Jezebel: Blondie

Portrait Of A Lady

Anna Holmes — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:10:00 EDT

[Dublin, June 22. Image via INF]

Wall To Wall, People Hypnotized

Hortense Smith — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:20:00 EDT

[Isle of Wight, June 12. Image via Getty.]

Material Girl Builds Brand; Martin + Osa To Close

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST

Madonna got a clothing line. Not with Ed Hardy, but with Iconix — and her juniors' clothes will hit Macy's under the label "Material Girl" as soon as August. Expect a variety of other collections to follow, including eyewear. [WWD]

Sunday Night Wrap-Up

Hortense Smith — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:00:00 EST

This weekend, we learned that there is such a thing as a "married romance", that it's not cool to make fun of ginger kids, and that David Bowie is still the most awesome person ever. More »

Someone Needs To Throw Another Tampon Into The Crowd

Jessica — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:00:00 EST

Every few years someone pens a piece about how women in rock are finally mainstream, pointing to the "emergence" of female singer-songwriters as proof. This weekend, The Telegraph, in an article about the "New Girl Power" in rock, declared that the mainstream music industry "has rarely invested in girls with guitars: it has always preferred them dressed-up and dancing." I'd argue that the rock world has invested in girls with guitars since rock began: At the beginning there were Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, and more recently Sheryl Crow, Annie Lennox, Bjork, Chrissie Hynde, Bonnie Raitt — the list goes on. There have also been loads of successful acts with pretty ladies at the helm, including No Doubt, Garbage, and Blondie. The place where women are still scarce is as part of bands. Besides the Donnas and the GoGos, I can't think of one all-female band that reached the upper levels of the Billboard charts (I'm sure there are others). More »

Victoria Beckham Wants To Rearrange Your Face

Jennifer — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:00:00 EDT

Victoria Beckham's latest professional endeavor is a makeup line called "V-Sculpt," which is supposed to give its users finer features. It launches today in Tokyo. Because Asia is known for its coarse, exaggerated features? Also: what? [WWD, 1st item]