Robbers Caught Stealing 400 Pairs Of Underwear From Victoria Secret We’re use to seeing folks rob gas stations, or sneaker stores — but it’s been a while since folks were caught swiping undies from Victoria Secret. Evesham police are on the hunt for two men and one woman who stole about 400 pairs of underwear from a Victoria’s Secret store last week. According to authorities, one acted as a lookout, the other two loaded a large blue Xios shopping bag with $4,200 in undergarments. NBC News reports: The New Jersey theft happened around 7:32 p.m. on Sept. 25, the police department said. The woman repeatedly reaches into a drawer underneath one of the displays and dumps handfuls of underwear into the bag. Then, before leaving, she and the first man take the underwear from the display, too. Police believe the trio also shoplifted from Victoria’s Secret stores in Yonkers and Queens, New York. SMH, wow. Evesham police is asking anyone with information to contact them.
Source: Geri Lavrov / Getty Victoria Secret To Close 53 Stores First Toys R Us , then Payless, now Victoria Secret! The popular womenswear manufacturer announced that they’ll be closing 53 stores in the U.S. after a decrease in 2018 sales. CNN reports: The difficult holiday period and planned store closures are the latest turmoil for the brand. In November, Victoria’s Secret’s CEO resigned. In December, its annual fashion show sunk to its worst ratings ever. The company closed 30 stores last year as it tried to escape weak malls. A list of which stores will be impacted by the closings has not been released. Sad day for panty lovers.
Source: Geri Lavrov / Getty Victoria Secret To Close 53 Stores First Toys R Us , then Payless, now Victoria Secret! The popular womenswear manufacturer announced that they’ll be closing 53 stores in the U.S. after a decrease in 2018 sales. CNN reports: The difficult holiday period and planned store closures are the latest turmoil for the brand. In November, Victoria’s Secret’s CEO resigned. In December, its annual fashion show sunk to its worst ratings ever. The company closed 30 stores last year as it tried to escape weak malls. A list of which stores will be impacted by the closings has not been released. Sad day for panty lovers.
As much as we enjoy photos of Jinger Duggar’s family , this latest photo was weird … and controversial. Jeremy Vuolo shared a strange image of him with baby Felicity and a Native American tipi. Followers are accusing him of cultural appropriation. Jeremy Vuolo shared a curious picture on Instagram. In the snap, he is holding baby Felicity while being obscured by what looks like fog. Before them is a miniature tipi (also spelled teepee). “Time for reflection,” Jeremy captioned the post, as if that explained anything. It’s unclear if he is referring to the presence of a mirror in the photo. He may have instead meant, on a more serious note, that he’s reflecting upon Native American culture. Some fans were confused. “What is this supposed to mean?” one commenter asks. Others are worried that he’s misusing another culture’s symbols and traditions. “If there is a deeper meaning behind this post please do share,” another commenter implores. “If not,” they continue. “Please know that taking elements of another culture (especially one that has been as mistreated as Native Americans).” That commenter concludes: “and using them flippantly for your own artistic design is completely inappropriate.” Followers continued to try to figure out what Jeremy’s post was all about. “I googled it, guys,” one commenter shares. “And some places are saying November is Native American month.” “Perhaps as ‘Thanksgiving’ comes it’s a moment to reflect on the atrocities inflicted on the first nations people,” another suggested. That would be very seasonally appropriate, folks. But others were concerned. “It’s fairly regularly accepted that cultural appropriation is insensitive,” writes another. “Benefitting from someone else’s culture,” another writes, is “not OK.” Some jumped to some very different conclusions about Jeremy’s post. “Why teepee?” one asked bluntly. “Are you racist too?” Another jumped to a conclusion on the opposite end of the spectrum. “Are you Native American?” one asked. “Hard to understand the meaning of the pic,” another noted. “I am Apache though, so if you are that’s great.” The Apache nation is not known for tipis. Tipis are sometimes mistakenly attributed to all Native Americans, but were and are in fact unique to people of the Plains region of North America. (Tipis are still used for some ceremonies, if no longer used for dwellings) Native American cultures in other regions used different types of dwellings, including elaborate structures. It’s understandable that people would be on their guard about Native American cultural heritage being misused by white people. But one follower commented that this is not what is happening. “Ya’ll, he is in Oklahoma at a Native American history museum,” the commenter writes. “Chill!!!!” Tipis are often the subject of misunderstanding. While tipis are conceptually similar to the European lavvu, they are part of a few Native American cultures and are not for anyone else to misuse. The Native American cultural heritage more likely to be misused are things like war bonnets and terms like “spirit animal.” But it doesn’t look like Jeremy Vuolo is doing any of that. We’re happy to call out cultural appropriation or other wrongdoings when we see it. But that’s not what was happening here. With context, we see that he was practicising cultural appreciation in a museum. Let’s save our outrage for the people and actions that deserve it. View Slideshow: Jinger Duggar Shares Adorable Pics of Her “Little Family,” Melts Fans’ Hearts
It’s a frightening time for young celebrities, as an epidemic of addiction and substance abuse is claiming lives in Hollywood at an astonishing rate. Over the course of the past year, a number of promising lives have been lost or forever changed by opioids and other prescription pills, and it seems that there’s no solution to the problem in sight. In July, Demi Lovato’s near-fatal overdose left fans praying for the singer’s recovery. ( Lovato recently celebrated 90 days of sobriety.) The death of Mac Miller in September stunned the hip-hop world and left many of his fellow artists thinking twice about lyrics and lifestyles that glorify substance abuse. One such artist is Lil Xan. Lil Xan Talks Drugs Xan is so steeped in modern hip-hop drug culture that his stage name is a reference to his former substance of choice. The 23-year-old recently opened up to TMZ in a surprisingly candid new interview in which he discusses his conflicted feelings toward drugs and the music that glorifies them. The rapper says he’s kicked his addiction to Xanax, but is still “weaning” himself away from other pills. In the interview, Xan reveals that he sold drugs before making it big in music. But he also insists he was a drug dealer with a conscience and quit dealing when the often-fatal Fentanyl hit the scene. “My friends were taking it; they were puking. I was like I can’t … I’m out the game,” Xan says of his decision to retire from dealing and focus on music. Xan says that like Demi, he’s capable of long periods of sobriety, but notes that he is currently off the wagon. “I relapsed, and that’s common … Any other addict would understand that sh-t just happens,” he tells TMZ. “You just relapse. You don’t want to. It’s a process. You need treatment and help, and sometimes that doesn’t even help.” “It has to come from within. That’s what I’ve learned,” Xan says. “I’ve gone periods of like six months clean of everything. And that was because of me. I wanted to be clean.” When the interviewer states that Xan is “clean now,” he corrects her: “I’m not completely clean. Off Xanax, yes, but I’m still weaning off Norcos [a brand of codeine-based painkiller],” he says. Xan says he is currently not in rehab, but is living in seclusion “in the forest.” He adds that he plans to remain in hiding until the release of his upcoming album, which he has described as a tribute to his “hero,” Mac Miller. We wish Lil Xan all the best in his recovery. View Slideshow: 31 Celebrities Who Have Been to Rehab
Bella Hadid is getting some major hate, and this time it’s not over those weird nudes she took with her sister Gigi . This time, Bella was so excited to show off her runway-ready body in lingerie. Some body-shamers, however, decided that she looked too thin — and flooded her with deprecating comments. Bella Hadid shared a series of sultry lingerie pics on Instagram. Wearing black lingerie and snakeskin boots, she excitedly gushed in the captions. “@victoriassecret fittings today,” she announced with glee. “i can’t wait for you to see all of the beautiful outfits,” Bella raved. Showing that she knows that this is a big deal, Bella added: “I’m so grateful to be a part of the show again.” Bella looks genuinely amazing in these pics. She wrote that she is “feeling happier and healthier than ever.” Realizing that she would probably face some trolling, Bella decided to head them off. “All body types are different,” Bella reminded her followers in parentheses. “And,” she continued, different bodies “react differently to a great workout routine and a healthy diet.” She’s absolutely right. Some bodies will radically change their shape. Others may have improved health, but their overall shape won’t change. Unfortunately, body-shamers and concern trolls took to Bella’s comments to blast her slender figure. “Feed her somebody,” demanded one hater. “Skin and bone!” exclaimed another. “That photo shows everything but health!” “Oh honey, you look like an Avatar in the second pic especially,” one wrote. We’re sure that James Cameron is just glad that anyone thinks of that movie enough to make a hateful comparison. “I can’t be the only one who sees that!” the commenter continued. “You look frightening!” That last line is only not an insult on Halloween, folks. “Skin and bone,” exclaimed another, unoriginally. “That second page is quite frankly disturbing.” Some of these people are acting like they’ve never seen a Victoria’s Secret model’s ribs before. “We know that Bella could look better if she eats properly,” insisted another troll. That hater reasoned: “cuz she wasn’t looking like that before which makes us sure that she’s starving herself day after day.” Another lamented: “I will never understand why bones protruding through skin is considered beautiful.” Folks, if bones were protruding from her skin, she’d be bleeding and Instagram would have removed the photos for T&S violations. Another concern troll tried to pretend that they’re really on Bella’s side in a lengthy, body-shaming post. “I have nothing against being slim,” wrote this person. “But this is unhealthy on so many levels.” “Shame on @victoriassecret for encouraging and promoting this totally unrealistic image,” the commenter continued. The hater concluded: “We must put an end to the concept of looks = value.” That last line may be accurate, but this person seems to be devaluing Bella because of her looks. Hypocrisy much? Also, Bella is literally a model. if there is ever a time for someone’s looks to matter, it’s in the modeling world. Some came to Bella’s defense, and pointed out the double standard applied to women that does not seem to be applied to men. “You can see the ribs of Hue Jackman in Wolverine,” a commenter wrote. “But I doubt you think he’s unhealthy.” It’s true — the only men who seem to get this kind of treatment are those with exceptionally slender bone structures. Women, in the mean time, get hate if they’re slender or face what’s essentially the same kind of concern trolling if they’re plus size. Perhaps one day people will let women View Slideshow: Victoria Secret Fashion Show 2016: Who Looked Best?
Lala Anthony is not new to the fashion industry. In 2012, the Power actress launched 5th And Mercer with her then stylist, Jason Bolden . The actress has expanded beyond jumpsuits and is partnering with Lord & Taylor for an exclusive collection. The collection is available now and starts at $78.00 for denim ($88.00 for distressed denim) and goes up to $120, for a super cute green, cropped bomber jacket . She also made sure to include sizes for our plus-size ladies. This collection goes from 0 to 24. Yesss! My personal favorite is this $98.00 oversized distressed hoodie dress, love how she’s tapping into the athleisure trend . Will you be buying? If so, hurry to Lord & Taylor right now, as there is a BOGO 50%! Shop the collection, here, and tag us with you in her items! DON’T MISS: LaLa Reveals How She’s Pushing Through Her Very Public Breakup Did Kofi Siriboe and LaLa Exchange Numbers At The BET Awards? These Black Models Were Stylishly Spotted Heading To The Victoria Secret Fashion Show Callbacks [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”2916483″ overlay=”true”]
It was only this past June that we reported Joe Jonas and Gigi Hadid were dating . But five months later, reports are rolling in claiming that the couple has called it quits. The couple was first spotted together in May shortly after 20-year-old Hadid broke up with singer Cody Simpson . In August, Jonas, 26, officially announced he broke up with Blanda Eggenschwiler, his longtime girlfriend. And following what seems to be a pattern of break-ups in their romantic lives, the couple has reportedly spilt . A source told Us Magazine, “It was just due to busy schedules. They are just going to be friends for now, but it wasn’t [due to] anything serious.” The split comes as a surprise. Judging from their Instagram posts, the young couple seemed to be happy. They even went on a double date with Jonas’ ex and Hadid’s friend Taylor Swift and her current beau, Calvin Harris. Just a month ago, they made their first official red carpet debut at the Global Lyme Alliance Inaugural Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street. They attended the event to support Hadid’s mother, Yolanda Foster, former cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills . Yolanda, unfortunately, has been enduring a long battle with Lyme disease. Had they stayed together, Hadid and Jonas could have been a Hollywood power couple. Recently, Hadid was selected to walk in this year’s Victoria Secret Fashion Show alongside her BFF Kendall Jenner. And Jonas, the lead singer for DNCE, just released the band’s debut EP, Swaay.
Props to R&B singer/songwriter Novel for tackling the issue of these police out here murdering black men ! Check out his new song, “Letter To The Badge” which is dedicated to Michael Brown and Eric Garner: We hate that we’re still fighting this injustice after all these years, but it’s great to see all these musicians using their talent to speak on social issues.
