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Saudi Arabia hosts its first Arab Fashion Week

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Women attend the opening ceremony of Arab Fashion Week at Ritz Carlton Hotel, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 10, 2018. AFP/Fayez Nureldine RIYADH : Jean Paul Gaultier and Roberto Cavalli are in Saudi Arabia — headlining the kingdom's first-ever Arab Fashion Week, an event that opened Tuesday to equal parts excitement and controversy. Two weeks later than initially planned, the Saudi Arabian edition of Arab Fashion Week joins designers from Europe and the Arab world over the course of four days — including the kingdom's own Arwa Banawi, whose The Suitable Woman line is adored by fashionistas across the region, and Mashael Alrajhi, the eponymous gender-inclusive label of a rarely-seen Saudi sheikha. Princess Noura Bint Faisal Al-Saud — the honorary president of the Arab Fashion Council in Riyadh — joined designers, influencers, and industry insiders from Ukraine to Lebanon for the inaugural season of fashion week at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, the hotel now infamous as the holding p...

'This Is Not Feminism': Jennifer Lawrence Tells Critics Of Her Versace Dress To 'Get A Grip'

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Jennifer Lawrence's Facebook post refers to a controversy surrounding an outfit she wore on Tuesday to a photo call for Red Sparrow Jennifer Lawrence at the London photocall (Image courtesy: jennifer_lawrence_jlaw) Jennifer Lawrence will wear what she wants to, gosh darn it. "Get a grip people," she wrote Wednesday on Facebook. "Everything you see me wear is my choice. And if I want to be cold THATS MY CHOICE TOO!" Lawrence's passionate post refers to a controversy surrounding an outfit she wore on Tuesday to a photo call for her new thriller, Red Sparrow. News outlets and social media users ruminated on whether her choice, a Versace dress with a plunging neckline and thigh-high slit, was appropriate for brisk London weather. "Please give Jennifer Lawrence a dang coat," Jezebel pleaded. Twitter users replied to the Versace account's photo of her in the velvet gown with comments such as, "I've seen your beautiful suits and coats. Why do...