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Spring has (almost) sprung. And March’s new moon in dreamy Pisces on March 13 signals a time of new beginnings. As we inch toward the Spring Equinox and away from the dreaded winter, this luminary is ushering in the first wave of fresh springtime vibrations — and astrologers are excited about it.

“This month’s new moon in Pisces is a big dose of compassion, dreamy, and positive energy,” says Narayana Montúfar, senior astrologer for Astrology.com. “What astrologers are loving about this lunation is that it happens on the exact day of the Venus-Neptune conjunction, which is one of the most positive combinations for love and romance, as well as creativity in general.” But Montúfar says that this moon can bring a renewed energy to any kind of bond we have with others — not just romantic ones.

Leslie Hale, psychic astrologer for Keen.com says that during a Pisces new moon, “dreams can awaken and we can be led to follow the magic of our heart.” Our sensitivity, compassion, and perception will be heightened. “Now is the time to try and express the positive qualities of Pisces, which include creativity, visualization, expressing intuition, and accepting things that are less than perfect — including people in your life,” Hale says. She suggests taking a leap of faith during this moon; Pisces is a mutable sign, which means its energy is always shifting, so it’s a good time to make your own changes.

Although new moons are known for ushering in fresh beginnings, Montúfar says that this moon comes with the opportunity to end something. “It’s the last new moon of the astrological year,” she says, and “in about a week, we’ll be welcoming Aries season and the Spring Equinox.” Because the moon, sun, Venus, and Neptune are connecting with Pluto in Capricorn, Montúfar says that “this moon can open our hearts to the idea of purging something that no longer serves us, so we can attract something more positive into our lives.”

Lisa Stardust, an astrologer based in New York City, says that the alignment of these planets marks a time of personal growth as well as embracing our dreams, but it’s not going to be a piece of cake. “As we shed the past and move towards our new visions, we may feel anxious or emotional. After all, growth is hard,” she says. “Let go of the past now to walk the path that you’re meant to.”

And of course, letting go of something that’s not working in your life is a surefire way to create space for something new. “The fact that Venus is in her sign of exultation [Pisces] makes the energy ideal for manifesting great things in our lives,” Montúfar says. “This makes the days surrounding this new moon the best time to start something new, or at least renew our connection to our spirituality.” Use this energy to try out the 369 manifestation method or work in a daily tarot card pull into your morning routine. Even if you think the spiritual world is a little woo-woo, trying something out of the ordinary with an open mind can’t hurt.

Stardust says that the days surrounding the new moon in Pisces are a wonderful time for love. But, fair warning: “The only caveat is that Neptune will put the blinders on our eyes and hold us back from seeing the reality of a situation,” she says. “Self-deception is the most popular kind of devotion. Being honest with ourselves will be hard to do at this moment in time.” Her word of advice? Be gentle with yourself and others — and let the energy of the Pisces new moon carry you out of the cold.

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Normally, Fashion Month street style in Paris is an amalgamation of the previous season’s most attention-grabbing pieces, with statement coats, dresses, shoes, and bags making up most of the looks spotted outside shows. This season, though, given how few designers showed in person due to the pandemic, street style wasn’t the scene it normally is. Instead, many show-goers wore jeans, the antithesis of pre-COVID street style. 

Yes, there were still designer bags and shoes, but they weren’t paired with equally glamorous silhouettes. Rather, most were accompanied by classic denim pieces. More specifically, Parisiens sported straight- and wide-leg jeans to this season’s runway shows. Sorry, millennials, but there were no skinny jeans in sight. 

Serving as their replacements were baggier fits, wider silhouettes, and styles more similar to the original blue jeans, Levi’s 501s, than the ultra-fitted pairs that reigned supreme in the '00s and 2010s. 

With that, for anyone still struggling to transition from skinny to straight — or furthermore, wide-leg — jeans, let the slideshow ahead be your guide. Maybe you’ll find that non-skinny jeans aren’t so bad after all.

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I love funky pants. Give me your wackiest animal prints, your weird neons, your cottagecore-y florals, I'll wear them all. With every new statement pant that emerges — from Lisa Says Gah's killer cow-print to Holiday The Label’s square-checks — I find myself drawn to them like a wild-style siren song. But, for those of us on the larger end of the clothing spectrum, fitting into niche fashion trends doesn't come easy. As a rebuttal to this exclusion, I made it my mission to unearth every single pair of plus-size statement pants that the internet has to offer.

Don't limit yourself to the boring likes of tired blue jeans or plain black leggings. There are groovy pairs of pants out there proving that fat people can experiment with funky trends, too — and I've rounded up a few of my favorites ahead. But, rest assured, I’m not finished yet! This is a lifelong journey, baby, and we're just getting started.

(Editor’s note: although not all of the models featured are plus-sized, all of the pieces listed are available in plus sizes.)

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama has a message for all Americans: we need to protect each other, and she’s taking the lead. She shared this sentiment alongside a photo of herself receiving her COVID-19 vaccination on Thursday. “When you can get the COVID-19 vaccine, I hope you do,” Obama wrote on Twitter and Instagram. “It’s our best shot at beating this virus, looking out for one another, and getting back to some of the things we miss. Getting vaccinated will save lives—and that life could be yours.”

The photo of the former first lady was included in a new vaccination ad campaign, which included all living former presidents and former first ladies — with the exception of the Trump family — urging Americans to get vaccinated when they can. The ad is an effort to combat vaccine skepticism as we come up on the one-year anniversary of the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the last year, more than half a million Americans have died as a result of the federal government’s mishandling of the pandemic. 

Apart from her charismatic message, the image of Obama — in her casual headband, white t-shirt, and hoop earrings — was worthy of recognition. “Michelle must be protected at all costs,” one person commented. Others commented on the former first lady’s continued leadership on public health issues, despite leaving the White House more than four years ago. “Thank you @MichelleObama, for continuing to show leadership,” one person wrote. “I thank you for continuing to be a role model. Seeing you get the vaccine publicly will change many minds regarding its safety,” wrote another.

Thank you @MichelleObama, for continuing to show leadership. #COVID19 https://t.co/eL93MvkWA2

— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) March 11, 2021

yes MA’AM. 😎 https://t.co/qvuFFpGimB

— Dennis Herring (@dcherring) March 11, 2021

Wonder Woman 😎🙌 https://t.co/OVmWTjW4zI

— Marko Petrovic (@Marceau96) March 11, 2021

While former U.S. leaders hope to show unity in their efforts to encourage people nationwide to get the vaccine, it is imperative to remember the ways in which the virus has disproportionately impacted marginalized communities, and vaccination efforts have been simultaneously inequitable. Over the last year, Black and brown communities have seen higher rates of COVID infection and less access to testing services, with vaccination sites often inaccessible, as well. 

Michelle Obama has been among those leading voices trying to change that, and her efforts — and candor — are certainly impactful. The more people who sign up to get vaccinated, the more likely we all are to keep ourselves and each other safe, while also working toward herd immunity. That’s her real message here: getting vaccinated really is our best shot at caring for each other.

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Turns out, the best place to scoop beauty news is on the international trademarks website. Rihanna’s company, Roraj Trade LLC, just filed trademark application documents for “Fenty Hair.”

According to legal documents filed March 3, the prospective Fenty Hair line could include shampoo, hair relaxing, straightening, and waving stylers, bleach and color products, and even hair glitter. Though, given that the “Fenty Hair” trademark is still in its early stages of processing and approval, there’s no estimated date as to when we could actually see (or shop) any tangible products at Sephora.

Although there isn’t much information out about the specifics of a Fenty Beauty expansion, fans are getting excited about the prospect. Some even speculated that Rihanna may have hinted at the release of the hair-care line in the music video for “Lemon” by N.E.R.D. and Rihanna.

Can’t wait to be around the house in my fenty furnitures, fenty skin on, in my savageXfenty, doing my fenty hair , wearing fentyXpuma, while listening to absolutely NOTHING. 🥲 https://t.co/iPDwViiMVS

— a l e x (@dontgivafuck_) March 10, 2021

fenty hair, fenty skin, fenty beauty… not rihanna taking over the entire beauty industry. she’s not playing pic.twitter.com/lM1xVcXHS5

— knee ❦ (@thickannawhore) March 10, 2021

Not me predicting FENTY HAIR😭 This video is from last summer pic.twitter.com/TSrGO21Bz9

— T (@TokoGa12) March 10, 2021

The Fenty Hair news comes a few weeks after the company announced that Rihanna’s Fenty fashion line would be put on pause less than two years after its launch. “Rihanna and LVMH have jointly made the decision to put on hold the RTW activity, based in Europe, pending better conditions,” reads a statement released to WWD.

Between her beauty line, her lingerie, and now her hopefully soon-to-be-released hair-care line, Rihanna is quickly making it possible for her fans to never have to shop another brand again. 

However, some fans were still a little sad that the news of their favorite artist didn’t include new music. But building a fashion and beauty empire takes time, and last we checked, even Rihanna only gets 24 hours in a day. “I am always working on music and when I am ready to put it out in the way that I feel fit, it’s gonna come out,” she told Entertainment Tonight back in July of 2020. “And you’re not going to be disappointed when it happens. It’s going to be worth it.”

Whenever she puts out her music, catch us doing a full hair and makeup look using Fenty exclusively.

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A lot of the “things you should try” videos that I find on TikTok don’t live up to the hype for me: Feta pasta doesn’t actually taste that good, 12-3-30 isn’t a miracle workout, and low-rise jeans won’t be making a comeback in my closet. But Gen Z’s call to drink water — at least a gallon a day — is one I embraced during the last year in quarantine. To succeed in their hydration goals, many users carry around gallon-sized water bottles like a handbag, with a strap attached to the receptacle. Their water bottles go everywhere with them. Often they feature motivational measurements and time stamps. (At 9am, the water line says, “You’ve got it;” at 9pm, it says,” Well done!”) 

So, once again, I did what TikTok told me to do — and purchased a simple gallon-sized water bottle with a shoulder strap (no motivational phrases for me) to see if it would get me to drink more water. I, too, carried it around like a handbag, taking a swig every time it banged me on the hip during my morning walks or when I ventured to the kitchen from my at-home “office.” At one point, I flew home to see family and brought my water bottle bag as a carry-on; it saved me $9 at Hudson News and kept me hydrated on the plane. 

With its purse-like shoulder strap and scuba material exterior, my water bottle was less aesthetically pleasing than the styles I’ve seen on the runway from before the pandemic. There was a lavender, leather water bottle bag strapped across a (very hydrated-looking) male model’s chest at the fall ‘20 Jacquemus show in January 2020; Chloé, Marine Serre, Prada, Kenzo, and Chanel all, too, included water bottle accessories in their collections that season. But since last fall — when the bags became available for sale — was primarily spent indoors, the trend never really took off. Now that the possibility of normalcy — or something similar to normalcy — is on the horizon, designers are bringing back the accessory again. Marine Serre included them once again in its fall ‘21 show, which was released last week. Givenchy’s latest collection, too, featured a water bottle in the form of a necklace, as did Chanel’s, though the latter house’s bottles were too miniature to provide any real hydration.

This time around, it’s working: I am rethinking the fashion water bottle bag. Once frivolous-seeming, the idea of investing in my hydration is growing on me. Because while carrying a gallon-sized water bottle has made me drink more water, it isn’t exactly the kind of fashion statement I want to be making, especially once I start to see people outside my bubble. Perhaps fashion’s version, despite being slightly smaller, is the replacement I need for my current eyesore of a water bottle. 

The beginning of my hydration journey called for something utilitarian; I physically needed to be banged in the hip as a reminder to drink water while adjusting to WFH life. Now that I’ve gotten the hang of it, I’m prepared to ascend to something a little less gauche that still helps me fulfill my daily water goals. No, I won’t be spending $5,000 on a quilted Chanel sling for my Dasani. Something crocheted from Etsy, however, that I would buy. Once Jacquemus’ take goes on sale, there’s a good chance I’ll purchase that, too. 

Yes, I should be able to drink a gallon of water a day without turning it into an excuse to shop. But, if you, like me, are willing to admit that you need assistance, the water bottle bags below — which range from starter bottles like mine to DIY and designer upgrades — are here to help. No matter what sort you choose, in my experience, being attached at the hip shoulder with your water bottle is the perfect reminder to hydrate (in style).

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