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Penneys have teamed up with The Late Late Toy Show for a seriously sweet reason

Penneys and The Late late Toy Show are collaborating with a new collection of festive items to raise funds for Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

Novelty jumpers, fleece PJs, socks, slippers and hot water bottles are among the cosy offerings featured in the new xxxx, with 75,000 of sales being donated to the hospital.

Over 100,000 people have applied for a "golden ticket" to the Late Late Toy Show this year and auditions for a coveted performance spot are currently underway for the classic Christmas programme hosted by Ryan Tubridy.

Temple Street Foundation CEO Denise Fitzgerald explained: "We are so delighted and grateful to be part of The Late Late Toy Show fun for a second year as Penneys and RTÉ once again release their Late Late Toy Show Christmas range in aid of our special hospital.

"Thank you so much for your continuing support of Temple Street Children’s Hospital. The funds will go to make a real and lasting difference for Temple Street children and families."

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Thirsty Reporter: Nightingale, WeHo's Newest Hot Spot

The spot: Nightingale, SBE’s newest addition to Hollywood nightlife. Housed in the former home of Greystone Manor, the club is the newest hot spot in West Hollywood’s ever-growing arsenal.

The boldfacers: Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Lochte, Alessandra Ambrosio.

The decor: The Rockwell Group (The Time Hotel, Nobu Hotel Miami Beach, NeueHouse) rooted their design concept in a modern re-imagining of a European courtyard.

Signature cocktails: Tequila Mockingbird (Avion, lime juice, honey), Kentucky Mule (Jameson, ginger syrup, lime juice, soda, bitters), and our personal favorite, the Smart Blonde (Absolut Citron, St. Germain, Limoncello, lemon juice, simple syrup).

Why it’s cool: From the kinetic ceiling covered in revolving mirrored panels, to the LED walls, tech meets nightlife in this space. The most Instagrammable feature is the Rockwell Group-designed wallpaper, inspired by exotic foliage and magical surrealism. Plus, there’s a photo booth, lined in the wallpaper, that can easily fit eight-plus people. But have a game plan upon entering, because mastering the boomerang-like gif setup can take a minute. It’s only a matter of time before Nightingale gains mention in a hip-hop song, just like Drake and the Game did for its predecessor, Greystone Manor.

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Doctor Strange's Lamborghini Took a Turn on the Red Carpet

During an intense early-Autumn heat wave, not too unusual for October in Los Angeles, the oddest Marvel movie since 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy premiered to a rapturous audience, all in glorious 3D. Doctor Strange, the fourteenth (!) film since the re-launch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2008’s Iron Man, had come to town.

While the streets of Hollywood are usually gridlocked for traffic, cast members Benedict Cumberbatch (very British in his midnight blue shawl-collared velvet dinner jacket), Rachel McAdams (in a silver Atelier Versace gown) and, the always amazing Tilda Swinton (in a velvet Haider Ackermann gown) walked the red carpet for the film’s premiere along with a slew of Marvel-related icons including studio head Kevin Feige, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, Robert Downey Jr. (in a fantastic Givenchy suit) and, of course, Stan Lee, who was featured in a signature cameo in the film.

From Iron Man’s Audi R8, to Captain America's Audi SQ7 to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Phil Coulson Lola, his cherry-red 1962 Chevrolet Corvette that can also fly, it seems each MCU superhero is endowed with a high profile costume, an amazing superpower and, natch, a tech-laden car to get around town, when they aren’t flying, jumping or using some form of psychokinesis enabled teleportation.

So, it should come as no surprise that Cumberbatch’s Steven Vincent Strange would have an insane ride of his own, a $237,250 Grigio Lynx Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4 Coupé in the film. The car, like an up and coming ingénue, was a main attraction on the red carpet as well.

The Nerdist’s Chris Hardwick, when asked if he would drive a Lamborghini like one featured in the film replied, “I feel like I'm not even supposed to go near the car, it looks so fast. Me, I'm not exciting; if I had the car, I’d just take it to the market and, of course, I'd look like the jerk who took his Lamborghini to get some eggs.”

When asked about the relationship between videogame and car culture, Hardwick responded, “Of course, without a doubt there’s an overlap, look no further than Grand Theft Auto, though in that game, you’d steal a car like this.”

“With scoring a movie, it doesn’t matter if it’s a car chase or a love scene, you’re always telling a story,” said composer Michael Giacchino, “some car chases are happy and some are sad, it’s all about creating a way to show what the characters are feeling on screen.”

While a late night drive, turned horrific crash in the Lamborghini is what sends the Strange down his superhero path, it begs the question, why did Lamborghini decide for their halo car to be shown in such a light?

“We felt it positioned the car in a good light ― Strange was distracted while driving and was able to survive the spectacular crash safely thanks to his Huracán.” said Federico Foschini, Commercial Director for Automobili Lamborghini, “His character fit the profile of our brand.”

“We had anywhere from four to six cars on set for the filming and we had to destroy one for the filming,” Foschini continued, “that was not as easy to watch in real life.”

“Scoring that scene was easy for me,” said Giacchino “Strange was listening to the radio during the crash, so I really didn't have to do much.”

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How Did Hillary Clinton Stand for 90 Minutes in Those Heels?

At this summer’s Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama said of Hillary Clinton, “She was doing everything I was doing, except like Ginger Rogers, she was doing it backward, and in heels.”

The female Democratic candidate for president proved the truth of that statement Wednesday night when she stood, for 90 minutes, in black pointy kitten heels ― with no visible signs of discomfort, at least not in her feet ― while Donald Trump was planted in men’s flat shoes.

Most women could relate; there is nothing easy about standing that long in a heel, whether it’s an inch or six inches high. So how did Clinton do it? Perhaps with some advice from a trusted podiatrist, such as the innovating Dr. Ali Sadrieh of Evo Advanced Foot Surgery in Studio City, who created the “Cinderella Procedure” as a surgical option to address issues women have with wearing heels.

But as Dr. Sadrieh tells Pret-a-Reporter, surgery is not the only path to relative comfort in a pair of pumps. Says the doctor: “The very first thing to consider is the shoe and the shoe fit. Go shoe-shopping later in the afternoon [when] your feet are slightly more swollen. If a shoe is comfortable when you try it on at this time of day, it more than likely will be comfortable at all times.”

So maybe Clinton’s stylist caught her between rallies and speeches to have her try out the low black heels (and white Ralph Lauren collection pantsuit), Cinderella-style, at that perfectly swollen time of day?

Another hint: “If you know you will be standing for a particularly long period of time, choose a shoe with a low heel ― less than three inches ― and a rounded toe,” says Dr. Sadrieh. “Pointed-toe shoes, while gorgeous, are more constricting to the toes, and inevitably the more uncomfortable choice.” In that sense, Clinton isn’t making things any easier for herself ― for the first debate, her Miu Miu bow kitten heels were quite pointy.

While we don’t know the state of the presidential hopeful’s feet (though after so long on the campaign trail, we can imagine), we hope for her sake Clinton doesn’t have hammertoes. If one does, however, it’s important to buy shoes in a slightly larger size to allow the toes room, unpinched, so blood can flow.

Inserts, too, are a great idea, according to the foot guru, who says the extra cushion and support they add goes a long way to extending the life of one’s dogs. (Dr. Scholl’s huge range of massaging gel pads and DreamWalk inserts are easy to pop in.)

Along with changing up one’s shoes regularly, there’s also something to be said for lines like Coye Nokes, Taryn Rose and the same orthopedic surgeon’s startup heel label DRESR, that are designed with comfort in mind. “Try to rotate shoe styles, low heel to high heel, round toe to pointy to open toe,” says Dr. Sadrieh.

The day before standing a long time he advises wearing a different type of shoe than the one you plan on standing in.

And then there are the slightly more extreme ways to diminish pain. “Treatments like Botox injections in the sole of the foot can help in allowing for a longer duration of being able to stand on your foot,” says the doctor. Surgery is also a consideration for those who must be on their feet frequently. Dr. Sadrieh’s Cinderella Procedure ― dubbed a “Loub Job” in the media ― promises little downtime (two to three weeks as opposed to three months for traditional foot surgeries) and addresses issues like bunions, hammertoes, too-long or even too-short toes.

Trump might want to entertain a consultation re his gossiped-about stumpy fingers.

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Whatever insiders are allowed to geek out about at any given moment tells you a lot about where fashion is at. Five years ago, when minimalism ruled, it was highly prized to have a shepherd’s knowledge on the finer points of cashmere and wool distinguishing your Hircus goats from your Andean vicuñas, for example. These days, in the world of slogan T-shirts and social-media-friendly statement dressing, it’s all about the font. Knowing your Helvetica from your Arial isn’t restricted to those familiar with InDesign: it’s now the kind of thing that gets you a seat at the top table of the Met Ball.

As with any obsession that encourages rummaging into minutiae, fashion’s current font preoccupation has schisms probably being debated heatedly on page 23 of a thread on The Fashion Spot. Broadly speaking, to put it in font language, it’s all about serif and sans-serif. For everyone else, it’s the fonts with the curly edges on the ends of letters vs the ones without.

On one side, we have the anti-serif original streetwear purists with Supreme as the shining example, using what looks like the clean, precise Futura Bold Italic originally inspired by artist Barbara Kruger, and recently immortalised in a brick. Other brands including House of Holland (Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed, apparently) and Moschino (Bebas Neue?) sit alongside them, along with countless slogan T-shirts proclaiming profundities like #thinkmoredoless on the high street.

Vetements produced the DHL T-shirt that caused the internet to erupt earlier this year. With its clean and punchy font (similar to Gran Turismo Italic), it’s more in line with the Supreme gang, but the brand actually typically represents the other font team in fashion right now: blackletter the gothic font originally used for German script is back. Hoodies, with purple blackletter slogans and pentagrams are now highly prized beyond their familiar territory of London’s Camden market.

Blackletter has now made its way to pop merch, Kanye West’s Life of Pablo and Justin Bieber’s Purpose included. The result? Dropping a reference to it around any fashion-inclined dinner table will gain extra points rather than a change of subject. Anything heavy metal-influenced the flaming letters of the Thrasher logo, the diagonally inclined Iron Maiden font (actually called that, apparently), both favourites on the front row can also be filed here.

Perhaps these OTT, can’t-miss-them fonts moving to the foreground of fashion is down to the fact we now have so much screen time. Arial (Google), Helvetica Neue (Twitter) and either Helvetica or Arial (Facebook) have become the digital default via their use in logos, as familiar as the marimba ringtone for your iPhone or that greige backdrop to your Whatsapp messages. Anything different including this, Guardian Egyptian has a bang of impact. Blackletter has drama, it’s a bit fussy, something that contrasts nicely with the square simplicity of streetwear shapes. Or, maybe, it’s just a welcome relief from that most maligned font, Comic Sans.

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