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THE TOP FASHION DESIGNERS GIVE THEIR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SYDNEY

Fashion Week may be coming to a close tonight but that doesn’t mean Sydney’s style set are leaving town any time soon.

We spoke to six designers showcasing their designs at the biggest week in Australian fashion about their favourite go-to spots in Sydney and where they love to shop.

We Are Handsome designers Katinka and Jeremy Somers love nothing more than being by the beach when they’re in Sydney.

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Dion Lee showcased his new collection on the 28th floor of the Bloomberg building in Sydney.

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“We love to spend time near the water so you’ll usually find us at our beach in Little Bay,” they told Yahoo7 Lifestyle.

When it comes to their favourite brunch spot, the creative duo visit Mecca, Alexandria or Three Blue Ducks during the week but at the weekend they head to Bronte to soak up the atmosphere.

As for their go-to shopping destination, the pair keep it local.

“The Intersection, Paddington. Yes – we know it’s more than one store, but we enjoy the meander from store to store,” they said.

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Ryan Lobo and Ramon Martin from TOME may be New York based but they still know a thing or two about dining out in Sydney.

The designers love visiting Fratelli Paradiso for dinner when they’re in town and Ding Tai Fung for brunch.

As for their favourite store, it’s of course David Jones, where their collection is sold.

Sydney born designer Dion Lee, who showcased his new collection on the 28th floor of the Bloomberg building on Monday night ,loves nothing better than early mornings on Bondi Beach and brunch at Bread and Circus in Alexandria.

While many of the other designers admitted to spending most of their time shopping in department stores, Dion Lee says Apple is his most visited store in Sydney.

The man behind By Johnny – Johnny Schembrie – is all about interiors and revealed he whiles away his time browsing furniture stores on the weekend.

“I love interiors, so it would have to be ‘Home Furniture on Consignment’ in Alexandria,” he said.

“It’s a great second hand designer furniture store that always has amazing pieces.”

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“My favourite go-to spot in Sydney would have to be the rooftop of my apartment building in Potts Point.

“It’s the place I go when I need some ‘me time’ and the view is amazing.”

After all that interiors shopping, Johnny heads to The Blackwood Pantry in Cronulla, which he claims “has a great vibe”.

Bec Cooper and Bridget Yorston from Bec & Bridge spend most of their time in Sydney at the beach “of course”.

Bec & Bridge wave to the crowd at their Fashion Week Australia show.

For brunch, the duo head to The Boat House at Palm Beach and Balmoral and pop over to David Jones for a spot of browsing afterwards.

Camilla Franks, the designer behind the Camilla brand, is happiest in Sydney when she’s in Centennial Park with her “two fur babies”, Beau and Gypsy.

She loves a quick brunch at Bills in Surry Hills before visiting Bondi Beach House, her first store she ever opened in Sydney.

“It was my first store and will always be my little baby,” she said.

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The 5 Most Important Things We Just Learned About Oscar Isaac

t off the heels of a banner 2015 and in advance of his debut in X-Men: Apocalypse,Oscar Isaac sat down withRolling Stone to reflect on his rising star. But that word, “star,” doesn’t sit well with Isaac. “I’m an actor, not a star. I don’t really know what you mean when you say ‘star,’ ‘movie star,‘ that stuff,” he tells the magazine. That anti-celebrity attitude is precisely what has endeared Isaac to the many moviegoers who got to know him first in his unsmiling roles as the heavy in Drive(2011) and a dour folk singer in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). As Isaac takes bigger and bigger roles and continues to break out completely authentic smiles on the red carpet, his devoted fan base has exploded.

But, committed to keeping things genuine, Isaac is balancing big-budget franchises with smaller, more personal roles. Given the success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens alone, Isaac could probably have any part he wanted, but has opted, among other things, to appear in a tiny part in Annihilation—a film that will re-unite him with Ex Machina director Alex Garland. But before he slips back into the world of low-budget sci-fi, Isaac has a big, meaty superhero role to get out of the way. Here are the five most important things we just learned about Oscar Isaac via Rolling Stone, including, yes, the odd places his X-Men costume made him sweat.

Rolling Stone describes Isaac’s elaborate X-Men ensemble as “blue makeup, prosthetics, Kiss-worthy high-heeled boots to push him from five feet nine to more than six feet, and a 40-pound suit.” Isaac himself says he used to have to visit a cooling tent between takes. “I would do some acting and then go to my tent and try to breathe and not freak out that sweat was pouring into my ears and I couldn’t touch them. It was rough. But the challenge of basically doing Kabuki theater in a film was crazy.” But the extreme nature of his costume—something even X-Men producer Simon Kinberg called “a nightmare contraption”—proved to be a bonding experience for Isaac and his Apocalypse co-star Michael Fassbender. “He was short prom dresses up in blue and I had my cape and helmet on,” says Fassbender. “Two grown men. We had a little chuckle.”

THAT DOG’S NAME IS MOBY

Alright, hey, maybe you already knew this. I don’t know how deep your Oscar Isaac love runs. But the pup posing (and ungratefully not smiling) next to Isaac on the cover of Rolling Stoneis presumably his Boston terrier, Moby. The dog made a (brief) appearance in Isaac’s 2014ALS Ice Bucket challenge. Nobody tell Moby that Isaac has been seeing Carrie Fisher’s dog, Gary, on the side.

HE’S IN STAR WARS FOR THE LONG HAUL

Though Isaac doesn’t want to take credit for making Star Wars fun again (Rolling Stonereports he “wrinkles his brow” at the thought of “fixing” the franchise), he does confirm we’ll see more of Poe in the upcoming films. His character, famously, was supposed to die in the first installment, but J.J. Abrams et al made the wise decision to keep Poe around. Isaac says, “It’s the first time in my life when things have been mapped out for quite some time. I’m basically Star War-ring until 2020.” That “basically” leaves some wiggle room, but it soundslike you can take Poe off your deathwatch list for Episode VIII. He’ll probably live to give Finn many more hugs through at least Episode IX—which is scheduled for 2019.

BB-8 MAY BE IN TROUBLE

O.K., this is more about Poe’s cuddly droid sidekick, but I’m sure you’ll want to know. “BB-8’s doing all right,” Isaac says of the droid’s status in Episode VIII, but says “BB-8 gets tested too! Everybody gets tested! It’s the dark second chapter, but not really dark.” Star Wars is not above torturing cute droids, so everyone better keep their hands off BB-8.

A SCORCHING GLIMPSE INTO HIS LOVE LIFE

Isaac was unofficially elected the “Internet’s boyfriend” last year, and so the Internet, naturally, has taken a very deep interest in his girlfriend. “Oscar Isaac Rudely Kisses Woman at the Golden Globes, Overwhelms Twitter,” one headline read last January. While Isaac has proven to have chemistry with nearly everyone he meets—including the entire cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens—the woman in question here is documentary filmmaker Elvira Lind. Isaac doesn’t so much as mention Lind in his Rolling Stone interview, but he does play a song that, if you care to extrapolate, could be a rare look into matters of his heart. The song—an original called “Demolition”—includes the following suggestive lyrics: “Anything worth doing is worth doing in bed / The life that I see is a life I’m ready to begin / It took me a while, but now I welcome you in . . . With a word, I’ll put my devotion to the test / I’ll strap your love around me like a suicide vest.” We know that no matter how many women he smooches at awards shows, some of you will continue to pretend this is about John Boyega’s character, Finn. More power to you.

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This Is What the Inside of Marilyn Monroe’s Makeup Drawer Looked Like

At this point you could fill a whole set of encyclopedias with the information people have gleaned about Marilyn Monroe’s beauty routine. Her styling tricks, her favorite lotion, even her plastic-surgery records have been widely discussed. We may not wake up and pull off looking like Monroe every morning (much as we’d like to), but that hasn’t stopped the world’s collective obsession with all things beauty and Marilyn. So it’s no surprise that the contents of the star’s makeup drawer are attracting attention.

While you might be imagining Monroe’s vanity drawers filled to the brim with gleaming gold lipstick tubes, pearl-handled brushes, and shiny powder compacts, Monroe didn’t keep a ton of makeup on hand—most likely because she trusted those things to makeup artists, like Allan “Whitey” Snyder, who was so close with the star that he even served as a pallbearer at her funeral. No, Monroe’s makeup drawers were far simpler than the stockpiles of makeup packed into our own drawers. She was even—dare we say it?—practical.

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That’s practical in the most glamour-girl sense of the word, of course. The drawer’s contents, which sold at auction in 2005, included a box of Flents earplugs (they’re still around, so you can block out your obnoxious neighbors the same way Marilyn Monroe did!); a matchbook from the Maisonette, a nightclub in the St. Regis hotel in New York City; an eyelash curler that looks nearly identical to the one you probably have in your own makeup bag; a set of Martha Lorraine false eyelashes (sadly, these aren’t still around) and the box they came in; a gilded comb; a pack of fantastically named Scoldy Lox Glamour Guards bobby pins; lilac Starry Eyes eye shadow; a fancy-looking lip brush; and a braided hair extension.

Somehow, even the sparseness seems luxurious and glamorous. Could this be the answer for us clutter-bugs who failed at the Kondo method? We’re certainly feeling inspired to clean out our drawers.

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Rock chic! Lana Jeavons-Fellows puts on a stylish display in a neoprene dress and leather biker jacket at Misha Collection show at Sydney Fashion Week 2016

She’s been a regular fixture on the Sydney social scene since appearing on The Bachelor last year.

And on Monday, Lana Jeavons-Fellows was spotted as she attended the Misha Collection show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia.

The 28-year-old opted for an edgy look, sporting a tan neoprene long prom dresses with a leather jacket draped over her shoulders and black leather accessories.

Biker chic: Lana Jeavons-Fellows, 28, attended the Misha Collection show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Sydney on MondayBiker chic: Lana Jeavons-Fellows, 28, attended the Misha Collection show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Sydney on Monday

Lana’s designer dress by Acler was teamed with affordable accessories, including a black choker with a cross pendant from Lovisa.

ShareThe tan dress was complemented by her bronzed complexion.

She rounded out her rocker chic look with a pair of black ankle boots and leather bag with silver chain details.

Tanned and toned: The former reality star strutted in a designer dress and leather jacket as she arrived at CarriageworksTanned and toned: The former reality star strutted in a designer dress and leather jacket as she arrived at Carriageworks

Stylish: The Bachelor runner-up accessorised with a black choker and fine rings while keeping her makeup minimalStylish: The Bachelor runner-up accessorised with a black choker and fine rings while keeping her makeup minimal

Slicking her brunette locks back in a low ponytail, The Bachelor runner-up highlighted her large blue eyes with lashings of black mascara and finished the look with a dusky pink pout.

The former reality star took to Instagram earlier in the day to give her followers a closer look at her outfit and makeup.

Flashing her smile and a peace sign, the brunette beauty was excited to attend her first show at this year’s Australian Fashion Week.

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Lana found fame on the last series of The Bachelor starring Sam Wood, coming second place to Snezana Markoski to whom Sam is now engaged.

The socialite has now been named a hot favourite to follow in the footsteps of Sam Frost and land the role as the next Bachelorette but is keeping tight lipped on it.

When Daily Mail Australia questioned her about the show last month, the coy star said: ‘As I said a surprise is always good. I have been dating so…

‘They’re still filming The Bachelor so it’s still some months away now until they start filming [The Bachelorette], so it’s not something anyone can think about or commit to at this stage.’

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Foreigner wedding bells toll for Thai destinations

SEVENTY-THREE buyers from 15 countries met with 116 local operators last week, promoting wedding business with the goal of making Thailand one of the top global destinations for the sector.

Bride and groom models in wedding costume at Amazing Thailand Romance Trade Meets held in Bangkok and Krabi last week.

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The Tourism Authority of Thailand held “Amazing Thailand Romance Trade Meets” events in Bangkok and Krabi from May 11-13, in order to promote the country as a truly major destination for wedding and honeymoon couples, said Juthaporn Rerngronasa, TAT’s deputy governor for International Marketing (Europe, Africa, Middle East and Americas). The Kingdom already ranks as a top-six global market for weddings and honeymoons, as well as being the most popular destination for such business in Asia, and an emerging destination among the Middle Eastern and African markets, she said.

“This year, there is a strong record for selling weddings and honeymoons from major source markets such as the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, France, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia,” she added.

Representatives from these markets last week joined networking and business sessions with 64 local sellers at the Bangkok event, representing hotels, resorts, destination management companies and event planners based in Thailand.

At the Krabi event, held two days later, they met Thai sellers from 52 companies – mainly resorts in the South. Operators focusing on the Indian market were not at the events because they had their own agenda and plans, Juthaporn said.

Weddings and honeymoons are billion-dollar earners for Asia’s tourism industry, and Thailand is emerging as one of the region’s top spots for tying the knot, she said.

According to the TAT, wedding business worldwide is valued US$298 billion (Bt10.56 trillion), with $80 billion coming from overseas weddings. Amnart Laosirimongkol, director of operations at the Nakamanda Resort and Spa Krabi, said the property was built 13 years ago specifically to cater to weddings and honeymoons.

The 39-villa resort operates at a 70-per-cent average occupancy rate, mostly accounted for by couples from the UK, Italy, France, Germany and Asian markets.

Darunee Narkprasert, director of sales and marketing at the Aonang Cliff Beach in Krabi, said the resort planned to open more 14 villas next year to serve higher demand for weddings. After the new villas are opened, it expects to increase the revenue proportion of wedding and honeymoon business from the current level of 10 per cent.

Rong Phukaoluan, president of the Krabi Hotel Association, said Krabi had become a crowded destination due a large increase in the number of visitors travelling to the province.

Krabi Airport’s expansion plan is however scheduled to be completed by 2019, doubling the current capacity of 4.5 million arrivals per year.

Currently, domestic and international airlines operate a total of 30 flights per day to the province, including charter flights. By end of the year, Qatar Airways will operate a direct service from Doha to Krabi, with four flights a week.

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines wants to add Krabi as a new destination, but is unable to do so right now due to the airport’s limited capacity, Rong said.

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Irish celebs take to the red carpet for Chicago at Bord Gais Energy Theatre

All the best photos on the red carpet for the opening night of Chicago at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre

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A host of famous faces took to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre last night for the opening night of musical Chicago.

Love/Hate’s Aoibhinn McGinnity, RTE’s Nuala Carey, UTV presenter Jenny Buckley and fashion blogger Suzanne Jackson were some of the Irish celebs in attendance.

Chicago stars Sam Bailey, who is best known for winning the X Factor in 2013.

It also stars Hayley Tamaddon, who played Andrea Beckett in Coronation Street, Del Dingle in ITV’s Emmerdale and also won the fifth series of Dancing on Ice in 2010.

John Partridge also stars, who played Christian Clarke in Eastenders, also recently caused a stir when he appeared in Celebrity Big Brother.

The international award-winning musical Chicago is based on real life events back in the roaring 1920’s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with cell block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, they fight to keep from death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.

Chicago will run at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre until Saturday May 21st with tickets priced from €25.00.

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Lakewood rolls out the red carpet with new dining room

Lakewood Yacht Club officially unveiled its newly renovated dining room this spring. Heralding an unprecedented new culinary experience, club members look forward to waterfront dining in style.

Lakewood rolls out the red carpet with new dining room

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Improving on the original 1955 look, the club added new interior features while enhancing the traditions of yachting lifestyle. The expansion includes custom bay window seating along with an adjoining dining space complete with a state-of-the-art audiovisual system featuring a 14′ retractable screen.

Setting the bar for exceptional customer service, Lakewood’s Food & Beverage Director John Redfield takes pride in the latest improvements to the dining room. “The facelift was long overdue, and it’s phenomenal. The end result is absolutely stunning.”

Members are thrilled with the dining room redesign. As the new look emerged over the past several months, feedback has been unparalleled. The modernized use of space, updated functionality, and enhanced views of the harbor remain the top reasons why club members are pleased with the upgraded developments.

Executive Chef Cristy Jones created a one-of-a-kind menu for the ribbon cutting ceremony welcoming diners to the remodeled space. “We make every customer our top priority. Everyone who comes here is #1. Whether it’s chicken fried steak or haute cuisine, the menu is always — choose your own adventure.”

Exceptional dining and exclusive customer service remain at the heart of the member experience at Lakewood Yacht Club.

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Mall features summer collections

SUMMER came early at IOI City Mall, Putrajaya as the shopping centre set sail on “A Voyage of Style & Beauty’ campaign with its first runway fashion show.

Set against a nautical backdrop of a 7.3m-tall cruise ship, the latest season’s fashion collections were showcased by 11 participating brands – Bata, Dr Cardin Signature, Focus Point, Hush Puppies, Kent, MOG Eyewear, Suitable, TopGirl, Valentino Rudy, Via Condotti and Young Hearts.

Many other interesting activities were also lined up to showcase the latest fashion trends.

“With more than 200 lifestyle and fashion stores available at IOI City Mall, shoppers will definitely find the right style and hot weather essentials to make this summer their most fashionable ever,” said the mall’s complex general manager Chris Chong.

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IOI City Mall’s ‘A Voyage of Style and Beauty’ fashion show featuring the latest season’s collections by 11 participating brands. — Photos: LOW BOON TAT/The Star

Limkokwing University of Creative Technology and Linton University College featured their students’ creative collections while some also showed off their dancing and singing skills.

In conjunction with the fashion show, a “Fashion Photography” contest was held for patrons of the mall to capture the weekend runway shows and win lucrative prizes.

The contest garnered 200 photo submissions with 13 winning a total of RM14,000 worth of Fujifilm products.

Until May 15, shoppers will receive a limited edition beach bag with a minimum purchase of RM350 in a single receipt at participating outlets.

Additionally, the mall is rewarding shoppers with exclusive deals through its “Passport to Style and Beauty” redemption programme.

With a minimum spend of RM100 in a maximum of two receipts from selected categories, shoppers are entitled to a stamp on their “passport”.

With the stamps, they can redeem vouchers or products worth up to RM120 from the mall’s participating partners.

Facebook users stand a chance to win gift sets by sharing ‘A Voyage to Style & Beauty’ posts with the hashtag #SailToIOICityMall on IOI City Mall’s page.

Fashionistas will have a chance to win a Samsung Note5 as well as branded fragrances by sharing their outfit of the day (OOTD) shot on IOI City Mall’s Instagram page.

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Child brides face bleak future – Displaced Iraqi girls pushed to accept marriage

In the photo that Aziza produces on her mobile phone, her 14-year-old daughter Layla is wearing a pink satin formal dresses and smiling meekly at the camera.

This file photo taken on May 18, 2015 shows Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani posing during a photocall for the film ‘Les Deux Amis’ (Two Friends) at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southeastern France. Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani plays the role of Anna Karenina at the Theatre de la Tempete in Vincennes, near Paris, from May 12 to June 12. (AFP)“This was her engagement party”, said 35-year-old Aziza. “(Her fiance) was 22 years old. His family came to us at various times to ask for our daughter. The third time we accepted”.

At first Aziza and the young man’s parents struggled to convince the two to accept the arrangement but when they did, the wedding preparations were quick to get underway.

It was not the first time Layla had received a suitor. Her parents had turned down many offers of marriage back in Mosul, the family’s home town before they fled a campaign by Islamic State to capture Iraq’s second biggest city in 2014.

Since then, Aziza, her husband and six children have found shelter in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, some of the 1 million Iraqis (IDPs) living in camps for people displaced by conflict.

“I refused in Mosul because I didn’t want her to get married until after school. Here in the camp she was pushed to accept”, Aziza said.

The names of both mother and daughter have been changed to protect their identity for fear of repercussions within their community.

Child brides are not unusual in Iraq — Aziza herself was 16 when she married Layla’s father — but uncertainty about the future in a country torn apart by violence and economic hard times has made early marriage more common.

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Worldwide, more than 700 million women were married before their 18th birthday, according to a 2014 UNICEF report. More than one in three of them were married before the age of 15.

While the minimum age of marriage in Iraq is 18-15 years with parental consent — UN statistics show that almost one in five women marry before they are 18.

Aid workers in refugee and IDP camps who have seen an increase in child marriage say many parents hope that their daughters will be better protected against assault or sexual violence if they are married.

Others are desperate to fend off poverty and see the bride price or dowry as a way of getting money which may benefit other members of the family.

A lack of education is another push factor. In Iraq, girls stay in school only until the age of 10 on average, according to the Save the Children.

“Before (the conflict) they had a future … now they have to get married as young as 12 because their fathers think that if they get married they’ll be safe,” Rezhna Mohammad, director of psychological services for local charity SEED, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The lack of privacy in camps, including the sharing of latrines and showers means women and girls are exposed to men who do not belong to their familial circle.

“They want the women to be protected — moral and social protection. They say that marriage is protection”, Mohammad said, adding: “For displaced Iraqis the economic reasons are the most impacting — they left with nothing, not even their IDs”.

By allowing a daughter to marry, parents entrust their parental responsibilities to the groom and his family, who are obliged to accept the new wife into their household.

However, this often isolates her from family and friends, particularly if the husband lives in a different camp or town, adding a fresh trauma to her experience, rights experts say.

Risk

Early marriage not only deprives girls of education and opportunities but increases the risk of death or childbirth injuries if they have babies before their bodies are ready.

“(Sometimes) she cannot breast feed and doesn’t know how to connect with the baby so other family members have to (take care of the baby) and this creates much tension inside the family,” Mohammad said.

“(The girl’s) status as a mother and as a wife is compromised. She feels like a failure and doesn’t know why she cannot do what she’s supposed to do.”

Child brides are also often disempowered and at greater risk of domestic and sexual violence and HIV, campaigners say.

For Abdul Wahed, a psychologist with the aid agency Terre des Hommes, child marriages are often seen by Iraqis as a cultural rite of passage.

“When we ask them why they married their child off they say, ‘Because we’re used to it, we were also married at that age’,” Wahed said.

For Layla, now 16, the threat of moving out of the familial tent never materialized. In a change of heart, Aziza and her husband called their daughter’s engagement off.

“At the start my husband was pressured into it and accepted, but after the engagement he had a pain in his heart,” Aziza said.

Since the engagement was broken off a number of men have come to Aziza’s tent to ask for Layla’s hand in marriage. One man recently offered the family $4,000 in exchange for the teenager, but was refused.

“I’ve promised myself that she won’t marry until she finishes school,” Aziza said.

“Education is important, I didn’t get an education, at least I can help my daughters get one. I want them to finish school and become engineers or doctors,” she smiled proudly.\

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Dazzlers on the red carpet

While the Met Gala has always been a memorable night for fashion, this time around celebrities shone on the red carpet for their unique beauty looks. Ciara and Zendaya went for fabulous wigs, where as others like Katy Perry embraced the goth look. Lily Aldridge went for gilded brows, while Queen Bey chose edgy cat eyes. Most stuck to the Manus x Machina theme, offering futuristic touches. Overall, the night offered much inspo for hair and make-up enthusiasts.

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EYE OF THE TIGRESS

Amidst all the speculations around ‘Becky with great hair’ in her latest album Lemonade, Beyonce slayed it on the red carpet. She went for a bold dark cat eye, keeping the rest of her make-up in neutral tones. Center-parted hair completed her look.

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE LOCKS

Rita Ora shimmered on the red carpet for more than one reason. The songstress pulled off a glamorous metallic Vera Wang feathered gown. She added shimmery eye make-up and a subtle pink lip but it was her mane that caught one’s eye with the mirrored applique effect.

GUNNING FOR GOLD

Keeping with the metallic theme that was prominent through the night, Lily Aldridge went for statement brows giving hers a gilded touch. The supermodel went for a bronzed look, sleek pulled-back locks and let her brows do the talking painting them in a gold hue matching her Michael Kors gown.

INTO THE FUTURE

Kristen Stewart channelled a metallic robot look as she highlighted her eyes with black liner adding a futuristic touch with graphic silver eyeshadow. Her blonde mane was pinned back in a half up, half down punk like do.

HAIR SHE COMES

Lupita Nyong’o made quite an entrance on the red carpet with her towering hair do. While some felt the high bubble knot style was a tribute to her Kenyan background, others compared it to the popular character Marge Simpson. Either way, the stacked buns sure made heads turn.

FAST FORWARD

Ciara gave us a glimpse of what she’d look like 40 years down the line — yes, she’d still be rocking it. She took to the red carpet with a silver grey wavy bob channelling old school Hollywood glamour. The do beautifully complemented her 20’s inspired metallic gown.

WHO’S THAT GIRL?

Zendaya ditched her usual natural wavy hair and instead went for a sleek bowl cut. She opted for a smoky bronze eye and nude lip gloss, letting her hair take centerstage. The short bob wig added an elegant touch to the metallic Michael Kors gown.

GOTH INSPIRED

Katy Perry never fails to make a beauty statement. The songstress took the dark route with bleached brows, a deep goth lip and a dramatic modern day beehive do that complemented her Prada gown. Her look was sharp and on point.

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