After months and months of uncomfortably cold temperatures, historical amounts of frozen precipitation, and dreary grey skies, a new fashion trend has finally emerged: dressing for spring even though it's really fucking cold outside. Which is also a sign that winter has finally caused us to completely lose our shit.
A survey of women in the UK found that women put far more effort into their work attire and often choose a more "professional" look on Mondays. But as the week goes by, they incrementally become more and more casual. Via Daily Mail:
Betabrand is best known as the company that makes fancy sweatpants, interesting boxer shorts and shiny discopants. They're also famous for their Vagina blanket made with Vagisoft technology. But for their new spring collection, they have a different gimmick: using certified smarties to model their clothes.
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Lululemon, that store that gives you the opportunity to pay upwards of $90 to have strangers see your asscrack, is branching out into new asscrack demographics with vary different potentials for asscrack tragedy: men, and children.
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I just got a new pair of sunglasses. This is in no way noteworthy except that I already have around twenty-six pairs of sunglasses. But don't you have that one thing you just keep buying over and over again? Wardrobe overstock?
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If you don't want to overwear your favorite outfit, Real Simple suggests a neat trick: always hang worn or washed outfits on the left of your closet and pick up what to wear from the right.
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Now that temperatures are dropping (or have dropped — I see you, Minneapolis) into their winter depths, shiverers across the country are fighting back with puffy down coats. Unfortunately, the very jacket responsible for saving sanity is also responsible for promoting animal cruelty.
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That synthetic g-string you're rocking all up in your business needs to be trashed and/or burned, because pantalettes are back with a vengeance. Well, according to one woman, but that's a TREND! The Victorian woman's underwear of choice (or maybe just their underwear, period) is apparently very comfortable, very…
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Ladies, this can be yours. (The sweater vest; not the cheese or the man. Sorry.)
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Well, at least it's not a shirt that costs $91,500? At least there's that.
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November brings brisk temperatures and chilly winds, but you can't sacrifice style for warmth! You're gonna need a sharp cover-up. Tailored coats with gold buttons and reversible rain capes? Yes, please.
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Jean Paul Gaultier’s new spring 2014 kids’ collection revealed it's first look — a souped-up tutu that costs $1,200.
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Today Ralph Lauren unveiled the Team USA uniforms for the Sochi Winter Olympics, and every item is made in the United States.
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Ladies, can we talk about how frustrating it is to shop for a bra? Between the insane lack of standard bra sizing and our breasts naturally changing in size and shape every so often, getting the right fit isn't easy. This graphic offers a few pointers to help.
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Nicki Minaj has partnered with Kmart to produce a line of garments that appear to be very very snug. And yet! There's some versatility here. Nicki Minaj offers ensembles for all occasions.
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As part of the Jezebel effort to cover New York Fashion Week, I've spent quite a bit of time staring at beautifully-styled super-thin women gliding down the runway in impossibly gorgeous dresses and flawless makeup. But last night when I was undressing for bed, I got a glimpse of my flabby body and blotchy face and I…
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Last week, Abercrombie announced to its army of cologne-encrusted employees a new crackdown in the company's oft ridiculed appearance guidelines. Gone are the days of creative coiffage, of chunky highlights and ombres; now any and all haircuts and styles must appear "natural" or else you run the risk of getting punched…
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The beginning of September marks not only the start of New York City Fashion Week but the beginning of football season, which means its the ideal time for the NFL and Vogue magazine to hold a party celebrating the marriage of women's clothing and sports.
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When I think of kids clothing retailer The Children's Place, I don't think of sexist Hot Topic for six-year-olds — but apparently the brand has remolded its image in the form of Slutty Skipper.
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Lululemon, like many major retailers before them, likes to pretend that a size 4 is the size of the average woman in the United States. Despite much evidence to the contrary, they cater their overpriced wares to an America that doesn't exist, and have no desire to change their dumb-ass ways. Therefore, I meant what I…
