The news is everywhere: Gucci chose English teen Ellie Goldstein for its new beauty campaign in partnership with Vogue Italia. And what’s the news? She is the first Gucci model with Down syndrome....
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Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss our most popular post last week…Júlia Roth's expose of 'gratitude money,' the supposedly voluntary...
As I hear the electric shaver graze against the back of my head while sitting in a hairdresser in West London, I watch as the blonde pieces of what used to be part of me fall onto the floor. Shit....
It’s that time of the year. Lots of parties, selfies, family photos and videos, and you want to look your best. And whether your shopping preferences are charity shops or high-end fashion stores,...
Happy Monday, gentle readers! We've got a lot of great reads this week so we're going to dive right in. If you haven’t already, subscribe to the Global Comment podcast on...
The late King of Morocco Hassan II had a stylistic audacity equaled by no monarch and was just as eloquent with metaphors. He wore all the colours of the rainbow and used to compare his country to a...
When fashion becomes a crime worthy of the expulsion of winsome celebrity chef Rachael Ray from the billboards of Dunkin’ Donuts, it is clear that the laws of sensibility have been hurled through...
Sweet Jesus, Anne Applebaum, stereotype much? Of course there were many very famous "sultry" women in the USSR - things did not begin, and end, with Stalin and Liubov Orlova (an actress from the...