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Last week I shopped online for a razor-sharp hatpin and a vintage notebook; for eyebrow mousse, party shoes and James Joyce’s filthy letters to Nora Barnacle. And because the specs of my life are increasingly furnished by the Net—and because what men in my life?—it was with considerable interest that I looked into InvisibleBoyfriend.com. This hot site allows […]

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Everything is the worst, and the summer is ruined, and everybody pack up your stuff and get out of my house because love is dead, and we all know it. Why? Because Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale are divorcing, and the only thing I can do to feel any sort of control in this endlessly-spiraling […]

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As anyone who has watched one episode of Sex and the City would know, the Birkin bag is the ultimate status symbol. The Hermès signature is usually associated with a hefty price tag and a years-long waiting list, but this week, it became associated something much more serious. “Having been alerted to the cruel practices […]

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A photo posted by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Jul 11, 2015 at 1:29am PDT It’s International Friendship Day, or, as it might more commonly be known, International Squad Day. For the uninitiated, your “squad” is your crew—those individuals who keep you hostage in group texts and appear in 90% of your Instagram grid. They are […]

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This autumn, we’ll have the option of dressing like boys again. If you do (and we’ve all been there), you’ll mention “tomboy” along the same names we’ve been bringing up since 2013. Names like Ruby Rose, Kendall Jenner, and anybody in high tops have religiously evoked the playful and androgynous spirit reserved for “relaxed” and/or […]

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Excited to announce my newest fragrance “RiRi”… coming soon! #ThisIsRiRi A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Jul 21, 2015 at 4:59pm PDT The jig is up: celebrities are about as involved in their fragrances as most of us are in the release of them. (Not very.) But for illusion’s sake, most still stay relatively […]

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According to the recent/tragic end of Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert’s beautiful, wonderful, what-we-all-thought-was-a-perfect union, divorce is real. So in an era in which about one third of all marriages end that way, it makes sense that divorcees have come to commemorate their new life chapters by re-invigorating their wardrobes. Less sensical, however, is designer […]

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As a beauty writer, I get so many products that are labelled “anti-aging” and I am tired of it. I don’t know who made the decision to use it as a blanket term, but somehow that’s the only term ever used anymore. I imagine because it’s effective. Many women have become so frightened by society’s abhorrence of […]

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Cultural appropriation has been prevalent in fashion for decades (Think Jean Paul Gaultier’s unorthodox Hasidic Jew-inspired collection, Chanel’s stylized war bonnets, and Junya Watanabe’s recent use of dreadlock wigs on white models), but voices are accruing against the harmful practice. Just this week, both Osheaga and the Edmonton Folk Festival took a stance against cultural […]

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Me and my best friend, @maisie_williams. (Also one of the smartest women I’ve heard speak, ever.) #LikeAGirl A photo posted by anne t. donahue (@annetdonahue) on Jul 7, 2015 at 12:17pm PDT At least week’s Always #LikeAGirl video launch, ambassador Maisie Williams gave me the ultimate validation: we can be teens for as long as […]

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If today’s beauty news say anything, it’s that there are major changes coming in the world of campaigns. Where supermodels and leading actresses have traditionally ruled the billboards, it seems like the criteria to become a beauty ambassador as of late is a huge social media following and an all-around go-getter. A millennial baby? Even […]

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This weekend, rom-com lovers everywhere can rejoice as Amy Schumer continues her reign of glory with the release of Trainwreck on July 17. Directed by Judd Apatow and written by/starring Schumer, the trailers for the film promise romance, binge-drinking and LeBron James, but also inspire questions alongside the laughs: why has it been so long […]

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