Oct 1, 2013

Best known for her portrayal of Ashley Davenport on the scandalous series Revenge and her fashion blog Ring My Bell, Ashley Madekwe is on our radar in more

It doesn't matter if you're an early riser or if you've just got some big plans for Taco Tuesday, but if you're up at 4 a.m. tomorrow m

Photo: Courtesy of BarackObama.com. As you've probably heard, the government has shut down. And though it's easy to imagine that at a time like t

Photo: Courtesy Of PACHD. Of course, we've all heard the argument that our bodies didn't evolve to sit at a desk all day or to eat the kinds of f

Photo: Courtesy of Flour & Stone. We don't know too many people who don't like pizza. In fact, most folks love it — even our carb-phobe

The more you use Facebook, the more unhappy you're likely to be, new research suggests. Of course, this isn't the first time we've mused ove

Want to shop for your new favorite pair of jeans with our very own fashion editor? Yeah, us too. That's why we’ve teamed up with Diesel to celeb

Photo: Courtesy of Chvrches/Charles Newbury Lauren Mayberry is mad as hell, and she's not going to take it anymore. The lead singer of Scottish band C

We don't like to pop pills unless we really know what's in 'em and what they're doing to our bodies. So, when we read this study about

Photo: Courtesy of BlackMilk. Introducing LadyBits, an ultra-cool collective of tech journalists who look at the world with smart, lady lenses. And since w

Photo: Courtesy of MAC/Mario Sorrenti. MAC really doesn't waste any time, do they? Mere days after launching the much anticipated RiRi Hearts MAC coll

Photo: Courtesy of Chanel. Yes, it's October, and yes, we are also having panic attacks that our warm, breezy days of fall are numbered, and that holi

photo: courtesy of cult cosmetics. We love it when a standard subscription beauty box pushes the boundaries of its cardboard walls and does something truly

Photo: Via DNAinfo Chicago. Whether you're a regular rider or new to the world of public transportation, you're probably already acquainted with

Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb. In 2010, the State of New York passed a law that would help eliminate illegal hotels. However, subsequent interpretations of thi

You always knew you could kind of draw, but Paper is an app that gives you the sort of false confidence that you're as good as Adrian Tomine. With bea

Growing up is never an easy thing, so it makes sense that people try to separate it into nice, convenient little chunks. Get your period, have your first k

Photographed by Winnie Au Everybody always be talkin' about The Dolls. No, for real. Even before they had a formal band name, the unlikely pairing of

Photo: BEImages/Gregory Pace Well, color us smitten. While we may think of Lena Dunham as a queen of comedy (not to mention keeper of all things hipster),

Photo: Ben Hassett/Courtesy of Harpers Bazaar U.K. UPDATE: Yes, you've seen Jennifer Lawrence's upcoming November subscriber cover for Harper

Photo: Courtesy of Aimee Blaut. My small forehead and cowlick make me the worst candidate for bangs. I know because I went there. When the Zooey Deschanels

We're career gals, ourselves, here at Refinery29, so we really appreciate and admire what the women behind Levo League and Well+Good NYC do. A social

What would have happened to the music video had YouTube never come around? The days of TRL and MTV (when, you know, it actually played music) fell away jus

Photo: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton. Among the list of the most valuable brands in the world, the top five don't come as a huge surprise: Apple, Google,

Those of you who own a multi-million-dollar super yacht will be well acquainted with the fatigue that comes with possessing such a vessel. After all, a rel

The Vans x Liberty London holiday collection is the only holiday announcement we'll accept in October. Period. (Hypebeast) If Marc Jacobs' reacti

Photo: Courtesy of Lionsgate. If you look closely at the final poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, you can almost hear Jennifer Lawrence quietly gi

Stop all the clocks, turn off the iPhone, and silence all IM updates with a busy tone. Mr. Darcy is dead. And right now, we just need some time to deal wit

Photo: Via Business of Fashion/Simon Perry. Tom Ford is poised to enter that elite group of fashion high rollers whose fortune adds up to an incomprehensib