2007-2019 Daily excerpts of new fashion, culture, lifestyle, activism and women's news posts. Continues on current AOC Daily.
Models Zo Ahmed, Firpal Jawanda, Kiran Kandola, Chawntell Kulkarni, Jeenu Mahadevan, Ravyanshi Mehta, Radhika Nair & Yusuf Siddiqi are styled by Kate Phelan in ‘Within You Without You’. Tim Walker makes the psychedelic capture for British Vogue December 2018./ Makeup by Sam Bryant; hair by Malcolm Edwards; set design by Shona Heath
Actor Emily Blunt covers Harper’s Bazaar UK’s January 2019 issue, styled by Miranda Almond in red Dolce & Gabbana on the newsstand cover and Dior Cruise 2019 collection for the subscriber’s cover. Inside, Blunt wears more Dior, Giles Deacon and more. Richard Phibbs captures the modern-day Mary Poppins in ‘Let’s Go Fly A Kite’. Lydia Slater conducts the interview.
Model Mirte Maas is lensed by Joshua Jordan in ‘Code Camel’, a collection of modern-architecture separates for ELLE Germany February 2019./ Hair by Louis Angelo; makeup by Campbell Ritchie
Rising model Selena Forrest is styled by Beat Bolliger in ‘Coolest Staples’, a collection of revitalized classics for the 21st century. Photographer Bibi Cornejo Borthwick captures Selena for WSJ Magazine December/January 2018.19./ Makeup by Hannah Murray; hair by Tomo Jidai
Mashannoad Suvalmas Fronts 'An Exotic Tale' By Tada Varich For Vogue Thailand December 2018
Model Mashannoad Suvalmas is styled by Jirat Subpisankul in lush, fashion orientalism for ‘An Exotic Tale’. Photographer Tada Varich makes the sensual capture for Vogue Thailand December 2018./ Makeup by Sukon Srimarattanakul
Supermodel Doutzen Kroes punches above her weight in her new pink and black activewear DK1985 Hunkemoller collection.
Model Julia Van Os fires up the new year, is styled by Maya Zepinic in glam flash outerwear layers. Arseny Jabiev is in the studio for Vogue Russia January 2019./ Hair by Shin Arima; makeup by Jenny Kanavaros
Actor Felicity Jones, currently seen playing Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic ‘On the Basis Of Sex’, firmly believes that there remains in our culture a strong fear of women quo. Jones is styled in Dior by Cecile Martin for Images by David Roemer in the January 2019 issue of Madame Figaro./ Hair by Cervando Maldonado; makeup by Katey Denno
Model Alanna Arrington is lensed by Emre Guven in ‘She’ for Vogue Arabia December 2018./ Hair by Serkan Yildirim
Photo by Alondra Olivas on Unsplash
By Malliga Och, Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Languages, Idaho State University.. First published on The Conversation.
(Note from Anne. As a progressive Democrat, these views may not coincide with my own, based on my extensive research on Republican women voters. I share the research from Baylor University because as a Christian University — unlike a liberal media resource like The Atlantic— the conclusions are more difficult to condemn. Also, personal interviews were part of the Baylor study, which concluded that “Value gender traditionalism, feeling that men are better suited for politics and should earn more than women; women should provide primary child care; and working women are deficient as mothers” is a core belief among Trump voters, including Trump’s Republican women voters.“ This article is factually correct in its assertions and Och’s arguments, which is why I’ve published it on AOC. I admit also that I am actively involved in trying to recruit Republican women and registered Independent women to the Democratic party by acting in good faith. )
The 116th Congress will be the most diverse in U.S. history: 126 women will take office, including 43 women of color. Yet, as many have noted, this new diversity is confined to one side of the aisle.
The number of Republican women in Congress is actually dropping from 23 to 13. Only one out of 36 freshman female representatives is a Republican. So while 2018 certainly was the Year of the Woman, Republican women are watching from the sidelines.
Whether you are progressive or conservative, this is bad news. As political scientists, we strongly believe that both democracy and feminism work best when there is a critical mass of women in each major political party. A democracy should reflect the diversity of its society. Considering that women make up over half of the U.S. population but only 23 percent of Congress, American democracy already under represents women. For Republican women, the mismatch is even more pronounced.
Nearly half of all women in this country regularly vote for Republican candidates. For example, Donald Trump won 41 percent of the female vote in 2016 and Mitt Romney won 44 percent in 2012. Yet the overall numbers of Republican women candidates and elected women has stagnated at around 15 percent for the past two decades and is now declining.
This is important for many reasons.
Laura Dern's Big Little Truths Are Revealed, Lensed By Julia Hetta For Vanity Fair February 2019
Actor Laura Dern, 51, plays the high-strung Monterey mom Renata in ‘Big Little Lies’ , and the slow evolution of her character suits Dern just fine. “I’ve never gravitated towards scripts where there’s profound change,” she told Vanity Fair. “I’m interested in incremental growth…and it’s so obvious to me how vulnerable Renata is because you can feel her being like — ‘You’re. Going. To. Listen. To. Me.’ — Nobody has to work that hard if they’re really being listened to.”
The ‘Jurassic Park, ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, and yes— ‘Blue Velver’ star covers the February 2019 issue of Vanity Fair Magazine, lensed by Julia Hutta with styling by Samira Nasr., choosing Balenciaga, Maison ALAÏA and more. Sloane Crosley conducts the interview.
Like every actor in ‘Big Little Lies’, Dern gushes about the project, saying “I feel such sisterhood with the girls — we deeply love each other, and for Reese [Witherspoon] and Nicole [Kidman] and I particularly, all having done this since we were teenagers and never having acted with so many women, it’s amazing.”
Model Matcha Mosimann is styled by Jongkol Palarit in ‘Island of Souls’, lensed by Sootket Jiwpanit for Vogue Thailand December 2018./ Makeup by Ruttanachot Pokum
Madonna launched her role as an ambassador for the 50th anniversary celebrations commemorating riots at New York’s Greenwich Village Stonewall Inn with a New Years Eve drop-in.
Accompanied by her son David Banda on acoustic guitar, the pop star welcomed 2019 in the iconic bar that jump-started the modern LBGTQ movement. Madonna led the crowd in a sing-along of "Like a Prayer" and covered Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love."
"I stand here proudly at the place where pride began, the legendary Stonewall Inn, on the birth of a new year," she said. "We come together tonight to celebrate 50 years of revolution.”
The singer called for peace and understanding in her speech, saying, “If we truly took the time to get to know one another we would find that we all bleed the same color and we all need to love and be loved. Let’s remember who and what we are fighting for — ourselves, for each other, but truly and most importantly, what are we fighting for? Let’s take a minute to reflect on how we can bring more love and peace into 2019, let’s look at how we can bring random acts of kindness. Maybe we can find an opening to bring the light in. Are you ready to do that?"
Model Marloes Horst is styled by Sara Smith in ‘Best Western’, lensed by Simon Lekias for ELLE Australia January 2019./ Hair by Michele McQuillan; makeup by Kellie Stratton
Top model and Victoria’s Secret Angel Lily Aldridge remains a mother-in-waiting — soon, soon — from her Nashville home. In this November 2018 editorial of riches styled by Vadim Galaganov, photographer Dan Beleiu captures the splendor for ELLE Russia. / Hair by Stefano Gatti; makeup by Simone Belli
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld is glam seductress in ‘Meu Estilo’ lensed by Jacques Burga for Harper’s Bazaar Brazil December 2018./ Hair by Italo Gregorio; makeup by Seong Hee Park
Model Miao Bin Si is styled by Punk Cherry in ‘Lost in Red’ extreme beauty. Wang Ziqian is on location in in Seda Monastery for Marie Claire China December 2018./ Hair by Wen Zhi; makeup by Lu Wang
Cameron Postforoosh Flashes Eniko Mihalik In 'Fish' For Vogue Czech January 2019
Top model Eniko Mihalik is styled by Alba Melendo and Jan Králíček in ‘Fish’, lensed by Cameron Postforoosh for Vogue Czechoslovakia January 2019.
Talent Solange Knowles is styled by Katie Shillingford in ‘Runaway Bay’, lensed by Jackie Nickerson for Dazed Magazine Spring/Summer 2018. Knowles pens a seven-part thank you and reflection on Jamaica. She begins:
I’ve been following Joni. First through her words, then through her truth, then through her melodies and the way I dance and drown in them. Then through her jazz, through chords that ease themselves into one another without ever showing their shadows. Through her exodus. To Topanga, and then to Laurel, and now to Runaway Bay, without even trying to find her.
I’ve been looking at photos of this house in Runaway Bay for five years. Wanting to know if it could tell my secrets. If it could hold me. If I could write music, and drink wine, and draw sketches, and sleep well naked and invent new ways to say how I feel. If I could burn my sage, and wash my hands with Florida water right there on the porch until I feel renewed.
Solange was referencing legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell who spent time in Jamaica, unable to sing or birth lyrics. Instead, writes Vogue, Mitchell painted on the walls of the bedroom of Itopia, a stone-walled house built in the 1600s as part of the Cardiff Hall estate on the North Coast of Jamaica.
Solange posted a now-deleted Instagram message: “Joni Mitchell painted murals in this house. I wrote songs in this house.”
The name ‘Runaway Bay’ comes not from the fact that this is a perfect getaway spot in Jamaica. That would be modern marketing. ‘Runaway Bay’ was an escape route for slaves The area is rich in caves, giving runaway slaves both shelter and secrecy as a place to regroup before choosing whether to remain on the island and move on. Read The Jamaica Maroons and the Danger of Categorical Thinking.
Another gift in the photo shoot is Shillingford’s choice of Paolina Russo’s athletic corset, worn on the cover. Russo won the prestigious L’Oreal Professionnel Young Talent Award at the Saint Martins BA fashion show in May 2018. She is now working on a Masters at Saint Martins, with industry eyes lasered on her prodigious talent and visionary future in fashion.
Recent Central Saint Martins grad Paolina Russo won the school’s prestigious L’Oréal Professionnel Young Talent Award for a BA collection very timely in the #MeToo era. Russo imagines her sexy woman in up-cycled corsets made from deconstructed soccer cleats and balls, hockey helmets, and other gym-class staples. Russo won the prize for her ‘I Forgot Home’ in stiff competition that included 100 other students at Central Saint Martins, a school with an acceptance rate of 7%.
In 2016 Paolina Russo assumed the prestigious couture internship at Maison Martin Margiela under the creative direction of John Galliano. The designer was inspired by Russo's work and aesthetic citing her as a major inspiration in a conversation with Tim Blanks at the BOF "Voices" conference.
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