Jennifer's posts

Some hope, perhaps, for victims of female genital mutilation? A new procedure being pioneered in Burkina Faso is reported to be able to begin to reconstruct the clitoris using "hidden" tissue, thus restoring sexual sensation. We wish the women undergoing this new procedure lots of luck and and hope that they and their… Read more

Truly, all is going to be alright with the world. Or so we are willing to believe after reading this tale of an abandoned baby monkey who was in critical condition when taken in by an animal sanctuary in China. Then, he met a white pigeon, struck up a beautiful friendship, and the rest is history. Shana Tovah! There… Read more

Jen to Anna: "Valentino and I are, like, the same person! Look at this quote he gave in an interview: 'I'm too much of a dreamer. I would love in my mind to see everything around me pink. I hate dealing with war. And I am a great protector of animals.'" Anna to Jen: "Uh, doesn't he use fur in his designs?" [Time]
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The Liz Claiborne company is rumored to be on the verge of selling off four of its brands. And four more are apparently also about to appear on the auction block. All we can think of is the fact that the company's new Chief Creative Officer, Project Runway's Tim Gunn, has four categories for clothing on his new show ,T… Read more

Cate Blanchett is the cover of the October issue of W. And she looks hot. In the dewy, glowy, all-American (all-Australian?) sorta way. Though we also suspect a wee bit of retouching: How else to explain the drenched white blouse and no nipple shots? [Style.com] Read more

Many of us broke the limbs of our Barbies (or, uh, younger siblings) to express our pre-adolescent angst, but Rosie O'Donnell broke her own. In O'Donnell's upcoming memoir, Celebrity Detox, she confesses that she used to break her own bones as a child after her mother's death as a means of assuring herself that she… Read more

As my brotha from another motha, photographer Nikola Tamindzic says, "I am Eurotrash: By default I love Custo!" We couldn't have said it better ourselves. The prints. The colors. All that sparkle. None of it seemed to match. But Nikola (and I suppose his Eurotrash brethren) didn't seem to care. When you can't beat… Read more

It must be difficult to be Zac Posen, feeling the weight of being constantly told that the entire fate of American fashion rests on your young shoulders. As Marc Jacobs becomes downright establishment, Posen is the face, the voice, and the spirit of young American fashion. And last night's Spring/Summer 2008… Read more