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Why Jeans Are Evil
 Why Jeans Are Evil 
OPINION
Apr 16, 2009 7:47 AM CDT

Why Jeans Are Evil

(Newser) - Across America, men, women, and children are wearing the same pants: jeans. Not only a sartorial crime, the trend is an “obnoxious misuse of freedom,” rails George Will of the Washington Post. Levi Strauss set out to make tough pants for 49ers who spent all day in the...

Boozing Editor Loves New Life on the Wagon

Elle fashionista goes weeks without a drop: 'I love not drinking'

(Newser) - British Elle fashion editor Stacey Duguid knew her drinking was getting to be a problem: “As well as possible health issues, the days I've spent hungover have been some of the most horrific of my life,” she writes in the Daily Mail. But it was a mammoth task....

Michelle's Cover Dress: $126.75

First lady moves from J.Crew to Talbots

(Newser) - Michelle Obama continues to rock recession chic, this time by appearing on the cover of Essence clad in a $126.75 dress from Talbots, E! reports. A Talbots exec said the company sent clothes to Michelle’s stylist after the inauguration, but her appearance on the cover was a surprise—...

Suri Already a Fashion Icon
 Suri Already a Fashion Icon 
Apr 7, 2009 12:18 PM CDT

Suri Already a Fashion Icon

Ralph Lauren is proud to dress tot

(Newser) - At 2 years old, Suri Cruise has achieved a status most celebs only dream of: style icon. Her outfit for a recent playdate with the Beckham boys—a bold mix of blue polka dots with red stripes—was analyzed by aspiring fashionistas everywhere, the Mail reports. And last week, Ralph...

Michelle Takes Style Diplomacy to Prague
 Michelle Takes Style 
 Diplomacy to Prague 
SLIDESHOW
Apr 5, 2009 2:47 PM CDT

Michelle Takes Style Diplomacy to Prague

(Newser) - From sequins to argyle to matching coat-and-dress sets, Michelle Obama's unpretentious but chic style has European tongues wagging, ABC News reports. In her most-watched moment, the first lady outdid former model Carla Bruni, glowing in a black-and-poppy-printed Thakoon Panichgul coat over a stunning pink dress. The French first lady looked...

Michelle's Killing Us: Top US Designers

The big names want to get their threads on the First Fashion Plate

(Newser) - Michelle Obama's sartorial picks have now been hailed the world over, but America's elite designers are grumbling about being snubbed, reports the Telegraph. The first lady has debuted the work of several young designers, both American and foreign, on her European trip—a choice that hasn't sat well with the...

GQ Books Sikh 'Supermodel'
 GQ Books Sikh 
 'Supermodel' 
Apr 3, 2009 11:18 AM CDT

GQ Books Sikh 'Supermodel'

IT worker was discovered last year

(Newser) - An aspiring supermodel who happens to be Sikh will appear in GQ’s Style magazine wearing a turban, the Telegraph reports. Sonny Caberwal, discovered by Kenneth Cole last year, posed in a black dinner jacket with a pink turban and in a white tuxedo with a yellow turban. Caberwal worked...

In Fashion, Michelle Wins Round 1 Over Carla

The winner? Michelle

(Newser) - As fashionistas everywhere watched anxiously, two of the world’s most glamorous first ladies met today in France. High-fashion lover Carla Bruni-Sarkozy would never be seen in the available-to-the-masses brands Michelle Obama sometimes wears (think J Crew). Yet Michelle won the first round of today’s face-off in a cheerful,...

NBC Releases Project Runway to Lifetime

Legal jousting over, show back in summer to face Bravo knockoff

(Newser) - After a nearly season-long hiatus, Project Runway will finally be back on air this summer, the Washington Post reports. In an out-of-court deal, the Weinstein Co. has agreed to pay NBC for allowing the show to move to Lifetime. And—as is common in the fashion world—NBC plans to...

Some UK Advice for US Topshop Virgins
 Some UK Advice for 
 US Topshop Virgins 
OPINION
Mar 31, 2009 2:32 PM CDT

Some UK Advice for US Topshop Virgins

(Newser) - The wildly popular British clothing store Topshop opens its first outpost in New York this week, and Emily Rotberg has advice for uninitiated Americans. First and foremost, “don’t be afraid to push" she writes in the Guardian. "They’re not your friends.” Other nuggets:
  • "Sales
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Newlywed Gisele Dreams of Big Family With Brady

She's 'in that place' now

(Newser) - Though she claims not to fit the “supermodel” label, there is one Gisele Bundchen wouldn’t mind trying on, she tells Harper’s Bazaar: mother. The 6-foot, size-4 Brazilian bombshell recently wed NFL star Tom Brady and is contemplating her next move. “I want to have a big...

Michelle's Muscles Rock: Dowd

First lady's biceps 'symbol of American strength'

(Newser) - With the economy in tatters and the war in Afghanistan looking grim, the “only bracing symbol of American strength right now is the image of Michelle Obama’s sculpted biceps,” Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Though some grumble about her revealing clothing, the first lady’...

Saggy-Pants Debates Just Hot Air

 Saggy-Pants 
 Debates Just 
 Hot Air 

OPINION
Mar 4, 2009 1:51 AM CST

Saggy-Pants Debates Just Hot Air

'Legislative tailors' have their way across America

(Newser) - Legal battles against sagging pants are being waged across the US at an absurd rate, writes Greg Beato in Reason. Detractors argue that exposing large “swathes of underwear” should be banned, particularly because the  style emulates prison attire and to wear them is “to embrace criminality.” “...

Official Portrait of Michelle: Gun Show

First Lady's first formal photo highlights famous arms

(Newser) - The White House released the first official portrait of Michelle Obama today, People reports, and it calls attention to her most famous accessory. No, not the Kennedy-esque double strand of pearls—her rock-solid arms. In the photo, snapped in the Blue Room, the first lady also sports a sleek black...

K-Fed Stitches Together Future in Kids Fashion

Britney's ex in talks with designer to create line of clothes for tots

(Newser) - Having tried his hand at backup dancing, celebrity marriage, and rapping, Keven Federline now plans a venture into the world of fashion design, he tells Women's Wear Daily. K-Fed says he's in talks to create a children’s clothing line, and he plans to spin threads with a more reasonable...

Michelle Breaks Out Killer Accessories: Her Arms

Once again, first lady opts for a summery look in winter

(Newser) - Washington is freezing cold, but last night Michelle Obama strode into Congress wearing a sleeveless dress, her bare arms on display. It's hardly the first time recently she's gone sleeveless, notes Jodi Kantor of the New York Times: from a photo op in the White House kitchen to the...

Oscar Fashion Hits, Flops
 Oscar Fashion 
 Hits, Flops 
SLIDESHOW
Feb 23, 2009 9:00 AM CST

Oscar Fashion Hits, Flops

(Newser) - The red carpet was rolled out once again—who sashayed down it and who clunked her way along? Elizabeth Snead of the Los Angeles Times snarks and sings about this year's Oscar fashion, while Christopher Muther moans about the "battle of the bland" in the Boston Globe.
  • Frozen River's
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Moss Not Preggo, Just Bustier
 Moss Not Preggo, Just Bustier 
GLOSSIES
Feb 17, 2009 10:36 AM CST

Moss Not Preggo, Just Bustier

Model denies rumors, rejoices over boobs

(Newser) - Kate Moss isn’t pregnant, she’s just grown boobs, she tells New York magazine. “I’ve just started wearing bras. It’s a miracle. I am a woman now!” says the model, who can finally fill a B-cup. “Even my friends are phoning me up and...

'Obama Effect' Gives Black Models a Boost

Models see shift away from whites-only runways

(Newser) - The figurative—and sometimes real—"Whites Only" signs in the fashion world are starting to come down in the wake of Barack Obama's election win, male models tell the New York Times. Fashion shows in the US and Europe are starting to more closely resemble the real world's diversity,...

Chicago Retailer Guards First Lady's Closet

Some frown on Ikram Goldman picking Michelle's designers

(Newser) - Michelle Obama may have good fashion sense, but it's Ikram Goldman who holds the lock and key to the first lady's closet, reports the New York Times in a look at their unusual relationship. The Chicago boutique owner ultimately selected four designers—each featured in her store—for the inauguration,...

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