Trying to get a date these days can be tedious and often frustrating.
The days wasted flicking through apps. The endless, boring small talk. The nervous and ultimately fruitless meeting.
So, one artist has taken matters into her own hands.
Mary Stephenson makes imaginary boyfriends out of clay, paint and paper.
And then she stages elaborate tableaux with them – be that in restaurants, in front of the Notre Dame or picnicking in the park.
Julie Houts is an illustrator from Williamsburg, New York who’s a J.Crew fashion designer by day and our new favourite illustrator/dream BFF by night.
She lampoons fashion types who take themselves too seriously, as well as pretty much every girl in her 20s – covering bad dates, becoming increasingly antisocial and spending beyond your means.
‘I just think that everyone is basically an idiot. They just are,’ Houts explained to Vogue in a weird… Read the full story
Welcome to the youngest ever self-appointed secret shopper.
Seven-year-old Bella has started taking a clipboard with her to the shops so she can assess them. Because someone has to keep standards up.
Bella hasn’t shared her marking system with her dad Tony, but he says the spot checks started last weekend when he took her with him on some errands to Home Depot (basically America’s version of B&Q) and Sears.
‘She asked if she could bring her clipboard with a cat on it,’ he told Metro.co.uk. ‘Of course I said yes.
‘Then she was in her own little world just checking things off, pretending she was some sort of… Read the full story
Anyone who’s watched Don’t Tell The Bride knows how stressful it can be for a groom to get a wedding planned in two weeks.
And that’s after their partner’s said yes to the proposal and no doubt dropped hint after hint about the kind of wedding they want.
The venue. The food. THE DRESS.
So imagine the stress of planning to propose and marry your girlfriend on the same day.
Dads are meant to embarrass their kids. Look at the way they dance. The way some dress. The music they have blaring when they come to pick you up from friends’ houses.
But Kendel Divarco’s dad took his fatherly duties to another level when he decided to copy her modelling pictures.
Back in January, high school student Kendel won a national modelling contest and was flown to Las Vegas on an all-expenses-paid trip. And as part of her prize, she was given a photoshoot at the luxury Green Valley Ranch resort.
Last week, her parents found themselves staying in the same hotel while in Las Vegas for a work convention.
When Kendel’s dad Vince realised this,… Read the full story
Did you think you were really original going as Barb and Nancy for Halloween? Sorry to break it to you, but you and everyone else.
Not that you shouldn’t go as Barb. She’s clearly the best one. Just try not to get lost.
Anyway, eCommerce site Lyst have come up with their predictions for the most popular Halloween costumes of 2016, based on search and sales data across 11,000 online fashion sites in the last couple of weeks, supplemented with insights from Google Trends.
Basically, we’re all going as Stranger Things’ characters, Harley Quinn, Donald Trump and, of course, Harambe (RIP). Sounds about right.
And… Read the full story
Human beings love a freebie, and have shown that they’ll go to great lengths to get free food.
First, there was the restaurant that promised free burgers for life to anyone who legally changed their last name to Burger.
Now, there’s a café offering free burgers for the rest of eternity to anyone who gets a burger tattoo. Alhough it’s not just any burger tattoo – it has to be one of the many burgers off their extensive menu.
Oh, and… Read the full story
Most university students in London live in dingy digs with a bad damp problem, brick wall views and cigarette-burnt carpets.
But one group of UCL third years have managed to land a former celebrity pad for their final few terms.
Natural sciences students Jamie and Katie claim to have moved into Amy Winehouse’s old apartment in Camden.
Children’s birthday parties have really stepped up a gear since we were little.
Back in the day, you just popped on your best M&S party dress, consumed way too many E numbers from the buffet and went home with a slice of Colin the Caterpillar in your party bag.
Not kids today.
These kids just had a Drake themed birthday party, with fake dollar bills for guests to throw, a black and gold colour theme inspired by the Canadian rapper’s OVO label and mini Hennessy bottles holding down the balloons (which had Drake’s face on).
These were the party invites. Sorry – you weren’t invited.
If you’re one of the many grown men or women in the world that are obsessed with a certain winged mythical beast that doesn’t even exist then brace yourselves, friends, brace your damn selves.
There’s a unicorn-themed café in Bangkok, Thailand. And it’s everything you ever dreamt of.
Unicorn Café, in the Bang Rak district of the city, is an explosion of pastel, rainbows and all things sickly sweet. It basically looks like they asked a five-year-old girl to describe her dream home, and then went with exactly what she… Read the full story
At just 21 years old Poppy Segger has already made a name for herself in the tattoo industry with her incredibly minimalist Disney-inspired inkings.
After getting her first piercing in a tattoo studio at the age of 14, Poppy fell in love with the studio experience and began regularly visiting tattoo studios around her city to get more.
‘I made friends with a few artists, one of whom became my future mentor,’ Poppy told Metro.co.uk.
If you spent your childhood dreaming of being a mermaid, don’t give up on the dream just yet – because it’s still not too late.
As long as you’re a passionate swimmer who can swim at full force with a hefty tail, that is.
The German town of Suhl recently held its first national mermaid championship, which saw over 100 potential mer-people turn up to show off the tricks of their tails.
Have you ever asked your crush whether they’re into Vikings?
Well, maybe you should – because it might just be the chat-up line you’ve been searching for this whole time – according to AmericanGirl Library’s A Smart Girl’s Guide To Boys, that is.
After reading through the book, Twitter user Caitlin came across a page titled ‘Conversation Starters’. On there was a prompt that suggested ‘I wish they’d tell us more about Vikings’ could be used to start a conversation. So, Caitlin decided to try it out.
Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work out for her. Her love interest was actually just baffled.
But after posting the outcome of her social experiment to Twitter, Caitlin received more attention than she’d bargained for, as countless Twitter users copied her sorry attempt and turned her Viking chat-up approach into a meme.
Your Kit Kat breaks are about to get a lot more exciting. Prepare yourselves.
Introducing KITKAT Chocolatory, a pop-up opening at The Street, Westfield Stratford City, that will allow you to design your own premium Kit Kat bar, complete with fancy customised packaging.
You’ll be invited to choose your preferred chocolate, from milk, white or dark, before adding up to three toppings from 16 exciting flavours, to Create Your Break.
Modern parenting can sometimes feel like a competition you’re never going to win.
If you’re not feeding your kids on organic, hand-picked wilted kale, quinoa, multi-seeds and sunbeams, you’re not doing it right.
But, a growing number of parenting bloggers are fighting back with a more honest look at family life. Like Bunmi Laditan, from Montreal, Canada, who runs the aptly named Honest Toddler blog.
Bunmi, who has three young kids, regularly pokes fun at this slightly holier-than-thou approach to parenting. This week, after spending an entire morning vitamin shopping for her kids, she went on a massive – and very funny rant – on Facebook.
Get in formation.
Dominique Ansel, creator of the world-famous and trademarked Cronut, finally opens a London outpost at 8am on Friday, September 30.
Who knows? People are probably already queuing.
You can forget pale imitations – notwithstanding Gregg’s glorious effort with the Greggsnut – because the real deal, the one people have queued for every morning in New York since the 2013 launch, is finally here.
The very sleek Dominique Ansel Bakery, opening on London’s Elizabeth Street, SW1W, isn’t all about the Cronut though.
There will also be cookie shots – that’s a chocolate… Read the full story
Those people you hear saying that you should stop wearing glitter at a certain age are talking nonsense.
Nothing beats a glittery makeup look for a night out and there are so many different ways that you can wear this sparkly dust.
Whether you want to go full-on glam or just have a hint of magic about you, here are 10 glitter eye makeup looks for your next night on the tiles…
Lightly does it
You don’t need to go out looking like you’ve been involved in an explosion at Hobbycraft.
Just packing a… Read the full story
Do enjoy this picture of a six-month-old girl meeting a ballet dancer for the first time.
We’re pretty sure we had a similar reaction the first time we saw the doughnut cheeseburger.
The little girl’s sheer excitement and wonder at meeting the ballet dancer in her glittering pink tutu and headpiece has been making people smile online, after her dad shared it on Reddit last week.
The photo was taken at the recent Faerie Festival at Rockwood Park in Wilmington, Delaware.
Doritos have outdone themselves this Halloween by launching a jet black version of their famous corn chip.
To the untrained eye, they just look like incredibly burnt Doritos, but in reality, they’re coated in tasty garlic seasoning.
The chips come in spooooooooooky black packaging, featuring a haunted house, a flock of bats and a very angry-looking vampire who obviously got out the wrong side his coffin this morning. (Or evening. Whatever time they get up.)
Before you race to your nearest corner shop – unfortunately, as with most good things in life – these are only available in Japan.
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