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The Ultimate E-girl Starter Pack - Teen Vogue
Correction: Missing Woman-Arrest story - Washington Post
Lipsy x Abbey Clancy's womenswear and kids collection at Next - goodhousekeeping.com
Two Milwaukee women wanted on suspicion of trafficking girls who spent time at shelter - CNN

The Ultimate E-girl Starter Pack - Teen Vogue

Posted: 14 Oct 2019 12:00 AM PDT

Hi, hello there, it's been (almost two months) since I've shared our VSCO girl starter pack. Two whole months for you to download TikTok and get on with the constant and intrinsically ironic trends Gen Z is pioneering. Because TikTok is much more than a lip-syncing app, its users have evolved it into a world of its own. A world where VSCO girls and e-girls and e-boys run free. Oh, but what's an e-girl, you ask? Allow me to try to explain, because I'm not an e-girl, not yet an e-woman.

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According to one of the many definitions on Urban Dictionary, an e-girl is "a girl on TikTok that wears an excessive amount of blush, hearts under their eyes, cute hair, watches anime and dresses kinda lolita" and "a girl that has a sick Instagram feed, good/mediocre music taste, wears clips in their hair, has a cool room and probably watches the Youtuber enjajaja."

Basically, if VSCO girls are the modern-day Tumblr girls, then e-girls are the modern-day scene girls. They're a counter-reaction to the basic and chill vibes of the VSCO girls and soft girls (another starter pack for that category coming soon) with their hypersexualized child aesthetic that borrows from anime. But instead of uploading their fits on MySpace (RIP) now they have TikTok.

So, if you feel that they only live on TikTok, you're not wrong. Because that's where e-girls mostly live: online. Or you know, in electronic devices. If you see one out in the wild, you will just see them as a normal teen figuring out what they like (and don't like). Sometimes moms do know best, and it is just a phase or a trend.

This trend, though, has escalated to sites popping out of the blue that only sell garments and accessories catered to this e-aesthetic. Yet it wasn't always like this. As Vox reports, since its origination, e-girl has been used to disparage women. The earliest definition on Urban Dictionary from 2009 describes the term thus: "Call her an E girl cause she's always after the D." However, thanks to e-girls' power on TikTok, just like with VSCO girls, that narrative is changing. They're creating a community that is stronger than all the hearts on TikTok and will last longer than 15-second videos.

Correction: Missing Woman-Arrest story - Washington Post

Posted: 29 Oct 2019 11:26 AM PDT

A University of Missouri student has been charged with abuse or neglect of a child as authorities continue searching for his wife, a graduate of the school who is from China

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A University of Missouri student was charged Monday with abuse or neglect of a child just days after authorities announced that foul play is suspected in the disappearance of his wife, who came to the U.S. from China to study.

Joseph Elledge, 23, is jailed on a $500,000 cash-only bond. No attorney is listed for him in online court records. Elledge is a senior mechanical engineering student.

His wife, 28-year-old Mengqi Ji Elledge, a graduate of the school, has been missing for more than two weeks. Columbia police spokesman Steven Sapp said the couple has a 1-year-old daughter who is in the care of a relative.

In the probable cause statement supporting the charges, detectives were advised that Elledge abused the toddler by striking her on the buttocks hard enough to cause severe bruising in February.

The girl's mother, who is identified only as M.E. in the document, had wanted to contact police but gave Elledge another chance after he promised he would never do it again. She sent another person a picture of the bruising, however, and officers examining the mother's iPad located pictures and videos of the bruising. It appeared from the thumbnail format of the images that someone had erased the full-sized photos, and the affidavit noted Joseph Elledge had access to the iPad for about a week before officers obtained it.

The affidavit said Joseph Elledge told officers on Friday that he did bruise the girl months earlier, saying initially that he did not know how it happened. He later told officers the girl was crying and would not stop. The bruising may have been caused by pinching the girl to distract her or by holding her too hard, Elledge told police.

The probable cause affidavit also noted he did not report his wife missing for about 36 hours. During that time, he took a long drive through unfamiliar remote areas of mid-Missouri, according to the affidavit.

Joseph Elledge hasn't been charged in her disappearance, but police announced Friday that the investigation has led detectives to suspect foul play. No details were released about what led to that determination. However, Sapp said police learned the couple had been having problems when Joseph Elledge divulged that during an on-camera interview with KRCG-TV.

In the interview, Elledge described his wife as a doting mother but said "we were growing kind of distant in the past few months." He said they had gone to Carthage, another Missouri town, for an internship over the summer and that he wasn't sure how she liked the small-town life. He added: "I know she was talking to somebody else on the side. I didn't know that until she had left."

Elledge said that when he awoke on the morning of Oct. 9, his wife was gone. He said he waited until 5:45 p.m. that day to report her missing because he thought she might have been running errands. Her phone, iPad, passport and clothes were left behind, but not her purse.

"I don't know where she could have gone," Elledge told KRCG. "I know she was supposed to meet somebody in the morning. I didn't know who else she was going to meet or what else she was going to do. It was really weird that she didn't take her phone or anything else like that."

Elledge told the station he thought she would return, adding "I think she is confused and scared."

University of Missouri spokesman Christian Basi said Mengqi Elledge was awarded a master's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering in December 2014. She previously attended the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai. Basi said the university is aware of the missing-person case and its police department is ready to assist, if necessary.

Sapp said her family has traveled to Columbia and plans to stay there until there "some type of resolution."

"I think we are leaving all the options open and following up on every lead that presents itself," Sapp said.

Lipsy x Abbey Clancy's womenswear and kids collection at Next - goodhousekeeping.com

Posted: 17 Oct 2019 12:00 AM PDT

Abbey Clancy's Lipsy capsule has gone from strength to strength since it first launched back in autumn 2018. So, we're super excited to announce that the model is continuing her collection, after the birth of baby number four, for a third season. And it drops today (16 October) on Next.

The best bit? The Strictly Come Dancing star's line now comes with a matching 'mini me' collection from Lipsy Girl – so you can co-ordinate with the little one in your life.

The range is modelled by none other than Sophia Crouch, Abbey's eldest daughter with husband and footballer Peter Crouch, and the campaign pictures are absolutely adorable.

Depicting Abbey and Sophia in a line-up of gorgeous party dresses and cosy winter coats, the campaign will definitely encourage customers to start gearing up for the festive season. No, it's not too early to start thinking about those Christmas and New Year's eve outfits!

Lipsy

BUY NOW Sequinned wrap gown, £75, Abbey Clancy x Lipsy at next.co.uk

BUY NOW Ombré sequin mini dress, £46, Lipsy Girl at next.co.uk

What we love about this range is that Lipsy has designed the clothes to match subtly, rather than exactly; choosing similar fabrics or trims, but not the same silhouette.

So, the clothes are cleverly cut to be more girlish and demure for younger girls, while the women's clothes have fitted silhouettes and lower necklines, to enhance natural curves.

Amongst our favourite in the drop, are the feather-trimmed pieces with a retro appeal. The girls' '60s-inspired shift version comes in baby pink, while the women's hourglass midi comes in a more sultry shade of black. We also love the girls' sequin fit-and-flare mini dress, which is embellished all over with ombré sequins fading from gold to pink.

Lipsy

BUY NOW Feather-trim dress, £68, Abbey Clancy x Lipsy at next.co.uk

BUY NOW Feather-trim mini dress, £42, Lipsy Girl at next.co.uk

Without a doubt, though, the hero pieces in the collection are the matching black coats. Cut in a belted robe style for women and a pea shape for kids, they're both trimmed with faux fur at the collars and cuffs, to create a '70s-inspired look that is bang on trend for autumn/winter 2019. We suggest you invest immediately, because we doubt these will hang around for long.

Lipsy

BUY NOW Belted robe coat, £95, Abbey Clancy x Lipsy at next.co.uk

BUY NOW Faux-fur trimmed coat, £60, Lipsy Girl at next.co.uk

These special pieces are ideal for Christmas gifting, or planning for statement outfits ahead of the party season, but there are also some more relaxed staples – like cosy puffers coats and suits – in the collection. We've rounded up our favourites right here: