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Here we have pictures of two dresses. One, on the left, was made by Gucci, shown on the runway last spring, and worn by Jennifer Lopez to last year's Met Ball. It's a bright pink halter-neck chiffon gown, with long, trailing ties at the neck that can be tied up almost any which way you want. There's a vertical slit running down the center of the bodice. The other, on the right, was made by Giambattista Valli, and shown on the runway in his Paris couture show yesterday. It's a bright pink halter-neck chiffon gown, with long, trailing ties at the neck that can be tied up almost any which way you want. There's a vertical slit running down the center of the bodice. More »
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Rihanna was sued earlier this year for ripping off the work of photographer David LaChapelle in her video for the song "S&M." In October, Rihanna and her record company settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum after a judge agreed there were strong similarities between certain scenes of the music video and eight of the photographer's photographs. Now Rihanna has a new album, a new single, and a new video — but it looks like the singer is using her same old M.O. More »
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In addition to its history of labor violations, Forever 21 has been sued more than 50 times for allegedly stealing the work of other designers and passing it off as their own. Despite this long legal history, Forever 21 continues to get away with it: The chain has never lost one of these cases in court. More »
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Three years ago, Kristen Hammond silkscreened and sold children's t-shirts reading, "My mom doesn't want your advice." Then, this week, she found a onesie at Target that's nearly-identical, right down to the unusual font. Target has yet to explain. More »
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What a coincidence! Just one day after we posted an exhaustive and comprehensive post titled How To Make An Emergency Maxi-Pad, gynecologist Lisa Masterson from that show The Doctors demonstrated her "special little trick," for making a pad in an emergency. This does indeed feel familiar to us. We're glad we could be so inspirational, and we're sorry our post came without a seriously cringe-worthy video and a bunch of dudes standing around stupefied. More »
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Does this "Courtney Henley" by Australian brand Lorna Jane look familiar to you? Let's see. The sleeves and bodice are dark red, with three wide stripes in pale pink, bright pink, and cream. The color-blocking theme continues with the use of constrasting blue trim around the neck and a blue V-shaped inset of fabric in the front. Hmm. Oh, wait, I know what this reminds me of! It reminds me of the exact same top, which was made by the designer Isabel Marant and shown in Paris this March. What a funny coincidence! More »
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David LaChapplle is famous for his sexy, colorful, highly saturated and fetish-y images; if you saw Rihanna's latest video, "S&M" — with its latex and riotous hues — you may have thought it was a great example of LaChappelle's work. The problem is, he didn't direct the clip. So he's suing. More »
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A post on Pittsburgh's Y108 blog looks familiar. Actually, it looks exactly—as in word-for-word—like our post from last week, regarding questions surrounding Lost. What sideways universe does this blogger live in that something like this is OK? [Y108] More »
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Continuing her business model of biting Oprah, Tyra has announced that her talk show will end its five-year run in spring 2010. Instead, she'll launch Bankable Studios, which promises to bring "positive images of women to the big screen." [People] More »
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Remember Slim Goodbody, the show that aired in the mid- to late-'80s, where the dude wore a bodysuit with intestines on it? Check out the leotard Katy Perry "designed" for H&M. We can't get too pissy, though, because her item is for charity. [Nitrolicious] More »
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A reader writes: "I live in Bangladesh, where the nakshi kantha is a well-known form of folk art embroidery. Through 20 years of hard work, this art has been carefully revitalized in order to provide livelihoods to thousands of otherwise destitute Bangladeshi village women. The designs have been fully researched and documented by scholars, and the products are sold through various NGO retail outlets like Aarong and Kumudini. They are a source of deep pride among Bangladeshis... [and] while surfing the web late last night, I found myself on the Hermes website, looking at their scarves, when one particular design gave me a start. Are Hermes' 'artists' co-opting these indigenous designs for their own profit? Oh, wait, they did add some Hs to the design, so it must be original! Retail price of an actual silk nakshi kantha at an NGO outlet: $5-$15. Retail price of Hermes scarf: $355." (An authentic Bangladeshi nakshi kantha is on the left; Hermes scarf is on the right.) More »
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So we don't know who made the decision to style Johnny Depp's hair for the movie version of Sweeny Todd but we do know that his 'do is channeling the late Susan Sontag. It's her iconic streak! Maybe Depp is trying do pay tribute to the New York intellectual? Click the picture to see the cover shot. [EW] More »
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More trouble in Oprah-author land! The talk show host's new bestselling BFF, Jessica Seinfeld, is being questioned over her guru guide on healthy eating for kids,Deceptively Delicious. Today's New York Times and Wall Street Journal report that Ms. Seinfeld's book bears an uncanny resemblance to a cookbook already out on the market, The Sneaky Chef. Sneaky Chef author Missy Chase Lapine, who initially struggled to find a publisher for her book (published this past April), tells the Times that she's "uncomfortable [that] those unusual combinations that I thought would brand me as a lunatic showed up [in Seinfeld's book], too." Adds her publisher, Perseus' David Steinberger: "We agree that the books appear to be very similar in many ways." More »
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