The Celebrity Trend Turning Heads in Hollywood BRACE YOURSELF: VISIBLE UNDERWEAR IS IN AGAIN
Yes, you read that headline correctly. We’ve officially returned to 2002 — when the sexiest thing a celebrity could do was show off a bit of lace or a whale tail. If you think the “baggy pants and visible boxers” trend was bad, get ready for “The Year of the Exposed Thong.” Why are celebrities suddenly showing off their underwear? According to Elle magazine, the appearance of undergarments is an extension of the Y2K wave that brought low-rise jeans, Uggs, and layered tops back into style last year. There’s even a name for the phenomenon: “naked dressing.” The Washington Post describes “naked dresses” as “garments that reveal as much as they conceal because they’re sheer, skin-toned, skintight, or all of the above.” Elle reports that “as naked
dressing has slowly become the norm on the red carpet and beyond, it was only a matter of time before this once-reviled trend came back with a vengeance — and with flashing no longer a novelty, showing you’re wearing underwear at all can be a quasi-revolutionary act.” Who started this new craze? According to Elle, some of the credit (or blame?) for naked dressing should go to singer Dua Lipa and model Hailey Bieber. Both celebrities showed off their underwear on Instagram this January in low-cut, backless dresses. However, Who What Wear reports the trend’s roots reach back to 1962. That year, Marilyn Monroe wore a see-through, figure-hugging dress to sing “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy. In the next two
decades, celebrities like Jane Birkin, Kate Moss, and Cher flaunted their figures in similarly sheer dresses. More recently, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Zoë Kravitz, Kendall Jenner, Megan Fox, and Kim Kardashian have also tried out the look. Why did ‘naked dressing’ stick around? There’s no single answer to this question, but The New York Times shares a few guesses in its article “Naked Dressing Has You Covered.” According to reporter Vanessa Friedman, naked dressing is one way people (often women) exercise their right to self-expression and embrace their bodies. Naked dressing, she writes, “suggest[s] that exposure does not equate to vulnerability but strength, and that the body just as it is is just fine.” To learn more about the naked dresser’s headspace, check out her article at NYTimes.com.
HOW TO GET THE PERFECT ‘LIQUID HAIR’
Steal Megan Thee Stallion’s Sleek Look
Is that a chestnut-colored waterfall or the back of rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s head? Thanks to the recent “liquid hair” trend, it’s sometimes hard to tell! Celebrities like Stallion, Zendaya, Kim Kardashian, and Dua Lipa have recently abandoned bold, voluminous locks for sleek, straight hairdos — and you can follow suit. According to publications like Glamour and InStyle, liquid hair is the newest evolution of “glass hair,” a trend that favored smooth helmet-like locks and is now “so 2018.” The look is closer to glass hair than wet hair — and a practiced eye can spot the difference. “Unlike the wet hair trend, liquid hair doesn’t appear wet. It is super smooth and ultra-shiny, almost to the point of being reflective like glass. Ultraglossy hair that’s soft to the touch. Liquid hair still has body, bend, and movement, giving it that fluid feel,” Ilham Mestour, the artistic director of Balmain Hair Couture, told Glamour. Your odds of achieving liquid hair at home depend on your hair texture. If you’re already blessed with thick, straight locks, you may just need a deep conditioner, careful blow-dry, and a blast of shine spray to nail it. The process can be more complicated if your hair is curly or wavy.
Celebrities seem to favor keratin treatments to straighten and de-frizz their locks. Still, Harper’s BAZAAR reports that this option can be hazardous because some treatments either contain or produce the cancer-causing chemical formaldehyde. The heat-based treatments can also damage your hair long-term — and they’ll definitely put a dent in your wallet!
Instead of heading to the salon, InStyle recommends prepping your hair with smoothing and heat-protecting product, blowing it dry with your hairdryer’s nozzle attachment, straightening it, then finishing the look with Davines This is a Shimmering Mist or Color Wow Extra Mist-ical Shine Spray. Of course, you can create a curly take on liquid hair with your favorite hair mask and de-frizzer. As long as your hair looks healthy, shiny, and touchable, you’re doing the trend right.
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