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Temperatures officially hit triple digits this week and the people have spoken: Real clothes are canceled. (Especially specially anything that requires assembling an outfit with multiple layers.) If your ask our editors, there’s only one acceptable outfit once the temperatures are above 75, and it’s a good old maxi dress. Maxi dresses are the definition of a summer wardrobe essential. They’re the one-and-done outfit that makes it look like you tried, even if the only real effort you made was choosing which sandals to throw on at the last minute. Whether you’re running errands, heading to dinner, or just braving…

To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Diana saves Steve Trevor who has crashed on Themyscira. He warns her of the great war, World War I, raging across the globe. Wonder Woman…

As with anything, when it comes to packing, practice makes perfect (or as perfect as you can get when you’re figuring out which of your belongings to throw in a bag). The more you do it, the easier it gets—but there’s no use suffering in the meantime. As a fashion writer who’s constantly traveling, if I’m an expert on anything, it’s packing, and I have a laundry list of lessons I’ve learned from traveling as someone who doesn’t want to sacrifice their style on a trip. Nothing can put a damper on a trip as quickly as a horribly packed…

I started wielding hot tools and nail polish around the same time I started scribbling with crayons. I grew up in Texas and it’s part of our culture: At two years old you’re dropped into dance class, and with that comes learning to curl your hair and applying red lipstick. If you’ve watched DCC on Netflix, you can start to understand the ways of my people. The brutal weather gives an added challenge that makes honing your craft necessary. Even many years later and with my tutu far behind, my love for beauty products remains; if anything, it’s at an…

If there’s one category our editors can’t resist splurging on, it’s shoes. Sneakers, boots, sandals—you name it, we can’t resist it. There’s just something about having a covetable shoe collection—years of binging Sex and the City, perhaps?—that feels like peak self actualization. And the place our editors find the best shoe deals year after year? The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. While most investment-worthy shoe brands rarely go on sale outside of end-of-season bargains, annual Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale features pages of new shoe arrivals at up to 50% off their usual price. From the viral Frye Kate boots to wear-everywhere sneakers, this…

As a chronic over-packer, the words “carry on” historically aren’t in my vocabulary. Regardless of if I’m heading out of town for two days or two weeks, the moments before I head to the airport include sitting on my suitcase struggling to get all 49.9 pounds of its contents zipped in. But a recent trip—two weeks in Italy that included lugging my overweight suitcase around the entirety of the country—made me realize that, at long last, it was time for me to evolve. My personal Everest was ahead of me: packing for a trip using only a carry-on. The first…

As the Fourth of July approaches, the long-awaited days of spending sun-up to sun-down on the beach or lying next to a pool are finally here. But a trip to the beach doesn’t just require a killer swimsuit you feel confident in; it requires a special kind of packing, with a bag full of beach essentials that can help you through whatever a day in the sun might bring you. I’m notoriously known in my friend group as the girl who comes prepared for anything—from bandaids for blisters on a night out to hand cream in my tote bag—so of…

Like all other Gen Zers, I need to be entertained with some sort of screen 24/7. I’m always listening to something—more often than not, multiple things at once. So, it goes without saying that my complete avoidance of silence has turned me into quite the podcast aficionado. As much as I love a podcast that’s just two girls gabbing, my absolute favorite genre of podcasts to listen to are ones that feel like you’re watching a TV show. I used to put a show on in the background while doing chores and would literally watch an entire series without knowing…

Today is the first day of Amazon Prime Day, and given the thousands of pages of deals, odds are you might find sifting through them to be a bit… overwhelming. And I hear you—finding a great deal on Prime Day can feel like finding a needle in a haystack, especially when it comes to the best fashion deals. With selections from Madewell, Clare V., Levi’s, and many more, Amazon is stocked with the brands we know and love, with the added bonus of two-day shipping—and now, killer Prime Day discounts. I spent hours sifting through hundreds of pages of Amazon…

Time and time again, I’ve had the narrative that getting your nails done at the salon is a relaxing, self-care experience thrust upon me by society. For a while, I played along, thinking that, surely, if everyone else was enjoying the experience, there must be something I was missing. But I’m finally ready to admit that sitting in a crowded room, unable to use my hands for an hour—just to walk out $100 poorer with a color that never looks quite the same in daylight as it did under those fluorescent lights—just isn’t for me. These days, I much prefer…