Chanel announced this week that it will be launching its first makeup line for men in South Korea on Sept. 1. The three-product line includes a tinted fluid foundation in four shades, a matte lip balm, and an eyebrow pencil, also in four shades.
After 116 years, the iconic caged animals on Barnum’s Animals Crackers boxes have been set free. The snack’s playful mascots were previously confined behind circus-style bars, but new packaging now depicts them roaming freely in their natural habitat.
A bovine-inspired banger has become so viral in the past week that some are joking it overshadowed major album drops by Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande.
The New York Times reported last night that the Italian actress and #MeToo advocate Asia Argento made payments to the actor and musician Jimmy Bennett after he accused her of sexually assaulting him.
The release this week of Crazy Rich Asians has been hailed as a win for Asian and Asian-American representation in Hollywood. And it’s a win also for the place where much of the film is set: Singapore.
Legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin, known widely as the Queen of Soul, died at the age of 76 in her Detroit home today, according to her publicist.
The legendary singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin, known widely as the Queen of Soul, died in her Detroit home today, according to her publicist. She was 76.
This morning, Beyoncé’s highly anticipated fourth Vogue cover spread and story were released. The superstar was granted unprecedented control over the shoot, which features her draped in couture with minimal makeup and natural hair. The cover story itself reportedly had no editorial oversight from the magazine, and is an intimate portrait of Beyoncé’s last pregnancy, her heritage and legacy, and more.
K-beauty, aka “Korean beauty” made a grand entrance onto the Western beauty scene back in 2015, and took it by storm with its cutesy and colorful skincare and cosmetic products.
Legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour, longtime queen of glossy print magazines, has reportedly relinquished the magazine’s September cover to none other than Beyoncé Knowles Carter, the bona fide queen of the internet.
A Kuwaiti social media star, Sondos al-Qattan, is facing international backlash following comments she made on a new law expanding Filipino domestic workers’ rights—including provision banning employers from confiscating passports from their maids, nannies, and cooks.
On the night of July 27, some lucky people around the world will be able to watch the 21st century’s longest lunar eclipse, a “blood moon” that will last one hour and 43 minutes.
The vitamin and supplement category—dominated by popular consumables like fish oil, protein, and probiotics, and peppered with niche products like royal jelly and evening primrose oil—is poised to be the $445 billion beauty industry’s next big thing.
What if you could meet Omarosa, Mary Berry, and Snooki all in the same room? You’d probably be overwhelmed, especially if Gordon Ramsey is seething in a corner somewhere nearby.
Early this morning, Chicago singer, songwriter, and producer R. Kelly dropped a rambling, 19-minute song titled “I Admit It,” addressing the numerous rumors and allegations that have followed him throughout his fraught, 30-year career.
Dior’s celebrated saddle bag returned practically overnight in what looks like a thinly veiled ad campaign on Instagram.
Foam shoe company Crocs, beloved by gardeners and hospital workers, made a controversial shoe drop today when it introduced the “Cyprus V”, a high-heeled version of its classic foam clog.
On Wednesday (June 27), Seattle-based design and architecture firm Olson Kundig was selected as the lead architect for Tulsa’s new Bob Dylan Center, an exhibition space dedicated to the works of the legendary singer-songwriter. The museum, set to open in 2021, will serve as a home for the Bob Dylan archives, an exhibition of over 100,000 objects, featuring everything from notebooks and correspondence to unreleased studio and concert recordings.
Melania Trump visited a detention center in McAllen, Texas today, on the heels of her husband’s executive order to end immigrant family separation. The surprise trip was billed as the first lady’s own mission to witness the crisis, though photos of her trip show very different detention conditions from those previously revealed in government-issued photos.
On Thursday, June 14, Dior officially launched its new Backstage makeup line at a glitzy Manhattan release party. The collection, which is repped by Bella Hadid, is billed as a younger, trendier, and slightly cheaper, version of Dior’s classic line. Prior to its debut, the fashion house was lauded for its decision to be more price and skin tone inclusive by releasing 40 different shades of foundation; at $40 a bottle, it offered a rather generous $12 discount off of its main Dior line.
The female-only revival of Steven Soderbergh’s Oceans franchise went all in on the star power. Arguably the summer’s most anticipated film, the just released flick features the likes of Sandra Bullock, Helena Bonham Carter, and yes, Rihanna, in major roles. But beyond switching out the Bellagio for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oceans 8 treats audiences to other famous names—like Amedeo Modigliani, Vincent van Gogh, Christie’s, and Cartier—by granting them camera time as well.
On Friday, June 1, Kanye West debuted his sort-of-surprise, sort-of-self-titled eighth studio album, ye, at a star-studded listening party at Diamond Cross ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The 7-track album clocks in at just 23-minutes, his shortest yet, and features cover art West reportedly snapped on his iPhone on his way to the party.
Rosé undeniably took first place for last year’s drink of the summer. With Instagram-ready varieties like White Girl rosé to several high-end options, wine-watchers marveled at the pink drink’s unlikely rise from tacky to chic. The Hamptons even gave the beverage its stamp of approval by setting up a drive-thru rosé stand—there were rosé gardens, rosé perfumes, even a short-lived musical genre called roséwavé.
Whatever you think of the British monarchy, or the spectacle of an extravagant royal wedding, it’ll be worth watching the coverage of the nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tomorrow for one thing: hats.
