Rent The Latest Designer Handbag
Next time you’re not sure what to wear to that fancy cocktail party or need a hefty bag to impress the girls, log into www.bagsborroworsteal.com.
Some of you may already know about this Netflix of fashion from the Sex in the City movie. Instead of plunking down hundreds or thousands of dollars for designer bags and […]
Pencil Skirts Are the New Summer Look in NYC
Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham is noted for his honest and direct recording of fashion as it exists on the runways and streets of New York. If you live in Manhattan, you cannot have failed to see him, a narrow-shouldered and youthful-looking man in his 60’s riding his signature bicycle or standing on the corner […]
Is This Model Too Fat?
24-year old beauty and Victoria’s Secret model Karolina Kurkova is being flogged by fashion critics over her appearance in recent days at Sao Paulo Fashion Week, especially after a runway appearance in a bikini. One Brazilian paper blasted her back fat and with cellulite.
The impetus for the stories were two still photos taken at the […]
Marc Jacobs’s New Campaign
Posted by Nina Schloesser
Male model Cole Mohr wears a dress (and carries a handbag) in the Marc by Marc Jacobs fall 2008 ad campaign, shot by Juergen Teller. The Jacobs-Teller collaboration, which began in 1997, is known for having produced some of fashion’s most memorable advertising. The inspiration for this season’s ads may have come […]
Italian Vogue Features Black Models
It’s an open secret in the fashion industry: black models rarely get jobs on catwalks, in magazines and on billboards. According to executives, they do not inspire women to spend money.
Now a counterattack to the racism of the fashion industry is coming from an unlikely source: Italian Vogue .
The NYT reports that for the July […]
Heterosexual Propaganda And The City
I emerged from the darkened cinema after watching the new film version of “Sex and the City” feeling just as beaten-over-the-head with heterosexual propaganda as “Mr. Big” was with white roses. Yes, the relationships between the primary four white women (plus the new addition of Carrie’s black personal assistant — a comforting, mammy-like portrayal by […]
Women Help SATC Soar at Box Office
According to Gawker, Hollywood is apparently shocked that women can affect box office sales; Variety notes that after Sex and the City opened this weekend to the tune of $55.7 million, it shattered decades-old thinking that females — particularly older ones –can’t fuel the sort of big opening often enjoyed by a male-driven event pic […]
Fashion King Yves Sant Laurent Died Last Night
French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent died of a brain tumor in Paris last night at the age of 71.
Over the course of his 50-year career, he revolutionized women’s clothing by breaking down the distinction between masculine and feminine.
Perhaps best known for introducing the “Le Smoking”, a tuxedo for women, in 1966, Saint Laurent considered […]
Eco-Conscious Bra Taps Into Solar Power
Green is in. Looking to hitch a ride on the sustainability bandwagon, lingerie maker Triumph International Japan introduced a solar-powered, eco-friendly, and green (literally) bra in Tokyo last week. Yes, that’s b-r-a. Bra.
Featuring a solar panel around the stomach area, the simply-named “Solar Energy Bra” can generate enough electricity to power up your mobile phone […]
