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  • June 2008

    • Only Black Is Beautiful in Italian Vogue

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 9:03 AM CDT

      Only Black Is Beautiful in Italian Vogue

      (Newser) - Black women spend $20 billion a year on clothes, but the fashion world still harbors a racial prejudice that keeps women of color out of the big glossies. Now noted photographer Steven Meisel has teamed with Italian Vogue to produce a special issue, in which all the models are black and all the articles address black women in the arts. The New York Times reports on the issue's genesis. More »

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      fashion  • Vogue  • Naomi Campbell  • black women  • fashion industry

    • 10 Summer Intern Success Tips

      Vogue  |  Jun 10, 08 12:58 PM CDT

      10 Summer Intern Success Tips

      (Newser) - Heads up, summer interns. Vogue passes along advice from fashion publishing, design, and PR insiders for making a shining impression (hint: It's not about you): Think creatively, dress conservatively: Leave the flip-flops at home. Don't play it too safe; a little flair shows the boss you have a sense of style. More »

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      list  • fashion  • Vogue  • etiquette  • job interviews  • office workers

    • Michelle Obama: Dressed for Success

      New York Times  |  Jun 7, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      Michelle Obama: Dressed for Success

      (Newser) - When Barack Obama declared victory in the Democratic race this week, his wife was also drawing some attention, the New York Times reports. Sporting a $900 sleeveless purple number, Michelle Obama looked primed to be first lady—just not first hostess. “The purple dress, the legs that I have to believe were bare, all say, ‘I’m here to do business,’” one beauty expert said. More »

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      Barack Obama  • fashion  • Michelle Obama  • first lady

    • Even Tie-Makers Have Stopped Wearing Them

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 4, 08 7:53 AM CDT

      Even Tie-Makers Have Stopped Wearing Them

      (Newser) - American men have been ditching their business-attire neckwear for a decade; now even tie-makers are getting in on the open-collars revolution, reports the Wall Street Journal . The industry association for US tiemakers, hit by the double-whammy of foreign competition and casual Mondays through Fridays, is calling it quits this week. And tie-makers aren't wearing their own wares, even in public. More »

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      fashion  • clothes  • clothing  • trend  • neckties

    • Pharrell Sets Menu for Fashion Plates

      Paper  |  Jun 2, 08 8:31 PM CDT

      Pharrell Sets Menu for Fashion Plates

      (Newser) - NERD frontman Pharrell Williams has lent his Midas touch to more than just hip-hop, Erica Kennedy writes in a Paper profile. The multi-tasking taste-maker boasts luxe clothing and jewelry lines, and friendships and collaborations with assorted style icons. "Pharrell doesn't buy something because it's fashionable," says one comrade in charms. "Pharrell makes fashion." More »

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      fashion  • hip-hop  • Louis Vuitton  • bling  • Anna Wintour  • Marc Jacobs  • Pharrell Williams

    • The Man Who Put Women in Pants

      Washington Post  |  Jun 2, 08 11:29 AM CDT

      The Man Who Put Women in Pants

      (Newser) - Yves Saint Laurent wasn’t just another designer. The man who died last night at 71 was an icon who forever changed the way women dress, Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post . Start with this: Saint Laurent put women in pants. His elegant designs let women swagger like men, giving them “the sartorial equivalent of chutzpah.” More »

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      fashion  • fashion designer  • Yves Saint Laurent

    • Yves Saint Laurent Dead at Age 71

      AFP  |  Jun 1, 08 6:23 PM CDT

      Yves Saint Laurent Dead at Age 71

      (Newser) - Twentieth-century fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent died today at his home in Paris, AFP reports. The reclusive designer, who was battling illness, said when he retired in 2002 that he had “always given the highest importance of all to respect for this craft, which is not exactly an art, but which needs an artist to exist.” More »

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      fashion  • Paris  • Algeria  • Christian Dior  • Yves Saint Laurent

  • May 2008

    • 'Project Runway' Winner to Dress Whoopi for Tonys

      E! Online  |  May 27, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      'Project Runway' Winner to Dress Whoopi for Tonys

      (Newser) - Flamboyant "Project Runway" winner Christian Siriano—he of the "bi-level fashion hawk" updo—describes himself as a "musical theater kid who loved costumes." For his next challenge he'll be right at home, then, designing Whoopi Goldberg's outfits when she hosts the Tony Awards next month in New York City, reports E! Online. More »

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      New York City  • fashion  • Whoopi Goldberg  • Project Runway  • Tony Awards

    • Celebrity-Mad Moms Shell Out for Designer Baby Duds

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 10, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      Celebrity-Mad Moms Shell Out for Designer Baby Duds

      (Newser) - Sales of designer baby clothes are booming as parents keep a close eye on what the offspring of the famous are wearing, the Wall Street Journal reports. Stores are getting cleaned out of outfits after pics appear of a celebrity tot like Suri Cruise wearing them. More »

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      celebrity  • fashion  • baby  • babies  • clothes  • Suri Cruise  • children's clothes

    • Donatella to Hillary: Dresses Are OK

      New York Post  |  May 8, 08 3:48 PM CDT

      Donatella to Hillary: Dresses Are OK

      (Newser) - Don't say fashion and politics don't mix—Donatella Versace thinks one way Hillary Clinton can revive what's left of her campaign for president is to soften her look, the New York Post reports. "She could dress a little more feminine. She doesn't have to wear pants to show she is strong. She can wear a dress," the fashionista says. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • New York City  • fashion  • fashion tips  • Donatella Versace

    • 'Steampunk' Blends Romance, Technology

      New York Times  |  May 8, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      'Steampunk' Blends Romance, Technology

      (Newser) - A growing number of youthful romantics, disenchanted with the coldness of contemporary culture, are turning back the clock to a quasi-Victorian age in a movement known as Steampunk, the New York Times reports. Followers of the trend, which one designer calls “the intersection of technology and romance,” celebrate a bygone sense of wonder by dressing in waistcoats and corsets and collecting gramophones and diving bells. More »

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      fashion  • clothing  • lifestyle  • trend

  • April 2008

    • Sect Style: Flamboyant Modesty

      Washington Post  |  Apr 27, 08 11:19 AM CDT

      Sect Style: Flamboyant Modesty

      (Newser) - The women’s clothes from the Texas polygamist compound call to mind both Little House on the Prairie and prison garb. Yet there’s something elaborate, or even flamboyant, in the carefully crafted styles that set these women so distinctly at odds with modern culture, writes Robin Givhan in the Washington Post. In a sect that uses cell phones and sneakers, why not jeans and zippers? More »

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      fashion  • polygamy  • child custody  • Yearning for Zion ranch  • Mormon  • Mormonism  • fundamentalism  • style

    • Fashionistas Sporting Specs, Even With 20/20 Vision

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 26, 08 6:08 PM CDT

      Fashionistas Sporting Specs, Even With 20/20 Vision

      (Newser) - Eyeglasses are no longer just for the optically challenged: Fashionistas everywhere see them as the latest must-have (eye)piece and are stocking up on non-prescription glasses to match every outfit, the Wall Street Journal says. Seeing wasn’t believing for one man who underwent Lasik surgery but continues to sport his specs. “It’s a fashion statement,” he said. “It’s my signature.” More »

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      fashion  • Lasik eye surgery  • Drew Carey  • eyeglasses

    • Louisiana Pockets Ban on Droopy Drawers

      Times-Picayune (New Orleans)  |  Apr 23, 08 10:27 AM CDT

      Louisiana Pockets Ban on Droopy Drawers

      (Newser) - A proposed ban on saggy pants didn’t fly in Louisiana, where a Senate panel rejected the legislation as a violation of freedom of speech, reports the Times-Picayune . “This is a situation that is disgusting and needs state attention,” insisted the state senator pushing the bill. “I have the right to walk down the street and not see your dirty drawers.” More »

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      fashion  • Louisiana  • state legislature  • baggy pants

    • Dior Vogue Shoot Is Cats Pajamas for Hello Kitty

      Reuters  |  Apr 21, 08 2:45 AM CDT

      Dior Vogue Shoot Is Cats Pajamas for Hello Kitty

      (Newser) - The newest icon to model the latest Dior designs is short, pudgy, and has stubby legs and facial hair. But that doesn't seem to bother Dior designer John Galliano, Reuters reports. The ubiquitous Japanese cartoon character Hello Kitty will be featured in the upcoming issue of Japanese Vogue— sporting new Dior duds, posing with Galliano and going me-owt shopping in Paris. More »

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      Japan  • fashion  • Vogue  • Christian Dior  • Hello Kitty

    • France Moves to Outlaw 'Inciting' Thinness

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 15, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      France Moves to Outlaw 'Inciting' Thinness

      (Newser) - France’s lower legislative body today approved a law banning the promotion of anorexic behavior, the Guardian reports. Applicable to magazines, advertising and the web, the law can impose up to a $47,000 fine and two years in prison for “excessively inciting others to deprive themselves of food." Directed chiefly towards pro-anorexic websites, the bill could have broad repercussions for fashion. More »

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      France  • fashion  • legislation  • eating disorder  • anorexia  • body image

  • March 2008

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