Ok, so maybe it's a little more like ..warm...off the press than hot since E! announced it a bit ago..BUT...if you haven't heard :): there will be a spin-off of Total Divas starting on E! in the fall. It will be called Total Bellas and will follow the day-to-days of Nikki and Brie, as well as Daniel Bryan and John Cena...and their attendant four-leggeds. Since the Twins rocked their time on Total Divas, I can't help but think this show will be equally amazeballs. And naturally, anything that provides more fashion - esp Bellas fashion ;)- for me to savor and discuss is a good good thing in my world! So, bring on the (Total) Bellas!
Edit: The series will premiere on Oct 5!
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It's a rough ride being a wrestling fan...your favorites come and rise and fall and go and return. Brie Bella has recently confirmed her retirement from WWE to start a family. We wish her the very best! She will be sorely missed in the ring...although we're hoping she'll still give us some IG fashion snaps from time to time to satiate our craving for her fabulous style sense. She'll also...gulp...be leaving the cast of Total Divas. Can you even? What's a fashion-wrestling fangirl to do? Other than cry copious mascara tears, wail loudly and worry that life will never be the same, you mean? Well, the Big Dub has, for once, provided some consolation for our devastation. Maryse will be joining Total Divas! Along with her will be Lana and Renee! Woop! Now, that's an influx of fashion design to raise the spirits of even the most overwrought fashionista! So, while we're listening to tear-jerker tunes and sobbing for our lost Brie, we can welcome Maryse and Co. with open arms. How's that for an emotional roller coaster? Told ya it's tough to be a wrestling fan ;)
According to the Powers that WWE, it is time to say good bye to the butterfly belt. I can't deny that I will not miss that horrid pink thing even one teensy bit. Not a smidge. Not a brass farthing. The butterfly belt was intended to represent the metamorphosis of the WWE Women's Division into the Divas' Division...and a sorrier representation could hardly be imagined. Butterflies, though I love them, simply don't conjure up the athletic toughness and fierceness of a lady in the WWE. The debut of that belt was met with some of the harshest criticism I have ever seen...and wrestling fans are not generally known for diplomacy. It was justified. The belt was frilly, a bit silly and waaaaay too pink. At WrestleMania 32, Lita was on hand to unveil a brand new belt. This one is a marked improvement: the pink is gone, the butterfly is gone. The crystal "WW" set on the scarlet background looks like a competitor's belt and something worthy of a WWE woman wrestler. And, like the Diva's belt, it is meant to usher in a new era for the female side of the roster. I can't deny that I feel a bit of sadness over that. I became a wrestling fan just a year before the debut of the butterfly belt, at the very beginning of the growth of the Divas' division from entertainers and athletes to something more. It was the aesthetic of these women as divas which drew me in, because it meant something more than just big muscles and a loud mouth or a sexy fantasy gone public. It meant that these ladies were, indeed, ladies, that they had a girly side. They loved the things I loved: shoes and makeup and most especially, FASHION. It was this concept of the girls that connected me with them and made me respect and honor them, not just as athletes, as comediennes, as fitness inspirations, but also as style inspirations. And that was, and is, a very special dynamic, unmatched in any other area of sport or entertainment because it resides at the intersection of all three. Throughout the blossoming of the division into the Diva era, there were vociferous complaints from fans and the ladies alike that women weren't getting their due, that they could do more. There was a constant clamor for greater opportunity. That opportunity is now here. It's faces are Charlotte, Sasha and Becky: the three marked as the chosen ones by their receiving - and slaying - a match at WrestleMania...and not just the practically regulation Battle Royal, but a real match. The Divas' division is now in the hands of this triumvirate to guide where they will. Based on what we saw this weekend, I have no doubt the course they steer it on will be a bright one indeed, and I look forward to seeing the star of the division ride high for years to come. Yet, they owe something, not just to the greats of the far past -the Moolahs, the Wendi Richters, the Sensational Sherris-, not just to the middle past - the Litas and Trish Stratuses- , but also to those of the near past - the Maryses, the Michelle McCools, the Laylas...the ladies who ran and built the division into Divas, who embraced that epithet and what it meant. They, too, expanded the division. Because of their vision, vehicles like Total Divas and Muscle & Fitness covers, which extend the reach of this division dramatically, are now possible. The Divas' banner ushered in a way to connect to a more feminine side of the wrestling audience in a special way. They made it not only ok, but madly cool, to be a wrestling fan, an athlete and a fashionista too. This was the era I cut my wrestling teeth on, and an era I and many others cherish because of the concept it brought to life. So while Charlotte, Sasha and Becky are leading the charge to still greater heights of wrestling achievement in this new era, I hope they won't forget to borrow a few good things from the Divas era, to keep intact those aspects of Divahood that make the wrestling ring a place where girly girls and fashionistas feel welcome and find inspiration, and to keep reminding newbie wrestling fanchicks that it's fabulous and flawless to be an a$$-kicker and a classy girl all at once. #RealTalk
Iiiiiiiit's almost heeerrre! The Bella Twins are launching their new brand: Birdiebee. If you watch Total Divas, you already know that Brie and Nikki have been working on this for some time and it's finally happening! Birdiebee is a lingerie line created by the ladies with a unique pay-it-forward component. Make sure to follow the brand's official twitter: @birdiebee for as-it-happens info on the launch.
Update 7.30.16: For every pair of undies purchased, the brand will donate one to a girl in need. Brie and Nikki are currently planning a September launch, to coordinate with Fashion Week. Update 3.10.17: Finally, a bit of news! The ladies are working on their branding for this line so that it not only is about the product - the long-awaited lingerie -, but also has a feminine care aspect, offering information and inspiration. They intend to launch the line in Fall 2017. Update 7.16.17: Nikki wore some of the line as part of her ESPY's outfit a few days ago, which seems to confirm the fall launch timeline. Fingers crossed! Update 11.4.17: BirdieBee is here! And shoppable :) More info and link HERE. It is very sadly looking as though Brooke, although still under contract for the moment, is exiting TNA Impact. Sniffle. Sob. Inhale. Inhale. Full-fledged wailing..."nooooooooo!" After rocking the ring and our worlds on a continuous basis, a Brooke-less Impact will be a terrible, horrible, barely endurable thing indeed.Brooke has promised further details on her tough decision via twitter. Until then, we will be suffering in not-so-silence and turning into a die-hard Brooke-WWE shipper (maybe? possibly? pretty please? *hopeful smile*.) Here's hoping whatever she does and wherever she goes, we'll get to share her journey! Best wishes & love from Diva-Fierce, Brooke!
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