Midi skirts and knee-grazing styles have never felt more relevant, but, having only just burst onto the scene, they're far from the easiest silhouette to style right now. What some might describe as an "awkward" length can, when paired with the wrong shoes, risk shortening the leg line and creating an unflattering finish—enough to make you hesitate on embracing the trend at all. The right shoe pairing, however, can unlock an effortless elegance that makes the skirt trend feel chicer than the rest. So, where should you start?

Well, right on cue, actor Shay Mitchell stepped out in a three-piece city-ready ensemble that championed the silhouette. Anchoring her look with a tartan-print skirt that skimmed the knee, Shay's outfit was immediately off to a chic start. But it was her choice of footwear that really elevated the outfit. Rather than reaching for a flat-soled ballet pump, she opted for a pair of Margaux Ada Shoes (£368) with the slightest heel, introducing a subtle lift that, in my opinion, completely transformed the look.

She then made another inspired styling choice, teaming her knee-length skirt and heeled ballet pumps with a graphic tee. Lending the outfit a distinctly Zoë Kravitz-esque coolness, the boxy T-shirt injected an element of irreverence that balanced the polish of the skirt and shoes, preventing the look from feeling too prim.

Comfortable, throw-on-and-go and undeniably chic, read on to shop my edit of the best graphic tees, knee-length skirts and heeled ballet pumps to recreate Shay's look below.

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Before you say anything, yes, I'm aware that plenty of people wear flip-flops in Malibu. However, as much as the iconic beach town is synonymous with chill surf culture, it's just as well-known for upscale shopping and classy restaurants. (I'm looking at you, Nobu.) Therefore, you'll typically witness outfits in Malibu that align with both ends of the spectrum: bikini tops and denim cutoffs on one side and sundresses and heels on the other. If you're somewhere in between, however, you'll appreciate the casual yet chic outfit Shay Mitchell just wore in Malibu.

Photographed during some downtime on the set of the Baywatch reboot, Mitchell wore a sunny yellow tank top, classic straight-leg jeans, and white slide sandals. Her shoes fall somewhere between beachy and elegant, so they'll never look out of place no matter where she is in the 90265. Scroll down to see her new outfit and shop similar pairs of shoes.

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As much as we love intricate, over-the-top eye makeup, there’s a lot to be said for something you can achieve in a few short minutes. Even the most accomplished makeup artists have a few quick and easy eye makeup looks at the ready for their clients, and we thought it high time we share some of the tricks of the trade with you. Best of all, you don’t need to be a makeup artist, beauty blogger or even particularly adept with an eye shadow brush to do them at home. (Trust us—they will still end up just as Instagram-worthy.) Thanks to some of our favourite influencers and celebs, there’s no shortage of inspiration to get you started on your journey to eye makeup mastery.

We’ll keep it real: There might be a couple of cat eyes involved. Don’t be scared—they’re easier than they seem and can be transformed into about a zillion different variations. Once you master the technique, you’ll be doing them constantly (promise). That said, there are plenty of other stunning ideas—from subtle shimmer to graphic pops of colour—for the cat-eye averse.

Read on for 13 of the prettiest, easiest eye makeup ideas that can be done in just five minutes or less. Whether your skill set is advanced or you’re looking for a new everyday look or sultry date-night inspiration, you’ll leave here with at least one idea. Plus, we’ve shopped out the must-have products that will help get you started.

Wearing a bold shadow gives the impression that you put effort into your look, even if you, well, didn’t.

Pink Eye Shadow

Lashes are basically camouflage for tired eyes. If you want to wake up with major length, a lash lift or lash extensions are worth the investment (or simply apply a few coats of your favourite mascara).

Lengthening Mascara

More often than not, a ring of rocker-like black liner does the trick, as Lily Aldridge shows here.

Black Eye Kohl

If you can apply eyeliner, you can re-create this simple yet statement-making look.

Green Eye Pencil

Applying this universally flattering colour all around the top and bottom lids give you a day-to-night smoky eye that may be too intense with other, darker shades.

Cream Eye Shadow

Applying two contrasting but complementary colours to the inner and outer corners of your eye couldn’t be easier, but as Halsey demonstrates, the look screams "party.”

Bright Eye Palette

A touch of gloss on your lids catches the light, bringing attention to your eyes with hardly any effort at all.

Eye Gloss

Once you’ve perfected your cat-eye look, you’re ready to graduate to new colours like sleek silver.

Silver Liquid Liner

You don’t have to be Zoë Kravitz to pull off brown shadow—the neutral flatters every skin tone. To complete the look in the easiest way possible, match your eye makeup to your lipstick for a ’90s vibe.

Go-To Browns

Soft green is gorgeous and unexpected if you’re looking to wear colour but don’t want something overly vibrant.

Sheer Green

Applying a pale, shimmery shadow to the inner corners of the eyes gives a wide-awake look in a flash.

Eye Shadow Stick

A layer of metallic shadow adds just the right amount of dressed-up glamour to just about anything—even a terry robe (right, Shay Mitchell?).

Cream Eye Shadow

Next up, if you want to make your beauty routine more sustainable, this is a good start.

After wearing some rather stylish maternity outfits all summer, Shay Mitchell gave birth to her baby girl, Atlas Noa, this October. As a new mom, the actress, model, and entrepreneur has been sharing several candid images with her precious newborn on Instagram, but just this week, Mitchell posed in front of the camera for a shoot that's truly next-level. In it, she wore a green vinyl jacket with voluminous sleeves from emerging Georgian designer Aleksandre Akhalkatsishvili while breastfeeding her 2-month-old—and the resulting image is a powerful one.

In fact, it reminds us of a similar shoot Rachel McAdams did last year wearing a breast pump for a magazine cover shoot. Both Mitchell's and McAdams's images are important because they help to normalize breastfeeding and take away the stigma that so many new mothers face. Plus, we'd be remiss not to mention how chic Mitchell looks in her leather jacket that just so happens to align with an emerging 2020 outerwear trend: colorful leather. Scroll down to see the stunning image which Mitchell playfully captioned, "Breast friends," along with more moments of baby Atlas.

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Between the cozy outfits, endless holiday RSVPs, and the fact that makeup doesn’t melt right off the second we go outside, there’s no denying that winter is unofficially lipstick season. Although there may not be a rule that says wearing lipstick is more fun this time of year, we’re here for any excuse to try out new shades. We sought out celebrity makeup artists and other beauty experts to share the colors they’re turning to right now that flatter every skin tone they touch.

Scroll on for the 11 top lipstick picks Patrick Ta, Kelsey Deenihan, and seven more of our favorite celebrity makeup artists and experts are relying on this winter. From deep, dark mattes to lightweight liquid formulas, you're guaranteed to find a new shade (or several) to wear over and over this season.

Nudes

Reds

Pinks

Berries and Browns

Looking for more makeup inspiration? Check out the Only Lipstick Shades That Matter, According to Fashion Insiders.

In John Green’s seminal work of sad teen fiction The Fault in Our Stars, he writes a particularly apt description of the onset of young love: "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” Cutesy? Yes. Realistic? Also yes, but so too is the reverse, the erosion of love that slowly eats away at you over time without you really even noticing. Imagine going to yet another weekly brunch with your S.O. and inquiring about their huevos rancheros, only to be met with an abrupt and devastating declaration: "I don’t love you anymore!” (Talk about all at once.) This earthquake of a wake-up call hits Jules, Kat Dennings’s character in the new Margot Robbie–helmed Hulu comedy Dollface, within the first 30 seconds of the pilot. It’s clear from the get-go that she’s going to be in for a bumpy ride of finding herself and her place among her friends post-breakup.

Created by Jordan Weiss, Dollface is the endlessly amusing gift that results when Haruki Murakami–style magical realism meets the Millennial Pink, Goop-ed world of today. (The first person Jules encounters after her brunchtime breakup is a literal Cat Lady—Beth Grant in CGI cat face, whom Dennings calls "an absolute legend.”) Think a more bubblegum Sex and the City but 10 years younger and in L.A.—with cats, dreamlike interludes, a Gucci belt in a silverware drawer, and, of course, a formidable girl gang: Dennings, the heartbroken-ish leading lady, alongside her estranged besties, played by Shay Mitchell and Brenda Song, and a co-worker turned confidant, portrayed by Esther Povitsky. All of them are scene stealers at one point or another.

While looking for a unique project, Dennings got the Dollface script from LuckyChap, Margot Robbie’s production company. Naturally, "If Robbie gives you something, you just say yes to it,” she confesses, so she signed up to star and be an executive producer. Plus, Dennings saw the potential in the show, which gave her a chance to play a character different from herself and the previous roles she’s had (notably, as Max in CBS’s 2 Broke Girls).

Post-breakup, her character, Jules, struggles to find her way back to her friend group, which she neglected during her relationship with her ex. Losing touch with friends is a universal result of aging and occasionally an unfortunate side effect of being in a relationship—people get married, move away, have kids, become vegan; it’s something Dennings relates to on a personal level. "I’ve been a career girl and been really focused, and all of a sudden I’m like Where did everybody go?” she says. "My closest friends are all over the map. My best pal has two kids now and is married. And it’s still the same person, the same love, but you just stand there and you’re like Did I just miss all the things?” 

On the flip side, friendship was easy to come by on the set of the show, and Dennings had no trouble establishing a rapport with the rest of the cast. "There’s no better friendship environment than working on a set together because you’re basically at sleepaway camp,” she tells me. "You start at the crack of dawn, you get ready together, you get coffee together, you eat your breakfast together, you huddle in your little set, you find your little space. It was kind of magical in that way because the four of us got very close.” That closeness supports the characters in their various struggles—Jules’s struggle to show her friends she appreciates them, the group’s struggle to find its footing, everyone’s struggle to identify what feminism means in 2019. (Keep your eyes peeled for episode nine; it’s special.) According to Dennings, "It felt very emotional because there’s so much love there. I think viewers will feel that.”

Throughout the series, Jules’s particular struggle gets lessened somewhat by her fairy cat mother, the Cat Lady, who takes a staid old stereotype and flips it on its reductive head. Benevolent and hilarious, the Cat Lady magically pops up to zap Jules out of many an inward spiral, dispensing advice and necessary reality checks along the way. "I really liked calling her the Cat Lady because what it begins as is a culmination of Jules’s worst fears, which is like ‘Oh, society says if I don’t do this and this by this time, I’m going to be an old crazy cat lady,’” Dennings says. "We’re all told this, and it’s so ridiculous when you think about it. I don’t know, I have a cat, and she’s the best. What’s wrong with being a lady who has a cat?” (For the record, Dennings’s cat, Millie, is adorable.) "It starts there, but it becomes more of a symbol of strength and independence,” she continues.

The Cat Lady is something Dennings would like to explore more in the show, and as executive producer—aka she has a hand in casting, show notes, and production meetings—she has the power to help steer the show in that direction. "I had a decent amount to contribute from my experience,” Dennings says of her EP role, "but then I enjoyed sitting back and learning from other departments when I hadn’t dealt with something before. I also wanted to be an ally for the actors, to make sure they knew they could come to me with anything and everything.” She also literally gave the show its name. An ex used to call her dollface, which she never liked, but she did think it could make for a punchy title for the series. Clearly, she’s got good instincts. 

Dennings was also heavily involved in her wardrobe and collaborated with Costume Director Ernesto Martinez on paring back Jules’s looks. "I had to kind of fight against the fashion aspect for Jules a little bit,” she says. "The temptation with a show with four female leads is to really have fun with it, which is so great and definitely works for Brenda’s character and Shay’s character, but for Jules, I didn’t want her to seem extremely confident at work and at life.” However, there is a monochromatic maroon moment in episode three (above) where Jules is in head-to-toe Norma Kamali that’s very F/W 19, and we should all take notes—just saying. And she may or may not have also worn a dangerously sheer floral D&G top that I wanted to snatch right off the screen. 

Day to day, Dennings herself is more of a black-Amazon-leggings kind of girl—aren’t we all? "I really honestly wear black leggings from Amazon every single day,” she confesses. "I got inspired by that fashion lady with the glasses—Jenna Lyons. She’s a fantastic woman who wears black leggings and a blazer and her glasses and loafers, and she always wears some version of it and looks amazing. I was like, I’m going to be like that.” Maybe one day she’ll wear one of the hats she’s knitted lately too; it’s a hobby that doubles as stress relief (one she and Song share; they used to be neighbors and go to yarn shops together). "Knitting is one of those things where it keeps my hands busy and my mind busy, so it’s definitely a calming thing for me. At times I just need to make a scarf that just has one kind of a stitch so I can zone out,” Dennings confides.

She gets way more into beauty, to tell you the truth, and couldn’t say enough good things about the makeup looks Dollface makeup artist Mary Klimek created for her. "We had a lot of really exciting lip looks in the show,” Dennings exclaims. "One was Lime Crime in Red Velvet. That was one I wore in the Christmas episode; it’s a great red liquid lipstick. Then we mixed a lot of Rituelle de Fille. We used Rituelle de Fille in almost every single episode. My makeup artist, Mary Klimek, loves to combine shades. It was two to three per look, but we used pretty much any Rituelle de Fille. The brand is pretty awesome. I’m going to preach for it all day. It also has a balmy hydrator that we used every episode as well.” 

Personally, I can’t wait for season two of Dollface—the more explorations of female friendships the better, I say. Dennings is hopeful too, but for now, she’s concentrating on her next project for Disney+, WandaVision. "I am not allowed to say a damn thing—I signed 700 NDAs,” she laughs. "But I’m very excited!” Same, girl. 

Dollface premieres on Hulu on Friday, November 15.

Next up: Kat Dennings’s Dollface co-star Shay Mitchell is a master traveler and shares her packing tips. 

As a model, actress, entrepreneur, and author, Shay Mitchell fits the classic definition of a multihyphenate. Another descriptor I’d add to the list? Frequent flier. It’s not a secret that Shay Mitchell loves to travel. After all, you don’t start a YouTube channel called Shaycation showcasing your exotic excursions around the world if you’re more of a homebody. Indeed, when I ask Mitchell how many flights she has caught so far this year, the number is so high she says she has lost count.

Clocking substantial time in the air has turned out to be a special source of inspiration for Mitchell—just last year she launched Béis, a travel gear and accessories line, and is now expanding on the concept by adding a summer clothing collection aimed at the stylish traveler. When asked about the aim behind the Shaycation x Revolve collection, Mitchell shared, "I wanted to select styles that are versatile for every vacation occasion, whether that be jet setting around the world or paring it back with a cocktail by the pool.”

The line had its big Instagram debut recently at #RevolveSummer, which is where I caught up with Mitchell on everything from her favorite pieces from the new line to her packing secrets.

Shay's 5-Piece Capsule Summer Travel Wardrobe

"When curating this collection, I strived to include pieces that would be great for going from sightseeing to a night out, so stylish versatility is definitely the key here. For that reason, it is a little hard to pick just five pieces as so many are great for your next adventure, but..."

"The wildcard statement piece would definitely be the Shaycation x Revolve Sandy crocheted dress. I love this piece and think it is super versatile for the beach or nightlife."

2. Frequent Flyer Sweatsuit

"I love Sunnie Top and Bottom bikini, the Violeta Midi Dress, and the Lisa Jumpsuit."

4. Lisa Jumpsuit

5. Sunnie Bikini

Trend Alert: Mesh + Crochet

"I am loving mesh and crocheted looks right now. I think the crochet pieces are so classic but also edgy and can be worn day or night as a statement."

How to Stay Stylish While Traveling

"Honestly I have lost count how many flights I have taken this year! Remaining stylish on a plane might have a different meaning to me than others; I’m all about staying comfortable, fresh, and hydrated. I always bring hydrating face masks, moisturizers, and gum in my Béis On-the-Go Carry All as well as a water bottle. In terms of attire, I always bring layers as I tend to be cold on planes but want to be on the go as soon as I arrive at my destination. I am also super excited about the Shaycation x Revolve Frequent Flyer Sweatshirt as it’s super cozy and perfect for throwing on once in my seat."

Shay's Sellout Predictions

"Hard to say as there are so many amazing pieces, but if I were a betting woman, I would say the Jasmin Pants, the Bailey Bikini, and the Bell Dress."

1. Jasmin Pants

3. Bell Dress

The #1 Packing Mistake + a Pro Packing Tip

"Overpacking is the most obviously traveling mistake I can think of… or not considering the weather at your destination and ending up too hot or cold the entire time! My pro move is DEFINITELY STAYING ORGANIZED! I want my bag to be as compact and compartmentalized when I arrive as when I left. All my Béis bags have been designed with this in mind. We want to keep you organized and looking good in one swoop."

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Welcome to Second Life, a podcast spotlighting successful women who've made major career changes—and fearlessly mastered the pivot. Hosted by Hillary Kerr, co-founder and chief content officer at Who What Wear, each episode will give you a direct line to women who are game changers in their fields. Subscribe to Second Life on iTunes, and stay tuned. We'll be releasing new episodes on Mondays.

Acting on not one but two hit shows may be satisfying enough for some, but Pretty Little Liars and You star Shay Mitchell is determined to pursue a variety of other interests. She's already written a YA novel and has developed a successful YouTube lifestyle channel, but now she's pivoting once again to travel entrepreneurship with her brand Béis. On the newest episode of Second Life, Mitchell talks to host Hillary Kerr about her numerous career transitions and why she started her new brand.

When asked about the strategy behind Béis, Mitchell explained that it was important to design true essentials. "I wanted to come out with the basics first," Mitchell says in the podcast. "If I were to come out with 30 different items, that would be very overwhelming for the consumer. Everybody needs a backpack. Everybody needs a weekender and passport holder. And from that, we just kind of came up with the assortment that we had for our first launch." The collection also includes four other basics: a duffle bag, luggage tag, a spill-proof bag for liquids, and a cosmetics case. 

"I came out with this to create something that was functional, chic, and affordable," Mitchell told Kerr about the brand. And we have to say: mission accomplished. Subscribe to Second Life on iTunes to listen to the episode and scroll down to shop Mitchell's brand.

Weekender Bag

Duffel Bag

Passport Case and Luggage Tag

Cosmetics Case

Backpack

Spill-Proof Bag

Next, find out how Kendra Scott built a billion-dollar brand.