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OPINION

Aug 12, 2010 9:40 AM CDT

Sasha Obama: Style Icon

At 9, she's already inspiring girls everywhere

(Newser) - As Michelle Obama was getting criticized for taking a lavish trip to Spain—while wearing designer clothes—her 9-year-old daughter was emerging as an icon of reasonably priced style. From her $25 rainbow bathing suit to the $75 outfit she wore to meet the Spanish royal family, Sasha "was...

Toddlers
Squeeze Into
Skinny Jeans

Aug 12, 2010 4:42 AM CDT

Toddlers Squeeze Into Skinny Jeans

Diaper-friendly styles for kids setting retail trend

(Newser) - Chubby diaper-wearers and skinny jeans don't sound like a great combination but retailers say their lines for little kids are selling fast. Adult-style clothes for kids, including skinny jeans for tots as young as 3 months, have been helping keep the children's apparel sector healthy amid declining sales elsewhere. Retailers...

Michelle Obama Is
No Marie Antoinette

OPINION

Aug 10, 2010 12:10 PM CDT

Michelle Obama Is No Marie Antoinette

America's just upset that she looks so good

(Newser) - Michelle Obama has taken some heat for hitting the beach and sporting a Gaultier dress in Spain over the weekend. One columnist even called her a “modern-day Marie Antoinette.” But they’re missing the point, according to Daily Beast fashion writer Kate Betts. “The real issue is...

Girl Scout Videos Tout Plus-Size Self-Esteem

Aug 6, 2010 10:43 AM CDT

Girl Scout Videos Tout Plus-Size Self-Esteem

Spots aim to address fashion industry pressures

(Newser) - The Girl Scouts have hired four plus-sized models for a new self-esteem campaign dubbed “The Changing Face of Fashion.” In a series of spots that Emili Vesilind of the LA Times calls “viral videos," though that seems overly hopeful, the models talk about their lives and...

Madonna's
Fashion Line
'Underwhelming'

fashion review

Aug 3, 2010 9:57 AM CDT

Madonna's Fashion Line 'Underwhelming'

Material Girl line should have been more '80s, says stylist

(Newser) - Madonna’s fashion line, co-designed by her daughter , debuts today—and one celebrity stylist is not impressed. “There are some good pieces but it's a bit one-note,” says Phillip Bloch, who was “underwhelmed” by the Material Girl designs. “I'm surprised Madonna's collection is not more Madonna,...

Nation Barfs Over Miss Aussie Costume

Jul 30, 2010 6:24 AM CDT

Nation Barfs Over Miss Aussie Costume

One critic calls it 'a national joke,' another 'a travesty'

(Newser) - The first problem: High-heeled Uggs. The second: Everything else. The outfit designed to represent Australia at next month's Miss Universe competition in Las Vegas is being blasted as "a travesty" and "a national joke," reports the Telegraph . The ensemble combines Ugg heels with a one-piece bathing suit,...

Where Are the Fashionable Plus-Size Clothes?

Jul 29, 2010 12:40 PM CDT

Where Are the Fashionable Plus-Size Clothes?

Plus-size models are in, but fashions are struggling

(Newser) - Ever since Glamour published Lizzie Miller’s stomach paunch , plus-size models have found themselves in the pages of more and more magazines . Even so, the plus-size clothing market is struggling to catch up: It still represents just 18% of total women’s clothing revenue (even though 64% of American women...

Ladies, Please:
Stop Wearing Capris

Ladies, Please: Stop Wearing Capris

Unless you like the 'cankle' look, put them away

(Newser) - Capri pants have “befouled the landscape for way too long,” and it’s time for you to stop laboring under the illusion that they look attractive, says Ellen Warren. “They make your legs look shorter—and stumpy. Who wants that?” she writes in the Chicago Tribune . In...

Modern Women,
Don't Laugh
at Mad Men
Fashion

Meghan Daum

Jul 22, 2010 1:50 PM CDT

Modern Women, Don't Laugh at Mad Men Fashion

In some ways, you're more oppressed today

(Newser) - Modern women may watch Mad Men and laugh at the cinched waists, gloved arms, and missile-like bras, no doubt relieved they got a pass on the seemingly oppressive fashion era. Hold that thought, writes Meghan Daum. "For all the ways those clothes remind us how far women have come,...

Forever 21
Glamorizes
Teen Pregnancy

OPINION

Jul 20, 2010 12:24 PM CDT

Forever 21 Glamorizes Teen Pregnancy

New maternity line was not a good move

(Newser) - Forever 21, the “fast fashion” chain that became a $2 billion brand by selling cheap, trendy clothes to teens and tweens, recently started…a maternity line. If you’re not already shaking your head, it gets better: The line, called Love 21, “is premiering in five states, three...

Glenn Beck:
Michelle's Dress
an 'Outrage'

Jul 16, 2010 8:49 AM CDT

Glenn Beck: Michelle's Dress an 'Outrage'

Even O'Reilly thinks he's nuts

(Newser) - Glenn Beck is easily outraged, but this is probably a new extreme. Beck appeared on the O'Reilly Factor last night to complain about black liberation theology, Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity, and finally ... the First Lady's dress? In this clip, originally spotted by Mediate , Beck turns into a momentary...

Hot Adult
Accessory:
Silly Bandz

Jul 1, 2010 9:42 AM CDT

Hot Adult Accessory: Silly Bandz

Fad alert! Better buy a pack before they sell out

(Newser) - Thanks to schools banning Silly Bandz and putting them on the national radar, the elastics-slash-bracelets are the hottest new accessory…for adults. “If kids are going crazy over these, I have to have them,” says one 30-year-old who mixes her palm tree and monkey-shaped Bandz with her Rolex...

Wonder Woman
Gets New Look
(With Pants!)

Jun 30, 2010 1:37 PM CDT

Wonder Woman Gets New Look (With Pants!)

DC reboots iconic character

(Newser) - Wonder Woman's days of looking like a patriotic stripper are over. DC Comics will reboot its iconic character this week in Wonder Woman #600, the company announced last night. She'll get a new backstory, and with it a costume that new writer J. Michael Stracynski says will be modern and...

Tony Awards:
the Best,
the Worst,
the Hottest

fashion

Jun 14, 2010 6:07 AM CDT

Tony Awards: the Best, the Worst, the Hottest

Poor Katie Holmes needs a better dress fitter

(Newser) - The Tony Awards were full of bright colors, from Lea Michele’s stunning yellow gown (good) to Angela Lansbury’s blinding red one (bad). Check out some of the best and worst dressed in the gallery, or for more, visit Radar . For last night's winners (Hollywood dominated!) click here...

Hot Trend for Summer: Boots

Jun 6, 2010 3:10 PM CDT

Hot Trend for Summer: Boots

Sales surge as starlets embrace combat-style footwear

(Newser) - They look sweaty and uncomfortable, but make no mistake: Boots are hot—as in trendy—this summer. "It’s a way of saying, ‘I am a tough, cool and bad girl and don’t mess with me,’ and at the same time, women want to stay feminine,...

'Eat Less'
T-Shirt
In Bad
Taste

'Eat Less' T-Shirt In Bad Taste

Urban Outfitters is joking about anorexia?

(Newser) - Urban Outfitters is hawking a new T-shirt featuring a skinny model and the phrase "Eat Less." It's not going over well:

Amelia McDonell-Parry, the Frisky : Another stunt from these guys? "You know what I want? For Urban Outfitters to STFU."
Cleveland Leader : "Perhaps some of

...

What Not to Wear to the Office

summer fashion

Jun 5, 2010 8:02 AM CDT

What Not to Wear to the Office

Skip the shorts, and the stockings

(Newser) - Temperatures are rising and necklines are plunging—but showing too much cleavage can turn you into the office boob. Don't let your summertime sartorial choices tarnish your workplace reputation, writes Anna Post, a rep for the Emily Post Institute, for Reuters . Her fashion tips:

Mix high and low: Pair one

...

Venus Williams
Turns Heads
in Win

French Open

May 24, 2010 6:05 AM CDT

Venus Williams Turns Heads in Win

Patty Schnyder loses, but nobody's looking at her

(Newser) - Venus Williams won her French Open first-round match yesterday, but the spotlight was on what she was wearing—and not wearing. The No. 2 seed sported a lacy black concoction with underpinnings similar to the ones that caused a stir at the Australian Open by creating the illusion that she...

10 Craziest Cannes Outfits

May 21, 2010 10:50 AM CDT

10 Craziest Cannes Outfits

Some celebs wore surprisingly little to film festival

(Newser) - Cannes is, of course, all about the films—but sometimes fashion takes center stage. “Maybe the French are pumping psychotropic drugs into the air, or maybe swanning around the ritzy Riviera just makes people want to get naked; either way, the film festival generally draws crazier, saucier attire than...

Test Driving the Hot
New Short Shorts

Test Driving the Hot New Short Shorts

Best for the young and brave, she concludes

(Newser) - We all know that runway styles don't necessary translate to real life. So do the super-short shorts—OK, hotpants—that designers are churning out (check out a slideshow here ) fall into the for-models-only category? Or can a mere mortal actually pull them off? StyleList staffer Lindsey Schickner took to...