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Photographer Pamela Hanson captures model Ella Rattigan in 'Millennial Lolita', styled by Alice Gentilucci for Vanity Fair Italy's June 27, 2018 issue./ Hair by Ward Stegerhoek; makeup by Dotti
Michelle Obama Says "Making Mistakes Was Not An Option For Us . . . We Had To Be Outstanding"
Our beloved former First Lady Michelle Obama talked openly about race and the expectations and pressures that came with being "the first" black couple to occupy the White House. Michelle was speaking at the American Library Association's annual conference in New Orleans on Friday.
“Barack and I knew very early that we would be measured by a different yardstick,” Obama said of her husband’s tenure as the nation’s first black president during a conversation with Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden. “Making mistakes was not an option for us. Not that we didn’t make mistakes, but we had to be good — no, we had to be outstanding — at everything we did….When you’re the first, you’re the one that’s laying the red carpet down for others to follow.”
Michelle's conversation came in advance of the November release of her upcoming memoir 'Becoming'. She spoke particularly on the subject of race, saying: "It's just a shame that sometimes people will see me, and they will only see my color, and then they'll make certain judgments about that," she said. "That's dangerous, for us to dehumanize each other in that way. We are all just people."
Model Nataliia Gotsii is styled by Svetlana Marson in romantic, sensual images by Stephan Lisowski for Harper's Bazaar UkraineJuly 2018.
Model Kim Noorda is lensed by Tim Verhallen in retro beauty images for Harper's Bazaar Netherlands July 2018./ Makeup by Anita Jolles; hair by Daan Kneppers
Gigi Hadid Covers Vogue Australia July 2018, Reflecting On Privilege And Social Media
Supermodel Gigi Hadid covers the July 2018 issue of Vogue Australia, lensed by Giampaolo Sgura.
Interviewed by Zara Wong, Gigi Hadid channels the same self-reflective thoughts expressed by Kendall Jenner. As a fast-rise Instagirls, Hadid knows that she is the product of a love/hate social media echo chamber, one "as unreal as Donald Trump's hair", wrote VICE.
Hadid has learned that this echo chamber can turn on a girl quickly -- like when a 3 second video of Gigi doing what models, assuming the pose in eating a fortune cookie sent the Internet into apoplexy, got her condemned as a racist and the subject of demands that she be banned from the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai.
Model Janelle Monáe is 'An American Dreamer', styled by Jaime Kay Waxman. Photographer Camila Falquez is in the studio for Allure US July 2018./ Hair by Nikki Nelms; makeup by Francelle
i-D featured photographer Camila Falquez's 'radically soft photos of black masculinity' in December 2017. The Brooklyn-based photographer convinced her model, LZ Granderson, that posing in pink tulle would not hurt his career. I said, ‘Listen, trust me. You want to be seen as a man ready to change the stories told about men,’” Camila recalls. Camila first met LZ, an aspiring politician, when she was taking photos at this year’s Afropunk Festival and fell in love with his aura. “He was so gracious, honest, and giving in the way he posed.”
Marte Mei van Haaster Fronts 'East Meets West' By Alexander Saladrigas For Vogue Ukraine July 2018
Model Marte Mei van Haaster is styled by Julie Pelipas in 'East Meets West', lensed by Alexander Saladrigas for Vogue Ukraine July 2018./ Hair by Shinya Nakagawa; makeup by Homa Safar
Aussie actor Yvonne Strahovski is styled by Jake Terrey in 'Blessed', lensed by Philippa Moroney for Vogue Australia July 2018./ Hair by Koh; makeup by Peter Beard
In her July 2018 editor's letter, Edwina McCann writes about Yvonne Strahovski:
In Oakland #PermitPatty met a strong wall of resistance to her domineering, white ways with 8 yr. old Jordan, who was selling water on the street on a hot day.
This is public shaming of the best kind, and CEO Alison Ettel will surely wish that she had just stayed in bed that day. Better yet, she should have used one of her own products to chill out. This is a good read about social justice with a bad ending for #PermitPatty!!!
Models Idina May Moncrieffe and Ruby Evers delight in life's simple pleasures, styled in summer femininity by Ursula Lake. Photographer Chloe Mallett is behind the lens for London's digital MAKE Magazine Summer 2018.
Model Emily Astrup is styled by Kelly Baldwin in Chanel Beauty, lensed by Vivienne Balla for Mojeh Magazine June 2018./ Hair by Annesofie Begtrup; makeup by Toni Malt
Model Sam Rollinson is styled by Natalia Bengoechea in 'Son De Mar'. Photographer Henrique Gendre flashes the watercolor prints seaside for S Moda El Pais June 2018.
Ryan McGinley Flashes 'Up In Arms' With Young Gun Control Activists For Dazed Magazine S/S 2018
Dazed Magazine's Summer 2018 issue focuses on Youth in Power: the gun control activists changing America. I just discovered the convo myself, but the cover article is rich in links and other articles about the activists beyond this cover story. Thank you Dazed Magazine. Yours is journalism at its best!!!
Ryan McGinley captures the Parkland students and activists from around the country in 'Up in Arms' styled by Emma Wyman./ Hair by Jawara; makeup by Francelle Daly
Model Afrodita Dorado is styled by Enrique Campos in 'Fresh Direct', lensed by Jesse Laitinen for Marie Claire USA July 2018./ Hair by Manu Fernandez; makeup by Jose Belmont
EcoWatch explains why it's critical to protect endangered species, citing, for example, the rusty patched bumble bee species that has declined by 87 percent in the last 20 years, disease, climate change, pesticides, habitat loss and intensive agriculture.
“We launched the Give Bees A Chance campaign because kids are often taught to be afraid of bees, but the role they play in our ecosystem is imperative and deserving of our respect and protection,” explains Nona Evans, president and executive director of Whole Kids Foundation. “One of the best ways we can teach kids about bees is through educational beehives at their schools, where they get an up-close look into the world of pollination.”
Mega talent Bette Midler and designer Michael Kors, joined by his husbandLance LePere, reminded New Yorkers Thursday night that wonderful gifts to humanity can come in small packages. Honoring the summer solstice, the trio joined New York Restoration Project (NYRP) Executive Director Deborah Marton in a ribbon-cutting for the newly restored green space, called the Essex Street Community Garden.
Attending an old-fashioned, New York block party, the global citizens celebrated the 3,200-square-foot green space is the first New York community garden that is entirely solar-powered, featuring Wi-Fi, a projection screen, and greenery that was planted by Kors and other community members themselves. The garden, one of 52 that NYRP installed around the city, will be an intended haven for weddings, yoga classes, movie screenings, and more celebrations to come, bringing together locals into a shared space, writes CR Fashionbook.
The activist and philanthropy players have worked with NYRP for the last 21 years, after Midler brought Kors and LePere into the organization.
Ina Lekiewicz Flashes Mara Nica For UNPOLISHED Magazine Issue #5
Model Mara Nica is styled, then lensed by Ina Lekiewicz for UNPOLISHED Magazine Issue 5./Hair & makeup by Marita Thoma-Politou
Trump Revokes National Ocean Policy As Britain Launches Audit Of Fast Fashion Impact Environment
Donald Trump cares little about the environment, and that was never more clear than when issued an executive order Tuesday revoking the 2010 National Ocean Policy of the Trump administration. Economic development is Trump's top priority, and if he puts the entire global ecosystem in peril, he could care less. That includes local quality of life as well. His mentality is drill baby drill. As for massive guts of plastic floating in the oceans and killing our fish, basta! Trump insists that it is RIGHT to pollute, to desecrate, to kill the earth in the name of consumption and economic development.
The Obama administration’s goal was to guide a more coordinated, sustainable management of the oceans and coasts in collaboration with states and tribes. Republican opponents call such a plan the liberal bureaucracy in action. On Tuesday, conservation groups voiced strong opposition to Trump’s action, which, among other things, ensures “federal regulations and management decisions do not prevent productive and sustainable use of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters,” according to the executive order.
The difference between Trump's attitude on consumption and sustainability could not contrast more with Britain's. While Trump practically demands that we pour more chemicals and plastic into the ocean, Britain's House of Commons has launched an environmental audit to assess the impact of fast fashion in the UK.
Roos van Elk Fronts 'The Comb of the Wind' By Annemarieke Van Drimmelen For Vogue Netherlands
Model Roos van Elk is styled by Dimphy den Otter, lensed by Annemarieke Van Drimmelen in 'The Comb of the Wind' for Vogue Netherlands July 2018.
Model Samantha Gradoville is styled by Tamara Gianoglio in beach beauty looks lensed by Fred Meylan for Grazia Italia June 21, 2018./ Hair & makeup by Elena Pivetta
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