1. 7 Feb


    7 things CBS won’t let you wear to the Grammys:  Clothing that exposes “bare fleshy under curves of the buttocks and buttock crack”This could be a big problem for that rumored 13th anniversary performance of Sisqo’s “Thong Song.” “Sheer, see-through clothing that could possibly expose female breast nipples”Good news, gentlemen — you can show your “breast nipples” all you want! Clothing that exposes “bare sides or under curvature of the breasts”What about legs, CBS? Who will stop this bare legs phenomenon that’s been plaguing the nation? More…

    7 things CBS won’t let you wear to the Grammys: 

    1. Clothing that exposes “bare fleshy under curves of the buttocks and buttock crack”
      This could be a big problem for that rumored 13th anniversary performance of Sisqo’s “Thong Song.”

    2. “Sheer, see-through clothing that could possibly expose female breast nipples”
      Good news, gentlemen — you can show your “breast nipples” all you want!

    3. Clothing that exposes “bare sides or under curvature of the breasts”
      What about legs, CBS? Who will stop this bare legs phenomenon that’s been plaguing the nation?

    More…

     

  2. 17 Jan


    Vogue publishes fashion spread “celebrating Hurricane Sandy’s first responders,” offends pretty much everyone.

    Vogue publishes fashion spread “celebrating Hurricane Sandy’s first responders,” offends pretty much everyone.

     

  3. 8 Jan


    Chinese model Fei Fei Sun (top left) made history this week as the first Asian model to appear alone on the cover of Vogue Italia. French Vogue reportedly featured a solo Du Juan in 2011, though no British or American Vogue has broken this curious race barrier. 

    10 belatedly groundbreaking Vogue covers

    (Source: theweek.com)

     

  4. 6 Nov


    Obama bling.  Here, 8 surprisingly fashionable pieces of presidential merchandise

    Obama bling. 

    Here, 8 surprisingly fashionable pieces of presidential merchandise

    (via beyonce)

     

  5. 19 Oct


    When it comes to keeping your face warm, most parkas leave you out in the cold. But not the wildly enveloping Matt Nylon Hooded Down Jacket, which zippers over your face, built-in goggles and all, and includes ventilation holes to prevent suffocation. “Although, that could be a better fate than venturing outside in this,” says Andrew Liszewski at Gizmodo. Shipped exclusively from Italy, the coat costs $424 — and, says Liszewski, “the only other cost is your dignity.” From our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products

    When it comes to keeping your face warm, most parkas leave you out in the cold. But not the wildly enveloping Matt Nylon Hooded Down Jacket, which zippers over your face, built-in goggles and all, and includes ventilation holes to prevent suffocation. “Although, that could be a better fate than venturing outside in this,” says Andrew Liszewski at Gizmodo. Shipped exclusively from Italy, the coat costs $424 — and, says Liszewski, “the only other cost is your dignity.”

    From our collection of bizarrely elite consumer products

     

  6. 28 Sep


    New laundry detergent makes your clothes remove pollution from the air In an unusual collaboration of form and function, scientists from the University of Sheffield and designers from the London College of Fashion have teamed up to create a liquid laundry additive, CatClo (Catalytic Clothing), that turns your clothes into pollution magnets using the magic of nanotechnology.  The laundry additive coats your clothes with minuscule particles of titanium dioxide, which, when exposed to daylight, attract nitrogen oxides — a major source of pollution — from the air. You only have to use CatClo once per clothing item, the developers say, as “nanoparticles of titanium dioxide grip onto fabrics very tightly.” The additive can remove 5 grams of nitrogen dioxide a day — the same amount as emitted daily by an average family car, says the University of Sheffield’s Tony Ryan — and the pollutants wash off your clothes the next time you do the laundry. “Not a bad haul for simply getting dressed in the morning,” says Clay Dillow at PopSci. Keep reading…

    New laundry detergent makes your clothes remove pollution from the air

    In an unusual collaboration of form and function, scientists from the University of Sheffield and designers from the London College of Fashion have teamed up to create a liquid laundry additive, CatClo (Catalytic Clothing), that turns your clothes into pollution magnets using the magic of nanotechnology. 

    The laundry additive coats your clothes with minuscule particles of titanium dioxide, which, when exposed to daylight, attract nitrogen oxides — a major source of pollution — from the air. You only have to use CatClo once per clothing item, the developers say, as “nanoparticles of titanium dioxide grip onto fabrics very tightly.” The additive can remove 5 grams of nitrogen dioxide a day — the same amount as emitted daily by an average family car, says the University of Sheffield’s Tony Ryan — and the pollutants wash off your clothes the next time you do the laundry. “Not a bad haul for simply getting dressed in the morning,” says Clay Dillow at PopSci.

    Keep reading…

     

  7. 27 Sep


    Insufficiently fulfilled by tattoos and piercings, Japanese body-art fans are taking things to another level with a bizarre practice called “bagel heading.” As demonstrated on a new National Geographic show called Taboo (video here), a bagel-head artist gives a willing participant the look by pumping 400 cc of saline into his forehead until a large welt forms — then presses a finger into the lump to create a bagel hole-like dent.  The ‘bagel head’: Japan’s strange new beauty trend

    Insufficiently fulfilled by tattoos and piercings, Japanese body-art fans are taking things to another level with a bizarre practice called “bagel heading.”

    As demonstrated on a new National Geographic show called Taboo (video here), a bagel-head artist gives a willing participant the look by pumping 400 cc of saline into his forehead until a large welt forms — then presses a finger into the lump to create a bagel hole-like dent. 

    The ‘bagel head’: Japan’s strange new beauty trend

     

  8. 27 Sep


    Model Karlie Kloss used to have ribs. But fashion mag Numéro used airbrushing techniques to fatten her in their October 2012 issue, perhaps to avoid a “bulimia outcry.”  10 airbrushing controversies

    Model Karlie Kloss used to have ribs. But fashion mag Numéro used airbrushing techniques to fatten her in their October 2012 issue, perhaps to avoid a “bulimia outcry.” 

    10 airbrushing controversies

     

  9. 21 Sep


    Sex sells. And with many magazines struggling to compete with digital demands, some publishers have become more reliant on risqué cover art that might garner buzz and buyers. The latest subversive attempt comes from Conde Nast’s Vogue Hommes International, which features model Stephanie Seymour being choked and fondled by a rapturous Marlon Teixeira.

    9 sexually subversive magazine covers

     

  10. 12 Sep


    “If a supermodel can’t make Project Glass look good, who the hell can?” —Jamie Condliffe at Gizmodo. Google’s computerized glasses found their way onto the faces of models during Diane von Furstenberg’s show over the weekend.  The wearable computers, which run on Android and use a built-in camera to record what the wearer sees, were used to create a documentary called DVF Through Glass, which will be released on the fashion house’s Google+ page Thursday. Can supermodels make Google glasses cool?

    “If a supermodel can’t make Project Glass look good, who the hell can?” —Jamie Condliffe at Gizmodo.

    Google’s computerized glasses found their way onto the faces of models during Diane von Furstenberg’s show over the weekend.  The wearable computers, which run on Android and use a built-in camera to record what the wearer sees, were used to create a documentary called DVF Through Glass, which will be released on the fashion house’s Google+ page Thursday.

    Can supermodels make Google glasses cool?

     

  11. 30 Aug


    PHOTO: REUTERS/Mike Segar A delegate laughs at something hilarious. Of course, you’d have to have a good sense of humor to wear a stuffed elephant on your head. Instead of dangling plush ears, though, this elephant cap has American flags adorned with pins supporting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. The 12 most eye-catching hats at the GOP convention

    PHOTO: REUTERS/Mike Segar

    A delegate laughs at something hilarious. Of course, you’d have to have a good sense of humor to wear a stuffed elephant on your head. Instead of dangling plush ears, though, this elephant cap has American flags adorned with pins supporting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

     

  12. 29 Aug


    Urban Outfitters, you’ve done it again!  The store’s biggest customer pool is the 18-to-24 crowd, followed by the under-18 age group. So it should be no surprise that anti-underage-drinking advocates are incensed at a line of alcohol-related T-shirts being hawked by the retailer and modeled by apparently under-21 female models, just in time for back-to-school shopping. The T-shirt slogans — “I Vote for Vodka,” “Misery Loves Alcohol,” “I Drink You’re Cute,” “USA Drinking Team” — are especially galling because teenage drinking is a worrisome and growing problem that’s associated with sexual activity and decreased condom use, says Sarah B. Weir at Yahoo Shine. “For parents already rattled about kids and booze, it’s a jolt to discover these items when fall clothes shopping with one’s teen or ‘tween.”  11 Urban Outfitters controversies

    Urban Outfitters, you’ve done it again! 

    The store’s biggest customer pool is the 18-to-24 crowd, followed by the under-18 age group. So it should be no surprise that anti-underage-drinking advocates are incensed at a line of alcohol-related T-shirts being hawked by the retailer and modeled by apparently under-21 female models, just in time for back-to-school shopping. The T-shirt slogans — “I Vote for Vodka,” “Misery Loves Alcohol,” “I Drink You’re Cute,” “USA Drinking Team” — are especially galling because teenage drinking is a worrisome and growing problem that’s associated with sexual activity and decreased condom use, says Sarah B. Weir at Yahoo Shine. “For parents already rattled about kids and booze, it’s a jolt to discover these items when fall clothes shopping with one’s teen or ‘tween.” 

    11 Urban Outfitters controversies

     

  13. 22 Aug


    “It’s insensitive to market a $300 shoe to kids and teenagers [when] people are going back to school and struggling to buy school supplies. This is not food, this is not rent, it’s a single pair of sneakers.” —Marc Morial, head of the National Urban League, a major civil-rights group. Nike is hoping that when it says jump, you’ll say how high. The company is preparing to debut the 10th edition of its LeBron James line of sneakers at a suggested retail price of $315, making them the costliest pair of shoes the company has ever produced. Keep reading…

    “It’s insensitive to market a $300 shoe to kids and teenagers [when] people are going back to school and struggling to buy school supplies. This is not food, this is not rent, it’s a single pair of sneakers.” —Marc Morial, head of the National Urban League, a major civil-rights group.

    Nike is hoping that when it says jump, you’ll say how high. The company is preparing to debut the 10th edition of its LeBron James line of sneakers at a suggested retail price of $315, making them the costliest pair of shoes the company has ever produced.

    Keep reading…