When you think of Halloween costumes, many of us picture transforming into our favorite style icons, silver screen stars, or something scary for the night. Celebrities also get in on the action, attending soirées dressed to impress in their best Halloween getups.
Last year, Cindy Crawford and Amal Clooney were a knockout duo at the ’70s themed Casamigos Halloween Party which Crawford and her husband hosted. Kaia Gerber, of course in attendance, was hardly recognizable as a blonde while Kim Kardashian ditched her platinum locks to channel her number one style icon to a T.
We’re still counting down to Halloween but our favorite celebrities serve as some seriously killer costumes inspiration. Head below to see the best celebrity Halloween costumes from 2017.
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Truth be told, you can learn just as much observing the various fashion weeks‘ attendees as you can the runway shows and presentations, and that’s precisely what we’ve been doing. More specifically, a big part of what we look for are the things the stylish attendees aren’t wearing anymore. We’ve noticed a major one at recent fashion weeks, which was only solidified by this NYFW.
While outerwear isn’t always the most common thing to see at the spring shows (it is still summer in New York, after all), there was a bit of a cool snap in NYC this week, and the fashion crowd immediately started wearing jackets when the temperatures fell into the 60s. One style that we’re seeing very few of? Leather moto jackets.
Now, before you immediately list yours on eBay, we’d be remiss not to point out that wearing an attention-getting look is key among the street style crowd. While leather jackets are and always will be a wardrobe staple, they’re a bit more basic than the fashion crowd demands, especially at an event like fashion week, where street style photographers are swarming.
So what are we seeing instead? Lots of oversize blazers in bold colors and plaid, reworked trench coats, faux fur, and animal prints. It all seems to be working in their favor, and we have the street style photos to prove it. Keep scrolling to see the trending styles and shop them for yourself.
From the famous black-and-white checkerboard shoes to the iconic curved stripe on Old Skools, Vans sneakers are immediately recognizable—but the brand’s latest collaboration might throw you for a loop. Opening Ceremony updated two Vans shoes in a floral satin jacquard material, and the result is a cool new collection that everyone will be dying to get their hands on.
Of course, Vans is no stranger to collaborations. Recently, the brand teamed up with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on a line of painterly sneakers that sold out immediately. Vans also tapped a handful of artists to collaborate with Disney in honor of Mickey Mouse’s 90th anniversary.
Scroll down to shop the new Vans for Opening Ceremony shoes now. We have a feeling they’ll sell out in the blink of an eye.
When Prada re-released a version of its 2012 flame heels, we had a strong feeling they’d quickly become a cult sensation—but just how quickly, we were unsure. The heels were originally designed for Miuccia Prada’s S/S 12 “Women and Car Engines” show, but the 2018 versions are even more electric, in shades of neon and metallic brights (aka the recipe for Instagram fame). We saw the shoes pop up only once or twice back in August, but we couldn’t get them out of our minds. Now that NYFW and the whole of fashion month are upon us, the playful heels are really starting to take off.
The new Flame Wedge Sandals feature flame cutouts tracing the back edge of the wedge with contrasting colors, making them instantly recognizable, the kind of It item that’s iconic from the get-go. From the first moment that the flames adorned Kendall Jenner’s heels to the full-on wildfire they’re igniting on the streets of NYC this week, we charted just how quickly the fire has spread.
Looks like Jimmy Buffett is moving from “Margaritaville” to “Marijuanaville.”
The 71-year-old rocker, restaurateur and would-be retirement home mogul is licensing his Coral Reefer Band’s name and brand to medical marijuana giant Suterra. The company’s recently appointed chairman, William “Beau” Wrigley, Jr., is the former CEO of—and heir to—the Wrigley chewing gum empire.
Buffett will not own stock in the company, but he will earn royalties on Coral Reefer-branded vape pens, lotions and gel caps. Sweet!
The Wall Street Journal reports that he chose Suterra over other cannabis startups because of their focus on medical marijuana. Buffett himself doesn’t smoke weed anymore and only occasionally uses oils, according a feature published by the the New York Times earlier this year.
Fortune has further details on Suterra’s focus and recent growth:
Georgia-based Surterra is currently licensed in Florida and Texas, and plans to build out cultivation space in the former state while conducting research trials on cannabinoid treatment for issues such as pain and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The company has raised more than $100 million in the last few years, most recently in a $65 million round last month that was led by Wrigley’s Wychwood Asset Management.
However, Wrigley did tell Bloomberg last month that Suterra will eventually participate in the domestic recreational market as more and more states patently legalize pot.
“Everyone seems to be in there because they think they’re going to make tons of money,” Wrigley said. “Some will and some will be sorely surprised when they understand how complex it is.”
Even so, both Wrigley and Buffett undoubtedly will make serious bank selling Coral Reefer products. Feel free to send us a sample.
We all know how important it is to go to sleep at a reasonable hour. We also know we need around eight hours of shuteye—but sometimes falling and staying asleep aren’t the easiest thing in the world. Some nights, it’s just impossible to switch off your brain.
A survey of over 4,000 Americans conducted by Consumer Reports discovered that 27 percent of people have trouble falling or staying asleep most nights, and 68 percent (which comes out to around 164 million people in the U.S.) have trouble sleeping at least once a week.
But wait! This might become a thing of the past. Apparently, there’s a secret US military technique that’ll get you to sleep in only two minutes! That’s right, two minutes.
The method was revealed in a 1981 book titled Relax and Win: Championship Performance. The book supposedly helps readers “improve sports performance and reduce injuries by learning to relax and release tensions prior to competition,”
The technique was developed for soldiers and pilots to ensure they get enough rest for optimal performance and minimal errors, and is said to have a 96 percent success rate after six weeks of practice.
One: Relax the muscles in your face, including your tongue, jaw, and the muscles around your eyes.
Two: Drop your shoulders as low as they’ll go. Then relax your upper and lower arm on one side, and then the other.
Three: Breathe out, and relax your chest.
Four: Finally, relax your legs, first thighs and then calves.
So what comes next? Well, after ten seconds more of trying to clear your mind, Lloyd Bud Winter (the book’s author) suggests that you picture one of the following three mental images:
Lying in a canoe on a calm lake, nothing but blue sky above you.
Snuggled in a black velvet hammock in a pitch-black room.
Saying “don’t think, don’t think, don’t think” over and over for ten seconds.
In essence, you just need to relax EVERYTHING. Your face, arms, legs, butt…everything. Then, clear your mind completely.
However, as I mentioned before, this method takes six weeks of practice to master, and even then it has a 96 percent success rate. If you happen to fall into the four percent that cannot fall asleep using this technique, here are some alternative pieces of advice for you:
Sleep naked
When you sleep in the buff, you’re eliminating anything that can be restricting or uncomfortable during the night, and you’re keeping your body temperature cooler than it would be with pajamas, which is crucial for falling and staying asleep. For you to physically be able to fall asleep, your body needs to cool down roughly .5 degrees Fahrenheit and stay that way.
“If anything prevents that decline in temperature, the brain will wake itself up to see what’s going on, meaning you’ll struggle to get to sleep or you’ll have disturbed sleep,” reads a research paper on sleep regulation.
Use a bed fan
Speaking of staying cool at night, if your bedroom is warm and/or sheets are heavy, you might break a sweat, which will definitely keep you from falling asleep quickly.
The solution? A bed fan! Having airy, breezy sheets all night long will change your life.
According to a recent study from Aussie sleep researcher Dr. Michele Lastella, the secret to knocking out real fast and having an amazing night’s sleep is indulging in a little bedtime nookie.
“What we found was 64 percent of our respondents indicated they slept better when sex was with a partner and it involves an orgasm,” he told Adelaide Now. “When you’re engaging in sex, you’re not thinking about what to do the next day, you’re not going through your phones. It distracts you.”
In other words, it clears your mind, and as everyone already knows, all those post-orgasmic hormones make you super sleepy. That is the winning combo.
Serena Williams’ wildly controversial US Open loss to Naomi Osaka was marked by angry exchanges between the tennis superstar and umpire Carlos Ramos. It looks like the controversy over Williams’ behavior—she told the ump he was a liar and demanded an apology—isn’t going away anytime soon.
Williams is perhaps the greatest woman to ever play the game, and one of the keys to her greatness is how she’s overcome racism and sexism at every turn. An offensive cartoon (see above) published in an Australian newspaper was a double-barreled example of those challenges.
Serena Williams in action
It depicts an angry, ugly caricature of Williams stomping her racket, a pacifier on the court by her side.
Williams’ anger at Ramos docking her a game was indeed intense, and she did break her racket. Plenty of sports commentators have since criticized how she handled things, calling her petulant, referring to her “tantrum.”
Mark Knight, the Australian editorial cartoonist who drew the picture for the Melbourne Herald Sun, replied Tuesday to widespread criticisms that his portrayal was intensely racist.
The world’s gone crazy. It’s a cartoon about poor behaviour. It’s nothing to do with race. I drew this cartoon on Monday night, I saw the world’s greatest tennis player spit the dummy. She’s great to draw, she’s a powerful figure, she’s strongly built. I’m sorry it’s been taken by social media and distorted so much.
“Spit the dummy” is an Aussie slang term used to describe an adult throwing a childlike tantrum.
Knight can double down all he likes, but Williams fans using social media—like Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling—aren’t having it.
Knight certainly has defenders—but many are Australians who know absolutely nothing about America’s history of racism as it has been reflected in cartoons since the Civil War. Cartoons that look a lot like his in their exaggerated, hateful portrayals of African Americans.
Freedom of the press is a great thing, but that doesn’t mean anyone has to put up with this kind of nonsense.
