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Anja Rubik Chills In Sporty Looks Lensed By Adam Pluciński For Women's Health Poland January 2019
Anja Rubik covers the January 2019 issue of Women’s Health Poland, styled in athleisure looks lensed by Adam Pluciński
Emma Tempest Captures Vivien Solari In 'Elari's Wake' For Vogue Italia December 2018
Model Vivien Solari is styled by Camilla Pole in ‘Elari’s Wake’ , lensed by Emma Tempest for Vogue Italia’s December issue./ Makeup by Janeen Witherspoon; Ali Pirzadeh
Model Sarah Brannon is styled by Kerstin Schneider in ‘Creme Fresh’, a polished, tailored look at spring fashions. Photographer Marcin Tyszka is behind the lens for Harper’s Bazaar Germany February 2019.
Rising model Grace Elizabeth fronts Giuseppe Zanotti’s Spring/Summer 2019 Campaign, lensed by Craig McDean.
Helena Christensen Plays A 'Wicked Game' In Greg Lotus Images For ELLE Russia February 2019
Supermodel vixen Helena Christensen is styled by Vadim Galaganov in sultry, black-witchery looks. Photographer Greg Lotus captures Helena in ‘Wicked Game’ for ELLE Russia February 2019./ Hair by Gianluca Mandelli; makeup by Carolina Dali
Rising Ballet Star Precious Adams Pushes Racial Boundaries With Rigorous Talent + Eloquence
NOWNESS introduces us to English National Ballet rising star Precious Adams, appearing in a short film by Irish director Leonn Ward. Her film affords the Canton, Michigan-born Adams the visual and audio platform for a “youthful take on the rule-bound etiquette of ballet.”
"When Nowness and the English National Ballet approached me asking if I would like to create a film with Precious Adams, one of the few black rising stars in the world of ballet, I was honoured," explains Ward. "I wanted to create a piece of work that pushes beyond the traditional limitations of ballet. I loved that Precious was a tap dancer before she went onto ballet, so I really wanted to incorporate that into the film and sound. I wanted the film to feel real and honest and reveal Precious in her truest form."
Victoria’s Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel returns is the face of Miss Sixty’s spring-summer 2019 campaign. Determined to prove that Renaissance women are eternal works of art, Candice, the brand’s ambassador, is lensed by Daniel Jackson. / Hair by Carolina Gonzalez; makeup by Ward
Models Londone Myers and Marine Deleeuw are styled by Aurora Sansone in ‘Getting Fab and Funky’. Walter Chin captures the fashion bliss for Vogue Japan February 2019.
Model Marie Elson (Francina Models) is styled by Laia Gomez in an athleisure mix from Essentiel, Dim, Levi's, Sandro Paris, Pretty Rumour, Nike, The Kooples jeans, Thomas Sabo, Guess, Adidas and more. Self-taught photography duo Jake and Claud of Combine create the editorial for NEO2. / Hair and makeup by Nuria Robo
Top model Binx Walton fronts the Michael Kors Collection Spring 2019 Campaign. Paul Cavaco styles Binx for images by Inez and Vinoodh.
Models Abby Champion, Blanca Padilla and Eniola Abioro are styled by Kyle Luu and Kate Carnegie in ‘The New Splash’, lensed by Max Papendieck for V Magazine #117 Spring Preview 2019./ Hair by Rutger; makeup by Yuki Hayashi
Nancy Pelosi Ready to Be Sworn In Again As Speaker of the House, Jan. 3, 2019
Nancy Pelosi Victorious – Why The California Democrat Was Reelected Speaker of the House
By Kathryn L. Pearson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota . First published on The Conversation.
Despite some brash and not insignificant opposition, California’s Nancy Pelosi is returning to her previous role as speaker of the House.
She will preside over a chamber that is 77 percent male and a Democratic Caucus that is 62 percent male.
When the Democratic Caucus held their leadership election on Nov. 28, Pelosi won the nomination on a 203 to 32 vote, falling 15 votes shy of the 218 she would later need to win the speakership with all members voting.
When a vote was taken on the House floor on Jan. 3, she won by a vote of 220 to 192, with 15 Democrats voting for someone else or voting “present.” The close vote illustrated, once again, Pelosi’s skill in coalition-building and counting votes, but also that some Democrats – particularly new members and those in swing districts – are dissatisfied with her as the party’s standard bearer.
As a political scientist who focuses on gender and party discipline in the House of Representatives, I have studied Pelosi’s leadership and how she was able to hold it for so long.
It’s important to realize that Pelosi’s battle to win over wavering Democrats didn’t begin in November 2018. Rather, it stretches back to when she was first elected to leadership in 2001. Her ongoing ability to rally members of her own party illustrates why she has been among the most successful U.S. House speakers. It also suggests her leadership will help Democrats in Congress as they negotiate with President Trump and Senate Republicans, even if Pelosi remains unpopular in some Democratic members’ districts.
Rising model Anok Yai is styled by Patti Wilson in a rough elegance mix of military-influence, utility fashion pieces and dazzling jewelry. Richard Burbridge flashes ‘The New Bling’ for V Magazine 117 Spring Preview 2019./ Makeup by Kanako Takase; hair by Mustafa Yanaz
Top model Hilary Rhoda blooms beautiful in ‘Super Natural’, styled by Arnold Milfort. Eniko Szucs is behind the lens for Vogue Arabia January 2019./ Hair by KIYO Igarashi; makeup by Moises Ramirez
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
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
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
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
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.”
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
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
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