Tweens on the Runway
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| n recent years, the debate over underage fashion models has reached a fever pitch. Ondria Hardin starred in a sultry Prada ad at 13. An Australian modeling agency recently announced that it wanted 13-year-olds because 16-year-olds were “too old.” And a good number of preadolescents are establishing their modeling bona fides, including the tween daughters of Cindy Crawford and of former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher. Last year, in a satirical look at girl models that wound up less high-minded than exploitative, Vogue Paris featured a 10-year-old named Thylane Blondeau in full makeup, heels, and a navel-bearing dress. |
Alarm Grows Among Dems About Obama’s Chances
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| “You can be stylish and powerful, too. That's Michelle’s advice.” -- President Obama telling graduates to temper but preserve their interest in clothing during his commencement address at Barnard College, a women-only college of New York’s Columbia University. It has taken months of bad news, but Democrats increasingly believe that President Obama might just lose his re-election bid. The latest wake-up call comes in the form of a New York Times/CBS poll showing Republican Mitt Romney in the lead not just among registered voters overall, but with women and independents. |
Who Killed Men's Hats?
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| ... So what happened? Why did guys stop wearing headgear in midcentury America? The turning point, most people say, was John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Before Kennedy, all presidents wore top hats on their first day at work. Kennedy brought one, but hardly ever put it on. Fashionistas say Kennedy, one of our most charismatic presidents, made hats un-happen. And, chronologically speaking, after JFK, guys everywhere, even balding ones like astronaut John Glenn, went topless. But I am the son of a hat designer. And my father, Allen S. Krulwich, had a different explanation. The president who de-hatted America, he thought,... |
Hairstyling pioneer Vidal Sassoon dies at 84 in LA
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| Vidal Sassoon used his hairstyling shears to free women from beehives and hot rollers and give them wash-and-wear cuts that made him an international name in hair care. When he came on the scene in the 1950s, hair was high and heavy — typically curled, teased, piled and shellacked into place. Then came the 1960s, and Sassoon's creative cuts, which required little styling and fell into place perfectly every time, fit right in with the fledgling women's liberation movement. Sassoon died Wednesday at age 84 at his home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, police spokesman Kevin Maiberger said. Officers... |
America, I am in Your Debt
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| To have been given so much—opportunity, life, and liberty—by a country I cherish, and to see it now potentially deteriorate economically, culturally, and politically into the very system that my parents risked their lives to escape, pains me. The torment of watching my mother ingest her own wedding band, though compelling, is no match for the agony I now feel as I watch and listen to the naïveté of a segment of ideologically imbued Americans paint the country I love as the world’s enemy. They relish in casting the U.S.A. as a force of evil and tyranny, while the truth... |
It’s Vogue for the veiled! Turkish fashion magazine created for women who wear headscarves
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| It’s Vogue for the veiled! Turkish fashion magazine created for women who wear headscarves By Katie Silver UPDATED: 00:55 GMT, 29 January 2012 A magazine for the modern, fashion-conscious Muslim woman is proving that when it comes to Turkey, you don't need bikinis, breasts and legs to sell issues. Outraged when he saw photos of transsexuals in a magazine, devout Muslim Ibrahim Burak Birer, 31 decided to create a magazine in Istanbul that would contest the ‘diktat of nudity’. With his friend Mehmet Volkan Atay, 32, he created Alâ, a magazine described as the avant-garde of ‘veiled’ fashion. Alâ, which... |
I need a yarn source- metallic "sparkle" yarn
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| I've got a very successful westernwear product that my company manufactures in the United States. Sparkle is very popular and even a necessity with at least some of the line. Our customer is thrilled with the work we've done and is in the process of greatly expanding the line. They can't keep it in stock. The problem is, we cannot locate a better metallic yarn than just your standard Lurex. It's scratchy, yarn breaks are a problem during manufacturing, so profitability takes a hit whenever we use it. We've tried coverd nylon, no improvement. We've tried importing sheen yarn, but... |
Obama: British pair 'look better than us' (Prez disses First Lady at State Dinner)
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| When it comes to appearances at state dinners, President Obama is keeping score. Mr. Obama was standing with first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday night at the White House when their guests of honor, British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha, arrived for the state dinner on the South Lawn. As Mrs. Cameron stepped out of a town car, Mr. Obama commented, "very pretty." Then he turned to his wife and said, "They look better than us." |
The 10 Best Rick Santorum Sweater Vest Photos
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| Santorum Humor Thread. (Santos supporters will want to move on.) Post funny photos, jokes or quotes about Vesty. Santorum's Dog |
H&M under fire for using model so thin she's been called 'corpse-like'
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| High Street store H&M has come under fire today for its use of a model some have said is so thin as to be 'corpse-like'. The model was used in PR material for the clothing giant's Marni campaign, the latest high profile designer collaboration to be launched by the firm. But some have complained that 26-year-old Aymeline Valade looks 'ready to collapse'. |
French ELLE Article's Racist Remarks Spark Boycott (Blacks didn't know fashion until Obama)
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| If a fashion writer for French Elle is to be believed—and she is not—African-Americans weren't stylish until the Obama family came into office. "For the first time, the chic has become a plausible option for a community so far pegged [only] to its street wear codes," writes Nathalie Dolivo in a post translated from the magazine's website titled 'Black Fashion Power.' And if this sweeping stereotyping and flat-out ignorance weren't already off base, Dolivo goes on to explain why the so-called Obama renaissance of style is so "chic." According to her assessment, it embraces "white codes" while still making... |
Inequality? Michelle Obama Rocks $2K Dress to SOTU
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| Michelle Obama Wore a $2K+ Barbara Tfank Dress to State of the Union “As the President declared his intent to help buoy the 99% (“Asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense,” he declared), his wife dazzled in a cobalt sheath from Barbara Tfank’s resort collection. While reps for the brand won’t reveal the item’s retail price, a similar style from the collection is currently available at Barney’s New York for $2,400.” |
State of the Union style: First Lady wears Barbara Tfank (Moo in blue at tonight's doo)
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| In 2010, she wore red. In 2011, she wore white. So, what did Michelle Obama wear in 2012? A politically-charged, patriotic shade of blue. The First Lady looked regal in a short-sleeved, sapphire-blue, Barbara Tfank dress Tuesday evening for the President's State of the Union address. Tfank, a New York and Los Angeles-based designer, prides herself upon designing pieces that are "timeless." [Snip] The First Lady's hair and makeup looked perfectly elegant as well... and we're dying to see some photos of her shoes. |
Rick Santorum, Candidate and Fashion Guru
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| With hunting season underway, the Rick Santorum campaign will unroll a new variation on his signature fashion item, the sweater vest. Supporters will soon be able to buy Santorum hunting vests in bright orange that proclaim the “right to bare arms,” Mr. Santorum said at a campaign stop in Rock Hill, S.C., on Friday. Associated Press Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum wears one of his trademark sweater vests during a campaign appearance Thursday in Charleston, S.C. (photo at article link) The Republican presidential candidate said his website has already sold close to 1,000 sweater vests in the... |
Magazine editorial reveals shocking disparity between sizes of models and real women
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| A size 6 is now plus size in the fashion world, and most runway models meet the physical criteria for anorexia, according to a report that offers shocking insight into the disparity between models and the real-life women they are purporting to represent. In the January issue of PLUS Model Magazine, plus size model Katya Zharkova and a straight size model are seen in the nude in an attempt to “open the minds of the fashion industry," which is stepping further away from reality, according to PLUS founder and editor-in-chief, Madeline Figueroa Jones. Photo courtesy of PLUS Model Magazine. The... |
From $2,000 dress to $1,000 skirt, Michelle Obama's lavish Hawaii wardrobe revealed
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| Complete title: Well what else would one wear on a $4m break? From $2,000 dress to $1,000 skirt, Michelle Obama's lavish Hawaii wardrobe revealed Michelle Obama successfully managed to rile U.S. taxpayers with her lavish $4m family jaunt to Hawaii this Christmas. But it seems her expensive taste has not stopped there, as her vacation wardrobe has proved to be equally lavish. Though the First Lady has only been spotted on a couple of occasions since arriving in Kailua, Oahu, some sartorial analysis of her fashion choices has revealed that her outfits have been consistently high-end. A classic example, as... |
Philip: Just let me go home! Duke in fighting form after heart scare
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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It would take more than mere heart surgery to shake the indomitable spirit of Prince Philip. Hours after his life-saving operation, he was demanding to be released from hospital. ‘I feel fine’, the irascible 90-year-old told doctors who had carried out an emergency operation to treat a blocked coronary artery. ‘I don’t want to make a fuss. I just want to go home.’ An insider at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire said: ‘He is itching to get out.’ However, it was confirmed that he would remain there for at least another night. The Queen, who flew the 60 miles by helicopter...
The Obamas go to church in style on a Rick Perry Dare!
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| <p>Good citizens of Atlanta, the Obamas were spotted heading off to church via foot from the White House, traversing Lafayette Park to get to St. John's Church for their Sunday services on December 11, 2011 in Washington, DC.</p> <p>The buzz is that President Obama’s stance on religion was on personal attack in a commercial launched by Rick Perry, that claims that Barack Obama has a supposed “war on religion.”</p> |
Ugly Christmas sweaters rise in popularity, price
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| They were once considered quite handsome -- those bulky Christmas sweaters adorned with reindeer, shiny snowflakes and even lights. If you grew up in the 70's or 80's your parents probably have at least one picture of you and your siblings all decked out in a matching set. Probably turtlenecks, if your parents were especially cruel. Those hideous sweaters disappeared for a while, but they've made an ugly comeback in recent years. And you can blame Nancy Schloetel, at least in part. The next time you see someone sporting a Christmas sweater with an Elmo doll, Mariners logo or trio... |
Now we can all get Michelle Obama's look!
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| Now we can all get Michelle Obama's look! First Lady's fashion secrets revealed in first book dedicated to her style Since her husband's inauguration, Michelle Obama's wardrobe has received as much attention in the spotlight as the First Lady herself. In 2009, she was named as one of the world's most beautiful women. The same year, she was awarded a CFDA gong honouring her role in American fashion - and all while wowing a global audience with her grace, elegance and daring style, championing new designers and supporting U.S. business, and her husband, to boot. It comes are no surprise,... |
Who Is John Galt and Why Is He on Lululemon Bags?
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| If you’ve ever wandered into a Lululemon store or perused the website of this purveyor of ultra-hip “yoga-inspired” athletic apparel, you may have noticed that the company is not trying to sell merely a pair of buttocks-compressing pants but a worldview. Even in this age of lifestyle peddlers, when Abercrombie & Fitch lures mall rats with visions of Ivy League insouciance and Apple promises to turn even your clueless dad into a tech-savvy aesthete, Lululemon stands out. Why buy a plain old gym bag when for $128 you can have a Destined for Greatness Duffel? If you’re shopping online, the... |
Are 5in heels a step too far for women's health?
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| They may be the height of fashion – but the health risks will bring you back down to earth with a bump. Five-inch heels are becoming the most sought-after shoes on the high street as shoppers take their lead from celebrities such as Victoria Beckham. |
Fashion Week: Tsai Meiyue Wedding Dress show
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| Some nice wedding dresses for the ladies to consider if you like red. |
Mooshell in Prison Stripes
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| Looks PERFECT! |
Tim Gunn on Star Trek TOS & Gender! Interesting gay take on gender (video)
Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 09:40:37 PM
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| Video link: http://youtu.be/poNilLyCyCs Watch the video all the way. He says some surprising things on gender for a gay man. And he actually notes the differences between men and women, and gender integrity and to accept responsibility for that. And Jennifer Ewing is smoking hot! |
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