Jezebel: camel toe

Eye Of A Needle

Sadie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Meet Cuchini, "a comfortable, light-weight material that adheres to any undergarment...It smoothes the ridges of a woman's mons pubis area providing a smooth and camouflaged appearance..eliminating what is commonly known as "Camel Toe." [RGS]

Charm School Girls Promote Camel Toe

Tracie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST

The whole reason that the ladies from Rock of Love are on Charm School is because they want to refine themselves from their crass ways. On last night's episode, their challenge was to create, manage and style a rock band, and have them perform one song. One team picked a girl vocalist, and when the stylist (a former stripper) was left to her own devices, she actually made the lead singer look as crass as she possibly good, pronounced camel toe and all. The girls didn't see a problem with any of this until the judges told them that they were "uncomfortable" watching her perform in that outfit. So it goes to show that you can take a stripper out of the strip club, but you can't take the stripper out of her fashion sense. Clip above.

Marc Jacobs, The No Country For Old Men Of The CFDA?

Jennifer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Who will win the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Womenswear Designer of the Year award, the "Best Picture" of fashion? The nominees are: Marc Jacobs, Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein, and Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough of Proenza Schouler (who tied last year with Oscar de la Renta.) Bets? [WWD, sub req'd]
Oooh and Fran Lebowitz will emcee the awards themselves on June 2. [Fashion Week Daily]
Ok, so now Waris Dirie is saying she was abducted and assaulted while she was missing in Brussels. And treated like "prostitute" by police. She originally said she was just, like, lost. Her manager says she was in shock. [Telegraph, Yahoo]
And what is Erin Fetherston's latest short film about? "Zooey [Deschanel] plays a tramp who eats a magic mushroom and finds herself with a group of fairies." Of course she does. [Fashion Week Daily]
Whoah is Posh going to guest-design for Roland Mouret? Whoah. [Fashionista]

Model Erin O'Connor sprained her ankle! Why God created blogs: "The thought of not being able to wear teetering heels for a sustainable period fills me with dread! Think of a vicar without a dog collar...a bus driver without a bus??? Eek, you know elevation and a well-turned ankle are all essential requirements in this job. I suppose, to look on the bright side one doesn't need one's heels to write one's blog on the laptop." [Vogue UK]
Another woman takes the reigns at a fashion design house: Hannah MacGibbon, 38, will debut her first collection as lead designer for Chloe this October in Paris. [WWD]
ELLE's creative director Joe Zee is getting his own column in the ladymag, entitled "Style A to Zee." Ha ha ha how terribly clever! But yet, also familiar! Oh, right. [Fashion Week Daily]
Victoria Beckham: Frowns on skinny jeans for men. [DNR]
Helena Christensen is going to be "designing" for Tocca. And by that they mean she's going to "recreate" an old design of theirs and put her name on it. [WWD, sub req'd]
What did Donna Karan give her daughter Gaby for her birthday? A bicycle! How...Donna Karan of her! [Fashion Week Daily]
This month Madonna is styled as a boxer for the cover of the new, improved Interview magazine...and she's also styled as a boxer for the cover of Dazed & Confused. Huh. [Chic Report]
Victoria's Secret latest beauty line seems to be aimed at teens. Um, as opposed to everything else they sell? [BellaSugar]
Ksubi denim founder George Gorrow thinks the internet is "kind of a crock." Cosign. [Sassybella]

Tim Gunn Makes Conflict-Of-Interest Case Work

Jennifer — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:30:00 EST

Tim Gunn is taking some conflict-of-interest heat regarding a recent column he wrote OK! magazine. (Tim writes for OK!? How declasse!) When advising a reader about what jeans are best to fit most bodies, he steered the reader towards Liz Claiborne and Lucky Brand. Funny thing is, Gunn just happens to be the Chief Creative Officer of Liz Claiborne. [WWD, 2nd item]
The ads of David Beckham in his Emporio Armani undies don't hit the UK 'til March, but sales for white men's briefs have already gone up 50% since the announcement was made that Beckham's face (and balls) would be tied to the brand. [WWD, 2nd item]
Marc Jacobs on his camel toe costume: "I love being the unexpected, even if that means not moving for the entire night. You just kind of slide in from the front and hang out here. And the fur is all artificial of course, but there is simply too much of it!" Why are we not surprised that Jacobs would be anti-bush? [Fashion Week Daily]

"I wear a piece of Jenni every day," says Skeletor/celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe, referring to newly notable designer Jenni Kayne. [Fashion Week Daily]
When we do spring cleaning, we end up hauling truckloads of old magazines and empty Kombucha bottles to the curb. When Karl Lagerfeld does spring cleaning, the items are curated and then put up for auction. [Vogue UK]
Reverend Run's daughters have a clothing line. It is called Pastry. It is ugly. [FabSugar]
Say what you will about Marc Jacobs, but at least he's using models (and good ones!) for the Louis Vuitton spring advertising campaign. Stephanie Seymour, Eva Herzigova, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Angela Lindvall and Natalia Vodianova are all set to star in the Richard Prince-inspired ads. [WWD, sub req'd]
Uh oh: Why is Elle International Creative Director Gilles Bensimon sending out cryptic, vaguely suicidal-sounding e-mail "postcards" to his friends? [Fashion Week Daily]
Stella McCartney has designed a pleather patent camera bag. It is actually pretty cute. But it's currently on sale for $400 (down from $1,235 originally), which seems like a fuckload of money for a bit of plastic. [GeekSugar]
Kate Moss is the face of the spring Longchamp campaign. She looks hot. Yawn. [Sassybella]
Martha Stewart's infamous former stockbroker/walker Peter Bacanovic is moving on past insider trading and into bling: He has just accepted the title of CEO of Fred Leighton jewelers. [WWD, 1st item]
Krazy Karl: Thinking Russian for next year's Chanel metiers d'art collection. What would Lenin say? [WWD, 3rd item]
John Galliano: Now doing jewelry. We really hope it's pirate-themed. [WWD, sub req'd]
Anyone else find it interesting that not-seaweed yogawear line Lululemon's biggest competitors are Victoria's Secret, American Eagle, and Nike? [The Economist]

Marc Jacobs Likes Camels, Not Pussy

Jennifer — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:15:00 EST

[New York, December 12. Image via Getty.]

Donatella Versace's Possible Catsuit, Definite Discomfort

dodai — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:40:00 EST

[Moscow, November 26. Image via INF.]

Catsuits: It's All Fun And Games 'Til Someone Has To Pee

Jennifer — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:30:00 EST

What's worse? Camel toe or baggy crotch? Fashion writer Hadley Freeman (sorta) raises the question in a very strange story in today's Guardian, in which she goes as far as to insist that the catsuit, that Avengers-era bit of show-everything-yet-nothing apparel, is back. Her proof? Appearances on Kylie Minogue, Heidi Klum, Mary J. Blige and British girl-group sensation Girls Aloud.

But seriously, how can a garment that, as Freeman puts it, puts you in "a faff having to get nigh-on naked every time your bladder runneth over," be "back"? We doubt they will ever be back, frankly. After all, as Freeman says herself, there's just something about a catsuit that makes its wearer think she's "Barbarella [while] the rest of the world is thinking Elvis in Vegas."

Miaow! [The Guardian]
Earlier: Sharon Stone Shows Us More Than We Want To See

Sharon Stone Shows Us More Than We Want To See

Tracie — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:15:00 EST

[Miami, November 10. Image via x17.]

Tyra's "Bodyville" Is More Like "Camel Toe City"

Tracie — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:00:00 EDT

So the first in a two part series dedicated to body imaged, called "Tyra's Bodyville," aired yesterday. Seriously, we know not to have high expectations of the discussions on Tyra at this point. The topics on her show normally interest us, but we mainly tune in for camp value. But this body image thing was extra special, not because she was doing anything particularly progressive or important—even though she really thought that she was—but because of the blatant Mean Girls tactics she employed to pin the women against each other. They were given a set amount of body-type descriptions—one for each woman—and were told to assign them to each other. One of the descriptions was "fat slob." A very thin, outspoken foreign woman was the last to go, so she received it by default. She actually might be our new hero, because she called Tyra out on the phony bullshit of it all, and then when Tyra tried to respond, she hushed her up right quick. It's like, damn girl, you got one giant set of balls hidden in that nude suit.

Tyra tried to make an "Oh no you didn't" type face, but she may have been too shocked to carry it out completely. BTW, you know she's totally wearing Spanx under that thing.

The thing is, the woman actually understood the concept of the exercise and that someone would have to end up with the label, so she repeatedly suggested it for the heavier women, thus, offending them. Because she had the nerve to, you know, actually carry out this retarded game that Tyra concocted, the other girls were gleeful that she ended up with the label at the end.

But for real, there was nothing as offensive as those fucking nude suits. Look at her camel toe! For real, is that a clit hood in there?