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10 Ways to Add Japanese Style to Your Interior Design
One word sums it up : Zen. Yes, peaceful simplicity surrounds the modest designs of Japanese culture. Thousands of years steeped in tradition have influenced Japan's architecture and interior design aesthetic, resulting in a serene and very cultural interior design.
Japanese style evolves around clean and uncluttered living, holding tightly to balance, order, ancient customs and a love for natural beauty.
When one understands the ancient tea ceremonies and lifestyles of the Japanese— the culture immediately becomes very endearing and worth replicating in our everyday lives. If for any other reason, let's mimic Japanese style in order to bring a little bit of their well-honed Zen into our own lifestyles. Couldn't we all use a little bit of peace and harmony in our homes?
Since Japanese interior design has this tranquil decorating touch perfected, let's look at 10 ways to add some of this becalming style into your home today. You may want to visit 30 Of The Most Ingenious Japanese Home Designs, as well.
1) Elements of Nature in Japanese Style Interiors
Japanese culture is saturated in a love and respect for nature. The best way to maintain a strong connection with the natural world, is to bring nature indoors.
Adding traditional Japanese plants, such as bonsai and bamboo, into your home will give it a small Japanese cultural touch. Really though, you can add any sort of deep greenery and still achieve a similar style. Consider adding sleek plants such as palm or orchid to your home. It is not typical to see a lot of colorful floral arrangements in a Japanese home, so whatever plant you choose, keep it simple, natural and green.
Japanese homes also bring nature inside through large, expansive windows that allow a view of nature from every angle. Like this bedroom, featured below, the large sliding glass door brings serene, natural views indoors. Open up your home to the wonders of nature today.
2) Soaking Tubs Are Important in Japanese Interior Design
The serene sounds of water bubbling will fill your meditative ears and immediately have a calming effect. Just like plants, elements of water are imperative in the Japanese home.
Ofuro, translated as bath in Japanese, is a tranquil tradition that is well-worth adding to your home. Japanese soaking tubs are small, deep tubs that usually have some sort of bench seat. These tubs are becoming an Eastern trend that many health conscious homeowners are flocking for.
Turn your bathroom into an enlightened escape by adding one of these soaking-style tubs. It is the ultimate way to have East meet West, and create a spa-like environment in your home.
3) Japanese Style Sliding Doors Or Screens
An authentic Japanese screen is called a Shoji, and it is an essential design element in Japanese homes.
Due to the high cost of housing, Japanese homes tend to be small and a lot of residents rent apartments, so conserving every square inch of space is essential. Unlike doors, these Shoji's slide back and forth, saving space that a swinging door would take up.
An authentic Japanese screen is usually made of fine translucent paper held inside a wooden frame. However, modern versions of these screens can be found online and are usually made of glass panels inside a wooden grid.
Another key element of these screens is that, unlike doors, they do not block the natural light and views of nature. Replacing a large expanse of wall with a glass-panelled sliding door could be a great way to incorporate this style into your own home.
4) Elements of Wood and Bamboo in Japanese Interior Design
One of the best ways to harmonize with nature is to add natural wooden elements into your home. Japanese culture is known for using wooden elements throughout their homes.
Walls, doors, screen grids and frames are all made of natural wood. The most common woods being western versions of maple, cypress, hemlock and red pine. Bamboo is also a popular wood used for decorative purposes, as can be seen in the image below.
Essentially, the texture of wood can be seen everywhere in a Japanese home. Try bringing these natural wooden elements into your home by adding a bamboo floor, or wooden screen. You will love the serene calming effect that clean-lined wood elements can add to your home.
5) Japanese Style Entryway
The Japanese entry is called a genkan. This is the area that greets visitors and also the place where shoes are immediately taken off and usually replaced with indoor slippers.
As you notice in the image below, the entryway has a shelf or cabinet called a getabako that is used for storing shoes (tips of the shoes are usually placed pointing outwards, unlike the image below). As you will also notice, the entry is simple in design with wooden elements and a lot of natural lighting.
Stone tile flooring is also popular in these homes, especially the entryways. In order to mimic this design, we suggest copying the clean, simple lines of Japanese design. Keeping your entryway uncluttered may be the biggest challenge (especially for North American homeowners who tend to house some clutter in their entry's such as mail, shoes etc..).
6) Japanese Style Furniture
While a lot of authentic Japanese homes do not segregate furniture-filled rooms for certain purposes such as sitting room or TV room, we can still mimic Japanese simplicity into our sectioned-off homes.
Most of Japan's furniture is low to the ground, or when it comes to tea ceremonies, floor cushions usually forgo furniture. Mimicking this design aesthetic can be as simple as incorporating low-to-the-ground furniture into our homes, such as the simple side tables and bed frame featured in the image below.
Or we could be more authentic by surrounding a low plank table with floor cushions—using this as a means to dine would be very bona fide, and maybe even a bit romantic. Whether you want more of an East meets West design, or you want to be extremely authentic — Japanese style furniture can easily be incorporated into your home.
7) Minimalist Japanese Design Principles
As you can probably already tell, Japanese design is clean and minimalist. Clutter is not contained in these homes. As we discussed above, sometimes there isn't even much furniture in an authentic Japanese home.
How can you achieve this design aesthetic and still have a home full of furniture and modern comforts? The trick is to keep your design simple and uncluttered. Most modern design aficionado's will find this style easy to replicate.
Furniture should be modern, clean-lined and made of natural wood. Lighting should be angular and modern (as seen in the kitchen below). Or lighting could mimic an authentic Japanese lantern style, as well. Overall, look to modern living designs to replicate this clean, simple style. Everything should have a purpose and a place — nothing is out of order or lacking function. Studying the art of Feng Shui may also help you design your minimalist interior.
8) Open Space and Natural Lighting Are Key In Japanese Design
As mentioned above, open space and minimalist design principles reign in Japanese design. So let's look at another way this design aesthetic is achieved — Natural Lighting.
Natural light abundantly fills these homes, bringing with it serene views and colors of nature. What could be a better way to light up your home? Large, expansive windows and ceiling openings such as skylights, are the perfect way to add this bright design into your own home.
Heavy draperies are also a big no, no. All they do is block this natural light. Try keeping your windows clear of any obstruction, but if this is not possible, then opt for a simple bamboo shade or sheer, gauzy curtain panels. Natural light — what a bright way to light up your home!
9) Popular Colors in Japanese Design
In keeping with the natural beauty of the outside world, Japanese homes typically contain simple colors from nature. Predominant colors are derived from the browns of wooden elements, and the greens of plants. Flooring is either wood or grey stone tile, and most walls are replaced with screens that are covered in opaque paper.
This design results in a simple color palette that is very neutral. How can we mimic this in our own interiors? Try incorporating these natural wooden elements through wood shelving, wall panels and flooring, or add the grey-tones of stone in your floors or even your furniture (see image below).
Also, don't forget to add plenty of green through natural houseplants. Simplicity is key when choosing your color palette. Look outside your windows to see what natural color elements you can incorporate in your home today.
10) Create a Zen Meditating Space
Try diving deep into the peaceful Japanese culture by creating a truly serene space in your home that is meant for mediating, having tea, or doing yoga.
Look at the room featured below. It is an amazing nod to Japanese culture and would make a perfect place to have Japanese tea. Find a quiet place in your own home to lay out a floor cushion for meditating or just sitting and relaxing. Don't forget to add a water feature, so its trickle will drown away all distracting noises.
Paint the room in calming greens or browns, add some live greenery, play some calming music and Voila! You have your very own, very Zen Japanese hideaway.
While you may not have grown up surrounded by the ancient Japanese culture, you can still fall in love with its very peaceful design aesthetic that is deeply rooted in history.
In order to achieve this style, mimic its clean, simple and minimalist design throughout all the rooms in your home. Add to your home: natural wood elements, simple greenery, natural lighting, modern furnishings, water features, a deep soaking tub, plush floor cushions, sliding doors or screens, a room for mediating and plenty of colors derived from nature.
All of these small pieces pull your home together into a rich Japanese interior design that speaks to its culture and love of nature.
Would you like to have a home designed in this style? If so, what would you add to your home to achieve this look?


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We visited yesterday. The Monastery is stunning. The town is really cute too and the monastery looms large over plaza mayor. The Church can be visited any time but the monastery requires guided tours and at certain times. Negatives: guided tour only in Spanish regardless of whether or not there is a majority English speaking group I don't speak Spanish... More
Columbus came here several times, as did Ferdinand and Isabella, so you're in good company. The picture collection is amazing, with more Zurbarans than enough, but also works by Rubens, Goya and Giordano.
If you are interested in Spanish culture and architectural sites in Extremadura, Spain, you should include a visit to the monastery. Even if you're not a religious person, the monastery is a beautiful place with wonderfully preserved features. Although the church is open, note that the tours are guided. The small town of Guadalupe has a very quaint square, dotted... More
Guadalupe is a very small town (more like a village) in a valley in the beautiful hills in this area. There is not much to the town. A very good Parador hotel and a couple of small hostels and a number of inexpensive restaurants. The Monastery and church loom large in the center of the place and the main attraction... More
We were two families with kids. It was a Saturday and the place was packed. Good thing that the waitresses were really nice (told us they were really short on staff...) and the service was really good, tho the food was average compared to what we had expected. The place, however, is amazing.
Amazing place in its own secret valley in the mountains, hiding the world's greatest collection of Zurbaráns, with a Goya, three el Grecos, a couple of Rubens and loads of Giordanos as well.
We wanted to be at this church in Guadalupe mainly to see the black Madonna. Due to its interesting history of being hidden for 700 years when some priests were fleeing Seville when the Moors attacked. This is not an easy place to get to - infrequent buses from Madrid or Caceres. We were going to rent a car from... More
As THE major attraction in Guadalupe town, it was very disappointing that the managers have not "modernized" the tour experience to cater for non Spanish speakers. After ticket purchase (5 euros), you have to join a guided tour group, but no matter you are asked which country you are from, this makes no difference! our large group consisted of German,... More
Even off you are not a church touring type the is amazing from the point of view of the sheer wealth that this place once or currently contains. The space itself is beautiful and the monastery is a true learning experience. If you are Catholic then Guadalupe awaits you. Take the tour. You will see things that are off limits... More
Well-worth the trip if you are traveling in Extremadura. Very well kept. The only way of visiting is by guided visit, which is good because they explain everything, but the downside is that the spaces are small and it gets kind of crowded. All in all very nice visit though.
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Getting Over Charisma as "Dump Stat"
There's this sensation, particularly in old-school play, that Charisma is the one irrelevant stat; that if you have a choice (often in old-school you don't, depending on how your GM makes you roll things up), its the one you'll put your lowest score into. In newer-school design, there is an attempt to solve this problem with having CHA related to certain powers, or to resisting certain effects.
But in fact, this is not necessary. I argue that if you are running your D&D game with 3 particular details intact, then Charisma is in fact the one ability score that can theoretically be important for any class (maybe along with Constitution):
1. You use NPC Retainer and Morale rules. In my Albion game (likewise Arrows of Indra), if someone has servants, henchmen, or followers of any kind, or if he is a commander in battle; its his CHA modifier that affects "his" NPCs' loyalty or morale. This means that the guy who wants to be a great general will probably need a good Cha bonus more than a good attack bonus, even. It also means its your manservants who will be the least likely to screw you over, or run like morons when the first bugbear attacks.
2. Monster Reaction Tables: When first encountered, not all creatures are automatically hostile, or automatically not; for the vast majority you check on a reaction roll. If your PC is alone, or the forward scout, or the party leader, or some other way prominent, his CHA modifier should affect that roll. It might make the difference between a monster that charges right at you, and one that hesitates for a round; or one that would just hesitate and one that might try to parley rather than attack. That can make a huge difference in a game, when you're literally not someone who "looks like bad news" and will be more likely to not be ambushed by paranoid humanoids.
3. NPC Reaction Tables: the big one, of course. Your Charisma should affect all NPC reactions; affecting everything from whether you'll get the best deal selling your treasure in the market, to whether you will be well-treated by the nobility or the clergy, whether you will be able to talk your way out of a tight spot with nothing more than excuses or promises, even whether you will be granted an audience, or a stay of execution, from the King.
I would go one further on this: character with the highest charisma attribute should be seen by NPCs, at least ones who have no other thing to go on, as the "leaders" of the party. They should be the one the NPCs want to see, want to talk to, and think are in charge (again, assuming things like social class or fame being equal). The GM should make sure to make it clear to his group that generally speaking things go better for them when Character A with his +2 Cha bonus is doing the talking for them, than when they're all trying to speak at once, or definitely better than when Character B with his -2 Cha penalty is the one trying to speak.
Now, you've heard me before argue about the virtues of avoiding "social skills" and social mechanics. For sure. To me Charisma represents your raw likeability. The guy with the +2 Cha bonus in the above example still has to be able to know what's the right or wrong thing to say, and when and how to say it; the +2 Cha bonus just means that if he does act like a boor or say the worst possible thing, he's more likely to be forgiven than the guy with a Charisma penalty. On the other hand, its up to the PLAYER to know what the right thing at the right time is. And if Character A's player is a fucking idiot who always sticks his foot in his mouth, the party may decide they're better off choosing to have Character B speak for them, even with the -2, because at least his player will know enough to say the right thing, and then have a CHANCE of succeeding. While Character A wouldn't, if he says the wrong things, no matter what his Cha modifier is.
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(originally posted December 4, 2012; on the old blog)
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Think of charisma not as 'likability' but *PRESENCE*... a Demon Lord would have a high charisma, but it doesn't make him likable, it makes him terrifying.... because it is really about presence. A high charisma allows you to radiate your persona and influence people. A fighter with a high charisma is far more intimidating than one without... being in his presence fills his foes with dread.
ReplyDeleteFrom a 'modelling' perspective, Charisma as a single stat has some problems. Just as 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' so must Charisma. What one being perceives as witty and charming, or disarming and accessible may appear the opposite to another being. So to treat Charisma as a single, objective stat (like Strength or Dexterity) is an inaccurate way of modelling what is really a far more complex set of traits.


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On August 4th, 1999, Raffi Kodikian, 25, and David Coughlin, 26, best friends since college, backpacked into Rattlesnake Canyon in Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico. They made camp a couple miles down the trail and boiled hot dogs for dinner. In the morning, they packed up and headed back to the car, but somehow got turned around. They had a topo map, but neither of them could read it. Suddenly lost in the Chihuahuan Desert, Kodikian and Coughlin began wandering among the ocotillo cacti, passing several cairns marking the trail out of the canyon. They drank all of their water, but it rained in the afternoon, so they slurped from pools, refilled their water bottles, and prepared to spend a second night out.
Although they knew their car was parked on the eastern rim of the canyon, that night Kodikian thought he spotted a light on the western rim. So the following morning, stumbling through 90F heat, they crossed the canyon floor and scrambled up the far rim hoping to find a road. Surrounded only by more cacti, they slumped into the shade and watched vultures circle overhead. An hour later and parched with thirst, they struggled back to their camp, sucking prickly pear cactus fruit for its sappy juice. Later that night, Kodikian gagged trying to drink his own urine.
By the third morning, Kodikian and Coughlin convinced themselves they were going to die, and made a suicide pact. They tried slitting each other's wrists, but their hunting knife was too dull. Then, according to Kodikian, Coughlin began begging Kodikian to kill him, to spare him the agony of dying of thirst. Kodikian obliged, plunging the knife twice into his best friend's heart.
Park ranger Lance Mattson found the men less than six hours later. Kodikian was lying in his tent.
"Where's your buddy?" Mattson asked.
"Over there," Kodikian said calmly, pointing to a pile of rocks atop a shallow grave. "I killed him."
Kodikian was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with 13 years suspended. He eventually spent 16 months in jail. The tragedy was attributed to the misery and delirium caused by extreme thirst.
But Kodikian's testimony revealed perplexing facts. When Kodikian and Coughlin first lost their way, they still had water, were practically on the trail, and were less than a mile from their car. Had they simply stopped, took shelter in the shade, and collected their wits, they might well have retraced their steps.
On the third day, Kodikian and Coughlin hiked to the opposite rim and back to camp, indicating that they were not debilitatingly dehydrated. From their vantage point high on the western rim, they should have seen the park's visitor center, and two water towers along the Rattlesnake trailhead road.
The men's final campsite was only 275 feet from a marked trail leading out of the canyon and less than a mile from their car. "People have actually gotten lost there," said Gary McCandless, chief detective for the Eddy County Sheriff's department. "But it didn't take them long to find their way out."
An autopsy found Coughlin to be moderately to severely dehydrated, but nowhere near death. An unopened can of beans was found at their campsite. Kodikian, although clearly thirsty, was not only strong enough to bury his best friend under 70-pound rocks, he spent just two hours in the hospital after his rescue.
But if thirst wasn't the killer, what was?
Whenever you read or hear about a death in the wilderness, reports such as this make it sound as if the outdoors itself—a snow slope, a river, extreme heat or cold—killed an innocent human. Using mass media's wilderness-as-murderer interpretation ("Avalanche Buries Veteran Backcountry Skier" or "Hypothermia Claims Six Lives"), it was the desert—its merciless heat and malicious absence of water—that drove Kodikian to murder. But after studying hundreds of accident reports from Europe and North America, I've come to believe that this, and numerous examples like it, is a misdiagnosis.
Exhibit B: In 1998, Daniel Kimm, 20, and Jude Fontenot, 21, college students from Boulder, CO, left the boundary at Berthoud Pass Ski Area, 60 miles west of Denver. They hiked to the top of Russell Peak, a notoriously avalanche-prone mountain overlooking Highway 40. Kimm dropped off the summit and began descending the east face on his snowboard. Mid-way down, he set off an avalanche, was entrained in snow, and ended up buried in debris 600 feet below. Desperate to reach safety and signal a rescue, Fontenot skied down to the road, passing over the debris pile where his friend was buried.
The coroner determined that Kimm died of asphyxiation. The papers reported it as another avalanche death. But professional ski guide Greg McFadden, who responded to the scene, has a different take.
"Had Fontenot simply stopped at the debris zone and taken the time to look around, he would have seen an entire arm, with a bright yellow North Face jacket, sticking out of the snow," says McFadden. "It was in plain sight."
McFadden uses this story in his avalanche safety classes. "Had Fontenot not panicked, there might have been some chance Kimm would have survived," he says.
Exhibit C: On January 19, 2007, three men hiked to the top of Mt. Lafayette in the Pemigewassett Wilderness of New Hampshire. During the descent, the strongest of the three, Brian Gagnon, took off ahead of his friends. The three planned to meet up at treeline, but when the slower two men reached the rendezvous point, Gagnon was nowhere to be found. His partners waited for an hour, but the weather deteriorated, so the two dropped down to their car and immediately called for help. Gagnon, who declined to be interviewed for this story, was fully equipped for a night out in the cold. He had a tent, along with a -30°F sleeping bag, a foam pad, a GPS, cell phone, food, and a backpacking stove.
"He could have been out there for a week without a problem," says Rick Wilcox, longtime president of the New Hampshire Mountain Rescue Service, who was part of the search and recounted this story.
And yet, somehow, beating his way down through the pucker brush, Gagnon lost his tent. He spent the night out, then called his friends on his cell phone in the morning. Despite having a GPS in his backpack (he didn't even get it out), Gagnon could not tell anyone his location. Perhaps because of the wind, he couldn't get his stove started, so he couldn't melt water. Gagnon eventually decided to sit down and wait to be rescued. He didn't know it, but a quarter mile downhill was a set of footprints in the snow. They led back to a trail.
"Nothing is very far from anything in the White Mountains," explains Wilcox. "Most people just walk downhill and eventually hit a road."
Gagnon spent two nights in below-freezing temperatures before search-and-rescue found him. He was lying in his sleeping bag in a frozen stream. His foam pad was 10 feet away, along with the contents of his pack.
"He lived, but he had frostbite from his neck to his butt," says Wilcox. "It's a clear case of how bad judgment and panic can combine to create a deadly predicament."
Despite stories like these, panic is seldom diagnosed as the cause of catastrophe. One possibility is because it's humiliating. It's one thing to blame backcountry trouble on bad weather or dangerous terrain, but who wants to admit that they got so scared they lost control of their senses? Nobody. It makes you look wimpy and weak.
I was 15 when I panicked badly. I was learning how to rock climb, and my instructor, Coach Kopishka, was a god to us kids. As far as we could tell, he knew no fear. He was a black belt in karate, climbed as stealthily and calmly as a cat, and was merciless as our high school swim coach. He'd lead the team to 17 straight state championships.
We were out at Vedauwoo, a Wyoming climbing area known for hard, wide cracks in flesh-ripping granite. I had climbed just a few times before, and all on a top rope, when Coach handed me two metal hexes, chunks of aluminum used to protect a fall, and pointed to a notoriously fat crack called Upper Slot Left.
It was my first lead—a 40-foot, 5.6 off-width. More than that, it was a test and a dare and an honor, and I stepped up to it like any adolescent boy with so much to prove. I didn't know how to place gear, so I put in both hexes early on and kept climbing until I was 10 feet from the top, where the crack narrowed. Narrow cracks require a technique known as hand-jamming, a skill I hadn't yet acquired. Before long, I found myself slipping out of the crack. I was so far above my last piece of protection that if I fell, I would hit the slab of rock at the base of the route and be seriously injured—or possibly killed. The thought of falling set my heart pounding and my mind racing. My legs began quivering (what climbers call "sewing machine leg"). My hands started sweating, further loosening my grip on the rock. In that instant, I lost control of my mind. All I could think was: "I'm going to die!" The logical approach would have been to get a grip on my emotions and either down-climb slowly and carefully, or continue up the crack. But at 15, I didn't have the courage or skill to get out of this fix. I was stuck, I knew it—and I panicked.
At some point Coach recognized that I was freaking out. He soloed up behind me and handed over a hex. I placed it with a trembling hand. Gathering confidence just by his presence, I climbed to the top. Then I vomited.
I didn't fall and die, but I was profoundly embarrassed. Coach had proven his hero-god status, and I had proven my cowardice. Inside, I resolved to never panic again, no matter what.
Almost all of us have panicked at some point in our lives, whether over losing a child in the grocery store, flipping in a kayak, or getting turned around momentarily in the backcountry. We know what it feels like, but what is it?
Panic is the body's built-in alarm system to the threat of danger. In 1915, American physiologist Walter Cannon coined the phrase "fight-or-flight" to describe a series of bodily changes that occur in response to a real or perceived threat. First, signaled by the brain, the adrenal glands attached to your kidneys release a jolt of adrenaline, essentially shocking your system. Your heart begins to race, respiration becomes quick and shallow, hands and feet go cold. Pupils dilate, muscles become primed for action. The stomach shuts down digestion, and the liver releases a shot of stored-up sugar. All of this is evolutionarily designed to kick your body into lifesaving mode when you find yourself face-to-face with, say, a saber-toothed tiger. It's only in the last 20,000 years, the snap of a finger in evolutionary time, that humans have been the dominant predator on the planet. For the first 2 million years of our ever-morphing existence, our ancestors were often prey. And panic was a sensible survival mechanism.
Panic still serves a purpose in modern society—it fuels the woman who single-handedly fights off a rapist, the teenager who lifts the car off a sibling, the man who leaps into action to save schoolchildren on a collapsing bridge. But in the wilderness of today, with so few predators left, the fight-or-flight response is usually counterproductive. In most backcountry incidents, whether you're lost or injured, hungry or thirsty, two of the worst things you can do are fight or run. When you're lost, for instance, fighting manifests itself as an unwillingness to accept any physical or geographical cues that contradict your (unknowingly confused) internal sense of direction. The panicked mind reasons that the compass must be broken, the map must be old, the trail's going the wrong way. A panicking mind misreads reality.
"This is because the brain is being flooded with noradrenalin, or norepinephrine," says Dr. Kenneth Heilman, distinguished professor of neurology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Norepinephrine is the brain's hormonal counterpart to the body's adrenaline. "Panic, what we could call excessive or extreme anxiety, has two components," Heilman explains, "physical and mental. What happens to the body is often readily recognizable, but what happens in the brain, precisely because it is in the brain, is almost invisible."
To illustrate, Heilman uses a typical bear encounter. "The visual system recognizes the bear. The cognitive system says 'Hey, bears can hurt people.' This sends a message to the amygdala, an almond-shaped organ in the brain that chemically mediates many external experiences and is responsible for triggering the fight-or-flight response. The amygdala talks to the hypothalamus, which sits just above the brain stem and relays messages to the pituitary gland, a marble-sized organ directly below it. The pituitary gland signals the adrenal glands, and the result is a full-body sympathetic nervous system response—increased heart rate, sweaty palms, and all the rest.
Simultaneously, a message is sent to the locus coeruleus, a storehouse of hormones located in the brain stem to secrete norepinephrine. A small dose of this hormone increases the sensitivity of the neurons in the cerebral cortex, explaining why a certain level of stress can improve performance. (Elite athletes excel here; witness Tiger Woods winning the Masters or Venus Williams winning Wimbledon.) But Heilman says too much norepinephrine actually inhibits the knowledge and problem-solving areas of the brain.
"Increased norepinephrine causes you to focus on the external stimuli, but hinders your ability to create a long-term plan," says Heilman. "Think of a child with attention deficit disorder. Putting these children on medications such as Ritalin (norepinephrine) allows them to allocate their attention to the teacher." But when you get into trouble, you want to be in your head. Otherwise, you make stupid mistakes.
Kodikian and Coughlin repeatedly misread reality—failing to find the trail they'd walked in on; hiking in the blazing heat to the wrong rim; and, finally, convincing themselves that they were dying when they weren't.
"Panic snowballs," says George Montopoli, a mountaineer and mathematics professor who has been a summer climbing and rescue ranger in Grand Teton National Park since the late 1970s. "Each mistake in judgment makes the situation worse. Panic compounds itself. It's exponential."
If misreading reality is the mental consequence of the instinctual fight response, running is the body's (often inappropriate) physical response. Moving too fast in the wilderness is almost always a mistake. Your eyes miss clues—trail markers, rock cairns, an ephemeral spring; your ears miss signals—voices, a gurgling creek, the wahp-wahp of a rescue chopper. And running, as opposed to walking, usually means you are moving carelessly, dramatically increasing the chances of an accident.
Montopoli says the number-one cause of accidents in the Tetons is a simple slip on snow. Hikers, unaccustomed to traveling over snowfields, get scared and start moving too fast. "Instead of slowing down and thinking about every step, kicking holes and making sure of each foot placement, they just want to get off the snow as quickly as possible," he says. "They start hurrying, lose their balance, slip, and fall."
Todd Schimelpfenig, the curriculum director for the Wilderness Medicine Institute at NOLS (the National Outdoor Leadership School) in Lander, Wyoming, agrees. He has been an EMT for 30 years and, as a member of the Fremont County search-and-rescue team, has assisted in hundreds of rescues in the Wind River Range of central Wyoming. Schimelpfenig believes moving too fast actually fuels the panic response. "Your heart rate goes up, your breathing goes up, and your adrenaline output increases," he says.
"And running just makes things worse. Whether you're in trouble yourself or trying to help someone out of trouble, walk. Walk confidently, if only to prove to yourself that you are calm and in control."
To help his students achieve do this, Schimelpfenig teaches NOLS wilderness first responders to keep something special in their medial kit: the rubber jar of calm.
"The first thing you do in an emergency is to quietly open your jar of calm it and pour it over everything," he says.
Calmness, the antidote to panic, is both a physiological and psychological condition connected to breathing.
When we panic, we hyperventilate, which sets off a negative chain reaction in our bodies. Our breathing becomes rapid and shallow, only reaching into our upper lungs (it's called thoracic breathing). Thoracic breathing blows off too much carbon dioxide, which causes the pH levels in the blood to change and peripheral nerves to lose calcium salts—that's what causes the tingling in your fingers and toes, and it's the reason breathing into a paper bag helps restore proper CO2 levels.
"Hyperventilating actually balances your body chemistry, if you're in a physical crisis and maximally exerting yourself," explains professor and therapist Reid Wilson, author of Don't Panic: Taking Control of Anxiety Attacks and the director of the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center in Chapel Hill, NC. "But it's the wrong response in a psychological crisis."
The most effective way to counteract panic and its compendium of psycho-physio affects is to take what Wilson calls "the calming breath."
"First, stop moving," Wilson says. "Force yourself to sit still and consciously control your breathing. Exhale completely, then inhale slowly, filling the lower lungs first, and then the upper lungs. Hold the breath for a count of three. Exhale slowly, while softly saying a cue word or phrase, such as 'I am calm' or 'Serenity' or 'I am in control.'"
After 10 to 15 calming breaths, two things will happen. Physiologically, your heart rate will already be dropping. The adrenaline surge in your body will dissipate. And the norepinephrine spike in your brain will start leveling off. Psychologically speaking, you can now think again. (Later, thank your mother for all those times she diffused your childhood tirades by saying, "Take a breath, honey.")
"Panic is like getting lost in your mind," says Wilson. "You have to find your mind first, before you can find your way out of the woods."
In the past half-century, psychologists and psychiatrists have adopted the calming breath, otherwise called conscious breathing, as their first level of treatment for numerous anxiety disorders, from panic attacks to agoraphobia to post-traumatic stress disorder. However, the practice of conscious breathing has been at the heart of Buddhism and meditation for almost three millennia.
Google "meditative breathing" and you'll discover several dozen breathing methods, all intended to stop the rushing of the brain, dissolve distractions, and make the mind clearer and more lucid. In meditative breathing you focus entirely on the breath—the rise and fall of your belly, the feeling of air passing through your nose, down your throat, and into your lungs. The mind will often wander away from this simple focus, and the task is to gently bring it back. The ultimate goal in meditative breathing is inner peace. The goal of the calming breath is less exalted: to turn down the natural panic response in order to think coherently and restart the logical part of your brain.
I've used meditative breathing to stay calm in a number of anxiety-inducing situations. Once, on the face of a mountain in Tibet, my camp was almost avalanched. My partner and I heard the sickening roar of a massive slide while lying in our sleeping bags. We were scrambling around in our underwear when a rock the size of my head meteored through the tent. Neither of us was hurt—the main path of the avalanche just missed our camp—but we also could not move off the face. We spent the rest of the night lying awake, waiting to be killed. To stay positive, I practiced deep breathing—and managed to stay calm despite my impending execution.
Wilson's cue word is much like a Buddhist mantra. Using the same phrase repeatedly can actually signal your brain to produce calming chemicals such as serotonin, the neurotransmitter responsible for feelings of happiness. Serotonin offsets another neurotransmitter, none other than norepinephrine.
"In a panic situation, our reptilian brain shouts, 'I'm prey! I'm going to die! Run. Run!'" says professor Kathleen Hall, author of Life in Balance: Nourishing the Four Roots of True Happiness and the founder of The Stress Institute in Atlanta. "By using a simple affirmation—'I am in control' or 'I can handle this'—you're telling the brain, 'Nope, that's not the situation.'"
Hall describes this as the quintessential difference between control and powerlessness. Most people who die in the wilderness have lost heart and believe they cannot control the outcome of their predicament. Kodikian and Coughlin are good examples: They so thoroughly convinced themselves that they were helpless they saw suicide and then murder as the only alternatives.
The calming-breath-with-mantra is a method for disarming the alarm system, regaining control, and accurately assessing your reality.
"Once you regain your composure," says Wilson, "you're already halfway out of the woods. The next step is to take a mental inventory. Itemize all those things you have going for you—your strength, your outdoor skills, your attitude. Recognize that you are well-equipped for this challenge."
After an optimistic listing of your intellectual capabilities, observe and inventory your situation. How far are you, honestly, from road? How badly hurt, truly, are you? Will it storm in the afternoon? Will it be a chilly night? With a calm mind, you should be able to distinguish between perceived dangers—darkness, for instance—and real dangers, like a cold, windy rain.
Finally, put it all together—your attitude, your skills, your environment—devise a plan of attack, and then execute it methodically, with a willingness to change course when new information presents itself.
Much of the conventional wisdom regarding panic has come from psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists studying mental illnesses: anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive/compulsive disorder. Notably, the basic physio-psycho mechanisms of panic are the same whether you're panicking in the wilderness from a real threat, or experiencing a reoccurring panic attack caused by a mental condition. But experts say that there are important differences.
"In the backcountry," says Dr. Paul Auerbach, author of Wilderness Medicine and the blog Medicine in the Outdoors, "there are just too many variables. A person may be high-strung and have a low tolerance for uncertainty and for pain—all anecdotal indicators of a person who could panic," he says. "But let's say they're a good swimmer and feel comfortable in the water. Such a person may panic when trapped on a ledge high in the mountains, but might have no problems crossing a raging stream."
Likewise, a person who is afraid of the dark but feels completely comfortable with animals may freak when the sun goes down—and do just fine with a bear encounter. A climber with no vertigo may panic in a situation where she or her partner is seriously injured. Nonetheless, Auerbach believes that anyone who's in a weakened condition— extremely thirsty or hungry or cold, for example—could be more susceptible to panic.
"In extreme hypothermia as well as in extreme hypoxia—both of which can occur simultaneously on a mountaineering expedition—humans tend to become complacent and foggy, rather than panicked," says Auerbach. "Bad judgment is usually what first gets people into trouble. Bad judgment stems from lack of experience, lack of preparation, and faulty thinking. It leads to bad decision-making, which worsens the situation and precipitates panic."
But what if you suspect you're prone to panic? The medical community has drugs for altitude sickness, infections, and pain. Recent studies even suggest that Viagra can stave off some of the effects of altitude. But does it make sense to pack prescription Xanax, a popular anti-anxiety medication, in the first-aid kit?
"Anti-anxiety drugs have been proven to effectively treat anxiety disorders," says Auerbach, "but they're probably not the answer for panic situations in the wilderness. They have numerous drawbacks: They affect each person differently and unpredictably, they require 15 to 30 minutes to take effect, and they often act as a sedative instead of a stimulant."
"I wouldn't want someone afraid to cross a river to pop a Xanax on the bank," Auerbach adds. "It could slow their reflexes. And in the case of a bear encounter, you want the bear to take Xanax. Not you."
According to Auerbach, there are only two field-proven ways to prevent or mitigate panic: 1) Understand the psychology and physiology of panic, along with its symptoms and treatment, so you can quickly recognize the symptoms and immediately implement stress-reduction methods. 2) Train yourself for specific, potential panic situations.
Most of us head into the hills with considerable gear and a sizable set of technical skills. We know how to use a map and compass—because we've practiced it. We know how to set up our tent and light our stove—because we've practiced it. We may even know how to splint a leg or identify the symptoms of altitude sickness—again, because we've practiced. But how many of us practice panic? Not enough. And that's a problem NOLS instructor Schimelpfenig is trying to remedy.
"In our wilderness medicine classes, to practice self-rescue, we'll actually chop a hole in the ice of [Wyoming's] Popo Agie River and ask volunteers to jump in," says Schimelpfenig. "It hurts right away. Their breathing and heart rate skyrocket."
But in this controlled environment, he says, what they learn is that they're not going to die. T
hey learn that they can actually survive in extremely cold water for 5 to 10 minutes. They learn that they have time to think, to override panic, to solve problems and save themselves.
Practicing panic management is rare for most campers, but climbers—often unknowingly—do it all the time.
"Trad climbers [who rely on gear they place instead of existing bolts] have one up on hikers and backpackers," says ranger Montopoli. "They've already experienced panic. They've climbed above their protection, freaked out, and fell—and were caught by the rope. The next time up, they realize that panicking won't help, and they learn to consciously control their minds."
Early in my climbing career, my partner and I used to simulate alpine climbing conditions by intentionally choosing to climb at night. We also purposefully climbed in snowstorms, actually waiting for "full conditions" before setting off into our local mountains. We even played a game we called Options, which entailed mimicking an injury—climbing a route with one hand or skiing on one leg. All of this was intended to teach us to be mentally prepared for life-threatening circumstances on big expeditions. And it's worked. After some 30 expeditions, I can't say I've never panicked, but I can say I've managed to keep a lid on it.
Montopoli warns that no one is immune to panic, not even himself. In the late 80's, he was soloing the east ridge of Disappointment Peak, a craggy, castle-like mountain in the Tetons, and accidentally traversed out onto the sheer north face. The climbing was extremely exposed, and halfway up a fist crack, he began to panic. His first instinct was to push through. "But I knew my arms would pump out and I'd fall to my death," he says. "So I backed down to a little ledge."
Without a rope, Montopoli spent the next several hours working out a safe route up and over the mountain. He climbed up and down the same line repeatedly, going a bit higher each time. Eventually, he summited, and stumbled back to the valley floor.
"The point is, given the right situation, almost anyone can panic," says Montopoli. "The trick is to recognize you are panicking and know how to get a grip before things get bad."
"For all but the most experienced hikers," adds professor Wilson, "when confronted by a threat in the wilderness, you should expect to panic."
Why? First of all, most people don't experience outdoor crises enough in their lives to develop the ability not to panic. Secondly, most of us are conditioned by the media to believe that we're screwed if something goes wrong. Which is utter nonsense. The only stories that make headlines are those with drama and/or death. Our national parks see nearly 300 million visitors a year, and yet there are only about 3,000 search-and-rescue operations annually. For every person who needs a rescue, there are thousands who get themselves into trouble.
"You must believe you have the knowledge and power to help yourself," says Kathleen Hall. Knowing that 99.99 percent of people lost or hurt in the wilderness get out fine is a good start.
Whether you practice panic preconditioning or not, you can still develop your most powerful physiological tool for preventing or managing a panic attack: conscious breathing. Whenever you get anxious, use the calming breath and your mantra. Panic is automatic, autocratic, and instinctual. But if you practice controlled breathing—a bit of modern-day rewiring for the primordial brain—it will become your new instinctive default, your all-purpose escape plan for the next fix you find yourself in.
I'm certain that you'll soon hear about some unfortunate soul who died in the wilds from extreme heat, bitter cold, or getting lost. Read between the lines. Panic probably killed them. But it won't kill you.
Panic Mode
In a crisis, these symptoms will develop faster than you can read this page.
The Brain Command central during a panic attack, your gray matter responds to danger the same way Cro-Magnon's did. It starts with the visual system, which communicates messages (there's a grizzly bear on the trail) to the interpretive cognitive system (that grizzly is big and scary). This signals the amygdala, an almond-shaped organ near the brain's center that responds by igniting a flurry of neural fireworks. The amygdala talks to the hypothalamus, which relays messages to the pea-sized pituitary gland, which tells the adrenal gland to shoot the body up with adrenaline so it can defend itself. Simultaneously, the locus coeruleus gets tipped off, and starts secreting norepinephrine, which in high doses actually restricts the problem-solving areas of the brain.
Lungs and Diaphram Thoracic breathing (short, shallow breaths) amps you up when you should be calming down. Take deep, diaphragmatic breaths (a.k.a. belly breaths) to balance the CO2/O2 levels in your blood.
Heart Adrenaline and a jolt of sugar cause your heart to start pounding and blood pressure to rise. Repeat your mantra ("Relax, breathe. Relax, breathe."), and it should start decreasing soon.
Adrenal Glands These organs, located on top of the kidneys, are responsible for the fight-or-flight feeling. They release a shot of stored up adrenaline (think super-charged Gu) that shocks your system into action.
Stomach and Digestive Tract Don't expect to get the munchies. Your digestive system goes into survival mode, redirecting blood to your big muscles so you can outrun a cougar (theoretically, of course).
Lightheadedness Hyperventilation is the culprit here, making your blood more alkaline. You're still getting plenty of oxygen, but this central-nervous-system response causes you to blow off too much CO2.
Dilated Pupils That grizzly may give you bug eyes, but having them doesn't mean you're taking in more information. Panicking people misread common cues like trail markers, footprints, or roads. Wait for that wild-eyed feeling to pass, and then survey your surroundings carefully.
Sweaty Forehead and Palms Perspiration is the body's way of staying cool while your engines rev up. You'll feel clammy before you start moving again, because your heart rate and metabolism are already increasing.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia. Poe struggled with poverty, bereavement, illness, alcoholism and a hallucinatory imagination. His extraordinary sequence of short stories has profoundly affected western culture since first publication in the 1840s.
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In a flattering V-neck (and V-back) J. Mendel creation that features architectural detailing at the shoulders and a textured finish, Keri steps out at the Critics' Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills.
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Looking straight out of a Miss Dior ad, the face of the brand poses in a summery white Christian Dior dress comprised of a structured top and a flowy sheer skirt, plus black accessories, at the Miss Dior exhibition in Shanghai.
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Normally when we see women in stunning white gowns on the sidewalk in N.Y.C., it's because they're taking wedding photos. But is in this deep-V cap-sleeve creation (with a tie-dye Edie Parker clutch and a Bulgari serpent necklace) because she's headed to the Happy Hearts Fund tribute to the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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We've seen a lot of strong-shouldered dresses, but Diane breaks out a strong-hipped one. She wears the colorful floral Elie Saab design to the Critics' Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills.
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Kelly already revealed that she's "#obsessed", which is a mass of tiny braids adorned with safety pins, but what do you think about the rest of her prints-on-prints ensemble at the Cadillac and Refinery29 launch party in L.A.
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At the X/Y screening during the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland, America matches the carpet in a red crossover dress featuring black accents on the collar, a coordinating belt and matching (major) platforms.
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White on white … on white … on white. is definitely ready for summer in her Three Floor crop top with sheer panels and high-waisted pleated pants, plus a horn-adorned clutch and chain-strap peep-toes, all worn to the Fig at 7th reopening in L.A.
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The lady loves her prints. The TV star breaks out yet another bold patterned dress, this Clover Canyon one featuring stripes and mosslike detailing on the hemline and neckline, plus cutout Aldo pumps, for Google's "Made with Code" event in N.Y.C.
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Uh. Er. Hmm. We're gonna need a minute to find our words after seeing Rumer's interesting crop top, worn with a black maxi and matching shrug at the – wait for it – Free the Nipple fundraiser in L.A.
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An icy metallic Roland Mouret dress shows off smoking-hot figure. She wears the architectural one-shoulder design with Chelsea Paris heels to a photo call for Sex Tape in Barcelona.
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We tend to think of burnt orange as a fall color, but if anyone can convince us otherwise, it's who wears the shade via a strapless satin Vivienne Westwood dress at the Designing Women Awards Gala in N.Y.C.
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Her hair may be sleek and pin-straight, but the sleeves on that Giambattista Valli LBD are bringing serious volume. She adds gold accessories including a delicate belt and Casadei heels for the Designing Women Awards Gala in N.Y.C.
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After we're done talking about Kaley's navy-and-black floral-printed Vera Wang separates and those unique black heels (seen at the designer's store opening in Beverly Hills), can we please discuss what's going on with her hair?
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From the neck up, Kelly is all edge and badassness (yes, it's a word). But everything going on below her partially shaved lavender hair and dramatic cat eye – the floral-print Vera Wang sheath and those sensible heels – is very ladylike at the designer's event in Beverly Hills.
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White-on-white is huge right now and Maggie seems to be aware because she pairs a flowy midi with a strong-shouldered feminine blazer, adding colorful shoes and a red lip for the screening of Boyhood in N.Y.C.
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Is it strange that we think the most noteworthy part of this outfit isn't the bra-baring mint lace crop top or the lavender hair, but rather the extremely wide-leg pleated white Alberta Ferretti pants wears to Licensing Expo in Vegas?
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Not that the singer ever has trouble owning a room, but she perfects that skill in a form-fitting strapless Roland Mouret midi in hot pink while at the Beats Music Sip and Stream with event in N.Y.C.
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Say what you want about Kate and her yellow top, red-brown ruffled shorts (both Sandro) and powder-blue Coach bag at the Summer Party presented by Coach in N.Y.C., but don't say she's afraid of color.
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A sexy dark halter is appropriate to celebrate the final season premiere of a sexy dark show. True Blood's star hits the Hollywood red carpet in a side-revealing Thakoon mini with a looped gold necklace, stacks of bracelets and ankle-strap heels.
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Fear of broad horizontal stripes? Not this woman, who sports a Stella McCartney creation featuring the print on the cutaway dress as well as the bandeau peeking out from underneath. She adds orange Jerome C. Rousseau peep-toes to complete her look at an N.Y.C. screening of Third Person.
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The woman loves an attention-getting gown and this one is no exception. She wears the fiery-red figure-flaunting Pamella Roland design featuring a hint of black at the armpits (that's not her bra showing) to the Taormina Film Festival in Taormina, Italy.
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Uh, was inspired by Rihanna's CFDA look? She vaguely copies it, sporting a sparkly sheer gown that shows off her underwear (but also a bra), plus matching fingerless gloves, of course, at a Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and MediaLink dinner in Cap d'Antibes, France.
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Keri gives us all permission to wear leather skirts in the summer, pairing hers with a nautical tank and a Coach crossbody at the Summer Party presented by the handbag brand in N.Y.C.
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The young actress offers up another type of floral print, this one a very abstract version in black and white, seen on her Christopher Kane mini. She adds a fringe clutch and the ever-present Stuart Weitzman "Nudist" sandals for the Coach event in N.Y.C
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Does the gunmetal Jenny Packham dress remind anyone else of chainmail? She wears the armor – we mean, dress – with its embellished V-neckline and cuffs to the L.A. premiere of Extant.
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Never a dull moment with . She breaks out a black mini with white chain detailing at the neckline and waist, adding gold cap-toe pumps and a choker (because: why not?) to attend the Moschino fashion show in London.
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Temperature-wise, looks so hot. In terms of the other kind of hot, we'll let you make the call on the short-sleeve, ruffled leather DSQUARED2 dress and strappy heels she wears to the Taormina Film Festival in the Italian town.
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Our eyes went to those hot-pink pumps first. They're SJP Collection (of course) and the pairs them with a summery Ralph Lauren dress and a not-at-all summery cropped Christian Dior blazer for the Cosmopolitan Seminar in Cannes.
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The model is out to celebrate the Fragrance Foundation Awards in N.Y.C. and while we're sure she smells good here, we're more focused on how she looks. Chrissy wears a plunging peach Elisabetta Franchi mini with a gold belt and a coordinating Perrin Paris clutch, plus slicked-back hair.
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Looking like her typical badass fashionable self, teams a slouchy black turtleneck with a pleated, mirror-adorned mini and buckled sandals for a cocktail party celebrating the Deisel Black Gold flagship store in London.
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How much can one woman color-coordinate? Let us count the ways. Olivia wears a lace olive-green midi with a white zip-up and a printed cami that picks up shades from the entire outfit including the striped clutch and printed sandals at the premiere of Yves Saint Laurent in N.Y.C.
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Whoa, Coco. In an off-the-shoulder Zac Posen creation featuring layers upon layers of ruffles on the bodice and a formfitting silhouette that opens into a train, the model makes a dramatic appearance at the Fragrance Foundation Awards in N.Y.C.
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Most people would wear low-slung jeans when they want to show off their hip bones, but Kendall is not most people. She chooses a double-slit, crystal-embellished Fausto Puglisi gown (and skips the underwear) at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto.
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If gown seems vaguely familiar, that's because it looks similar to the one she wears on the Grace of Monaco promo posters. She breaks out the dazzling strapless design with its black bow belt and high-low hemline for the movie's premiere in Shanghai.
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In top-to-bottom black-and-white, turns heads with what's on hers: a major fascinator, accessorizing her simple Narciso Rodriguez mini at the Prix de Diane Longines in Chantilly, France.
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Showing off her new bangs and just a hint of skin via a boxy crop top and high-waisted black pants, Jessica adds fuchsia pumps for the afterparty of An Evening of Duets in Toronto.
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Floral prints and peplums may feel done to death, but the young actress breaths new life into the trends with her strapless, crystal-adorned Marni dress in pale pink, which she accessorizes with silver Aldo sandals and a seafoam-green Edie Parker box clutch at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto.
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You might think it's a crop top and skirt, but the actress's look is actually a dress. She wears the summery white-and-blue Vionnet design featuring a lotus flower print, plus strappy Casadei sandals to the One for the Boys Fashion Ball in London.
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Wearing a mini that somehow shows way less leg than her sister's gown, the younger Jenner poses in a beaded orange Nicolas Jebran dress with sheer panels at the MuchMusic event in Toronto. (Does it remind anyone else of those multicolor sand jars you used to make at craft fairs?)
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A touch of lace (on a cutout at the waistline and the hemline) and her major sapphire danglers take Emmy's navy one-shoulder J. Mendel design to the next level at a screening of Comet in L.A.
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A V-neck LWD with a strong shoulder, plus a coordinating oversize clutch and metallic ankle-strap sandals (and not an extension in sight), make up look at the World Food Programme gala in Taormina, Italy.