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• Designer (and husband of Barneys creative director/fashion sage Simon Doonan) Jonathan Adler is selling a needlepoint pillow emblazoned with the pro-ana proverb "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." Which, as Adler should know, is pretty much anorexia's catchphrase. [Racked]

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Today, Oprah aired part two of her Favorite Things episode. The audience was filled with people who knew that Oprah had just taped her "last" Favorite Things episode, and assumed that they weren't getting anything. They were wrong! More »
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"Sooner or later your wife will drive home, one of the best reasons for owning a Volkswagen." Uh oh, then she'll have some 'splaining to do! Waaaah! And did she mention she just couldn't resist that fur coat...? [Vintage-Ads] More »
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What better way to illustrate the changing times than with shrinking hemlines? This Volkswagen ad for the "New Beetle" in China illustrates the new design not with an actual picture of a car but with two women: one from the '60s in a longer dress and one from "today" in a minidress and heavy eye-make up. Wow! Fashions change... which means we need to get a new car that is (probably) too hideous to even be featured in the ad. Too bad advertising trends don't seem to change, because the whole short skirts=innovation (not to mention women=car) is getting kinda old. (Click the picture to view the full-size ad) [AdRants] More »
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