Helen and Maurice Kaye got married on Aug. 27, 1934. Now 101 and 102 years old, they reflected on 80 years of happy marriage with the BBC.
"He once bought me flowers," Helen said, laughing, "They were all dead." But instead of gifts, the couple said the most important thing they've learned is tolerance of each other.
"I give in a little, she gives in a little," Maurice said. "And we both laugh at the same things, don't we?" added Helen.
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Victoria's Secret was founded in 1977 by a guy named Roy Raymond who wanted a place where he could buy lingerie for his wife without feeling like a perv. A year later, Victoria's Secret was a hit, and Raymond launched a mail-order business with the first-ever Victoria's Secret catalog. Here's a look back at the brand's epic evolution.
The Late '70s
The first catalogs were inspired by Victorian boudoirs.
The Early '80s
A couple years in, the catalogs had a softer, more romantic look.
This poor model is clearly suffering from too much hanky-panky on her mind. That, or a migraine.
So. Much. Side-eye!
The Mid to Late '80s
Under new ownership starting in 1982, the Victoria's Secret catalog started to look like the pages of Cosmopolitan magazine, with plenty of shirtless men mixed in, along with the occasional nip slip and scrunchie.
OMG, it's Uma Thurman!
The '90s
Good-bye, dudes! Hello, Tyra (and all the Angels)!
The '00s and Today
By the early 2000s, the Victoria's Secret catalog was known almost as much for clothing and swimwear as it was for lingerie, featuring affordable versions of all the hottest '00s trends, like pastel velour track suits and lace-up leopard blouses.
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Tickets for the Victoria's Secret's annual fashion show, which will be held in London for the first time ever this year, are reportedly selling for £9,995 ($16,663). Also want to go to the after party? That ups your cost by $3,000. For a total of $20,000. To see some models in wings walk on some glitter and then have champagne and a tuna skewer in the same nightclub as them after.
Cornucopia Events is selling these tickets. As part of one of their VS show *~SpEcIaL pAcKaGeS*~ they can also put you up at a fancy hotel, drive you to and fro in a limo, and make you restaurant reservations somewhere cLaSsy*~.
They're charging $20,000 for all this, the Telegraph reports, "to keep out the riff raff." Though, who are they fooling? The Situation can obviously afford this.
For those of us who are not the Situation, and for whom attending is not even a remote possibility, the show will be televised on CBS.
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To celebrate the biggest-ever launch of their new fragrance, Victoria's Secret is hooking up one lucky Cosmo girl with a $1000 gift card…and there’s no reason why that girl couldn't be you. Just think—with a grand to spend, you’ll be able to pick up enough of VS’s signature goddess-y beauty products, sexy little underthings, and chic loungewear to rule you Instagram selfies all summer...and beyond.
Speaking of selfies—the fresh, bold, fruity fragrance, Victoria, is meant to capture everything that is fabulous about being a sexy young thing, with bold apple/berry top notes and a deeper, more sensual base described as crème brûlée. (Yum.) It also contains VS's signature, trademarked rose blend, an up-to-the-minute update on the classic scent. We especially love the super-luxe bottle. Look for the fragrance launching online 7/18 and in stores 7/30.
To enter to win the $1000 prize, tweet or re-tweet @Cosmopolitan @victoriassecret #ShoppingSpree. Tell us your favorite Victoria's Secret beauty product, what you'd buy with a $1000, or why you love VS. (Make sure you follow both Twitter accounts, too.)
The contest ends July 30 at 11:59 p.m. EST, so get your tweet on now—you can enter up to five times. Check out the official contest rules here.
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High hair is no longer just something you see in retro-80s pictures. It's back…and it's way fierce. Check out Kate Beckinsale, Anja Rubik, and J. Lo above. We've got three easy-to-use products for adding volume to your hair, no matter how fine it might be.
1. A volume-promoting shampoo/conditioner as your styling foundation. It's good to start with a formula that plumps your hair and won't weigh it down. Two to try: Nexxus Hydra-Light Weightless Moisture Shampoo, $10, and Conditioner, $16, drugstore.com, and John Frieda Luxurious Volume Thickening Shampoo, $5, and Conditioner, $5, ulta.com.
2. A thickening spray right before you blow-dry. We prefer Oribe Maximista Thickening Spray, $28, oribe.com, which makes your hair look and feel like it has doubled in the amount of thickness.
3. This product, which helps you score sexy, sky-high volume that stays put: Redken Quick Tease 15, $18, ulta.com. You could call it crack for your coiff—seriously, you won't be able to get enough of it once you see it work its magic. Here's how to use it: With your left hand, run your fingers through your hair, while holding the can of Quick Tease in your right hand. Then, quickly spray your hair while it's still lifted from running your fingers through it. The formula instantly freezes the height (sans any stickiness or crunchiness), leaving your with TDF volume that doesn't fall flat All. Day. Long.
Easy, right? And no teasing combs or hairspray required!
Now, go try out this trick and let us know how it works on your tresses!
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Bisutti, who didn't seem to realize that Victoria's Secret was a lingerie line before winning the contest, realized that she was "being paid to strip down and pose provocatively to titillate men. It wasn’t about modeling clothes anymore; [she] felt like a piece of meat."
I suppose that it could be true, albeit unlikely, that Bisutti wasn't aware that the VS company is primarily known for releasing catalogs that get passed around a bus full of 7th grade boys' grubby hands.
Still, you gotta wonder if this was her endgame when she signed up for the contest. After all, she had to know what she was getting into. It reminds me of Christian blonde Shannon from America's Next Top Model, returning to the All-Star cycle even after she knew that she'd be urged to break her nudity clause again... Maybe I'm just being cynical, but I kind of assume all these gals just want reality shows.
And so, Bisutti continues, she dropped to her knees and recited a prayer familiar to most, if not all of us. (I do this every day!)
"I was in my bedroom and dropped to my knees and started to pray. 'God, why did you have me win the Victoria’s Secret Angel competition if it was going to make me feel this way? I’m not honoring my husband. I just want answers!'"
Because this is clearly the first issue the Almighty would deal with before moving on to third-world famine, violence and war crimes.
Anyway, a pissed-off Victoria's Secret has responded with quite a different sequence of events in their statement:
"[Bisutti] was never a Victoria’s Secret “Angel” as defined by the terms of our Angel model contract. And contrary to Ms. Bisutti’s claims, she was never offered any subsequent modeling contracts or opportunities with Victoria’s Secret despite her multiple appeals for further work. She has repeatedly fabricated her work experience with Victoria’s Secret – including a relationship that simply did not exist."
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Money. Not only is it the fourth most-written about fact of life in popular songs, after love, sex and death (just ask the Beatles, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Nine Inch Nails, ABBA, Madonna, 85% of modern rappers, et cetera), but it’s also a significant cause of breakups, whether it’s her addiction to J.Crew pumps or his secret trips to Radio Shack. In relationships, there's generally the thrifty one and the impulse spender — in other words, the bad cop and the good cop. And if you're the cheap one, yelling at your boyfriend about buying his forty-seventh iTouch, you may walk away feeling like his Mean Mommy. Never good.
We spoke to Farnoosh Torabi, personal finance expert and host of Financially Fit on Yahoo! about secret spending in relationships and how to avoid it.
Cosmo: What are the most common forms of financial cheating that can ruin a relationship?
Farnoosh: It can be as simple as cutting off price tags on a new dress so your partner doesn't know how much you really spent to hiding purchases under the bed...or worse, opening up a secret credit card. Financial infidelity is more common than you think and the actions are often rooted in all sorts of emotions. For some it's a fear of being judged. For others, it's wanting to regain some sort of financial control in their lives and feeling like they can't be honest about it for some reason with their partner. Financial infidelity is a sign of bigger and deeper issues in the relationship.
Cosmo: Do you have any advice on how to avoid falling into these kinds of situations?
Farnoosh: As the saying goes, you need to be honest with yourself before you can be honest with another person. If you have a spending problem or a communication problem around money, best to get some professional help or therapy to try to take control of the issue -- before a relationship gets too involved.
For those who are already in a serious relationship, I think it's imperative to keep a strong level of financial transparency in the relationship. Even if you don't share bills, share access to those accounts so you can view bills online together. Agree to talk about household purchases that exceed a certain amount of money - say $200 - so that you can check in from time to time over spending habits.
I also think it's helpful to have a shared checking or savings account. Every relationship is different but there is value in having one joint account that services the family's joint expenses like the rent or mortgage, that each person contributes to and monitors...Or, it could be a joint account for the purpose of saving for a future goal, a new car, a family vacation. This way each person in the relationship feels accountable to one another. You're more engaged and hopefully more careful that way.
Cosmo: And how can you recognize if you might be involved with a financial cheater?
Farnoosh: Beware of red flags. If your partner doesn't even want to talk about money...or for some reason is kind of a control-freak when it comes to managing the money in the household, that's a red flag. Also, if he doesn't want to share online account passwords...or if you see a bill from a bank or credit card company in the mail that you don't recognize.
Cosmo: If you're already in the hole with them, so to speak, how do you recommend a spouse or significant other of a person in financial trouble deal with it?
Farnoosh: Communicate, Communicate, Communicate. Literally schedule a time each month to discuss your savings, goals and expenses. It's too easy to just avoid the topic of money and that's when a spouse can go awry with spending (in hiding).
Don't bury your head in the sand. Even if you're not the one managing the finances in the relationship, stay in the know and keep an eye on spreadsheets, bills and statements.
In a Pew Research survey conducted a few years ago, nearly one in four women said their partner was the one primarily managing the household finances. And more recently, an informal survey by The New York Times found that many women defer managing their household’s finances to their spouses and of those women, very few know basic details such as the interest rate on joint mortgages, passwords to shared savings accounts and how much each spouse earns after taxes.
So get educated, open up, and get your fiscal house in order.
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"A lot of times people don't like what they're doing in their current job, but they haven't defined what they want to be doing in their potential new job," Nicole Williams, career expert and author of Girl On Top, tells Cosmopolitan.com.
She says nabbing your dream job starts with doing some soul-searching: "I ask people to assess components of their current working life, and match them against the career they are looking to get into."
Try asking yourself these questions...
Time: How many hours do you want to work and in what kind of environment? Big company, small, telecommute, work-from-home flexibility (you know, the kind banned at Yahoo!)
Challenge Level: How important is growth potential and being challenged to you? Are you ambitious and ready to lean in, or just looking for a 9 to 5 to fill your time?
Work Environment: Define your best possible scenario in terms of work relationships. Who are you working with and for? What kind of boss would be ideal? Do you have dreams of becoming a boss?
Passion: How important is passion to you? For example, a woman we know races triathlons and feels like she doesn't need to be passionate about her job; her passion is attached to her sport.
6. Money: How much do you need to make? How much money do you want to make?
Steps To Making A Career Change
Stop Delaying
"The longer you are in the job you are thinking of leaving, the further away you are from new opportunity," says Williams. "It doesn't get any easier. Doing it earlier is emotionally, mentally and professionally better."
Be Willing To Sacrifice Something
You may have to start from the bottom (or the middle) and work your way to the top; Either way, be ready to drop a few rungs on the corporate ladder.
"Internships can be a good idea—or be willing to take a pay cut," says Williams. "If this internship, for example, introduces you to influential people and helps develop a skill-set, you'll be able to take these things to leverage them into a bigger position."
Start Saving
"Have a solid idea of the risk and savings in the bank," advises Williams. Even if it means cutting back on luxuries. "If you know the internship is going to last for six months at a minimum, that's the number you need to have in savings, and I normally advise 10 to 20 percent in savings as a risk buffer."
Network
"People love to talk about themselves," says Williams. "Find them on LinkedIn and through people you know, and consult with them."
Williams suggests asking those in similar fields questions like, "I wonder if you'd speak to me about your day-to-day life; What do you love most about the work that you do; What do you wish you would have known going into this career?"
"Those kind of questions are going to give you the information you need and will help you know the people you are going to need to know," she adds.
Now that you are armed with more than just your resume and a fresh manicure, it's time to start hitting the pavement. Happy hunting, gals.
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moving cross country, finding a great partner... or lobbing off all your hair a la Karlie Kloss). But don't fret: It's not an impossible task. It just takes some thought—and great advice.
"A lot of times people don't like what they're doing in their current job, but they haven't defined what they want to be doing in their potential new job," Nicole Williams, career expert and author of Girl On Top, tells Cosmopolitan.com.
She says nabbing your dream job starts with doing some soul-searching: "I ask people to assess components of their current working life, and match them against the career they are looking to get into."
Try asking yourself these questions...
Time: How many hours do you want to work and in what kind of environment? Big company, small, telecommute, work-from-home flexibility (you know, the kind banned at Yahoo!)
Challenge Level: How important is growth potential and being challenged to you? Are you ambitious and ready to lean in, or just looking for a 9 to 5 to fill your time?
Work Environment: Define your best possible scenario in terms of work relationships. Who are you working with and for? What kind of boss would be ideal? Do you have dreams of becoming a boss?
Passion: How important is passion to you? For example, a woman we know races triathlons and feels like she doesn't need to be passionate about her job; her passion is attached to her sport.
6. Money: How much do you need to make? How much money do you want to make?
Steps To Making A Career Change
Stop Delaying
"The longer you are in the job you are thinking of leaving, the further away you are from new opportunity," says Williams. "It doesn't get any easier. Doing it earlier is emotionally, mentally and professionally better."
Be Willing To Sacrifice Something
You may have to start from the bottom (or the middle) and work your way to the top; Either way, be ready to drop a few rungs on the corporate ladder.
"Internships can be a good idea—or be willing to take a pay cut," says Williams. "If this internship, for example, introduces you to influential people and helps develop a skill-set, you'll be able to take these things to leverage them into a bigger position."
Start Saving
"Have a solid idea of the risk and savings in the bank," advises Williams. Even if it means cutting back on luxuries. "If you know the internship is going to last for six months at a minimum, that's the number you need to have in savings, and I normally advise 10 to 20 percent in savings as a risk buffer."
Network
"People love to talk about themselves," says Williams. "Find them on LinkedIn and through people you know, and consult with them."
Williams suggests asking those in similar fields questions like, "I wonder if you'd speak to me about your day-to-day life; What do you love most about the work that you do; What do you wish you would have known going into this career?"
"Those kind of questions are going to give you the information you need and will help you know the people you are going to need to know," she adds.
Now that you are armed with more than just your resume and a fresh manicure, it's time to start hitting the pavement. Happy hunting, gals.
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Elisa Benson is the senior editor of social media for @Cosmopolitan?so, yes, she tweets about sex for a living. Elisa grew up in Ohio, attended Colgate University, and wrote love and relationship advice for Seventeen before graduating to Cosmo. She lives for girly things (weddings and eyelash extensions and Pretty Little Liars?) and frequently tweets about all of the above: @elisabenson.
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