Sarah Stephens Roars Into Private Fantasies For Honey Birdette's 2019 #NOTYOURVALENTIN Campaign

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Sarah Stephens Roars Into Private Fantasies For Honey Birdett's 2019 #NOTYOURVALENTIN Campaign

Honey Birdette’s 2019 #NOTYOURVALENTINE campaign says “forget flowers, ditch the diamonds and abandon candlelight dinners”. Australian bombshell Sarah Stephens promises the ride of your Valentine’s Day life — presumably for the guys, but then again — with an intoxicatingly sexy woman, bound in a lot of leather and a little bit of lace. And she knows how to use lingerie to her advantage.

Photographer Florian Semanaz flashes Stephens on location at a vintage motorbike gallery in LA, where she plunges deep into lust and fantasy. Ashleigh Carter styles Sarah in this roaring testosterone celebration of strong women embracing their sexuality. And that could be YOU. Honey Birdette’s #NOTYOURVALENTINE collection launches on the 10 January 2019 and will be available exclusively at Honey Birdette Boutiques in Australia, the UK and the USA, as well as via their online boutique https://www.honeybirdette.com

Pierre Dal Corso Flashes Yana Vilkina In Luxe Jewels Against Skin Canvas For SCMP Style January 2019

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Pierre Dal Corso Flashes Yana Vilkina In Luxe Jewels Against Skin Canvas For SCMP Style January 2019

Photographer Pierre dal Corso brings a unique series of beauty/jewelry images to the January 2019 issue of SCMP Style. Tasha Ling styles model Yana Vilkina in luxe jewelry from Chopard, Chanel and Piaget, giving it a hit of high-fashion artistry with crayola body paint colors. The effects are unique, making a lasting high-style impression. / Hair by Winky Wong; makeup and body paint by Karen Yiu, Taurus Lee and Bonnie Yiu

Adesuwa Aighewi + McKenna Hellan Join Designer Yoon Ahn In Nike x AMBUSH 2019 Collection

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Models Adesuwa Aighewi and McKenna Hellan join forces with designer Yoon Ahn to launch her first Nike x AMBUSH collaboration. One half of the design vision behind Tokyo-based AMBUSH, Yoon Ahn was recently appointed men’s jewelry designer at Dior Homme. lb Kamara, i-D fashion editor, styles the trio for images by HART LESHKINA. / Makeup by Anne Sophie Costa; hair by Jawara

Samar Badawi + Brother Raif Badawi Remain In Saudi Arabia Dhahban Central Prison, As Saudi Arabia Disallows Any Dissent

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Samar Badawi + Brother Raif Badawi Remain In Saudi Arabia Dhahban Central Prison, As Saudi Arabia Disallows Any Dissent

Coming to grips with the horrors of Saudi Arabia’s torture of women’s activists at the same time Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud — or MbS — lifted the ban on women driving in the kingdom is no more complicated than following the daily mental machinations of Donald Trump.

Jailing the Saudi women activists behind the women driving campaign seems irrational, but only if one fails to understand that machinations are not rational thought processes. Perhaps this is why MbS and Donald Trump have such a lovefest. It takes a self-absorbed schemer to know one, which is precisely why they end up so often hanging out together as the world’s leading autocrats.

Updating AOC two days ago about the jailed women’s activists, I zeroed in on the name Samar Badawi, knowing her to be the sister of jailed liberal blogger Raif Badawi. In 2015 Raif was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes for his writings. After receiving the first 50 lashes — which nearly killed him in front of the entire world — Raif Badawi has languished in Saudi prison.

Women activists arrested in Saudi Arabia include Loujain al-Hathloul, who I considered to be a major face behind the driving ban. Samar Badawi has campaigned for years against the most discriminatory of all the Saudi laws against women’s rights — as if it’s possible to enumerate them in order. Badawi opposes against the male guardianship system, under which women require the permission of a male relative to travel, marry, or work in certain jobs. In this article ‘Saudi Arabia: Where Fathers Rule and Courts Oblige’, Human Rights Watch details the mutual litigation of Badawi and her father against each other.

It was for this work that Samar Badawi received the US State Department International Women of Courage Award in 2012, when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. Note that Waleed Abu-al-Khair, Samar’s former husband and Raif Badawi’s lawyer, is also jailed for 15 years.

Israel Proposes Protecting Woolly Mammoth Ivory To Save Commingled Poached Elephant Ivory

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Israel Proposes Protecting Woolly Mammoth Ivory To Save Commingled Poached Elephant Ivory

Woolly mammoths are long extinct for a minimum of 10,000 years in most global locations. Initially, many conservationists hoped that the discovery of long-frozen mammoth remains — including their tusks — would take pressure off the poaching of African elephants for their ivory.

It appears that those hopes are now dashed, with an acknowledement that the legal transport of mammoth ivory often moves with its cousin’s ivory as part of the shipment. As a result, Israel has proposed that mammoths become protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, (CITES) closing a loophole in which freshly-slaughtered tusks are transported as legal mammoth ivory. Such a decision would mark the first time an extinct species is listed as protected under Cities.

“They are often intermingled in shipment and retail displays, and are fashioned in a similar style. To the untrained eye it’s very difficult to distinguish between them,” said Iris Ho, senior specialist in wildlife programmes and policy at Humane Society International (HSI). “There is currently no international regulatory regime to track and monitor the commercial trade in mammoth ivory.”

A Move To Make Extinct Woolly Mammoths A Protected Species

Kitty Block, the president of HSI, said in The Guardian: “With ivory traffickers exploiting the long-extinct mammoth so they can further exploit imperilled elephants, nations must unite to end the poaching epidemic and ensure all ivory markets are closed. The time to act is now, before we lose them forever.”

Ruth Bell Launches Pt 1 of 'The London Look' By Liz Collins For ELLE UK February 2019

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Ruth Bell Launches Pt 1 of 'The London Look' By Liz Collins For ELLE UK February 2019

British ELLE puts model Ruth Bell center stage in Camden Market for a major overview of Spring 2019 fashions, styled by Anne-Marie Curtis. Photographer Liz Collins continues part 2 of ‘The London Look’ . / Hair by Benedicte Kazau Beyret; makeup by Shinbu

Ruth Bell Launches 'The London Look' Season Lensed By Liz Collins For ELLE UK February 2019 Pt 2

Karl Lagerfeld Shoots Chanel 2019 Ad Campaign With Adesuwa, Hyun Ji, Kris, Nora, Rebecca Leigh, Sarah + Vittoria

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Karl Lagerfeld hires a big cast for a low-impact Spring/Summer 2019 ad campaign, shot by him. Models include Adesuwa Aighewi, Hyun Ji Shin, Kris Grikaite, Nora Attal, Rebecca Leigh Longendyke, Sarah Dahl and Vittoria Ceretti, styled by Carine Roitfeld.

JUANKR Captures Sanne Vloet In 'The Arlequin' For Design Scene Magazine January 2019

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Juankr Captures Sanne Vloet In 'The Arlequin' For Design Scene Magazine January 2019

Dutch model Sanne Vloet mesmerizes, styled by Jèss Monterde in ‘The Arlequin’. JUANKR creates the poetic images for Design Scene Magazine January 2019. Note that the film is worth watching. Hair: Jhonatan Rendon. Makeup: Rubén Mármol

Alek Wek Assures Us She Knows What She's Doing In Jody Rogac Images For The Observer Magazine December 2018

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Model Alek Wek is styled by Jo Jones in The Obsrver Magazine UK’s December 2018. Photographer Jody Rogac is in the studio, capturing ‘See this? This is all woman. I know what I’m doing.’/ Hair by Fernando Torrent; makeup by Linda Gradin

Alek Wek is 41, and she doesn’t care who knows it. “The party’s just getting started,” Wek tells Jane Mulkerrins. “To see diversity finally kicking in and being embraced is amazing,” she says. “We’re not there yet – there’s still some way to go, but…” We say ‘Amen’, Alek.

The South Sudanese model was first shot by Steven Meisel as part of a story for Vogue Italia in 1996. A year later she was the first African model to appear on the cover of American ELLE.

Amira Pinheiro Suits Up With Verve In Jesse Laitinen Images For Marie Claire France January 2019

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Brazilian model Amira Pinheiro is styled by Anne Sophie Thomas in sharp tailoring with a manly vibe for ‘Tirée à Quatre Epingles’. Jesse Laitinen is in the studio for Marie Claire France January 2019.

Rebecca Leigh Longendyke Fronts 'The Elegance of Youth' By Craig McDean For Vogue Italia January 2019

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Rebecca Leigh Longendyke Fronts 'The Elegance of Youth' By Craig McDean For Vogue Italia January 2019

Rising star Rebecca Leigh Longendyke lands a major editorial coup, in Vogue Italia’s January 2019 cover story ‘The Elegance of Youth’. Alastair McKimm styles Rebecca Leigh in tailored femininity with a strong masculine power undercurrent. Photographer Craig McDean captures the trench and tie rich suiting ensembles in leather and a range of woven, rough-elegance fabrics.

Cora Emmanuel Delivers Spring Breeze Beauty + Renewal Lensed By Owen Bruce For ELLE Canada February 2019

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Top model Cora Emmanuel delivers a much-needed spring/resort 2019 fashion fantasy, styled by Juliana Schiavinatto in hot house prints small and large. Photographer Owen Bruce is in the green house for ELLE Canada’s February issue / Makeup by Sam Addington; hair by Romina Maneti

Morelli Brothers Flash A Sizzling Jourdan Dunn For Wonderland Magazine Winter 2018.19

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Top model Jourdan Dunn sizzles in skin-baring designs from Saint Laurent, Chanel, Christopher Kane, Superga and more, styled by Toni-Blaze. Luca & Alessandro Morelli are in the studio for Wonderland Magazine Winter 2018.2019.

As Saudi Women Activists Suffer Horrific Torture, Kingdom Puts Women In Cockpits + Main Cabin

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YASMINE AL-MAYMANY IS AMONG THE CERTIFIED SAUDI WOMEN PILOTS WHO TOLD ALARABIA IN AUGUST 2018 THAT SHE HOPED TO SOON BE IN THE COCKPIT WITH A JOB SANCTIONED BY THE SAUDI GENERAL AUTHORITY OF CIVIL AVIATION.

As Saudi Women Activists Suffer Horrific Torture, Kingdom Puts Women In Cockpits + Main Cabin

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is promising to not only put women in the cockpit as co-pilots but to train them as flight attendants as well. In January, 2018 Eqbal Darandari, a member of the Saudi Shura Council, called on national airlines to empower women by creating jobs. “We’ve seen Saudi women piloting aircraft outside the kingdom. Now it’s time for [Saudi Arabia’s aviation authority] to take the initiative. Saudi women deserve to find work in their own country,” he said at the time. 

Soon Saudi Arabia’s Oxford Aviation Academy opened it doors to women to train them as pilots. Six months later, Flynas, a domestic airline in Saudi Arabia, announced that it would be hiring female flight attendants after proper training. In the new year, a Saudi air hostess will fly this month, in another move forward for the severely-limited in rights Saudi women, writes Vogue Arabia.

The magazine’s website writes that Flynas will also hire women as co-pilots. “The move aims to enable Saudi women to have a greater role in supporting the Kingdom’s economy,” stated Bander Al-Mohanna, CEO of Flynas.

Anok Yai + Kris Grikaite Pose In 'Le Rouge Et Noir' By Collier Schorr For Vogue Italia January 2018

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Models Anok Yai and Kris Grikaite are styled by Marie Chaix in ‘Le Rouge Et Noir’. Photographer Collier Schorr is in the studio, making the dramatic red and black capture for Vogue Italia January 2019./ Hair by Holli Smith; makeup by Diane Kendal

Ashley Graham Covers ELLE US February 2019, Talking A Marriage With Endless Sex + Faith In God

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Ashley Graham Covers ELLE US February 2019, Talking A Marriage With Endless Sex + Faith In God

Ashley Graham covers the February 2019 issue of ELLE US, styled by Anna Trevelyan for images by Carin Backoff./ Hair by Ben Skervin; makeup George Sandev

Graham, now 31, has moved light years from her discovery at the Oak View Mall in her hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska. In the years since, Graham is widely known as an advocate for body confidence and inclusive sizing in the fashion industry. Graham blitzed into the 2016 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue as its first curvy model. After all, men notoriously prefer women with curves, right?

In her ELLE interview with Allie Jones, Ashley Graham makes it totally clear that she’s just getting started.

She’s launched her own podcast, "Pretty Big Deal;" has begun filming the feel-good talk show "Fearless," for Ellen DeGeneres’s digital network; and has become the newly minted host as well as an executive producer of American Beauty Star, Lifetime’s reality-competition show that pits top hair and makeup artists against each other in a series of challenges, à la Project Runway. “There was only one person we wanted to host the new season of American Beauty Star, and that was Ashley Graham,” says Gena McCarthy, executive vice president and head of programming for Lifetime Unscripted and FYI. “Her charisma and confidence are unmatched, and her infectious personality is always inspiring.” Graham’s co–executive producer Ross Elliot sums it up thusly: “It’s the Oprah factor.”

Fernando Gomez Captures Zuoye's Elegance In Solitary 'Wilderness' For Vogue Arabia January 2019

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South China model Zuoye is styled by Daniel Gonzalez Elizondo in ‘Wilderness’, captures by Fernando Gomez for Vogue Arabia January 2019./ Makeup by Rosa Matilla

Eye: Amber Valletta Wears Agnona's SS 2019 Vicuña Fabric Collection, Lensed By Ezra Petronio

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Eye: Amber Valletta Wears Agnona's SS 2019 Vicuña Fabric Collection, Lensed By Ezra Petronio

Supermodel Amber Valletta showcases key looks from Agnona’s Spring/Summer 2019 collection, lensed by Ezra Petronio.

Designer Simon Holloway dedicated the collection to artist American Joan Jonas, 82, previously honored in an exhibition at London’s Tate Modern. In this film, we see Jonas at work in New York.

Peru’s Vicuña Fabric Is Worth Its Weight In Gold

Key items in Agnona’s spring 2019 collection were made in vicuña, one of two wild South American camelids living in the high alpine areas of the Andes. Vicuña, along with the guanaco, is a relative of the llama. It’s believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, and it remains wild today.

Nearly hunted to extinction in the late 1980’s, the vicuña herds made a slow, steady comeback and are expanding today in the wild. Driven largely by their father’s adoration of the wool product, Sergio and Pier Luigi Loro Piana, the co-CEOs of Loro Piana, the Italian mill that was a part of the mid-century ‘Made in Italy’ movement and would eventually grow into one of the world’s largest producers of cashmere — and its biggest supplier of vicuña.

The fibers are collected using the chacu method of the Incas—a half-religious ceremony where the local community forms a human chain around the animals, slowly closing the circumference of their circle for shearing. An adult vicuna produces only about a pound of fiber a year, producing a cloth so fine it was considered to be cloth of gold, writes BofF.

For The Incas, Vicuñas Had Strong, Spiritual Powers

Laetitia Casta Radiates Sensual Power In Nick Hudson Images For Marie Claire France February 2018

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Laetitia Casta Radiates Sensual Power In Nick Hudson Images For Marie Claire France February 2018

As one of the world’s most sensual women, Laetitia Casta believes that embracing her sensual spirit is fundamental to her liberation as a person. While Casta has pushed back on certain planks of contemporary feminism, this earth goddess believes that while female identity is different from male identity, it should be revered (and sometimes feared) in its powerful nature.

Casta covers the February 2019 issue of Marie Claire France, styled by Anne-Sophie Thomas in a fashion story rooted in overtly-sexual, goddess power flowers that dominate designs from Off-White, Givenchy, Balenciaga and more. Nick Hudson makes the visual capture ‘Laetitia Casta, Terrienne et Chaotiq’.

Winnie Harlow Adds Her Sensual Grace To Herring & Herring Magazine's 'Behold' Issue

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Top model Winnie Harlow is lensed in a series of fabulously artistic, personal images of this beloved Canadian beauty, styled in sensual looks by Jason Rembert. Photographers Herring & Herring capture Winnie for the latest issue ‘Behold’ from their Herring & Herring magazine. Their own words are far better than AOC’s:

Our latest issue, BEHOLD, shines a bright light on beauty. Each person we photographed represents what beauty means to us; not only by their physical appearance, but equally by their kind humanitarian actions, and their spirit. 

After each portrait session we spoke with our subjects about the idea of beauty and asked them to reflect other own personal stories, experiences and thoughts by putting pen to paper, in hopes of inspiring all of us to look deeper both at their portraits, and at ourselves, in our own quiet for self-acceptance and the journey towards realizing our best selves. 

Herring & Herring: BEHOLD, features— Adam Pearson, Eiza González, Eve Hewson, Iskra Lawrence, Jillian Mercado, Laverne Cox, Luc Bruyere, Macy Gray, Madison Beer, Mama Cāx, Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor, Melanie Gaydos, Olivia Munn, Roxy Edwards, Sara Geurts, Seal, Sir Ben Kingsley, Skai Jackson, Toni Garrn, Winnie Harlow, and Wiz Khalifa.