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It's True: Designer Labels Will Make Your Life Better
It's True: Designer Labels
Will Make Your Life Better
in case you missed it
Apr 9, 2011 9:43 AM CDT

It's True: Designer Labels Will Make Your Life Better

But only if it's obvious you're wearing a designer logo

(Newser) - It's true: Wearing designer fashion will very likely improve your life. But not because the clothes are so attractive, oh no: It's the label that matters. A new study shows that designer logos bring benefits including more cooperation, job recommendations, and even money from others. In one experiment, when presented...

Lady Gaga Makes Fashion Debut at Thierry Mugler Paris Show (Photos)
 Lady Gaga Walks the Runway 
thierry mugler show
Mar 3, 2011 9:15 AM CST

Lady Gaga Walks the Runway

She makes her fashion debut at Thierry Mugler show

(Newser) - Lady Gaga is known for her unconventional fashion choices , so is it any surprise the singer would eventually become a catwalker? Gaga made her runway debut last night at Thierry Mugler's Paris fashion show, wearing two outfits: one black, one white, both involving very tall shoes, according to the Hollywood ...

Dirty Secret of Fashion: It's Racist

Why should fashion be any different than the world, asks a model

(Newser) - Watch almost any runway show in the US and Europe, and you'll find black models in extremely short supply. That's the dirty secret of fashion, say many critics. "The industry is racist. In Milan black girls never work. In Paris it's still the same," British model booker Annie...

Man Bags Linked to Back Trouble

Average bag now weighs close to 14 pounds

(Newser) - "Man bags" aren't just for metrosexuals anymore, but the increase in satchel-wearing has been accompanied by an increase in back problems, experts warn. The bags have largely replaced briefcases, but people cram so many electronic gadgets and items into them that the average bag now weighs close to 14...

Fanny Packs Are Back
 Fanny Packs Are Back 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Feb 13, 2011 10:23 AM CST

Fanny Packs Are Back

And they have a new designer twist

(Newser) - They have names like "hands-free bags," "belt bags," and "apron wraps," but there’s no skirting the truth: Designers are embracing the fanny pack. Though Isaac Mizrahi once said the fanny pack conjured up images of "scary American tourists at the Louvre,"...

Fashion Label Kenneth Cole Misfires With Egypt Tweet

It hijacks Cairo hashtag to promote its new spring line

(Newser) - And the day's award for corporate insensitivity goes to: Kenneth Cole. The high-end fashion label used the #Cairo hashtag—which the rest of the world is using to follow the protests— to get some publicity for its spring collection. "Millions are in uproar in #Cairo," read the now-deleted...

SAG Red Carpet: Who Rocked It?

One notable trend? Baby bumps

(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild Awards are “awards season’s most self-congratulatory show,” writes Fug Girl Jessica Morgan, but that didn’t stop her from live-blogging the red carpet on the Fug Girls' website . Baby bumps were definitely very trendy, as were plunging necklines . Click through some of the...

Meet Andrej Pejic, Fashion's Gender-Bending Star

Rising star is new face of Marc Jacobs

(Newser) - Andrej Pejic is a cross between Cindy Crawford and Kate Moss, with one difference: He’s a man. The 19-year-old is the new face of Marc Jacobs—and a symbol of the changing face of fashion, in which gender-bending “femiman” models are rising to prominence. Pejic, who grew up...

The Decade's Yuckiest Fashion Trends

Crocs are bad. Even worse with socks

(Newser) - Here's a really tough question: What's been more annoying this decade—Jon Gosselin, or the Ed Hardy clothing he cannot seem to stop wearing? The label makes PJ Gach's list of the decade's 10 worst fashion trends. Also on Betty Confidential's list:
  1. Crocs: "Plastic shoes don’t go with
...

The Decade's 12 Most Hideous Dresses

Is that a tutu, Lara Flynn Boyle?

(Newser) - The world has seen a lot of really horrible dresses since 2001. The Huffington Post runs down a dozen of them—click through a few in the gallery or click here for the complete list, including Britney Spears' dreadful matching denim ensemble with Justin Timberlake. In the mood for more...

AMA Fashion: the Good, the Bad, the Wacky

We've got really long trains, super wide shoulder pads, and more

(Newser) - Yeah, yeah, yeah—Justin Bieber took home the top prize last night at the American Music Awards. But more importantly, who looked hottest on the red carpet? Radar offers up a list of the best, worst, and wackiest fashions. Browse through a sampling in the gallery or click here for...

Google Debuts Fashion Shopping Site
Google Debuts Fashion Shopping Site
Nov 17, 2010 4:13 PM CST

Google Debuts Fashion Shopping Site

Store can learn your taste, visualize options

(Newser) - Google is looking to make its mark on an unexpected sector of business: fashion. The experiment comes in the form of an e-shopping website called Boutiques.com . The site is multi-faceted, combining the stores of hundreds of virtual boutiques organized either by designer or "curated" by celebrities, bloggers, and...

Germans Rail Against Sexy Oktoberfest Outfits

Updates on traditional trecht garb annoys Bavarians

(Newser) - Oktoberfest has exploded from a provincial southern German celebration to an internationally celebrated phenomenon, and a lot of Bavarians can’t stand it, the Wall Street Journal reports. “It’s become like Mardi Gras—it’s appalling,” says one Munich tailor. She, and many fellow residents, are especially...

Mark Zuckerberg, Fashion Icon?

 Mark Zuckerberg, 
 Fashion Icon? 
OPINION
Sep 29, 2010 10:43 AM CDT

Mark Zuckerberg, Fashion Icon?

Surprisingly, yes, writes Rebecca Dana

(Newser) - In The Social Network , Mark Zuckerberg explains that Facebook is like fashion—but he could be talking about The Social Network itself. Deep down, it’s “a fashion flick,” writes Rebecca Dana for the Daily Beast . Sure, Zuck’s entire wardrobe appears to consist of sweatpants, hoodies, and...

Fashion Designer Unveils Spray-On Clothing

(Newser) - Spanish fashion designer Manel Torres has created a new line of clothing that molds to your skin—literally. The "fabric"—made up of short fibers mixed with a polymer, which is then mixed with a solvent—is sprayed directly onto the skin, drying instantly. While the idea may...

Court: Hoisting Saggy Pants Not Illegal Search

Officer was trying to conceal, not reveal, when she found gun, court rules

(Newser) - Beltless criminals beware: if a police officer has to haul up your pants, it's a "wardrobe assist," not a search, even if he does find a gun, according to a Minnesota court. The court was told that a suspect's baggy jeans slid to his knees when he was...

What Not to Wear in Court
 What Not to Wear in Court 
Sep 2, 2010 11:32 AM CDT

What Not to Wear in Court

It should go without saying, but miniskirts? No.

(Newser) - Not sure how to make a good impression at your next court appearance? ( We’re looking at you , Lindsay Lohan.) The Wall Street Journal gets advice from the experts. It (hopefully) goes without saying that cleavage-baring tops are a no-no, but one expert also warns against loud patterns,...

Prince Charles: Save the World, Wear Vintage

Fashion world needs to reduce waste

(Newser) - Fashionistas can do their bit for the planet by wearing more recycled clothes and natural fibers, Prince Charles writes in Vogue . "Fashion clearly makes people feel good, but now it has to do the world good, too, by contributing to the creation of a virtuous circle, with nature protected...

Guys, Don't Forget Your Girdles

'Shapewear' helps men slim down

(Newser) - You'll find them under the hip new names like "shapewear" and "compression shirts" but make no mistake—men's girdles are a fashion force. Though bearing little resemblance to their old-fashioned female counterparts, shirts such as Spanx for Men and garments by Equmen—"Equality for Men"—accomplish...

Shredded Clothes Are the Future of Fashion

They're a sign of the times, apparently

(Newser) - If the idea of purchasing pre-shredded clothes seems silly, get used to it...this trend isn't going anywhere. Not only that—it could be a "signpost" with the "staying power to shape the future of design," writes Ruth LaFerla in the New York Times . At least that's...

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