Garren
Irina Aleksander interviews Vikander in 'How Alicia Vikander Transformed Into 'Tomb Raider’s' Lara Croft', starting off on the reboot of the 2001 film that ignited the career of Angelina Jolie.
It’s true—Vikander, a former ballerina with a petite frame and delicate old-world features, is an unlikely Croft, the digital embodiment of teen male fantasies from the game consoles of the 1990s. Croft may have been the first heroine of video games, but like most women, she had to endure the indignities that being first entailed: an exaggerated bust, a tiny waist, short shorts. In 2018, a year afterWonder Woman redefined the modern action heroine, Croft is more Olympic athlete than pinup. Gone are the short shorts and belly shirt, replaced with sensible cargo pants. Vikander concedes that she wore a lightly padded bra for the role, but that it was mostly to help her get into a character. “What little I have I kind of pushed up,” she says.
Eye | Kate Upton Details Specific Allegations Against Guess Co-Founder Paul Marciano
On Jan. 31, top model and talent Kate Upton wrote a Tweet that sent the value of GUESS stock into a nosedive. Upton wrote: “It’s disappointing that such an iconic women’s brand @Guess is still empowering Paul Marciano as their creative director #metoo.” At the time, Kate said nothing further about the details of her allegations against Marciano.
Kate Upton has now detailed her allegations against Marciano, while addressing the larger issues around body shaming and harassment in the fashion industry, in an interview with TIME magazine. Photographer Yu Tsai has corroborated details of Upton's allegations, as a witness of her interaction with Marciano.
TIME: What happened with Paul Marciano?
Kate Upton: "After the first day of shooting the Guess Lingerie campaign [on July 25, 2010], Paul Marciano said he wanted to meet with me. As soon as I walked in with photographer Yu Tsai, Paul came straight up to me, forcibly grabbed my breasts and started feeling them — playing with them actually. After I pushed him away, he said, “I’m making sure they’re real.”
Top model Carmen Kass is styled by Fleur Huynh Evans in 'January, sick and tired you've been hanging on me', lensed by Urivaldo Lopes for SLIMI Magazine February 2018. / Hair by Quentin Guyen
Model Roos van Elk is styled in casual, long and lean, utilitarian looks by Dimphy Den Otter.Photographer Ben Weller is behind the lens in Marrakech for Vogue Netherlands March 2018./ Makeup by Siddhartha Simone; hair by Paolo Soffiatti
Trump's White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is said to be dating White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter, 40. This snap taken 10 days ago was featured in The Daily Mail's explosive report on Porter's two past marriages and claims by both wives of physical and emotional abuse. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced this afternoon that Porter will be stepping down.
Porter's first wife, Colbie Holderness, told the DM that Porter punched her in the face during a trip to Florence in the early 2000s, and she provided photos of her black eye.
Rob Porter, served as the staff secretary and often controlled the paper flow to President Trump’s desk, along with his daily schedule. Porter also oversaw the White House’s policy implementation process and worked closely with Chief of Staff John F. Kelly to try to instill discipline in the chaotic West Wing. He spent hours of the day with Trump and frequently traveled with him on Air Force One.
Porter’s second ex-wife, Jennifer Willoughby, received a temporary emergency protective order in June 2010 after complaining he refused to leave her residence, in violation of their separation agreement.
As New York Fashion Week moves into full swing, Model Alliance cofounder and executive director Sara Ziff talks with Vogue about the impact of the #MeToo moment on the industry. “Models have been dealing with these issues for decades, and this behavior has been an open secret, and now we finally have permission not only to talk about it but to act,” shared Ziff on the phone from the Model Alliance’s New York office. “I think a lot of people in our business want to do the right thing, but they haven’t had adequate support; we need to create the infrastructure and enact change so that there is accountability across the board.”
One of the first changes involves private dressing rooms for models backstage during the shows. Announced yesterday, the collaboration between the Model Alliance and Council of Fashion Designers of America adds a new layer of privacy behind the scenes. Previously, models changed backstage, often in view of photographers.
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