Pink Ladies

We now associate it with lady-mags and crap products, but pink was once the color of boys' clothing and battleships. Another fun fact: women supposedly like pink because it reminds us of female genitalia. [Slate, image: JeongMee Yoon]
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Italian Vogue's "All Black" Issue: A Guided Tour
"While tech heads on Friday lined up at the Apple store to buy the latest iPhone, fashionistas evidently hurried to newsstands across New York City to get their hands on the July Italian Vogue featuring all black models," reports WWD. A Condé Nast spokeswoman says the company increased newsstand distribution of the…
Will The July Issue Of Italian Vogue Solve The Black Models Problem?
Ever since we first heard about the "all-black" issue of Italian Vogue, we've been in a tizzy. The magazine has still not hit in New York, but we're making friends with all the dudes at the best newsstands, who are amused as we keep calling. ("What is in this July issue?" asked one vendor. "It's special," we replied.…
Why Cast A Black Actress In Your Movie When You Can Get Mena Suvari In Cornrows?
Today's Los Angeles Times has a story about Mena Suvari, who is starring in a new film, Stuck, by Stuart Gordon. She plays Brandi, a young woman who hits a homeless man with her car late one night, sending him right through the windshield. Brandi panics and drives home (with the guy still in her windshield) and tries…
Color Blind
All black models look the same? Apparently Style.com editors think so! Fashionista's Britt Aboutaleb questions Style.com's ability to "tell the difference between Sasha P. and Gemma" but not between Chanel Iman (a Teen Vogue cover girl!) and Jourdan Dunn. Considering that Style.com is the "online home" of W and Vogue,…
Martha Stewart: Equal-Opportunity Idiot
More proof that black people all look alike to rich, self-involved WASPs. Yesterday, The Office actress and celebrity-spawn Rashida Jones dropped by Martha Stewart's show for a crash-course in Mother's Day present-making. This morning, the fruits of Rashida's labor were revealed, as Martha proudly exhibited the…
