#extremely oversimplified but the sentiment remains

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Owl Piece AU!

Since Owl Piece takes the place of season two...

Shouldn't Odalia still be able to keep tabs on Amity via the creepy monitoring necklace? Escaping Explusion has no reason (Or way, for that matter) to happen in Owl Piece

consider: touching lumity moment where amity laments her family life and luz is like 'well. u dont have to worry abt that now!' and amity just kinda goes like 'huh. youre right' and chucks that bitch out to sea

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So something that I’ve noticed is a rather popular opinion (at least as far as what I’ve seen) is that Turhan is the most unlikeable or one of the most immoral characters in the series. Would you agree or disagree with this sentiment and why?

I wholeheartedly agree with this statement and it's one of the popular opinions of the fandom that I can get behind without any reservation whatsoever. Turhan is my least favourite sultana of the whole franchise and at no point did I find her likeable or could I ever sympathize with her.

She's vile, nasty and exceptionally ruthless throughout her entire screentime. What turns me off the most about her is her backstabbing nature and hypocrisy - her dynamic with Kösem never had the chance to feel organic because of it, it all seemed like a false charade right from the beginning. She staged a whole massive coup on the castle and influenced Kösem's decision to kill Ibrahim, then she highly and mightily claims, right when she's planning out the coup, that she's not like Kösem and won't kill innocent children when she already, consciously played a part in such a thing. She has a tendency of consistently manipulating the narrative to her favor and advantage.

There are lots of Sultanas that had the possibility to get quite close to the same ruthlessness, most of them are very questionable people and MCK only tripled down on that trend, which fits so much in the own ruthlessness of the time period itself. Look at Gülbahar, in example, she's far from a good person, she's an incredibly toxic and manipulative mother, but I stan her as a character. I stan her, because she's so nuanced and well-written and has a simplistic, down to earth backstory that complements her motivation. Gülbahar could also be very cruel and her dynamic with Kösem also veered in hypocrisy for quite some time, but there were many moments in her writing that outweighed that and at least gave us perspective as to why she's like that. Turhan's on the precise opposite side of the spectrum, because her unsympathetic traits only make themselves stick because of the writing: they're the only thing she has.

One-dimensional characters are far from rare in Magnificent Century and Kösem, but no display was as insulting as what the show did with Turhan. Turhan's offputting traits are the only traits she possesses, they're all she is from her first appearance. Her introduction becomes confusing from the start, because she's simply playing this game without any backstory or explanation. It's obvious she has to survive in this environment and it is an absolute given that she has to get rid of Kösem, her being a clear threat for herself and her son. But the immediacy of it turned out to be flat out hilarious, because of the relationship she managed to effectively build with Kösem. Turhan's hypocrisy and false play is found out by the audience light speedily quickly and it could cease making sense, because of both Turhan's ambiguous, unestablished motivations and Kösem's earlier attitude towards her. I admit that's more of a writing issue than a personal irritant for the character - it would all be a little better if they tried a E80-84 Şah Sultan-esque hypocrisy. That was more subtle, more interesting and we were waiting for it to fully unfold. Şah's motivation was revealed to us slowly, but surely, Turhan's only seemed to exist in a vacuum. Ibrahim's distaste for her also did very little motivation-wise. It was there and it put certain things into context, but it wasn't enough to justify most of her extremely irraneous actions and these still remained unexplained in their overexagerration. Her betrayal was convoluted and I not only knew it would happen, I waited in boredom for it to inevitably happen.

《Thing is, however, this character could've worked so much better, with such foundation alone. Her traits are heinous, but could be interesting if dealt with better. Turhan's character, in theory, works incredibly thematically: the last Sultana of the Sultanate of Women that turns out to merely contrast Hürrem - her being introduced as a ready product of her environment wasn't a bad idea, it makes her stand out and creates a stark contrast with Hürrem's thorough exploration and character development, the in-depth explanation on why she became the way she was, her character going through many stages of evolution. The way this fleshing out of motivations lowered in every Sultana of the SOW until we get to Turhan, when she's ready to act in an instant is a nice touch, in a way. And it's not only this- Turhan's whole character does to an extent present the evolution of the SOW in the franchise with her structure alone - the development of the concept of power: Hürrem gets her power from Süleiman/ Turhan gets it FULLY from herself, without a sultan who loves her, Hürrem had a long way to go to get her power/ Turhan was immediately in power; the way Turhan is the best example of the MC/MCK contrast that is wanting power because of personal motivation/wanting power for the sake of power - Out of all Sultanas from the SOW, Hürrem has the most personal motives involved with her craving power, because of the many attacks against her and her own situation/with Turhan it seemed as if she was powerful without a single detailed reason whatsoever, the first actual display of that extreme; the narrative roles of each member of the SOW: Hürrem is a main protagonist/ Turhan is a final boss; the shift of personalities: Hürrem is overally cheerful and fierce/ Turhan is overally stoic and cold and what best highlights it all, the contrast between the character establishing scenes of Hürrem and Turhan after the culmination of their respective character arcs. Hürrem's monologue in MC's season 2 finale and Turhan's stampede in MCK's show in such a chilling way the thematic difference between both characters and the respective shows: Hürrem has an active monologue throughout the scene, her purpose being in accordance with everyone around (except Mahidevran ofc), it is set in the center stage/ Turhan's look in the balcony is merely a mirror of the situation in the harem, it all happening over the monologue of another character that is Kösem. {I especially love the additional details of the scenes like the color contrast, the soundtracks that seemigly contradict each other and the massive thing that sells it all with people bowing down to Hürrem/lying dead on the floor with Turhan etc., but I'm really starting to detract from the point here.} Turhan's stampede is the only time that excessive ruthlessness so prominent in her character made some sense and wasn't there only for the sake of it and that was hardly sufficient.》

All these thematic details of Turhan's were amazing in intent, but very messy and almost absent in execution, for they barely show their purpose. Instead of these traits being only additional endorsement of the alleged purpose of her character, she's reduced into a one-dimensional caricature with all these traits only, turning her impossible to stand altogether. She is vile, ruthless and cruel, but her hypocrisy makes sure she's devoid of any actual character and personality. By that I mean that there is no moment where she isn't any of these traits, the balance of them is highly lacking in narrative and there is never a moment where she stops and thinks - we never get to see the character to breathe and to flow, not even a single scene. There is always this prominent facade she likes to keep and all her hypocritical, manipulative games, binding it all together. She never gets to have a moment for herself, where we could know her a little better. She always stays in her own unbreakable mask and that only has an antagonistic role or plays as a plot device. These potentially interesting traits, writing-wise, are devoid of substance and mainly that makes her impossible to root for. There have always been asspulls in character writing, there have always been antagonists later reduced to one dimensionality, but nobody, not even Safiye, is as grossly oversimplified like that as Turhan. Her scenes with Mehmed, her supposed most sincere bond, did nothing as well, with her not showing much affection even towards her own child. We only had a slight sign of that when they tried to poison him and even that seemed to focus on the fact that Kösem dared to go that far, not that Turhan was about to lose the one dearest to her. I'll never forget her smug grin when she was looking at the results of her coup (which was in the scene I was referring to when contrasting her to Hürrem). Looking like that at so many people who died because of you, no less, and only focusing on your newly put on thematic ring, not even thinking to check on your child, is something indescribable. This woman lacks conscience and that is very offputtingly utilized by the writers, leaving us with no reason to sympathize with her or think she has any moral scruples whatsoever. Even Dilruba, Halime and Safiye have softer sides that give us a chance to delve deep into their psyche. Turhan was a wasted potential through and through, with even lesser screentime and less chance to even show she's more than a cruel, ruthless sultana.

[And I find that really unfortunate, because historical Turhan seems so fascinating... If the writers gave MCK Turhan more material to work with, and they had a lot of that, in my opinion, she wouldn't be the worst sultana of the whole franchise, both sympathy-wise and writing-wise.]

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Why cat?

Pictures and recordings of local felines make up probably the most saw substance on the web, especially picture macros as lolcats. ThoughtCatalog has depicted felines as the "informal mascot of the Internet". Felines as human sidekicks "are presently sharing individuals' genuine as well as their virtual world". as a logical review calls attention to. The subject has pulled in the consideration of different researchers and pundits, who have examined why this type of low craftsmanship has achieved notable status. Despite the fact that it might be viewed as pointless, feline related web content adds to how individuals collaborate with media and culture. Some contend that there is a profundity and unpredictability to this apparently straightforward substance, with a recommendation that the positive mental impacts that pet creatures have on their proprietors additionally remains constant for feline pictures saw on the web. Some individual felines, for example, Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub, have accomplished fame online due to their abnormal appearances. History People have dependably had a cozy association with felines, and the creatures have for some time been a subject of short movies, including the early quiet motion pictures Boxing Cats and The Sick Kitten . Harry Pointer has been refered to as the "begetter of the indecent feline picture". Felines have been shared through email since the web's commencement in the 1990s. The main feline video on YouTube was transferred in 2005 by YouTube prime supporter Steve Chen, who posted a video of his heckled "Night robe playing with a rope". The New York Times depicted feline pictures as "that fundamental building piece of the Internet". Also, 2,594,329 feline pictures had been physically explained in flickr.com by clients. An intriguing wonder is that many photo proprietors tag their home felines as "tiger". Eric Nakagawa and Kari Unebasami began the site I Can Haz Cheezburger in 2007, where they shared amusing pictures of felines. This site enabled clients to make LOLcat images by putting composing on top of photos of their felines. This website now has more than 100 million perspectives for each month and has "made a radical new type of web talk". Starting at 2015, there are more than 2 million feline recordings on YouTube alone, and felines are a standout amongst the most sought catchphrases on the web. The web has been portrayed as a "virtual feline stop, a social space for feline significant others similarly that pooch partners gather at a canine stop". The Daily Telegraph regarded Nyan Cat the most well known web feline, while NPR gave this title to Grumpy Cat. The Daily Telegraph likewise regarded the best feline video on YouTube as "Astonished Kitty ", which as of now has more than 75 million perspectives. Buzzfeed esteemed Cattycake the most critical feline of 2010. In 2015, a show called "How Cats Took Over The Internet" opened at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. The show "takes a gander at the historical backdrop of how they rose to web acclaim, and why individuals like them to such an extent". The yearly Internet Cat Video Festival celebrated and grants the Golden Kitty to feline recordings. As indicated by Star Tribune, the celebration's prosperity is on account of "individuals understood that the feline video they'd laughed over in the protection of their homes was all of a sudden a thousand times more clever when there are a large number of other individuals around". The Daily Telegraph had a whole article committed to International Cat Day. EMGN composed an article entitled "21 Reasons Why Cats And The Internet Are A Match Made in Heaven". In 2015, there were more than 2 million feline recordings on YouTube, with a normal of 12,000 perspectives each – a higher normal than some other class of YouTube substance. The YouTube video Cats versus Zombies blended the two web marvels of felines and zombies. Information from BuzzFeed and Tumblr has demonstrated that canine recordings have a larger number of perspectives than those of felines, and under 1% of posts on Reddit specify felines. While puppies are scanned for a great deal more than felines, there is less substance on the web. The Facebook page "Felines" has more than 2 million preferences while Dogs has more than 6.5 million. In an Internet custom, The New York Times Archives Twitter account posts feline revealing all through the historical backdrop of the NYT. The Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima propelled an online Cat Street View, which demonstrated the area from the point of view of a feline. Abigail Tucker, creator of The Lion in the Living Room, a past filled with local felines, has proposed that felines advance especially on the grounds that they "help us to remember possess appearances, and particularly of our children... strikingly human additionally unendingly empty". 

Brain research Jason Eppink, keeper of the Museum of the Moving Image's show How Cats Took Over the Internet, has noticed the "outsized part" of felines on the Internet. Wired magazine felt that the charm of felines was "excessively oversimplified" a clarification of their prominence on the web. The specialist behind the review clarified "On the off chance that we need to better comprehend the impacts the Internet may have on us as people and on society, at that point analysts can't overlook Internet felines any longer" and "utilization of online feline related media merits experimental consideration". The Huffington Post recommended that the recordings were a type of lingering, with most being viewed while at work or apparently contemplating, while IU Bloomington remarked " accomplishes more than basically engage; it lifts watchers' vitality and positive feelings and declines negative sentiments". BusinessInsider contends "This falls in accordance with a group of research in regards to the impacts that creatures have on individuals." A recent report by Jessica Gall Myrick found that individuals were more than twice as prone to post a photo or video of a feline to the web than they were to post a selfie. Likewise, it was discovered that individuals who watch feline recordings feel more lively and positive in the wake of review online feline substance. Maria Bustillos considers feline recordings to be "the crystallization of all that people adore about felines", with their "normal magnificence and greatness" being "only one little disappear from aggregate embarrassment", which Bustillos sees as a reflection of the human condition. At the point when the maker of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, was requested a case of a prominent utilization of the web that he could never had anticipated, he replied "Little cats". A 2014 paper contends that felines' "unselfconsciousness" is uncommon during a time of hyper-reconnaissance, and feline photographs request to individuals as it gives them a chance to envision "the likelihood of flexibility from observation", while showing the energy of controlling that reconnaissance as unproblematic. Time magazine felt that feline pictures take advantage of watchers nature as "mystery voyeurs". Mashable offered "felines' charm, non-adorableness, prevalence among nerds, clear canvas qualities, identity issues, and the way that puppies simply don't have "it"" as conceivable clarifications to felines' fame on the web. A paper entitled ""I Can Haz Emoshuns?" – Understanding Anthropomorphosis of Cats among Internet Users" found that Tagpuss, an application that demonstrated clients feline pictures and requesting that they pick their feeling "can be utilized to recognize feline practices that laypeople discover hard to recognize". Jason Eppink, caretaker of the "How Cats Took Over the Internet" display, clarified: "Individuals on the web will probably post a feline than another creature, since it kind of propagates itself. It turns into a self-satisfying prediction." Jason Kottke views felines as "less demanding to externalize" and accordingly "simpler to ridicule". Columnist Jack Shepherd recommended that felines were more famous than canines since puppies were "making a decent attempt", and silly conduct in a pooch would be viewed as an offered for approval. Shepherd sees felines' conduct as being "cool, and easy, and without any worry about what you may consider it. It is craftsmanship for workmanship's purpose". Felines have generally been related with enchantment, and have been venerated by different human societies, the antiquated Egyptians loving them as divine beings and the animals being dreaded as evil spirits in old Japan, While felines on the web may be socially particular, feline substance is expanding in its fame in different societies as a logical review appeared by taking a gander at German, English, Italian, and Russian media. Charming feline hypothesis of advanced activism The charming feline hypothesis of advanced activism is a hypothesis concerning Internet activism, Web oversight, and "adorable felines" created by Ethan Zuckerman in 2008. It places that the vast majority are not inspired by activism; rather, they need to utilize the web for unremarkable exercises, including surfing for obscenity and lolcats . The instruments that they create for that are extremely helpful to social development activists, who may need assets to create devoted devices themselves.

Grumpy Cat   Tardar Sauce, better known by her Internet name "Grumpy Cat", is a cat and Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression. Her owner, Tabatha Bundesen, says that her permanently grumpy-looking face is due to an underbite and feline dwarfism. Grumpy Cat's popularity originated from a picture posted to the social news website Reddit by Bundesen's brother Bryan on September 22, 2012. It was made into an image macro with grumpy captions., "The Official Grumpy Cat" page on Facebook has over 7 million "likes". Grumpy Cat was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on May 30, 2013, and on the cover of New York magazine on October 7, 2013. In August 2015 it was announced that Grumpy Cat would get her own animatronic waxwork at Madame Tussauds in San Francisco. The Huffington Post wrote an article exploring America's fascination with cats. Lil Bub   Lil Bub  is an American celebrity cat known for her unique appearance. She was the runt of her litter. Her owner, Mike Bridavsky, adopted her when his friends called to ask him to give her a home. Her photos were first posted to Tumblr in November 2011 then taken off after being featured on the social news website reddit. "Lil Bub" on Facebook has over two million Likes. Lil Bub stars in Lil Bub & Friendz, a documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013 that won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film. Maru   Maru  is a male Scottish Fold  cat in Japan who has become popular on YouTube., videos with Maru have been viewed over 200 million times. Videos featuring Maru have an average of 800,000 views each and he is mentioned often in print and televised media discussing Internet celebrities. Maru is the "most famous cat on the internet." Maru's owner posts videos under the account name 'mugumogu'. His owner is almost never seen in the videos, although the video titled is an exception. The videos include title cards in English and Japanese setting up and describing the events, and often show Maru playing in cardboard boxes, indicated by "I love a box!" in his first video. Colonel Meow   Colonel Meow  was a male Himalayan–Persian crossbreed cat, who holds the 2014 Guinness world record for the longest fur on a cat . He became an Internet celebrity when his owners posted pictures of his scowling face to Facebook and Instagram. He was known by his hundreds of thousands of followers as an "adorable fearsome dictator", a "prodigious Scotch drinker" and "the angriest cat in the world". In 2014, they published a book about the cats' adventures titled Oskar and Klaus Present: The Search for Bigfoot. Nala Cat     Nala was adopted at a shelter when she was 5 or 6 months old. The original owners could not take care of the litter Nala was part of. When Nala was adopted, she was the only one of her family still at the shelter. The person who adopted Nala had not planned on adopting a kitten that day, but she picked up Nala who licked her face and it was love at first lick. She had to take her home. Like many shelter kittens, Nala had breathing problems and infections that needed to be taken care of. With loving care and medicine, Nala gained her health and grew up to be strong and healthy, but with short legs. Her owner started an Instagram account to share Nala's progress and antics with her friends and family, but ended up amassing over a million followers. Subsequently, Nala has starred in many YouTube videos. The owner has used the attention to bring awareness for the need to spay or neuter pets and adopt from shelters instead of buying them from breeders. And only get pets if you plan to keep them for the rest of their lives, giving them the love and attention they need. Oh Long Johnson     This unnamed cat, first seen in a video shown on America's Funniest Home Videos, became famous for its growling resembling human speech. In the video, one cat makes aggressive noises at another, its vocalisations resembling "human-like gibberish" that can be interpreted as "Oh my dog. Oh Long John. Oh Long Johnson. Oh Don Piano. Why I eyes ya. All the live long day." The video first appeared on the Internet in 2006 and the cat's speech pattern was the result of the cat being aggravated by the second cat's presence and was reacting with fear and annoyance. The video was referenced in the South Park episode "Faith Hilling", where Johnson's speech pattern ended up causing several deaths related to "Oh Long Johnsoning." Tatiana Angela Lansbury Romanov     Tatiana "Tati" Angela Lansbury Romanov was adopted by Alexandra Silber on April 2, 2014. The names "Tatiana" and "Romanov" derive from Silber's love of everything Russian, particularly the last Imperial family, while "Angela Lansbury" is the name of Silber's only idol. Tati began her journey to internet fame with the creation of Tumblr blog, "I Feel Kitty", in May 2014. The blog inspired Tati's Instagram account, @ifeelkitty. As its handle suggests, the account is a collection of portraits with musical theatre-themed captions. During an interview with Broadway.com's Paul Wontorek in August 2016, Silber noted, " as dramatic as I am, if not more." The feline has been featured on Playbill's official Snapchat stories and in the account's profile photo. Tati, as Silber mentions on her blog, "sure knows how to make the most of her life's work of downtime" by filling her busy schedule with as many naps as she possibly can. Tati is also the subject of Silber's "Cat in a Box" song. Memes   Lolcat   A lolcat  is an image macro of one or more cats. The image's text is often idiosyncratic and grammatically incorrect. Its use in this way is known as "lolspeak" or "kitty pidgin". "Lolcat" is a compound word of the acronymic abbreviation for "laugh out loud"  and the word "cat". A synonym for "lolcat" is cat macro, since the images are a type of image macro. Lolcats are commonly designed for photo sharing imageboards and other Internet forums. Nyan Cat   Nyan Cat is the name of a YouTube video, uploaded in April 2011, which became an Internet meme. The video merged a Japanese pop song with an animated cartoon cat with the body of a Pop-Tart, flying through space, and leaving a rainbow trail behind it. The video ranked at number 5 on the list of most viewed YouTube videos in 2011. Keyboard cat   Keyboard Cat is an Internet meme. It consists of a video from 1984 of a cat called "Fatso" wearing a blue shirt and "playing" an upbeat rhythm on an electronic keyboard. The video was posted to YouTube under the title "charlie schmidt's cool cats" in June 2007. Schmidt later changed the title to "Charlie Schmidt's Keyboard Cat ". Fatso  was owned  by Charlie Schmidt of Spokane, Washington, United States and the blue shirt still belonged to Schmidt's cat Fatso. Later, Brad O'Farrell, who was the syndication manager of the video website My Damn Channel, obtained Schmidt's permission to reuse the footage, appending it to the end of a blooper video to "play" that person offstage after the mistake or gaffe in a similar manner as getting the hook in the days of vaudeville. The appending of Schmidt's video to other blooper and other viral videos became popular, with such videos usually accompanied with the title Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat or a variant. "Keyboard Cat" was ranked No. 2 on Current TV's list of 50 Greatest Viral Videos. Cats that Look Like Hitler   Cats That Look Like Hitler is a satirical website featuring photographs of cats that bear an alleged resemblance to Adolf Hitler. Most of the cats have a large black splotch underneath their nose, much like the dictator's stumpy toothbrush moustache. The site was founded by Koos Plegt and Paul Neve in 2006, and became widely known after being featured on several television programmes across Europe and Australia. The site is now only run by Neve. As of February 2013, the site contained photographs of over 8,000 cats, submitted by owners with digital cameras and internet access and then approved by Neve as content. Everytime you masturbate... God kills a kitten   "Every time you masturbate… God kills a kitten" is the caption of an image created by a member of the website Fark.com in 2002. The image features a kitten  being chased by two Domos, and has the tagline "Please, think of the kittens". I Can Has Cheezburger   I Can Has Cheezburger?  is the name of a weblog-format website featuring videos  and image macros. It was created in 2007 by Eric Nakagawa, a blogger from Hawaii, and his friend Kari Unebasami . The website is one of the most popular internet sites of its kind. It received as many as 1,500,000 hits per day at its peak in May 2007. ICHC was instrumental in bringing animal-based image macros and lolspeak into mainstream usage and making internet memes profitable. Brussels Lockdown   In 2015, the atmosphere among the community of Brussels, Belgium was tense when the city was put under the highest level state of emergency immediately following the Paris attacks, however internet cats were able to cut the tension by taking over the Twitter feed #BrusselsLockdown. The feed was designed to discuss operational details of terrorist raids, but when police asked for a social media blackout the hashtag was overwhelmed by internet users posting pictures of cats to drown out serious discussion and prevent terrorists from gaining any useful information. The use of cat images is a reference to the Level 4 state of emergency: the French word for the number 4, quatre, is pronounced similarly to the word cat in English. Pusheen   Pusheen is an Internet meme about a cartoon cat. Created in 2010, the popularity of using emoji and Facebook stickers led to a rise in Pusheen's popularity. She now has 9 million followers. Spoofs   Bonsai Kitten is a satirical website launched in 2000 that claims to provide instructions on how to grow a kitten in a jar, so as to mold the bones of the kitten into the shape of the jar as the cat grows, much like how a bonsai plant is shaped. It was made by an MIT university student going by the alias of Dr. Michael Wong Chang. The website generated furor after members of the public complained to animal rights organizations, who stated that "while the site's content may be faked, the issue it is campaigning for may create violence towards animals", according to the Michigan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . Although the website in its most recent form was shut down, it still generates  petitions to shut the site down or complain to its ISP. The website has been thoroughly debunked by Snopes.com and The Humane Society of the United States, among other prominent organizations.

For more information on cats, check out the essay Dragon vs Cat

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The Perfect Work Wardrobe - Shift Dresses

Shift dresses were really conceived of the 'undershirt' or otherwise called a chemise. The uncovering of the internal layers of garments permitted the advancement of the shift dress, presented by the French who hauled out the inward pieces of clothing and utilized them as the external. 

Shift Dresses and Style Icons 

The Shift dress has been well known consistently, however had a couple of times of features. Its outline is most famous of the 1960s "mod" look, when it was worn by such open figures as Audrey Hepburn, Mia Farrow, and Twiggy. 

Shift dresses influenced a rebound in the mid-1990s when business to wear wound up famous, and as of now were regularly layered over a turtleneck or shirt and worn with knee socks. From that point forward the great plan has not left the stage. The shift dress is still connected with immortal style and advancement, and is regularly worn by First Lady Michelle Obama. The shift dress was already connected with US administration when previous First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy embraced it as her own particular mark style, matched with pearls, gloves, and a pillbox cap. 

Today, the dress is colossally well known with current style symbols, from Jennifer Aniston to Sarah Jessica Parker, everybody is by all accounts adoring them. 

At the workplace 

The flexibility of the shift dress is vital to its prominence. Despite the fact that shift dresses can come in different sleeve lengths and hemlines, the great shift dress is sleeveless, knee-length, and highlights a high neckline or vessel neck 

It very well may be spruced up or dressed down, and can be adjusted to wear in any season. The straightforward styling of the shift dress makes it an adaptable piece, fitting an assortment of textures and embellishments. 

Layering is colossally prominent with this dress, particularly when worn for the workplace or business. Because of the short sleeves, it is preferably matched with an overcoat or cardigan, and remains surprisingly agreeable. Additionally, on account of its straightforwardness, it very well may be combined with adornments to give it an interesting look. 

The way that they are not perfectly sized and that the abdomen isn't underscored, they enable ladies to move around uninhibitedly without imperatives. 

The oversimplified lines of the dress take into account it to be delivered in numerous materials, hues and prints. For the fundamental office closet the primary decision would be a dark, dim or naval force blue variant of the dress. It's the ideal dress to wear for a speedy shift from work area to drinks. 

For Who? 

As established,the shift dress is perfect for any individual who needs to look proficient, or works in an office. Other than that, it is flawlessly complimenting for anyone compose. Thinning as opposed to embracing the body, it limits each shape and size and takes you from an early morning meeting to mixed drink hour easily. In the event that you are hoping to overhaul your work closet, a shift dress is an awesome speculation, not exclusively will you have the capacity to match it with numerous things you as of now have in your storeroom, yet you will likewise look incredible for the activity.

Shift Dress Vs Sheath Dress - Do You Know The Difference?

A dress is a dress, isn't that so? All things considered, not by any means. Among numerous imperative things, the cut and texture utilized in a specific dress can represent the deciding moment your whole look. Additionally, there's dependably the age factor. Is it true that you are wearing as indicated by your age? No, I'm not going to give a total instructional exercise on what you should wear, and so forth. In any case, here's something you can utilize - the contrasts between a shift dress and a sheath dress. 

Shift Dress :

A shift dress is a short, normally sleeveless dress. It dangles from your shoulders. It may flaunt an A-line cut, or even a domain midriff to add pizzazz to your look. 

You can wear only it, or with leggings. Obviously, you're allowed to utilize extras like belts, scarves, and so forth to vamp up the look, whichever look you're going for. 

Shift dresses are generally an aid for all you women, who aren't happy to display their figures. It's not perfectly sized by any means. Subsequently, can be effectively used to disguise bends. 

Remember, a shift dress is typically short. Most scarcely achieve your lower thighs. Also, it epitomizes youth. So shift dresses are typically age fitting for youthful to moderately aged ladies of every kind. 

Sheath Dress :

A sheath dress can be longer than a shift dress. It very well may be short, however ordinarily creators like Ralph Lauren, Prada, et cetera keep the length around the knees or lower thighs. 

It's ragged alone. Sheath dresses have a tendency to be very proclamation pieces, so you don't have to adorn it excessively. 

This sort of dress is perfectly sized. This implies in the event that you have the bends, you can parade it off with this sort of dress. It's fundamentally composed in a way to feature the female bends, so yes, it's not really for each shape and size out there. 

Perfect for any age, I'd prescribe to dress by event. You can't in any way, shape or form get into a sheath dress just to venture out of the house. It's an extraordinary piece, so utilize it for a night out, sentimental supper... you get the substance, right?! 

Knowing this distinction can enable you to pick the correct dress to suit your body shape and measure, and obviously, age, subsequently influencing you to look spectacular whenever anyplace! 

To keep things straightforward for you about what to wear, and what to maintain a strategic distance from, get in touch with me now, particularly to clothe proper for your body shape, measure and obviously, the state of your face.

Shift Dresses - Perfect For the Wedding Season

It is relatively here. Wedding season is coming. Obviously, there are still a few errands you should finish before really sending and RSVP back. First on the rundown is losing those occasion pounds (must descend a size to fit into that adorable shift dress you saw a day or two ago). Next is the outfit. Truly, you did see that in the window, however would it say it was the ideal one? Truly, wedding season is an ideal opportunity to meet individuals. You need to establish an incredible first connection! Last, however never slightest, is hair. The Jennifer Aniston style is simply not improving the situation you any longer. Time to locate another do! 

To the extent losing the winter weight, the old remain by works the best. That, as well as it is that most secure, most advantageous approach to shimmy your way into the shift dress you had always wanted. You are most likely concentrating intensely at this moment: grapefruit abstain from food, cabbage soup for 14 days, an aggregate scrub. In no way, shape or form! You should simply eat well nourishments. Disregard tallying calories. In the event that it develops from the beginning, can eat as much as you are eager for; simply attempt to keep it changed. Ensure you get some meat regular; chicken, fish and lean hamburger are fine. Veggie lovers can utilize beans, nutty spread and tofu to ensure they take in enough protein to stay invigorated and fulfilled. Keep in mind about grains. On the off chance that you make it starting with no outside help, utilize bulgur, flaxseed or another high fiber grain. In the event that you get it prepackaged, endeavor to abstain from anything that resembles white bread. Ensure the main word on the fixing list is "entirety". You can eat dairy, eggs, even hotcakes. There is no compelling reason to starve yourself or disregard your yearnings, simply be aware of what you eat and keep 95% of it characteristic. Stay with this-and toss in some day by day exercise-and you will have returned to your old self right away! 

Presently, time to discuss the shift dress. Who needs precious stones? Shopping is a young lady's closest companion! 

· Decide on your most loved shading this season. 

· Stick to a little print to limit any issue zones. 

· Choose nonpartisan shoes with a foot rear area to lengthen legs. 

· Buy your size! Try not to go a size up in a shift dress to endeavor to conceal any additional things; this will influence you to look tacky. You are striving to get into shape, indicate it off. 

· Keep it straightforward and avoid white, you would prefer not to detract from a lady of the hour at her wedding. Bridezilla, anybody? 

At long last, the hair style. Shaggy is back and it will look super charming with a shiny new shift dress. Jaw length to mid length shaggy layers attract consideration regarding the eyes on the grounds that the cut casings your face. On the off chance that layers are not your thing, keep it long and get a perm. Indeed, the perm has returned and it is just getting more well known. Bear in mind the most imperative piece of the scandalous wedding season; have a ton of fun!

5 Ways to Wear a Shift Dress

A dark shift dress is one of the things of garments that each lady ought to have in their closet. Just by changing your shoes and embellishments it can change each look that you attempt. Shift dresses compliment each body shape and come in different hues and styles, which make them impeccable to wear on any event - spruced up or dressed down. 

In the event that you go for the great dark shift dress, at that point investigate the 5 distinctive manners by which you can wear it for in excess of one event. 

For extreme winter style, take a stab at wearing your dark shift dress with thick dark tights and knee high boots. It is best to wear level style winter boots as obeyed boots will just begin to transform the dress into a night look. To split the outfit up, go for hued embellishments and a brilliantly shaded pack. Perhaps wear a wooly cap to run with the winter feel. The perfect, winter search for a shopping trip. 

The Perfect Evening Dress - a shrug with strappy shoes 

Collaborate your little shift dress with a marvelous shrug and some high obeyed shoes for an awesome night look. Go for various shaded shoes from the dress as this will make a shading burst in your outfit. Wear some basic, yet sparkly gems which will add to the night impact. Keep in mind your grip sack, for additional allure. 

The 50s Effect - a Scarf 

Collaborate a plain dark shift dress with a brilliantly hued scarf. Wearing a short scarf tied around the neck will give you the 50s feel. Or then again attempt a more drawn out length scarf hung freely around the neck, which will stretch your body shape; influencing you to look taller and slimmer. Wear bring down foot sole areas or level shoes to dress down your look. Negligible frill for this look and its best not to wear a jewelry as it will just meddle with the scarf. 

The Casual Look - Ballerina Style Pumps with a Cardigan 

On the off chance that you need to wear your shift dress in the daytime, yet feel that it's somewhat dressy, attempt and dress it around wearing ballet dancer style level shoes with a quite shaded cardigan. Light up the dress by wearing a pink cardigan with pink pads or for a more bashful look go for a profound purple cardigan and pads. Don't over do the gems; a straightforward accessory which sits in the neck area will be ideal for the daytime, easygoing look. 

The Smart Approach - Heels with a Tailored Jacket 

Maybe you have a major day at work and need to wear something other than what's expected from the typical pullover and pants look. Wear your shift dress with a couple of foot rear areas which will stretch your legs making you taller and go with it with a brilliant custom fitted coat. Once more, straightforward extras would finish the look, or go for a long pearl necklace to truly emerge against the dark textures.

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The stock market rally: Too far, too fast

The Dow has soared nearly 2,500 points, or 13%, since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. And the world’s most famous market barometer is up more than 1,000 points, or 5%, in just the past month — after Trump was inaugurated.

Investors are clearly giddy.

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Wall Street is expecting tax reform and an unwinding of Obama era regulations on banks and health care companies under Trump and the Republican-led Congress.

In addition, there are hopes for a massive stimulus package to help rebuild roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

Trump has also met with business leaders from several key industries in the past month and many of those CEOs have all talked about adding jobs in the U.S. in order to further boost the economy.

But are investors ignoring to potential risks? CNNMoney’s Fear & Greed Index, which measures seven indicators of sentiment, is now showing signs of Extreme Greed in the market. That could be a sign that the rally may soon end.

Trump may also find that it’s not as easy to get things done in Washington as it is when you are running a private company. It could take a lot longer than he’d like to get his economic proposals through Congress, even with a Republican majority.

“Investors have embraced an oversimplified story of tax cuts and less regulation on Trump. That narrative may start to unwind,” said Aaron Clark, portfolio manager at GW&K Investment Management.

“It’s going to be difficult to get things like repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act for example,” Clark added.

And Trump’s proposed immigration ban, which may wind up going through a lengthy court battle, could hurt big tech companies that have heavily recruited foreign talent.

Related: Stocks on best winning streak in 25 years

Investors may also grow frustrated if Trump spends more time holding combative press conferences and attacking the media on Twitter instead of doing actual work that would lift the economy.

And there are some big international risks too, particularly in Europe. It’s still unclear what long-term impact Brexit will have on the U.K. and the rest of Europe.

Populism is spreading throughout the continent. It’s not just Theresa May in Britain. There are concerns that French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen could wind up being the Trump of the eurozone and push France to “Frexit” the EU.

Italy has a new government (again) after Matteo Renzi stepped down late last year. And concerns about Greece’s debt load have raised their ugly head again. (Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends!)

This is all happening as bond rates in the U.S. are continuing to rise and the Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates several more times this year. Higher rates could take a bite out of any stimulus from the Trump administration.

“I’m very surprised by how the stock market has reacted,” said Mary Ann Hurley, vice president of fixed income trading at D.A. Davidson & Co. “Frankly, the bond market does not believe the stimulus hype.”

“If it were that simple to create growth, it would have happened already in Japan and Europe,” she said. “Talk is cheap. And I’m concerned about rising interest rates and worried about the protectionism and populism in Europe.”

Related: Here’s why Trump hasn’t killed the bull market

Some strategists are worried about the rise of protectionism in the United States.

Trump quickly moved to kill the President Obama-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership. He also has had tough words with Mexico, Japan, China and Germany about their currencies and exports.

“I’m very worried about Trump’s trade policy,” said Shannon Saccocia, head of asset allocation at Boston Private Wealth. “The risk is that China winds up replacing the U.S. as a big trading partner for other nations.”

“If there’s a vacuum in leadership, China could fill it,” Saccocia added.

Despite these numerous risks, the market has continued to chug higher.

That might not be a problem if stocks were cheap. But they’re not.

John Butters at FactSet Research points out that the S&P 500 is now trading at about 17.6 times earnings estimates for the next 12 months. That’s its highest valuation since 2004.

Related: Is Trump the reason for the bull market? Or Janet Yellen?

Simply put, investors are betting that absolutely nothing will go wrong in the global economy over the next few months.

That seems unlikely given the concerns about Europe and the U.S. — as well as the fact that China’s economy is cooling off, India has had a hiccup due to the elimination of some of its paper currencies and Japan remains stagnant.

Humberto Garcia, head of global asset allocation for Leumi Investment Services, fears that investors are way too optimistic.

“The market has a lot of euphoria baked into it,” Garcia said. “After the election, I said animal spirits were dancing. They’re dervishes now.”

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 22, 2017: 11:27 AM ET

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