In an article for the San Francisco Chronicle, Sylvia Rubin writes, "Here's the good news about plus-size fashion. The industry is more or less listening to what women want." Eh. Sorta.
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Need a gift for the assclown on your list? Perhaps he'd like this polo shirt embroidered with a pair of breasts. As a bonus, the Washington City Paper's Amanda Hess points out, "they look like balls from far away." [Sexist]
Indian designer M.A. Rhaman created a shirt featuring "emergency condoms" stitched into the collar to help raise awareness about AIDS. Rhaman sent his unique creation to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who thanked him for the outfit via email. [DailyExpress]
A new study says women who bare 40% of their skin (an arm is 10%, a leg 15%) attract the most men. But watch out: any more than that apparently indicates "general availability and future infidelity." [Thewest.com.au]
As Parsons professor and fashion historian Beth Dincuff Charleston tells the Wall Street Journal, "It's a gutsy move to wear ugly clothes." For some women, wearing clothes that invite insults and laughter is well worth the mockery.
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It caused a sensation in my house when my brother emerged from his preppy teenager chrysalis as a full-fledged dandy. My dad, who once went on TV with a "Purina Dog Chow" tee clearly visible through his shirt, was baffled:
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Everyone's favorite Shakespeare-talking, toilet-loving mini-fop, Arlo "son-of-Matthew" Weiner, is back, with his own GQ fashion spread. And he does dishes!
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Derek Lam's Spring 2010 collection is filled with fun prints, a little shimmer, and a mix of soft and bold colors. Over-sized earrings and stars also pop up frequently, and the entire collection comes across as both elegant and fun.
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The Miley Cyrus & Max Azria clothing line has arrived at Wal-Mart, and the items are, in a word, derivative. Miley tells People: "My inspiration for the line is kind of an edgy UK style." Style you have seen before:
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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.
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A friend and I were talking over the weekend and realized there's one place where, sartorially speaking, guys have it harder: choosing summer clothes. Specifically shorts. As she put it, "your only options are really Dandy, Dork, or Douche."
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MSN just ran a gallery titled "What not to wear beyond your teens," excoriating various youthful and undignified trends. But the whole point of being an adult is that you can dress ridiculously if you want! Well, on the weekend.
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"By snapping up rack after rack of cheap, mass-made clothing, we're making ourselves all look alike, trashing the planet, and mistreating our fellow humans." Well, when a person puts it like that, it sounds bad!
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She's fashion's latest muse, and yet...not. Says New York, "There lurks an unspoken, uneasy relationship between the industry and its newest icon." To put it bluntly, Michelle Obama makes fashion feel bad about itself.
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She's fashion's latest muse, and yet...not. Says New York, "There lurks an unspoken, uneasy relationship between the industry and its newest icon." To put it bluntly, Michelle Obama makes fashion feel bad about itself. More »