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Kate Middleton is the epitome of elegance, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t taken a few fashion risks here and there. Many of the Duchess of Cambridge’s royalty-appropriate outfits have sheer details that have definitely turned heads. Her key to choosing palace-worthy looks is sticking to dresses with sheer elements rather than going all-out with the trend. Translation: She chooses dresses with a transparent back or see-through sleeves. (Don’t expect to see the naked dress trend in Kensington Palace anytime soon.)

One of her most daring looks, for instance, was a black Temperley London number with cutout sheer sleeves that showed strategic hints of skin. For a red carpet event recently, she also wore an ethereal Jenny Packham gown that featured floaty sheer sleeves and a beautiful gossamer back. Scroll down to see how she’s worn hints of sheer details and to shop the trend for yourself. 

Next up, see the new dresses that will sell out because of Meghan Markle. 

Though the upcoming holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve) are likely on everyone’s mind right now, there’s another important happening that also occurs around this time: graduation. For college seniors, this major milestone is one of the most significant of all—it’s a culmination of 16-plus years in school, and as such, deserves a celebration. The first thing to check off before the soon-to-be graduate walks the stage and moves their tassel? Finding the perfect winter graduation dress.

Although you will likely be wearing a robe over your outfit during the majority of the ceremony, the dress will find its time to shine after you walked the stage (i.e., during pictures and at your graduation party). So this occasion is certainly reason enough to scoop up a new dress or two. After all, you’ll be reminiscing about your graduation day (and looking at said photos) long after it’s over, and you want to look and feel your absolute best.

Now, if you need a little help finding the perfect winter graduation dress, you’re in luck, because below, we’ve rounded up 20 styles that you can wear long after the ceremony is over. Read on to see and shop our edit.

In honor of their brand new flagship store in New York City, Nike just dropped a limited-edition Noise Canceling collection, featuring five classic models representing iconic athletes who made sports history in the Big Apple.

The sneakers are made with all-white bonded synthetic leather and feature a removable swoosh for complete customization. 

Dubbed the “House of Innovation 000,” the new flagship store is all about customization options and has a DIY theme, and customers will be able to customize their white-on-white kicks however they wan,t with dip-dyes, embroidery, patches, lasering, and a full accessory bar. 

Here’s a look at the entire Noise Cancelling collection, available only at the Nike NYC flagship store:

Nike Zoom Fly 2

The Zoom Fly 2 represents long-distance runner Shalane Flanagan’s 2017 performance in the NYC marathon, where she became the first American female runner to win the marathon in four decades. It’s available through November 29th.

Air Jordan 1 High

This Air Jordan 1 High model is an homage to Queens-native BMX rider Nigel Sylvester’s jump over the 145th street subway stop. It’s available November 30th through December 13th. 

Air Force 1 Low

This sneaker honors Odell Beckham Jr., who missed the first four games of his rookie season due to an injury, but still managed to land his gravity-defying one-handed, 50-yard touchdown catch at the Meadowlands. Cop it from December 14th through December 27th.

The Cortez

This twist on the classic Nike Cortez is a nod to tennis star Maria Sharapova, who won her second Grand Slam at the US Open in Flushing Meadows at the age of 19. It’s available December 28th to January 10th.

Kobe 1 Protro

Lastly, the Kobe 1 Protro represents Kobe Bryant’s incredible 61-point performance in 2009, and will be available January 11th through January 24th.

Nearly 20 years into her musical career, J. Lo is still raking in tons of cash.

The “El Anillo” singer was reportedly paid a staggering $2 million dollars for a 20-minute set and Q&A session at the grand opening of the Doha Festival City Mall in Qatar last week, according to TMZ. 

Sources said that Lopez spoke about woman’s rights—a hot-button issue in the Arab country—before snapping photos with fans. The pop star was paid an additional million for expenses, including a private jet. 

Unbelievably, she’ll make another seven-digit sum for an equally short performance when she headlines a Qatar Airways gala at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on November 27. 

The airline is reportedly offering Lopez $1.2 million, but the fee is still being negotiated. 

Talk about the good life. 

As far as anyone knows, there is just one DeLorean Hovercraft in the world. That it exists at all is pretty damn cool, but it’s also currently up for sale on eBay for $45,000. 

The lucky buyer gets an amazing grown-up toy that looks like it came straight out of the 1985 hit sci-fi comedy Back to the Future and contributes to a great cause in the bargain. Ten percent of the money will go to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research.

As creator and owner Matt Riese takes pains to note on the eBay listing, this isn’t just “a Delorean bolted onto a hovercraft.” He created it from scratch, tested it, drove it around San Francisco Bay for years, and he’s become a kind of local celeb as a result.

Video of Riese putting the DeLorean through its paces should be all that’s needed to at least covet this thing. It isn’t just fun, either—it appears to be well-built and durable. 

Here’s Riese’s description of what the buyer will get:

The Hovercraft is based on the blueprints for the Universal Hovercraft UH-13PT. The basic shape of the hull, skirt, and fan ducts come from those blueprints, but pretty much everything else is customized. The Delorean body is made out of styrofoam wrapped in fiberglass and painted with metallic paint. The 36” thrust fan is powered by a 23hp Briggs & Stratton Vanguard riding lawnmower-style engine.

The 24” lift fan is powered by a B&S 875 Professional series push mower engine. The hull of the craft hovers about 6-8 inches over the surface, and can hover over anything relatively flat: land, water, ice, snow, sand, asphalt, etc. The top speed with the current thrust configuration is 31 mph on the water in good conditions.

The top speed doesn’t look that impressive on the screen, but it’s obvious from Riese’s footage that it feels like you’re zipping along at almost 88 mph. 

Riese calls his hovercraft “a functional work of art,” but real DeLoreans aren’t just museum pieces. A new model is due sometime in 2019, for a little over twice the price of the hovercraft.

Until those are available, though, there’s at least one way to zip around like you’re fleeing the Libyans, and as Doc Brown said to Marty McFly, “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

It’ll take at least a year to get into most of the high-end restaurants named on this year’s list of the  “World’s 50 Best Restaurants.”  

Fortunately, many of the entrants on Eater’s annual list of America’s Essential Restaurants all have great food without the sky-high prices or epic wait times. 

You’ll see regional dishes like Texas BBQ and Nashville hot chicken as well as Asian cuisine, modern takes on classic French cooking, and a whole host of fine dining establishments with multi-course menus.

Check out what Eater had to say about the 38 best American restaurants of 2018 below: 

2M Smokehouse – San Antonio

In an ever-more-crowded genre, pitmaster Esaul Ramos and fellow San Antonian Joe Melig transcend the Texas smoked-meats melee by also serving a frictionless combination of dishes that express their Mexican-American heritage. 2731 South WW White Road, San Antonio, TX, (210) 885-9352, 2msmokehouse.com

Atelier Crenn – San Francisco

Crenn focuses the modernist kitchen on seafood and vegetables, using impeccable Bay Area ingredients while musing over her upbringing in Brittany, France, for inspiration. 3125 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA, (415) 440-0460, ateliercrenn.com

Brennan’s – New Orleans

Among the city’s Creole restaurant institutions, Brennan’s now takes the lead with its balance of timeless pageantry and relevant, finely honed cooking. 417 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, (504) 525-9711, brennansneworleans.com

Here’s Looking At You – Los Angeles

Salsa negra, smoked beef tongue, nam jim, carrot curry, blood cake, almond dukkah, sprouted broccoli, New Zealand cockles: All have a place on [chef Jonathan Whitener’s] menu; all make sense in his electric, eclectic compositions; all reflect Los Angeles’s wondrous pluralism. 3901 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA, (213) 568-3573, hereslookingatyoula.com

Himalaya – Houston

Numerous curries, including Hyderabadi chicken hara masala coursing with green chiles, evince several regional Indian cuisines, but it’s key to order the gems inspired by [owner] Kaiser Lashkari’s native Pakistan. 6652 Southwest Freeway, Houston, TX, (713) 532-2837, himalayarestauranthouston.com

Jose Enrique – San Juan, Puerto Rico

Whiteboards propped around the dining room list the daily-changing menu, a narration of the island’s comida criolla in which local seafood keeps diners rapt. 176 Calle Duffaut, San Juan, Puerto Rico, (787) 725-3518, joseenriquepr.com

JuneBaby – Seattle

Among the menu’s familiar, gorgeously rendered comforts, the truest treasures (oxtails, vinegared chitterlings, collard greens with ham hock) are the ones that most resonantly invoke Jordan’s upbringing. 2122 Northeast 65th Street, Seattle, WA, (206) 257-4470, junebabyseattle.com

Koi Palace – Daly City, CA

In a blur of dumplings, noodles, congees, sweet and savory cakes, piled greens, and crisp-skinned meats, a through-line of freshness and craftsmanship gives the feast cohesion. 365 Gellert Boulevard, Daly City, CA, (650) 992-9000, koipalace.com

Mary & Tito’s Cafe –  Albuquerque

There is no better indoctrination into the state’s culinary nucleus than the cafe started by Tito and Mary Ann Gonzales in 1963. Both have died, but their daughter Antoinette Knight, her family, and the restaurant’s longtime cooks keep the recipes and spirit alive. 2711 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM, (505) 344-6266, no website

Momofuku Ko – New York

A course of frozen foie shavings, melting on the tongue like otherworldly snowflakes, is a forever trademark; it’s hard to look at the split shape of the “Ko egg” and not envision an alabaster Pac-Man gobbling dots of caviar. 8 Extra Place, New York, NY, (212) 203-8095, ko.momofuku.com

Palace Diner – Biddeford, Maine

Eating here haunts me: I can’t find better light, lemony, buttery pancakes, or a more precisely engineered egg sandwich, and theirs is the only tuna melt I ever hunger after. 18 Franklin Street, Biddeford, ME, (207) 284-0015, palacedinerme.com

Park’s BBQ – Los Angeles

Certainly the tabletop-grilled meats (especially the kalbi, or short ribs, and anything offered as an American wagyu upgrade) deliver with sizzling edges and smoky depths. 955 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, (213) 380-1717, parksbbq.com

Smyth & the Loyalist – Chicago

At Smyth, husband and wife John Shields and Karen Urie Shields certainly show off brainpower through 12 courses that uniquely coalesce Japanese, Nordic, and Southern-American flavors and techniques. 177 North Ada Street, Chicago, IL, (773) 913-3773, smythandtheloyalist.com

Superiority Burger – New York

Brooks Headley departed from his top-of-the-food-chain gig as pastry chef at Del Posto in 2015 to channel his punk-musician origins into a solo project: a seditious, moshing, 270-square-foot Lower East Side restaurant that specializes in a remarkably gratifying vegetarian burger. 430 East 9th Street, New York, NY, (212) 256-1192, superiorityburger.com

Via Carota – New York

It’s the crowd’s smart air (especially at lunch, the ideal time to drop in). And it’s certainly the assured Italian cooking, heavy on vegetable dishes but also with soul-soothing pleasures like tagliatelle showered with Parmesan and draped with prosciutto. 51 Grove Street, New York, NY, (212) 255-1962, viacarota.com

Xi’an Famous Foods – New York

Hand-ripped noodles with spicy cumin lamb (its complexly seasoned chile oil reflective of Xi’an’s Eastern point along the spice routes), liangpi “cold skin” noodles, and a lamb burger stuffed in a hamburger-bun-shaped bao became phenomenons. 41-10 Main Street, Flushing, NY, (212) 786-2068, and other locations, xianfoods.com

Xochi – Houston

Look for memelas (a thicker tortilla cradling roasted pork rib), tetelas (blue-masa triangles stuffed with house-made cheese), and molotes (crisp oval cakes painted with creamy and spicy sauces). 1777 Walker Street, Houston, TX, (713) 400-3330, xochihouston.com

Al Ameer – Dearborn, Michigan

Kahlil Ammar and Zaki Hashem’s family business includes an in-house butcher facility, so the unrivaled stuffed lamb (and also lamb liver, a traditional breakfast dish) exhibits exceptional freshness. 12710 West Warren Avenue, Dearborn, MI, (313) 582-8185, alameerrestaurant.com

Benu – San Francisco

Lobster coral soup dumplings, mussels stuffed with glass noodles and layered vegetables, a combination of potato salad and caramelized anchovies that recalls two staples of banchan: After thousands of meals consumed for Eater, I don’t know another place in America that serves food more dazzlingly, gratifyingly singular than Benu. 22 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA, (415) 685-4860, benusf.com

Bad Saint – Washington, D.C.

Inspirations like piniritong alimasag (fried soft-shell crab in spicy crab-fat sauce) also brilliantly signal the Chesapeake region in which [chef Tom Cunanan] cooks. 3226 11th Street NW, Washington, D.C., no phone, badsaintdc.com

Bateau – Seattle

Servers maintain a nightly running list of steaks on a chalkboard; lesser-known cuts like gracilis (the lean top round cap) receive equal billing with New York strips and ribeyes. 1040 East Union Street, Seattle, WA, (206) 900-8699, restaurantbateau.com

Bertha’s Kitchen – North Charleston

Sisters Sharon Grant Coakley, Julie Grant, and Linda Pinckney carry on the culinary traditions of their deceased mother, Albertha Grant, serving red rice and shrimp, garlic crabs, lima beans, okra stew, and other specialties of the Gullah, former slaves who made their home in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. 2332 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston, SC, (843) 554-6519, no website

Blue Hill at Stone Barns – Pocantico Hills, NY

[Dan] Barber and his seasoned improvisers run the show, orchestrating scenarios of experimental squash varietals and no-waste animal cookery; perhaps there’s a mid-evening field trip to the bakery or a course or two in the refurbished manure shed (yes, it’s a thing) or the kitchen. 630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills, NY, (914) 366-9606, bluehillfarm.com

Compère Lapin – New Orleans

Nina Compton, a native of St. Lucia, revives New Orleans’s often-forgotten connections to the Caribbean; at her three-year-old restaurant, she knits together cultures with dishes like snapper with vinegary pepper escovitch and carrot beurre blanc. 535 Tchoupitoulas Street, New Orleans, LA, (504) 599-2119, comperelapin.com

FIG – Charleston

Mike Lata and Jason Stanhope’s ever-creative, always-consistent fixture, where the daily catch from Southern waters steers the nightly menu. 232 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC, (843) 805-5900, eatatfig.com

Franklin Barbecue – Austin, TX

[Chef Aaron Franklin’s] brisket alone altered my brain chemistry, and did the same for a lot of other souls, forever changing our expectations of that Lone Star staple. 900 East 11th Street, Austin, TX, (512) 653-1187, franklinbarbecue.com

The Grey – Savannah, GA

Eater’s 2017 Restaurant of the Year resides in a former Greyhound bus station, restored to its original 1938 Art Deco grandeur in a multimillion-dollar renovation. Mashama Bailey culls Southern port city flavors into a jubilantly personal expression, with triumphs like salt-preserved grouper on toast and quail scented with Madeira. 109 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Savannah, GA, (912) 662-5999, thegreyrestaurant.com

Highlands Bar & Grill – Birmingham, AL

A victorious year, with James Beard Awards for Outstanding Restaurant (after nine previous nominations) and a long-deserved win for pastry chef Dolester Miles, only emphasizes the timeless relevance of Frank and Pardis Stitt’s affable Southern-French haven. 2011 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, (205) 939-1400, highlandsbarandgrill.com

Kachka – Portland, OR

Bonnie and Israel Morales recently moved their Belarusian-Georgian-Russian restaurant to a larger, splashier space without displacing an ounce of its inimitable spirit; their new lunch service offers the same signature dumplings, caviar, and newly supersized blini, and world-class vodkas. 960 SE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, (503) 235-0059, kachkapdx.com

Mariscos Jalisco – Los Angeles

The taco dorado de camaron, filled with spiced shrimp, emerges sizzling from the fryer before being swathed with salsa roja and avocado slices. 3040 East Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, (323) 528-6701, no website

Milktooth – Indianapolis

Jonathan Brooks is a mad genius of the morning meal. There’s no more inspired destination for relentlessly inventive breakfasts in America. 534 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, (317) 986-5131,milktoothindy.com

Mud Hen Water – Honolulu

In dishes like his version of grilled squid lūʻau, whole fish cooked in coals, and chicken long rice croquettes, O‘ahu native Ed Kenney connects the cultural dots like no one else on the islands. 3452 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu, HI, (808) 737-6000, mudhenwater.com

n/naka – Los Angeles

Niki Nakayama and Carole Iida’s menus careen through cooking techniques (sashimi, steaming, frying, searing), but the whole is a meditation on the ties between culinary tradition and individual imagination. 3455 Overland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, (310) 836-6252, n-naka.com

Parachute – Chicago

Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark’s dishes crisscross continents in their exceptionally vivid flavors, but the road always leads back to Korea with seasonal journeys like dolsot bibimbap and sesame-laced beef stew. 3500 N Elston Avenue, Chicago, IL, (773) 654-1460, parachuterestaurant.com

Prince’s Hot Chicken – Nashville

No matter how many people succumb to the masochistic pleasures of capsaicin and the endorphin rush that follows, or how many restaurant groups fashion their own variations, credit for the dish should — and will — always go straight back to the business that made it famous. 123 Ewing Drive, Nashville, TN, (615) 226-9442, princeshotchicken.com

Spoon and Stable – Minneapolis

Gavin Kaysen brought New York star power back to his native Minnesota but keeps himself grounded with local ingredients and compelling yet comforting plates. 211 North First Street, Minneapolis, MN, (612) 224-9850, spoonandstable.com

Staplehouse – Atlanta

Ryan Smith crafts the right-now model of the mid-priced tasting menu, serving a dozen or so constantly evolving courses; dishes might involve modernist mousses and powders but never spiral too far from an end goal of accessible pleasure. 541 Edgewood Avenue Southeast, Atlanta, GA, (404) 524-5005, staplehouse.com

Zahav – Philadelphia

Grilled duck hearts, roasted carrots with labneh, the signature smoked lamb shoulder lacquered with pomegranate molasses, riffs on kanafeh (a shredded phyllo dessert) with seasonal fruits: These communal plates all foster kinship, further cultural understanding, and of course bring immense enjoyment. 237 St James Place, Philadelphia, PA, (215) 625-8800, zahavrestaurant.com