“Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration” is a fairy tale come to life. The live-action special, available to stream on Disney+, is a star-studded event, featuring talent like H.E.R. (née Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson) as Belle, Josh Groban as the Beast, Shania Twain as Mrs. Potts, Martin Short as Lumière, David Alan Grier as Cogsworth, screen legend Rita Moreno as the narrator, and more. Speaking with POPSUGAR, costume designer Marina Toybina shares what it was like to work with such impressive names and how she crafted some of the show’s immaculate, stunning costumes — more than 300 in total.

“It was such a great experience [working with H.E.R.],” Toybina says. “We just had so much respect and love for each other, and when I finally had the opportunity to share the artwork with her, she was very excited.”

“Every single costume had something extraordinary and special about it.”

For H.E.R.,

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Frasers Group, the owner of the Sports Direct chain founded by billionaire Mike Ashley, has agreed to buy a string of fashion brands from the leisurewear retailer JD Sports Fashion for “up to” £47.5 million ($57.7 million) which covers the acquisition of shares in the labels and their debt.

The move—announced late on Friday afternoon just before the market close—leaves JD Sports free to pursue expansion in its core segment of sports retailing while Frasers Group has landed a pick’n’mix of premium brands on top of an already burgeoning portfolio. It spans the high-end, from fashion retailer Flannels; Saville Row tailoring house Gieves and Hawkes; and international label Hugo Boss where Frasers has a 34% stake, to Jack Wills, department store retailer House of Fraser, and Sofa.com.

This latest deal saw eight of the businesses—Base Childrenswear,

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This NEWBELLA thick-sole boots review covers sizing, the material, thermal and wearing comfort, price value, and versality to style.

 

 

Disclosure: Ad. The boots are a sample of my choice from NEWBELLA. The post is not endorsed by them. I wrote it entirely myself and it represents my own 100% honest opinion.

 

What Intrigued Me to Try the Knight Thick-Sole Boots from NEWBELLA?

I love winter walks in the snowy Alaska taiga. Due to the typically far below freezing temperatures of  the snow- and ice-covered ground knee boots with a thick and grippy sole are important for insulation and safety. Furthermore, the toe box must be wide to be able to wear an extra pair of wool socks. Squeezed toes are a recipe for cold feet.

The photo and description of the NEWBELLA Knight Thick-Sole Boots suggested that these boots could meet these criteria. I also liked the British

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Happy Monday! Summer is officially here with the kids out of school now and all the warm days we’ve been having. I’ve been pulling out some of my favorite pieces from last summer and also found a few new ones I’m loving for the season, so I wanted to share some of my most-loved and also some of you guys’ most loved that are were the best sellers. Here is a roundup of May’s top 10:

| JELLY SANDALS (under $100) |
| OVERSIZED SUNNIES (under $15) |
| FLORAL BIKINI (under $25) |
| SCOTCHGUARD SPRAY (under $15) |
| MESH TOTE BAG (on sale – under $15) |
| MARBLE CHAIN DECOR (under $60) |
| WHITE BUTTON DOWN SHIRT (under $25) |
| CLOUD SLIDE (under $25) |
| DAD DENIM SHORTS (under $50) |
| TODDLER SMILEY FACE SANDALS (under $25) |

Top 10 Most-Loved Items:

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Vanessa Hudgens celebrated year 34 in the most fitting birthday-girl dress. On Dec. 15, “The Princess Switch” actor shared a photo from festivities the day prior, wearing a sleek, light-blue slip dress while posing with a bundle of colorful balloons. From Sleeper, which is known for its luxury loungewear and signature feather trim, the statement piece was covered in feathers along the bust, while the silky fabric hugged Hudgens’s figure.

Combining elegance and fun, the midi has all the elements of a striking party dress, perfect for a birthday or New Year’s Eve celebration. Hudgens let the standout piece do the talking, simply pairing the feathers with pointed white booties and sparkly stud earrings.

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This guide covers how to improve your style with gloves, not matter whether or not the weather asks for them.

 

 

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Gloves Are Great for All Kind of Protection

Nurses and doctors wear them all the time to protect themselves and their patients. Bikers and skate boarders wear gloves to avoid insuring their hands when they fall. In winter, we wear gloves to keep our hands insulated in cold weather. Famous dog mushers of the Yukon Quest or Iditarod wear them under their mittens. Doing so permits them quickly fixing problems with metal parts of equipment without freezing to it at often below -20F (-28.9oC). Gardeners use them to not get blisters from digging.

 

Alaskan woman in parka called kuspuk watching a dog race
Me watching the Iditarod in a DIY kuspuk, beret with beads-embellished mittens on Dale Road in Fairbanks, Alaska

 

Street style in Alaska woman with fur mittens
Woman in down jacket and down pants with rabbit-fur mittens
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There are an increasing variety of factory outlet stores in Cornwall, but as most shops in the area are small, so are the manufacturing facility outlet shops. This implies you might be actually close to at least one and never even realise!

im travelling with my wife and a couple of children ages 11 and 9. proper now im here in Doha Qatar as a OFW. i think early reserving will assist quite a bit to get cheaper value for a package tour. The whole lot that you’ll find over at the Converse on-line store varies in style and contains street, city, skate and even some athletic. Worldwide shipping is sadly not out there so this feature caters to the US audience only. The opposite choice is driving the BTS Sky Train which has several stations not fairly so close to Pratunam Market and requires a little bit of a …

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Shane Logan at his Lake Worth Beach bookstore, The Dancing Elephant
Shane Logan at his Lake Worth Beach bookstore, The Dancing Elephant.

When Shane Logan visited West Palm Beach’s Rainbow Bridge bookstore in 2020, he considered it “the most magical and incredible bookstore” he’d ever been to. Over many return trips to the shop—which was filled with antiquarian and esoteric tomes—he befriended the owner of Tamas Burger, who had been running it since 1972.

When the bookstore’s plaza sold to new owners in March, Burger decided it was time to pass the torch to someone who could reinvigorate the store. Over the past four years, while attending college full-time, Logan had been investing what he earned working as a valet at Buccan—and had racked up enough to be that person.

Together with his girlfriend, Ava Zywczyk, Logan spent the summer moving the bookstore into its new home at 801 Lake Avenue in downtown Lake Worth Beach. The Dancing Elephant, as

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Summer nights with the boys – we went out biking and skateboarding the other night and let the kids stay up late. June is flying by and I’m like oh man Father’s Day is JUST around the corner.

I found some Father’s Day gifts while I was trying to brainstorm gift ideas for Cody so I put together some of my favorites from Amazon, some of my favorite splurge-worthy gift ideas, and also asked Cody what’s on his Father’s Day wishlist this year – there are options at all price points so you can find something that works for your or your kids budget and things that he’ll use and be excited for.

Let me know if you guys have any ideas this year for Father’s Day you’re excited about! The more inspo the better, right? ?

NIKE LOGO SHORTS
BASKETBALL SNEAKERS
UNLIMITED POPCORN REFILL BUCKET (under $25)
NIKE DUNKS

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