Jezebel: Dresses

Colorful, Elegant & Rapunzeltastic Dress Made Entirely From Hair

Whitney Jefferson — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:15:00 EST

What's crimson, blonde, made from 820 feet of hair and perfect for making an entrance? This hair-raising gown, valued at $100,000. Created by Themla Madine, Ryan Edwards, and his team of eight designers from Nico's (as seen on the UK's Big Fat Gipsy Wedding), the tress dress took twelve days to assemble and features over 1500 crystals. Rapunzeltastic!

Crappy Online Knock-Off Wedding Dresses Really Deliver

Whitney Jefferson — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:40:00 EDT

Today Good Morning America dived into the wild world of ordering knock-off wedding dresses from international websites, and surprise! They did not like what they found. More »

Stella McCartney's 'Miracle Dress' Is A Simple Illusion

Whitney Jefferson — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:15:00 EDT

There is a dress so gorgeous, so flattering, so magical that it's causing celebrities to throw caution to the wind and live the major faux-pas that is wearing the exact same ensemble as another celebrity. That dress is The Octavia, a $1600 feat of fashion by Stella McCartney that upon wearing, will make anyone look 2 sizes smaller than they really are. More »

Worth It: Stylish Work Dresses From A Mormon Modesty Site

Irin Carmon — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:20:00 EDT

Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily recommendation of random things that we've actually spent our own money on. These are the things we buy regularly or really like, things we'd actually tell our friends about. And now we're telling you. More »

How To Alter A Thrift Store Dress

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:20:00 EDT

I feel like this happens to me all the time: I'm browsing the racks at the SalvA, skipping past unfortunate housedresses and schmattas of little significance when I spy something astonishing. Something really gorgeous. And this something only costs a few bucks, and I simply must have it. Only problem is, it doesn't quite fit. The dress is too long, it's too short, it's too big, it's too small, the arm holes are too high or they're too low, the waist gapes or the hips are tight, or maybe it just doesn't generally sit "right" — whatever the problem is, the astonishing dress is just not quite wearable as-is. More »

Gross Dress Makes Women Into Urinals

Lisa Wade, Ph.D. — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EDT

The dress below, available on etsy (and covered on regretsy) transforms a woman into … a urinal. More »

How To Be A Good (Or At Least Adequate) Bridesmaid

Anna North — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:20:00 EDT

With Bridesmaids in theaters, it seemed like a good time to address an issue many of you have asked about: how to deal with being a bridesmaid. Below, tips on dress drama, money issues, and much more. More »

Kelly's Saccharine Sherbet: Yay or Nay?

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:50:00 EST

LA, Feb 13: Kelly Osbourne arrives at the Grammy Awards red carpet. More »

Every Rose Has Its Hot Atlantic City Pink Thorn

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:22:00 EST

LA, Jan. 29: Rose McGowan arrives at Entertainment Weekly's celebration honoring the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees at Chateau Marmont.

The Seaweed Is Always Greener

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:35:00 EST

Rome, Jan 29: A model wears a creation by the Italian fashion designer Fausto Sarli for his Spring-Summer 2011 collection during the AltaRoma fashion week. Image via AP.)

Has Kate Middleton Picked A Designer For Her Wedding Dress?

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:00:00 EST

Future Princess Shinyhair was spotted walking into designer Bruce Oldfield's shop in London, fueling speculation that she's picked him to design her wedding dress. Princesses?! Weddings?!? EXPENSIVE SHIT?! My ladyskull is feverishly vibrating with overstimulation. More »

Rihanna Loses Fight With Shredded Roll Of Paper Towels Immediately Before EMA's

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:20:00 EST

[Madrid, Spain, November 7: Rihanna attends the MTV Europe Awards 2010 at the La Caja Magica. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)] More »

Project Runway: "An Unbelievably Tight Race For Hideous."

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:30:00 EDT

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OMG! Couture! And ready-to-wear inspired by couture! Let's jump right into the highlights and lowlights from the runway. More »

Carolina Herrera Presents Strong Looks For Delicate Flowers

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:15:00 EDT

María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1939. She based her luxury clothing line in New York 1980, and dressed luminaries like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In other words: expect classic, pretty, posh, proper ladylike looks. More »

Do Men Find Vintage Sexy? And Do We Care?

Gretchen 'Gertie' Hirsch — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:33:00 EDT

I've been thinking a lot lately about how vintage style dressing is perceived. And I've found myself being given the chivalrous treatment by men while dressed this way - doors are opened for me and elevator buttons are pressed. More »

Anthropologie's Misty Water-Colored Memories

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:03:00 EDT

Remember all those things you forgot? More »

Anthropologie, Translated As A Southern Gothic Novella

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:00:00 EDT

The June Anthropologie catalog looks like a Southern Gothic novel come to life, compete with dilapidated porches, lonesome shores and shoes fit for hardscrabble dusty roads. All that's missing is the story… So we wrote one. More »

J.Crew's Summer Abroad: Sweet Swimsuits, Sharp Shorts & Dreadful Dresses

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:30:00 EDT

Memorial day is the unofficial start of summer, and J.Crew has what you need to kick off the season: Slinky little bathing suits, preppy little shorts, and dresses so hideous you may need to shield your eyes. More »

The Top Ten Dresses Of The Past 50 Years

Jessica Coen — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:20:14 EDT

From an online survey: Third place goes to Marilyn Monroe's white halter from Seven Year Itch. Runner-up: Liz Hurley's safety-pin number from 1994. And the winner is Geri Halliwell's Union Jack mini-dress sported during her Spice Girl Years. [Telegraph] More »

The Pyramid Collection: Shopping For Free Spirits & Black Widows

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:00:00 EDT

The Pyramid Collection catalog promises "myth, magick, fantasy and romance." And it delivers: Vampires, faeries, Regency-era heroines — the gang's all here! More »

March Madness At J. Peterman: Choose Your Own (Artsy) Adventure

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:40:00 EST

Spring has sprung, and if you're looking for dreamy dresses shilled through illustrations and creative writing essays, the J. Peterman catalog is for you! More »

March Anthropologie: A Lush, Tropical Dream With Nightmarish Shoes

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:20:00 EST

Vivid verdant backdrops dominate March's Anthropologie catalog, which showed up in mailboxes last night, and the tropical fever dream carries right into the clothes: Hothouse flowers splashed on swimsuits; palm-leaf print dresses. The shoes, however, should be burned like kudzu. More »

Anthropologie: When You Long To Be A French Gamine

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST

Attention all Amélie wannabes: The January Anthropologie catalog knows that you secretly wish you could be a quirky, insouciant French gamine living in Paris. Or at least: Dress like one. More »

Fall At J. Crew: Romantic Ruffles, Destroyed Jeans, Hideous Shoes

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EDT

Look what blew into town: The August J. Crew catalog, in which "each piece is meant to be affectionately weathered and worn — much like your favorite paperback." But unlike the "destroyed" jeans inside, a paperback won't cost $118. More »

Washingtoniennes Call Dibs On Choice Gowns, Avoid Inaugural Brawls

Sadie Stein — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST

Genius idea: a website is allowing women to register the gowns they're wearing to inaugural balls so no one makes the faux pas of showing up in the same dress. We say: Thank. God. More »

How Should The Obama Daughters Be Dressed?

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:40:00 EST

Fashion-wise, American girls are careening between Meth Belly Pirate Slutoween costumes, bedazzled jean jackets worn with heels and blush and tramps-in-training T-shirts. Since Sasha and Maila Obama are about to become the most visible American girls in the world, WWD wonders, what should they wear? More »

The Wrap Dress Myth: How "Easy" And "Flattering" Is It Really?

Sadie Stein — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:40:00 EST

I came across yet another paeon to the wrap dress this morning — the wardrobe "essential" that Diane Von Furstenberg pioneered in the 1970s, and I started to really think about it. The wrap dress is lauded for being day-to-evening, sexy-but-professional, good-on-any-body, ideal for travel, and timeless. But how true is this, really? More »

Dressed For Success

Sadie Stein — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:40:00 EST

We always like to see a talented blogger make good, so it was with great joy that we heard that Erin McKean is turning the charming A Dress A Day into a book! The novel, The Secret Lives of Dresses, will be told from the perspective of dresses in a shop. Says Erin, "The idea at the beginning was to come up with a coherent narrative that would link the "Secret Lives of Dresses" stories from the blog ... But as I worked on the narrative it went from being just an excuse to string a bunch of stories together to being a story in its own right. Voila: novel." Vintage dresses? Smart writing? Sign us up. [Galleycat] More »

A Tale of Three Dresses

Sadie Stein — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Not long ago, someone gave me a memoir of some woman's life as told through her clothes. It wasn't very good, and the clothes which she used as markers in her life were kind of strange too - lots of silk cigarette pants were involved. Even so, the idea hit home. Some clothes are magical. Although I've had a lot of things in my life, a few have stood out - not necessarily the most beautiful or even the most flattering; just pieces that, for one reason or another, at that moment in my life, were invested with magic, had the power to transform every time I put them on. I'm not talking about 'lucky' things; these items have everything to do with how you feel rather than some arbitrary power. There have, in my adult life, been three main ones. More »

'NY Post' Columnist Finds Some Really Classy Reasons To Dis The Tentdress Trend

Moe — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:02:25 EDT

The New York Post's Farrah Weinstein is not only pals with Victoria Gotti, she is representative of the particular brand of fashion writer that desires to "call the end" of fashion trends she dislikes. And she has set her sights on one very very ubiquitous example: the cute billowy dress trend! Why malign the only trend that keeps us from hating ourselves more than we already do, you ask? Well, for starters, "men don't like it." In particular, one nightclub bouncer in the Hamptons named Michaelangelo L'Acqua (Google: he dabbles in music!) doesn't so much buy the whole "clavicle is the new cleavage" theory of thinness exhibitionism! "I like ass," he says. "I like all types of asses and a pair of jeans that really contours to it. I'm not going to hate on baby-dolls, but nothing beats a good ass." But the real reason Farrah hates them? Because when she wears them, she loses all control of herself:

So I kept eating. And eating. And eating. No jean zipper to worry about. No stomach to stick out. No problem. Wearing this dress, I ate about 2,000 calories more than I normally would.

We Are All Beautiful Skinny Models

Anna Holmes — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:56:22 EDT

We love it when women's magazines do their "dress for your body-type" stories. Glamour magazine did a great one in last month's issue, focusing on bathing suits. And then there's this month's Lucky, which devotes an entire 8-pages to "Summer's Most Flattering Dress Shapes". What are these shapes? Well, glad you asked! For one, there's the floaty trapeze ("makes legs appear slimmer"); the halter sundress ("nothing conceals a tummy better"); the blousy tunic ("makes your hips instantly look nice and lean"); the gathered smock ("slenderizing"); the belted Grecian ("enhance a smaller chest"); and lastly, the sashed v-neck ("great for larger chests"). Six whole dress shapes to choose from! Except, unlike Glamour... More »

Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld Is Not At All Pompous

Jennifer — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:21:30 EDT

Karl Lagerfeld has commissioned 15 contemporary artists to create works inspired by his iconic quilted Chanel bag for a two-year touring exhibit. Kind of interesting how iconic handbags are like the Virgin Mary of now. Maybe in twenty years people will be seeing Hermes Birkin bags in their grilled cheese sandwiches and selling them on eBay. [WWD, sub req'd]

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