Molly-Mae Hague's show renewed for second series as she issues filming update
The show became the most-watched series on Prime Video by young women (18-34) in the UK, and the second series promises to delve even deeper into her personal and professional world.
Taking to her Instagram, the former Love Island star penned: "My mood because it's filming day ONE for SERIES 2!!! @primevideouk I can't believe I'm saying this but because of all of your love and support with 'Molly-Mae: behind it all'… we are coming BACK with another series! Pinch me."
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- Daily Mirror
Trendy coffee shop loved by celebrities to open new cafe in major UK city
The coffee shop has a cult-like following and is loved by celebrities including Molly-Mae Hague and Sabrina Carpenter, but now they're taking the brand to the nextf level A popular coffee shop with a devoted fanbase has revealed plans to launch a fresh cafe in Manchester city centre. Blank Street, which regularly sees punters queueing outside its doors, will unveil a new outlet at Bruntwood SciTech's Thread Works, situated on the junction of Portland Street and Oxford Street, next month. The upcoming branch will represent the fourth Greater Manchester venue for the company, joining established spots on Cross Street, in Piccadilly Gardens and at the Trafford Centre. Beyond their signature coffee offerings, patrons at the fresh location will have the opportunity to purchase matcha - featuring various limited-edition varieties on offer - plus pastries, biscuits and additional delights for takeaway or dine-in. Stay connected with our City Life newsletter here, reports the Manchester Evening News. The venue will also feature 'seasonal drops', incorporating well-loved options such as the White Chocolate Matcha. Since its 2020 debut, the company has garnered admiration from celebrities including Sabrina Carpenter and Molly-Mae Hague. Beginning as a coffee trolley in a Brooklyn restaurant's garden merely five years back, Blank Street has grown into an international operation and currently boasts numerous UK sites spanning London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Discussing the upcoming Manchester establishment, Ignacio Llado, co-founder of Blank Street, remarked: "Manchester has proven to be a great home for Blank Street, and the loyalty of our locals has led us to now opening our fourth store in the city. "We are all about transforming everyday moments into extraordinary ones, and so we are so excited to be able to offer this to even more of our Mancunian customers." The recently revamped Thread Works complex will welcome Blank Street alongside a host of cutting-edge enterprises including Embryo, WW+P and Social Chain. The central community space at 117-119 Portland Street, which underwent a substantial £6m transformation earlier this summer, boasts an on-site gymnasium plus breakout areas and conference facilities. Matt Pazos, Retail Commercial Manager for Bruntwood SciTech, said: "We're thrilled to be welcoming Blank Street Coffee to Thread Works, and to have such a hugely popular brand be part of the community and this area of Manchester city centre. "They'll make a fantastic addition to the facilities that are available across the buildings - offering a wide array of drinks and food as well as a valuable space to relax, unwind, and socialise. We look forward to seeing the brand make its mark at Thread Works over the coming months." Blank Street will launch at Thread Works at the end of September.
The Guardian
32 minutes ago
- The Guardian
The thong bikini boom: why the skimpiest swimwear is back
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In 2023, the New York Times declared that 'more women are adopting the 'less is more' philosophy' when it comes to beachwear; the same year, fashion site Who What Wear called thong bikinis the 'controversial swimwear trend you'll see on every beach this summer'. In 2024, New Zealand site The Spinoff asked: 'Why is every bikini bottom a thong now?' 'I think we've moved into another age of body consciousness – a much more expressive moment,' says Shaun Cole, associate professor in fashion at the University of Southampton. 'People are saying: 'It's my body and I can show it off in ways that I choose to, and if that involves wearing clothing that is sometimes deemed socially unacceptable then I'm going to do that.'' Gen Z, in particular, are less inclined to restrict themselves to clothes deemed to be 'flattering' – a term that has fallen spectacularly out of favour. Thong bikinis, once the preserve of those who conformed to a particular body type, are now being manufactured in a more inclusive range of sizes and marketed more diversely. 'Women of all shapes and sizes are leaning into bolder cuts with real confidence as part of a wider cultural shift towards body positivity and self-expression, which is great to see,' says Aliya Wilkinson, founder of luxury swimwear label Ôsalé. Her brand doesn't yet offer thong styles, but she plans to introduce them in the future. 'In the west, fashion has long found ways to augment the butt, to make it look bigger and put emphasis on this part of the female body,' says Roberta Sassatelli, professor of sociology at the University of Bologna and co-author of Body and Gender. 'This is perhaps because the butt is deemed to be very sensual but is not related to reproduction. Because it is totally related to pleasure, it feels more liberated.' 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While it is predominantly women who are opting for poolside thongs today, this wasn't always the case. The earliest iteration of the style is thought to be the ancient loincloth, worn by men. Modern thongs are said to have been adopted in 1939, when the mayor of New York, Fiorello La Guardia, ordered that showgirls must cover themselves rather than perform nude at the city's World's Fair. When it comes to swimwear specifically, Austrian-American Rudi Gernreich – the fashion designer behind the monokini, or 'topless bikini' – is most often credited with creating the thong bikini, in response to Los Angeles city council banning public nudity, including naked sunbathing, in 1974. The thong bikini has prompted similar bans more recently. In January, a council in Greater Sydney, Australia, banned thong and (even skimpier) G-string bikinis at its public pools. A number of women have also been arrested for wearing thong bikinis in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where the style is banned. 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Once [the fashion industry] has forgotten something, then it can be recuperated – and it makes for a little sense of novelty.'
The Sun
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- The Sun
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