Month: January 2020

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Selena Gomez Is Fully Embracing the Big “Ugly” Color Trend of 2020

Selena Gomez’s current promotional tour (for her new album Rare and for lending her voice to Dolittle) has been quite the stylish affair, and naturally, the always directional Gomez is already wearing some of 2020’s biggest trends. The S/S 20 runways, in all their 1970s-revival glory, were filled with a popular hue from the decade: an earthy rust-brown that’s as close to orange as it is chocolate.

The beauty of this hue is that like camel, white, black, gray, and beige, it’s highly versatile, but it feels fresh because it’s undoubtedly more under-the-radar. You can also easily pair it with any of the aforementioned neutrals, unlike many other color trends out there. Still not convinced that this “ugly” color will dominate in 2020? Scroll to see how readily Gomez embraced the runway trend and shop our favorite rust-brown pieces on the market right now.

On Selena Gomez: Naked Cashmere Sansa Coat ($495); Thom Brown RWB Tipping Stripe Tee ($632)

On Selena Gomez: Guage81 suit; Victor Glemaud top; Yuul Yie Gloria Glam Heel Boots in Camel Croc ($518)

Next up, the controversial color that’ll make any outfit look expensive.

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Dakota Johnson Wore Gucci’s Next It Shoes With Skinny Jeans

Brands make classic styles feel fresh by continually reimagining them in new colors and fabrics—making fashion girls tempted to collect them all. Gucci seems to be particularly good at this strategy, especially when it comes to its loafers. Everyone is familiar with the classic horse-bit loafers, but the latest iteration is sure to sell out in no time.

Photographed in Los Angeles, Dakota Johnson wore the Gucci Jordaan GG Wool Loafers ($695), which are rendered in a wool fabric instead of the classic leather or velvet. It’s a subtle difference, but it makes these celeb-approved shoes destined for cult status. Scroll down to see how Dakota Johnson styled the wool shoes, and then shop them for yourself. Don’t be surprised if you see several more celebs follow suit…

On Dakota Johnson: Gucci Jordaan GG Wool Loafers ($695); Amo Babe Tee; Givenchy bag

Next, Charlize Theron wore the skinny jeans with a cult following in Hollywood. 

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Blake Lively Officially Has a Bowl Cut—and You Need to See the Pics

So here’s the tea: 2019 was a damn good year—for celebrity hair, and thus far 2020 is following suit. Hollywood heads that have always been draped in long extensions are finally going the way of sleek bobs; folks are letting their natural curls flow freely; and colorists are doing really interesting, bold things with their clients’ manes. We are more inspired by the chic celebrity hair transformations we’ve seen in 2019 and 2020 than we have in the years prior, combined. So we rounded up some of the best ones.

Below, find our curated list of the best recent celebrity haircuts and dye jobs. May these before-and-after shots serve as inspo for your next in-salon move. Oh, and be sure to bookmark this page because we’ll be updating the list in real time as soon as we catch wind of a new celebrity hair look. But in the meantime, here are our faves.

It’s no secret Blake Lively’s long, lustrous locks could, quite possibly, be the most iconic in Hollywood. So, when the actress does something drastic as she sometimes does for a role, it creates some pandemonium.  Though we’re PRETTY sure her latest look is a wig (Lively wears numerous looks for her upcoming film, The Rhythm Section), we’re still bowled over by the blunt, short chop she posted to her Instagram earlier this week. We’re already (very) excited to see the film adaptation of the buzzed-about book by Mark Burnell, but Lively’s forecasted series of hair transformations is giving us even more cause to anticipate the release later this month. 

Over the course of her on-screen career, we’ve seen Jada Pinkett Smith take enviable hair risks like rocking a dark pixie cut, a mullet, and even closely shaved sides with long box-braids. For her latest switch-up, the Red Table Talk host debuted a striking platinum blonde color on her natural curls. The star gave us our first glimpse of the effortlessly chic new ‘do in an Instagram post on January 8, proving (yet again) that she’s still hair goals.

We’ve seen Miley Cyrus rock pretty much every cut and color under the sun, but until recently, she had yet to rock her father’s iconic ’90s style—the mullet (which, by the way, is very much trending). The singer knows how to start the year off right and debuted her newest hair look this week on Instagram with a very appropriate caption: “New hair. New year. NEW MUSIC.” Miley, you have our attention. 

Alert: Charlize Theron has a bowl cut now. The star has been pretty consistent with her mid-length, shaggy lob over the last few years, but it looks like she’s ushering in fall with an ultra-chic, multi-tone blonde chop. 

Even though her younger sister Kylie is the one better known for head-turning hair moments, we couldn’t help notice (and immediately screenshot) Kendall Jenner’s major blonde moment while walking Burberry’s London Fashion Week show. Interestingly, not all the models debuted blonde hair, so we’re left wondering if Jenner’s new look is more permanent than a quick flick of a wig backstage. Regardless, we’re into it.

Um, hello chicness. Yesterday, January Jones debuted this sleek summery bob by her hairstylist, Bridget Brager, who captioned her Instagram post of the cut with “Welp, we finally did it! … @januaryjones has sent me #bluntbob hair inspiration pics for months!! We’ve been waiting for her (old) bangs to grow long enough to give that perfect blunt bob, middle part look. Patience.”

Forever a hair chameleon, Kiersey Clemons can pull off anything. We are living for her newest look: a super-short blonde crop, which she just debuted on her Instagram with the tennis ball emoji. Accurate!

Sensing a trend? Kim Kardashian West had onlookers shook when she stepped out last week donning a blunt bob much like January Jones’s. A breezy, low-maintenance cut to go with her new-mom life. 

We are loving how natural-hair icon Logan Browning, star of Netflix’s freaky new thriller The Perfection, is growing out her curls. Check out how much progress she’s made since January of this year. (Click to watch a Vogue video of how the actress masters her signature bouncy curl pop.)

We’ve never seen Games of Thrones star Sophie Turner with bangs before, but now that we have, we don’t even remember what she looked like without them. Her hairstylist, Christian Wood, really nailed this one. 

Undercuts are a subtle way to switch up your hair look. Halle Berry is proof: In May, the 52-year-old icon arrived at the screening of her new film, John Wick, wearing a messy topknot and creative, wavy new undercut by her genius stylist, Ohre Kilpatrick.

Kendall Jenner has been known to play with faux bangs, and we are fans of it every time. (They add a certain vintage, East Coast vibe to her Cali-girl look.) She wore this sleek pony with short, blunt fringe to E!’s upfront event in NYC this May.

Teen music wunderkind Billie Eilish has been rocking different shades of blue since she rose to fame in 2017, but we’re really digging the new dark gray. 

Since earlier this year, Priyanka Chopra has darkened the ombré color she’d been sporting and added some extensions.

Whomst is this chic redhead? Modern Family star Ariel Winter or Ariel from The Little Mermaid? We stan this drastic hair color transformation, which happened in early May. The coppery hue (achieved by Tabitha Dueñas at Nine Zero One salon in Los Angeles) really brightens up the 21-year-old’s overall look.

Model Irene Kim is known for sporting bold hair colors (maroon was her shade of choice for most of this year), but the jet black is a surprising, dare we say elegant, departure. And in that tight, low pony with a middle part? So polished. 

Model/actress Hari Nef’s hair was dark brunette for the longest time, until she went full Brigitte Bardot with a creamy blonde color in 2017. This year, she’s exploring more of the color wheel. This auburn hue matched with the long, wavy style and bangs is so ’70s groovy. Want more celebrity beauty transformations? Don’t miss our favorite celebrity makeup looks of late.

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DNA from detained immigrants will change the nature of the FBI’s genetic database

Illustration by Ana Kova

Sending genetic material from detained immigrants to an FBI database could have consequences for both immigrant privacy protection and criminal justice in the US more generally, experts say. Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced that the FBI’s national genetic database would house immigrant DNA, as part of a program that will collect DNA samples from people who are detained at the border. Those additions will fundamentally change the FBI’s system, both by expanding its scope and by amplifying the overrepresentation of people of color within the database.

“This has major implications for characterizing who we think of as a criminal,” says Bradley Malin, co-director of the Center for Genetic Privacy and Identity in…

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