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Elle
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
The Breezy Summer Trousers Trend Fashion Insiders Can't Stop Wearing
While it might be hard for us to agree on a name (genie, bubble, or balloon pants), there's one thing fashion insiders are in consensus on: These breezy, voluminous trousers are the answer to all of your summer dilemmas. Yes, shorts are an obvious choice, but if you're looking for a sophisticated, heatwave-proof alternative—I'm talking fashion editor-level chicness—the roomy silhouette of balloon trousers is the cool, comfortable alternative, especially as temperatures continue to rise. So, which brands are leading the sartorial race? At the forefront, we have the Parisian fashion house Alaïa. The maison made a convincing case for the architectural shape at its spring/summer 2025 presentation. Multiple models were sent down the runway with the fabric of the loose-fit pants swishing back and forth, including one of our patron saints of early trend adoption: Kendall Jenner. The distinct shape traces back to Persia and the Ottoman Empire, and over the years, some iterations have taken on an undeniable bohemian flair. For its SS25 collection, Chloé leaned into the eclectic aesthetic, incorporating lace insets, floral prints, and sheer fabrics into the designs. Naturally, the trend is starting to pop up in stores. Helsa released a few iterations that are already quickly selling out, but there's a host of options on Free People's website. And ASOS offers an army of styles that come in fun prints and solids—at a fraction of the price. Now's your moment to test out a pair of the playful, yet chic, bubble pants—no genie lamp needed. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE. Alexis Bennett Parker is the Commerce Content Lead at In this newly created role, she oversees all shopping-related stories online, from fashion-forward trend pieces to the most coveted beauty buys on the market right now. Alexis has worked in the publishing space for 11 years, and seven of those years have been dedicated to helping shoppers make informed purchases—no buyer's remorse here! Before joining the team at she worked in the editorial departments of Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and InStyle, to name a few magazines. Not only has Alexis worked closely with several brands and tested hundreds of products over the course of her career, but she's also won awards for her work as a shopping journalist. Namely, she was an honoree at the Pynk Magazine Gala in 2023, received the Condé Nast Commerce Content Award for Best Article by a New Hire in 2021, and was included on the Top 40 Under 40 Heir's List in 2018.
NBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Bad Bunny has given Puerto Rico a 'new influence' on the world stage, proud fans say
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — During the first week of Bad Bunny's historic residency, fans sported outfits inspired by Puerto Rican folkloric culture, including straw hats known as 'la pava' and traditional 'jíbaro' attire, reflective of rural Puerto Ricans who worked on farms until the 19th century. The fashion choice is a statement. It's consistent with the theme of his 30-show concert series: 'No me quiero ir de aquí,' which translates to 'I do not want to leave here.' The concerts bring to life the songs on Bad Bunny's sixth studio album, 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos,' or 'I Should Have Taken More Photos,' which the artist has dubbed as his ' most Puerto Rican' album yet. On it, Bad Bunny sings of his need to stay in Puerto Rico and cherish its people and history. Most of the lyrics speak to Puerto Rico's political realities and cultural legacy. And for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. territory as well as those who live on the U.S. mainland, the focus on their beloved Caribbean archipelago is everything. 'It feels like we're home,' Ivy Torres told NBC News. She and her spouse, Alexis, are among the more than 600,000 people who are expected to visit Puerto Rico this summer to see the show — which is the first formal residency any singer has ever done at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, the biggest indoor entertainment arena on the island, seating over 18,000 people. 'It's a great way to reconnect with your family, friends and everything we left behind,' Alexis said. The couple moved to Ohio from Puerto Rico a decade ago during the height of the economic crisis on the island. 'It was hard,' Ivy said. 'We didn't want to leave our family and friends, but we had to.' Bad Bunny sings about this sentiment in his song 'Lo que le pasó a Hawaii' ('What happened to Hawaii'). The song addresses fears around the erosion of Puerto Rican identity amid an influx of wealthy people from the mainland who have moved there following the passage of tax breaks, as well as a recent rise in short-term rentals that limit affordable housing opportunities for local residents. Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Bad Bunny reached global success singing in Spanish, popularizing Puerto Rican slang across the world and putting a spotlight on the plight of Puerto Rican people. 'He does his music for Puerto Rico' That's why for Puerto Rico resident Verónica González, it 'means everything having a star like Benito singing for us,' she told NBC News. 'He does his music for Puerto Rico, and he thinks about us.' The album and residency effectively take fans on an emotional journey that fuses contemporary genres like reggaeton and dembow with traditional rhythms such as bomba y plena and 1970s salsa music. Inside a restaurant in Old San Juan, Puerto Rican artist and painter Joabel Ortiz has been showing an art exhibit dedicated to Bad Bunny and his latest album. Ortiz mixes traditional symbols of Puerto Rican culture like 'la pava' with images of the superstar — highlighting the through line that connects a present-day cultural phenomenon like Bad Bunny to the roots of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican officials estimate Bad Bunny's residency will have an economic impact of more than $186 million, generating more than 3,600 jobs and resulting in more than 35,000 hotel night bookings. But to his fans, it's Bad Bunny's focus on the people and the essence of what it is to be Puerto Rican that resonates the most. 'We got a new influence to the world,' Ortiz told NBC News. 'That new influence is about our culture, about the ideas we got in the island, and how we do everything, how we speak, how we love, how we remember who we are.'
The Independent
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
A 15-year-old boy with no criminal history ended up at Alligator Alcatraz after rush to fill facility
Authorities detained a 15-year-old boy without a criminal record at Alligator Alcatraz amid the haste to fill up the Florida facility, according to reports. As the state scrambled to open the controversial detention center, Alexis, the teenager, seems to have been caught up in the mix. On July 1, three days before the facility officially opened, Florida Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle packed with Alexis and his friends before handing him over to federal authorities, the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times first reported. Alexis endured three days in the rapidly built facility consisting of tents and chain-link pens, his father told the Tampa Bay Times. The Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees the facility, admitted he had been detained, explaining he lied about his age when officers stopped him. 'While at Alligator Alcatraz, an individual disclosed they had misrepresented their age upon arrest to ICE. Immediate action was taken to separate and remove the detainee in accordance with federal protocols,' a spokesperson for the division told The Independent in a statement. 'This is one of many problems with illegal immigration: individuals are in our country without any way to verify their identity.' Three days after he was detained, on July 4, authorities transferred the boy from Alligator Alcatraz to a shelter for migrant children that is operated by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, the Tampa Bay Times reported. State officials told the outlet that Alligator Alcatraz doesn't house minors. It's unclear what steps are being taken to prevent something similar from happening in the future. The Independent has reached out to a spokesperson for the governor's office for more information. The episode captures the chaos around the facility's opening. Alligator Alcatraz, constructed to help accelerate President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, was meant to hold the 'most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet," the president said. As of this week, the facility holds more than 700 people, but only one-third of them have criminal convictions, reports found. 'The case is important to highlight to ensure that there is oversight and safeguards in place because an adult facility is not a place for a child,' immigration attorney Alexandra Manrique Alfonso told the Times. The 15-year-old was handcuffed while being transferred to the facility, Manrique Alfonso said, noting that he had been housed with adults. Ignacio, the teen's father, told the Times that he believes his son told authorities he was an adult when the car was pulled over because he was afraid of being separated from the group if he mentioned his true age: 'It was because of fear.' Ignacio only learned his son was detained after one of the teen's friends called from the facility — three days later. Alexis later called his father, who told him to come clean to officials that he was a minor. Ignacio then sent a photo of Alexis' birth certificate via text and told his son to ask for permission to use his phone to prove his age; he was transferred after they confirmed his age, the outlet reported. Now, Ignacio is trying to reunite with Alexis. He's even taking a paternity test. 'It is very sad that a lot of families are being separated,' he told the outlet. The father came to the U.S. in 2018 after fleeing his hometown of Chiapas, Mexico due to violence; his son followed him to Florida two years later, the outlet reported. 'When you're apart from your kids, you miss them. If you don't see them, you feel their absence,' the father told the Times. 'I am pleading with God that we can be reunited.'
Toronto Star
5 days ago
- Toronto Star
Alligator Alcatraz isn't meant for minors. A 15-year-old ended up there anyway
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the rush to open a detention camp in the Florida Everglades for 'some of the most vicious' migrants illegally in the country, state and federal officers detained a 15-year-old boy with no criminal record and sent him in handcuffs to Alligator Alcatraz, the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times have learned. The teenager, a Mexican national whose name is Alexis, was a passenger in a vehicle stopped in Tampa by Florida Highway Patrol troopers and later handed over to federal immigration authorities on July 1. His father spoke to the Herald/Times and said his son spent three days in the tents and chain-link pens at the pop-up detention center, making him one of the first immigrant detainees shuttled to site.
Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Alligator Alcatraz isn't meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway
In the rush to open a detention camp in the Florida Everglades for 'some of the most vicious' migrants illegally in the country, state and federal officers detained a 15-year-old boy with no criminal record and sent him in handcuffs to Alligator Alcatraz, the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times have learned. The teenager, a Mexican national whose name is Alexis, was a passenger in a vehicle stopped in Tampa by Florida Highway Patrol troopers and later handed over to federal immigration authorities on July 1. His father spoke to the Herald/Times and said his son spent three days in the tents and chain-link pens at the pop-up detention center, making him one of the first immigrant detainees shuttled to site. State and federal officials initially deflected questions or denied that Alexis had been locked up at the facility. But on Wednesday, the DeSantis administration acknowledged that they had in fact held the teenager at Alligator Alcatraz, and said that he lied about his age when stopped by law enforcement. 'While at Alligator Alcatraz, an individual disclosed they had misrepresented their age upon arrest to ICE. Immediate action was taken to separate and remove the detainee in accordance with federal protocols,' said Stephanie Hartman, a spokeswoman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversees the site. Alexis, whom the Herald/Times is identifying only by his first name because he is a minor, was transferred out of Alligator Alcatraz on July 4. He is now in the custody of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement and being held at a shelter for migrant children. The state maintains no minors will be held at Alligator Alcatraz, but the boy's detention shows how wide a net the DeSantis and Trump administrations have cast in their zeal to round up undocumented immigrants — and the haste with which state and federal authorities have acted to send detainees to a facility billed as a game-changer in the effort to speed up deportations. Alexis' father, Ignacio, says he is trying to reunite with his son — a kid who likes to watch Dragon Ball Z cartoons and play basketball. Ignacio, whose full name is being withheld by the Herald/Times because he is undocumented and concerned about being deported, says it is hard to see his son's clothes, shoes and toys around the house while he is away. 'When you're apart from your kids, you miss them. If you don't see them, you feel their absence,' said Ignacio, who said his son followed him to Florida two years ago after he fled his hometown in Chiapas, Mexico due to violence. Ignacio said he came to the United States in 2018 with a work visa that he overstayed. 'I am pleading with God that we can be reunited,' Ignacio said. Detained in Tampa Alexis' journey to Alligator Alcatraz began with a decision to tag along with friends who were on a July 1 trip to Tampa, his dad said. It's not clear why, but at some point, Florida Highway Patrol pulled their vehicle over. Troopers then called immigration authorities. Ignacio said his son told officers he was an adult because he feared that if he disclosed he was a minor he would be separated from the group. 'It was because of fear.' Alexandra Manrique Alfonso, an immigration attorney who has since spoken with Alexis, said he was put in handcuffs and transferred to a detention center that the boy described as having tents, bunk beds and cells surrounded with chain-linked fencing. The 15-year-old told her he had been housed with adults. After Alexis' arrest, Ignacio didn't hear from his son for three days. He only learned Alexis had been detained when one of his son's friends called from Alligator Alcatraz. Eventually his son called, too, and that's when Ignacio told him to tell state workers that he is a minor. 'I told him to tell the truth,' the father said. To help confirm his age, the father sent a copy of Alexis' birth certificate via a message on WhatsApp, a third-party messaging app, he said. He told his son to ask for permission to use his phone so he could show the proof to the people in charge at the facility. The boy was transferred out of the detention center on July 4 after his age was confirmed. 'This is one of many issues with illegal immigration: individuals are in the country without basic, verifiable identification documentation,' Hartman, the state spokeswoman, told the Herald/Times. The Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Florida Highway Patrol did not respond to questions about the case. Officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement directed reporters to Florida officials. Safeguards Word spread quickly among detainees at Alligator Alcatraz that a minor had been held inside the facility. Attorneys heard about it, too, and began to ask questions. Manrique Alfonso, the director of the Children's Legal Program at Americans for Immigrant Justice, first heard about Alexis' case on July 10. She interviewed him on July 11 during a video call. The teenager spoke to her from a shelter for migrant children. During the interview, she asked him to describe the facility. She shared her screen, and showed him a picture of Alligator Alcatraz, which he identified as the place where he had been temporarily held. On July 1, the day before the first detainees arrived at the detention center, President Donald Trump said during a visit that the facility would soon house 'some of the most vicious people on the planet.' Records reviewed last week by the Herald/Times show that, like Alexis, hundreds of detainees who were slated to be sent to Alligator Alcatraz or were already there had no criminal convictions or pending charges. 'The case is important to highlight to ensure that there is oversight and safeguards in place because an adult facility is not a place for a child,' Manrique Alfonso said in an interview. Manrique Alfonso has talked with Alexis' father and has offered to represent his son. She said she is scheduled to meet with the boy in person on Thursday. The state did not respond with specifics when asked what steps are being taken to ensure children are not held at the facility, only saying 'minors are not detained at Alligator Alcatraz.' When the Herald/Times first contacted the Department of Homeland Security and the Division of Emergency Management on Monday about Alexis' detention at Alligator Alcatraz, they deflected or denied that a minor had been sent to the site. 'This is inaccurate. You have bad info,' Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in an email to the Herald/Times. It wasn't until Wednesday, when reporters said they'd confirmed he'd been held there, that the state acknowledged the story was true. Now, more than two weeks after Alexis left home, Ignacio is working to be reunited with his son. He told the Herald/Times he has submitted paperwork and is trying to schedule an appointment for a paternity test. 'All I can say is that I am very sad,' he said. 'It is very sad that a lot of families are being separated.'
