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From boots to booties and slippers, Uggs are insanely cute (and comfortable), but they might be a little too expensive for some shoppers. If you’re on a budget, you can find Ugg dupes for less than $50 at Amazon.

For example, this best-selling women’s slipper is a knockoff of the Ugg Tazz Slipper ($130). It looks nearly identical to the Tazz — at a fraction of the price.

The “comfy clog” as one shopper called it, is available in brown, beige and black, and you can wear it inside or outside. Similar to the Tazz, the slipper features a braided rib design, a tumbled leather upper- and a 1.5-inch platform sole.

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The faux-fur slipper is lined with cozy material to keep your feet warm, dry, and comfortable in the cold weather. It’s available in sizes 5-10 but some of the customer reviews suggest sizing up for the better fit.

“Very comfortable for both indoor and outdoor,” reads one customer review. “They have similar quality but less expensive than famous brands. It will be perfect if they can arrive earlier.”

Another shopper wrote, “This platform slipper exceeded my expectations! Super soft and warm inside and definitely cute enough to wear out of the house!”

Amazon has a decent selection of Ugg slipper dupes, such as these $50 booties, which are similar to the Ugg Tasman Clipper ($109.95). The dupe is available in chestnut, beige and black.

Metricfalcon Women’s Slippers Short Ankle Boot

Looking for a fuzzy alternative to the Ugg Scuffette II ($95)? Dearform’s Fireside Slipper is $49.95 at Amazon but if you’re looking for a cheaper option, the fuzzy slippers below are on sale for $19.99 (reg. $35.99). And you can get them in 10 different colors, including the chestnut, apricot, black, coffee, wine, grey, leopard, and two shades of pink.

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It’s official: Bruno Mars is joining forces with Fender to release his first-ever signature guitar.

Launched on Tuesday (Nov. 7), the Limited Edition Bruno Mars Stratocaster pays homage to Mars’ electrifying career with subtle design notes blending vintage and modern.

“I don’t think of myself as a guitar player. I’m more of a frustrated songwriter. Every song is like a puzzle you have to solve, and a good guitar can bring something out of you that can help take you to the finish line. That’s what I wanted from this guitar,” Mars said in a statement of designing the Fender guitar. “It was also important to have a workhorse that I could depend on for performing live and writing in the studio, whether it be rhythm or lead.”

Offered in a brand-new caramel colorway, the limited-edition guitar retails for $2,999.99. It features a sleek, Mars Mocha Heirloom Nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Heirloom Aged Gold Hardware, a 9.5-12-inch compound-radius maple fingerboard with stainless-steel frets, custom-voice pickups, 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo and Deluxe Locking Tuners for “enhanced tuning stability.”

The guitar’s leopard print strap is a nod to Jimi Hendrix and Prince, two of Mars’ guitar heroes.

“We wanted to fashion a guitar that shows Fender’s respect for the artists marking today’s musical hall of fame, as well as displays Bruno Mars’s supernova qualities,” said Justin Norvell, EVP of Product at FMIC. “Bruno has been a tried and true Fender player since the early days of his career and we’re thrilled to include his signature among our roster. Between the all-new finish to the custom-voiced pickups, we’re confident this will be one of our largest signature launches to date.”

With his own Fender guitar, Mars joins fellow recording artists who have been honored with signature guitars including Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Juanes, H.E.R. and Steve Lacy.

The Limited Edition Bruno Mars Fender Stratocaster is available at Fender.com.

Shop the guitar below.

Bruno Mars x Fender Limited-Edition Stratocaster Guitar

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Welcome to Forking Season! HelloFresh and Tinder are teaming up for an epic date night collaboration to help couples get cooking in the kitchen. The meal kit company partnered with the dating app to release “Date Night Delights” recipe series announced on Monday (Nov. 7).

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 Ahead of the official launch of Cuffing Season, Date Night Delights feature a mixture of customer favorites and new recipes like Beef Tenderloin With Cheddar-Gouda Fondue With Asparagus, Fingerling Potatoes, Apple & Baguette; Lemony Spaghetti With Brussels Sprouts Sprinkled With Toasted Panko & Chives; Rosemary Fig Pork Tenderloin With Kale & Sweet Potato Jumble; Pan-Roasted Chicken & Shallot Sauce With Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus & Mashed Potatoes; Grand Cru and Cured Meat Board and (ready-made) White Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake.

Each meal includes perfectly portioned ingredients with easy-to-follow recipes (we’ve tested out a few Date Night Delights recipes and can confirm that they’re easy to make).

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HelloFresh offers quick and easy recipes and flexible subscription plans starting at just $49 per box. To get started click the link below to pick your plan, choose meal preferences, serving size (two or four people) and select a number of meals per week (choose from two meals up to six meals per week). HelloFresh’s most popular meal package lets you get three meals for just $71. And you’re not locked into a contract. You can cancel anytime, skip a week, or change meals as needed.

In addition to the recipe series, HelloFresh and Tinder launched a limited-edition collection of Forking Seasonings available for $14.99 at HelloForkingSeason.com while supplies last. Couples can add some extra spice to the kitchen with sweet and savory, chef-curated spice blend blends: Ignite(cinnamon, cloves, and ginger), Spark(saffron and salt) and Kindle(vanilla and sugar). The spice set comes with tips on how to use the spices in food and drink recipes.

According to data gathered by HelloFresh and Tinder, 81 percent of those surveyed feel that cooking a meal for their partner means the relationship is moving from casual to committed — and that usually happens around the fifth date. Seventy percent of survey respondents believe that cooking with their partner is more intimate than fooling around, 56 percent of those surveyed feel pressure to go all out on dinner dates and nearly a third of respondents feel that cooking together can help lead to long-lasting relationships.

Cooking is also one of the top 20 interests Tinder users add to their profiles and the “Date Night Delights” menu can take some of the pressure off deciding what to cook for dinner dates.

“We were inspired to learn that four out of five Americans agree that a relationship is becoming serious when you start cooking for your partner,” Kirsten Walpert, VP of Brand and Creative, HelloFresh US, said in a press release sent to Billboard. “With food playing such a central role in how couples connect and create memorable moments, we’re excited to be partnering with Tinder to introduce Forking Season and give consumers everything they need to prepare easy and delicious meals at home.”

“When date nights out lead to date nights in, things are getting serious. We know Tinder users are looking for a match to get cozy with this Cuffing Season, from the 96% increase in users talking about ‘Cuffing Season’ in their profile bios. We’ve also found that today’s singles are looking for new date ideas that are more interactive than sitting across from each other in a restaurant,” said Stephanie Danzi, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing at Tinder. “We love this partnership with HelloFresh because these ‘Date Night Delights’ create more opportunities for new couples to get to know each other and unlock a new phase of connection.”

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Family fun for the holidays. Alanis Morissette is used to being center stage but the Canadian singer stepped outside the box in a “heartwarming” new holiday campaign for Gap.

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Morissette, who previously appeared in a 2005 Gap commercial with John Legend, Keith Urban and Jason Mraz, stars in the brand’s latest holiday campaign alongside her husband, Mario “Souleye” Treadway, and their three kids.

“Integrating my family into the campaign made it all the more heartwarming for me,” Morissette told Billboard in an email interview earlier this week.

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“I gently warned everyone that the shoot might be an exercise in organized chaos,” she said of working with her family. “I have a pretty clear boundary between work and personal life. This was an example of us stepping outside of the more private approach we take and allowed for us to express how important relationships are in each of our lives.”

Gap commissioned a group of “gifted individuals” for the campaign, which celebrates the “holiday season as a gift.” Besides Morissette and her family, the campaign features podcaster, author and purpose coach Jay Shetty with his wife, cookbook author Radhi Devlukia; Grammy-winning composer/songwriter and folk artist Diana Gordon; model, singer and actress Rola; Lester Walker, Pierre Serrao and Jon Gray founders of the chef collective Ghetto Gastro; model Florence Huntington-Whiteley; model and designer Elsa Hosk with her daughter Tuuli; and body-positive model Sabina Karlsson with her family.

Staying true to her personal style, Morissette sports loose-fitting, comfortable clothing in the Gap campaign, including men’s ’90s Loose Denim Jeans ($79.95) paired with Gap’s Velvet Boyfriend Shirt ($34). The look matches Morissette’s “androgynous approach” to styling herself.

“I love the idea of combining glam with casual. Haute with leisure, dirty with fancy. This was a perfect example of care combined with mellow, classic pieces. Perfectly set up for personalizing with jewelry pieces or accessories.”

In music news, Morissette released a cover of George Michael’s “Last Christmas” from her holiday EP on Friday (Nov. 3). The four-song EP also includes covers of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” and Christmas carols “Little Drummer Boy” and “What Child is This?”

“I have been obsessed with George Michael my entire life and had the pleasure of meeting him backstage at one of my shows. WHAM! was a favorite band when I was younger,” she explained. “George’s voice (velvet and dreamy) was super inspiring to me,” she explained. “Covering ‘Last Christmas’ is a way to mark the holiday time as well as bow down to George himself.”

The holidays are a great time to catch up on festive music and musicals like Jagged Little Pill. The musical, based off Morissette’s pivotal 1995 album, will be at Toronto’s Princess of Wales Theater from Oct. 24-Nov. 26 and Knoxville, Tenn. from Dec. 5-10.

Jagged Little Pill the musical will head to Sacramento next year along with St. Louis, Orlando, Fla., Kalamazoo, Mich., Charleston S.C., Dallas, Texas and other cities.

“I love that this musical touches on topics that I care about so deeply,” said Morissette. “The emphasis is on healing, connection, the pain of rupture or the loneliness of a sense of disconnection.  And how to remain connected in the face of conflict or challenge or loss. Such a celebration of how we define ourselves as we go along. The musical has the delicate combination of super vulnerable, activism, self-expression and the healing power of showing up with empathy.”

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It’s Mariah Carey’s season! The music icon looks stunning in Victoria’s Secret’s 2023 Holiday Campaign, released on Thursday (Nov. 2).

The “All I Want for Christmas” singer shared photos from the festive campaign on her social media accounts on Thursday. “Celebrating the holidays with @victoriassecret 🎄🍾🎉 #VictoriasSecret,” she wrote.

Carey’s post on X has received more than 2,000 reposts and 17,000 likes and hundreds of glowing comments from fans.

Mariah Carey x Victoria’s Secret

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Carey is seen wearing Victoria’s Secret’s Satin Bow-Tied Corset Top ($79,95), Wicked Unlined Bow Embroidery Balconette Bra ($64.95), Satin Flounce Robe ($69.95) and Gold Sequined Floral Embroidery Underwire Slip ($99.95).

The campaign was shot by photographer Ethan James Green and styled by Gabriela Karefa-Johnson.

Victoria’s Secret’s latest holiday campaign features pieces inspired by the holidays including the Candy Cane Dreams Satin Bow Corset Top and Gold Sequined Floral Embroidery Low-Cut Demi Bra.

The holiday season is just getting started and the Queen of Christmas has been busy spreading joy. After welcoming the holiday season with a viral, ice-melting Instagram video earlier this week, Carey debuted “It’s Time” T-shirts and other holiday gear available in her Amazon Merch shop.

Carey also dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday to promote her upcoming Merry Christmas One And All Tour launching at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel in Highland, Calif. on Nov. 15.

Carey’s 12-year-old twins, Monroe and Moroccan, will be joining her on tour. “They’re gonna do various moments of music-making and merriment,” she revealed.  

During the interview, Carey also reacted to being mentioned in Britney Spears’ top-selling memoir, The Woman in Me. Spears gushed over Carey in the book and shared a story about meeting in her dressing room and snapping a photo together. “I love her,” Carey told Kimmel. “That was super sweet what Britney said about me.”