Jezebel: Trends

The Telegraph has unearthed a new "trend" ...

Maria — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:20:00 EDT

The Telegraph has unearthed a new "trend" on YouTube in which young women post videos of themselves begging for sex to get revenge on their cheating boyfriends. Sadly, two of the videos that are evidence of this "trend" are obvious fakes. One video (link NSFW) shows a blonde woman robotically reading from a script and then directing potential suitors to call her at a pay-per-minute phone number, which sounds more like a porn scam than a search for boyfriend revenge. Another video shows a brunette actress named Stacy Cunningham who seems to be performing a screen test, not a search for sex. Welcome to the internet, Telegraph; we should also let you know that your Nigerian Prince isn't going to transfer that 18 million GBP into your bank account any time soon. [Telegraph]

The Daily Express points our attention to ...

Maria — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:40:00 EDT

The Daily Express points our attention to a (supposed) new trend in nuptials: Groomzillas, or grooms who are obsessed with controlling and creating their perfect wedding. However, the requirements for a man to be labeled a "groomzilla" are as simple as a man picking out his own tux (an actual quote: "I initially had an idea of a beautiful crushed red velvet suit, then I found an amazing lavender-coloured designer one") and getting a fake tan before the big day. We think we smell a half-baked We network series in the works. [Daily Express]

Tastes Like Slobber

Maria — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:20:00 EDT

What happens when you cross an over-saturated bottled water market with a Japanese person whose loose understanding of English isn't going to stop them from slapping it on everything? You get Pet Sweat. Mm, sounds...disgusting? Well, we can only hope that this is the result of an English mix-up for water marketed for pets and not, you know, actual bottled sweat from puppies. On second thought, who would buy bottled water for pets anyways? Surely nothing this absurd would happen in America, right? Right? (Image via WOW.) [WOW]

The Gothic & Lolita Bible: Japanese Girls Are Living Dolls

Dodai — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:40:00 EDT

In Japan, the Gothic Lolita trend is pretty huge. In fact, they have a magazine dedicated to the darkly cute (or is it cutely dark?) fashion fad, called Gothic & Lolita. This special issue, the Gothic & Lolita Bible, has everything you need to perfect your look — freaky contact lenses, skirts with stiff crinolines, babydoll shoes and parasols. Step into a world where dark meets light and women are playthings, after the jump.

This little "Lolita" is terrifying, yet sweet. Blue contacts? Check. Orangey-yellow hair? Check. Childlike innocence? Sure.

This is the "gothic" look, obviously. The point is to resemble the doll — right down to the contact lenses!

Here are some contact lens options. The bat design seems perfect for making your parents sigh, "I just don't understand."

The kids hit the street dressed to ~~kill~~ play.

Don't you applaud their ability to commit? Aren't you amazed by the time and effort they put in to getting dressed? I feel really really lazy in comparison. I am wearing elastic-waist track pants.

What, what??????

Imagine a conversation that goes like this: "Honey, I bought you some pants with a ruffled loin cloth attached." "Aw, sweetie, you're the best."

LOL at his pant cuffs.

At least he has the decency to look embarrassed about those shoes.

I could maybe get behind the dresses, and possibly consider the tights, but honestly? They lost me at the bonnets.

Related: Gothic Lolita

The "Baby Doll" Trend: Are You OVER IT?

Jessica — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:30:00 EST

In an article about marketing non-dowager clothes to middle aged women, Wall Street Journal fashion writer Teri Agins reviews Bloomingdales' foray into the boomer market, called "Quotation," a line that wants to "appeal to mature women as well as 20-year-olds." This alone is unremarkable, but what did catch my eye was what Agins ended up buying at her local Westchester Bloomies: "What finally convinced me to try on a blue print nylon mesh baby doll top — a teen trend I had already rejected — was a knowledgeable sales woman, who acted more like a personal shopper than a cashier. I was thrilled the top showed that I had a waistline." Really? it showed that you have a waistline? Because usually "baby doll" tops — the gauzy, billowy things that they are — make women look at least four months up the stick. Anyone with boobs to speak of looks vaguely pregnant in the nursery-inspired looks that are clogging up the racks at most department stores and are you not OVER IT?

Seriously though. We thought the fitted/preppy look was in for this fall, but ladies are still wearing all of this beribboned, shapeless bullshit. Maybe women in their 40s are trying to look younger, but isn't it time to just start dressing like a grown up... Or at least not like a cabbage patch doll?

Boomer Balancing Act [Wall Street Journal]

Will Man Makeup Catch On? We Asked Some Regular Dudes

Jessica — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:00:00 EDT

A fakeish trend piece in Salon today touts a possible "new men's makeup breakthrough," and sites Zac Efron's "love of mancake foundation" along with Pete Wentz's appreciation for "guyliner" as the harbinger of the male grooming revolution. According to writer Kibum Kim, " The cosmetics industry is salivating at the prospect of opening up this still largely untapped market. The global market intelligence firm Euromonitor projects that men's skin care will continue to grow at a torrid rate." Since Efron and Wentz aren't exactly considered idols in my social circle, I decided to ask some regular dudes whether or not they would wear makeup. Of the five guys I asked (four straights, one gay), one hetero said he would wear makeup (and already does!) on a semi-regular basis, one straight said he would wear makeup if he were on TV or were photographed a lot, and the other two straights and the 'mo said hells no.

"I've rocked makeup sometimes" says the concealer-wearing straight guy. "sometimes my girlfriend makes me use something to make the bags under my eyes less fugly and sometimes, as a semi-jest, I have rocked eyeliner." Would he wear the cover-up without his girlfriend's insistence? "yeah, its possible, if I had to look good and didn't and knew no one would know." He's also been known to wear eyeliner on occasion. "It's subtle!" our man insists. The fresh faced gay says "I would be more embarrassed by makeup than a zit." One of the anti-mancake heteros says, "I can't imagine ever buying it." And finally, "No dude makeup. That shit ain't right. Men keep getting better looking with age. It's science."

So what to the ladies think about the uber-metrosexual look? The general consensus was: Not for us. "I have no problem in theory," says one friend of Jez, "but would not want to have sex with someone who wears it." Then I made her look at pictures of Pete Wentz's penis and now she really doesn't want to have sex with anyone who wears mancake or guyliner. The peanut gallery has spoken.

Bronzer gods [Salon]
Pete Wentz: Fall Out (of pants) Boy [Jossip — NSFW]