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Model Elizabeth Davison is styled by Alex Van Der Steen in ‘Ode to The Flower’, lensed by Petrovsky & Ramone for Harper’s Bazaar Netherlands May 2019.
Edie Campbell Basks In Undiluted Luxury Lensed By Lachlan Bailey For Vogue Paris June-July 2019
Top model Edie Campbell is styled by Anastasia Barbieri in ‘Gouttes D'Eau Sur Pierres Brûlantes”, a luxe life editorial featuring yachting life and luxe jewels. For those of us who have spent a lot of time in Cannes, Edie’s images by Lachlan Bailey are familiar in their restrained elegance, yet lush opulence for Vogue Paris June-July 2019.
Nimue Smit Fronts 'Blossom', Desert Beauty Lensed By Sergi Pons For El Pais Semanal May 2019
Model Nimue Smit is styled by Berta Alvarez in ‘Blossom’, a collection of desert-inspired luxury looks rich in metallic reflections and flowers to show off in the sun. Led especially by Louis Vuitton, these pieces have a futuristic attitude captured in Tunisia by Sergi Pons for El Pais Semanal May 2019./ Makeup and hair by Ricardo Calero
Gisele Bundchen Is Sporty Beach Beauty Lensed By Mikael Jansson For Vogue Paris June-July 2019
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is styled by Emmanuelle Alt in sporty sensuality lensed by Mikael Jansson for Vogue Paris June/July 2019./ Hair by James Pecis; makeup by Mark Carrasquillo
Carolyn Murphy Takes A 'Summer Break' In Terence Connors Snaps For ELLE France May 31, 2019
Model icon Carolyn Murphy takes a ‘Summer Break’, styled by Marine Braunschwig in casual beach looks. Terence Connors captures Murphy for ELLE France May 31, 2019./ Hair by Tamas Tuzes; makeup by Morgane Martini
Gisele Bundchen Covers ELLE Spain June 2019, Lensed By Nino Munoz For Environmental Issue
Inmaculada Jiménez styles environmental activist Gisele Bundchen for the June 2019 issue of ELLE Spain. Nino Munoz captures the cover star in an issue devoted to the environment.
Bella's 'Journey of the Soul' In Louis Vuitton By Luigi + Iango For Vogue Japan July 2019
Supermodel Bella Hadid covers the July 2019 issue of Vogue Japan, styled by Paul Cavaco. Photographers Luigi & Iango capture Bella, who is increasingly adept at giving the endless paparazzi a super-elegant flicked finger, in the all-Louis Vuitton editorial ‘Bella’s Journey of the Soul’./ Hair by Luigi Murenu; makeup by Peter Philips
Gigi Hadid Smolders In Vogue Mexico's June 2019 Issue, Lensed By Giampaolo Sgura
Supermodel Gigi Hadid covers the June 2019 issue of Vogue Mexico, styled by Paul Cavaco for images by Giampaolo Sgura.
Indya Moore Is First Trans Person To Cover ELLE US June 2019, Lensed By Zoey Grossman
Indya Moore is styled by Charles Varenne for images by Zoey Grossman for ELLE US June 2019. Moore is the first transgender person to cover the magazine. / Makeup by Vincent Oquendo ;hair by Hos Hounkpatin
{A word from Anne on language — which ELLE also addresses in Jada Yuan’s interview Indya Moore Just Wants To Be Free. Imagine Trumpsters navigating this paragraph in ELLE: “
A note on gender pronouns: Indya is nonbinary and prefers to use “they” and “them,” but is also navigating how that works in a society that has long oriented around cisgender or binary trans identities. Most people around Indya use “she,” which Indya says is fine to use throughout this story. See her Instagram post in April about this very topic. “
Xavi Gordo Captures Hannah Ferguson In Western Gear For Vogue Mexico June 2019
Xavi Gordo shoots Hannah Ferguson in Tulum, with styling by Vale Collado for Vogue Mexico’s June 2019 issue. / Makeup & hair by Paco Garrigues
BONOBOS DOING WHAT THEY DO BY GREG @ FLICKR
Dating is never easy, for any of us. Scenarios play over in our heads, classic questions and worries bombard us. Will she like me? Does he share the same interests? Will my mum be watching us have sex? Thankfully, that last question isn’t actually one we humans have to deal with. But new research shows that for bonobos, sex really is often a family affair. What’s more, rather than being an embarrassing hindrance, motherly presence greatly benefits bonobo sons during the deed.
Along with chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), bonobos (Pan paniscus) are our closest living relatives. Restricted to a 500,000 km² thickly-forested zone of the Congo Basin, these endangered great apes were only formally discovered in 1928, which until 2017 made them the most recently-described living great ape species.
Operating in female-led social systems, bonobos are capable of showing a wide range of what were long held as human-specific feelings and emotions, such as sensitivity, patience, compassion, kindness, empathyand altruism.
They’re also perhaps the most promiscuous non-human species on the planet.
Julia Bergshoeff Supports Workers In Sonia Szóstak Images For Vogue Poland June 2019
Model Julia Bergshoeff is styled by Karolina Gruszecka in denim workwear looks for ‘That’s It’. Photographer Sonia Szóstak is behind the lens for Vogue Poland June 2019./ Hair by Michal Bielecki
Cate Underwood In 'Meet Me In Los Angeles' By Alvaro Beamud Cortes For Marie Claire Italy
Model Cate Underwood is styled by Maria Giulia Riva in ‘Meet Me in Los Angeles’, lensed by Alvaro Beamud Cortes for Marie Claire Italy June 2019./ Hair by Peter Butler; makeup by Natasha Severino
Chopard Extends Luxury Brand Sustainability Drive To Chloe Sevigny's Handbag Inspo
Swiss luxury jewelry and watchmaker Chopard has made another advancement in its commitment to sustainability with a handbag designed by award-winning actor Chloë Sevigny.
The geometrically-styled, highly-recognizable evening bag featuring a large heart overlapping the front and side panel, was inspired by “iconic images of the 1940s,” according to a Chopard release on Friday. The bag, sold in three colors, is made from calf-skin leather that is sustainably sourced and “fully traceable,” Chopard said.
For the Sevigny-designed “Green Carpet Collection” bag, which retails for $2,360, Chopard sought to not only trace the leather lineage, but also to work with the tannery on environmental management systems that ensure “all processes and resources, including water, waste, and energy were responsibility managed,” according to Green Carpet, sustainability expert Livia Firth’s Eco-Age. Reinforcement materials on the bag also are made from natural latex and vegetable tanned leather waste.
IMG model Hyun Ji Shin is styled by Anders Solvsten Thomsen in ‘Vivid Wondrous Dreams’ by Estelle Hanania for Vogue China June 2019./ Hair by Tomohiro Ohashi; makeup by Anthony Preel
Josefina Bietti Captures Mia Brammer In 'Castaway' For ELLE Mexico May 2019
Model Mia Brammer is styled by George Krakowiak in ‘Castaway’, lensed by Josefina Bietti for ELLE Mexico 2019./ Makeup by Suyane Abreu
The Evolution of the Medieval Witch – and Why She’s Usually a Woman
By Jennifer Farrell, Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Exeter. First published on The Conversation.
Flying through the skies on a broomstick, the popular image of a witch is as a predominantly female figure – so much so that the costume has become the go-to Halloween outfit for women and girls alike. But where did this gendered stereotype come from? Part of the answer comes from medieval attitudes towards magic, and the particular behaviours attributed to men and women within the “crime” of witchcraft.
Taking one aspect of the witch’s characterisation in popular culture – her association with flight – we can see a transformation in attitudes between the early and later Middle Ages. In the 11th century, Bishop Burchard of Worms said of certain sinful beliefs:
Some wicked women, turning back to Satan and seduced by the illusions and phantasms of demons, believe [that] in the night hours they ride on certain animals with the pagan goddess Diana and a countless multitude of women, and they cross a great span of the world in the stillness of the dead of night.
According to Burchard, these women were actually asleep, but were held captive by the devil, who deceived their minds in dreams. He also believed that none but the very “stupid and dim-witted” could think that these flights had actually taken place.
Washington Becomes First State to Allow ‘Human Composting' As A Burial Method
In 2015, cremations outpaced burials for the first time in United States history. And as the National Funeral Directors Association points out, this upward trend is set to continue over the coming decades, with the national cremation rate predicted to reach nearly 80 percent by 2035. Still, while cremation has obvious environmental advantages over burial—think of all the wood, reinforced concrete, steel, copper and carcinogenic formaldehyde needed to inter the deceased—the process isn’t as Earth-friendly as you might think. In fact, Laura Yan reported for Pacific Standard in 2016, cremation releases 600 million pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year.
Human composting is the brainchild of Katrina Spade, CEO of alternative burial company Recompose. Speaking with local news station KIRO 7, Spade explains that recomposition involves moving the body to a specially designed facility—“part public park, part funeral home, part memorial to the people we love,” in the entrepreneur’s words—and placing it inside of a vessel filled with wood chips, alfalfa and straw. After several weeks of microbial activity, the body breaks down into soil that can then be given to family of the deceased or used by conservation groups to “nourish the [surrounding] land.” Overall, the process uses an eighth of the energy required for cremation and saves more than one metric ton of carbon dioxide for every individual who opts to use it.
Mariam de Vinzelle by Leon Mark In 'A Place in the Sun' for Vogue Ukraine June 2019
Rising model Mariam de Vinzelle is styled in summer elegance by Danielle van Camp for ‘A Place in the Sun’. Leon Mark captures the camp contrasts of big fish and over-sized bows elegance for Vogue Ukraine June 2019./ Hair by Pawel Solis; makeup by Anthony Preel
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