September 16, 2011
As fashion week is upon us, it is easy to revel in the beauty of the fabrics, shoes, and hair pieces. But with fashion week also comes the fun of watching the impossibly thin models strutting down the runway. It all seems so desirable when looking in from the outside. But as new reports reveal, ...
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August 10, 2011
I love Kate Moss. There. I said it. I’m out and proud with my love of Kate. She is constantly accused of being a drug-taking, slutty, bad mother and now her latest heinous crime is to install a gym and basement kitchen in her London mansion. She will be spending her own money on the ...
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London riots,
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slut shaming,
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July 8, 2011
Could we be nearing the end of the era of deformed models and digitally skinny celebrities? Hopefully so. Like smoking, the American Medical Association has declared it bad for your health. AMA voted to adopt a policy to “encourage advertising associations to work with public and private sector organizations” to discourage airbrushing or retouching in ...
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weight issues
June 15, 2011
Vogue Italia, the pinnacle of high fashion magazines, just put three plus-size models on its cover and the Brazilian transsexual model Lea T has been making a lot of waves in the fashion world. But don’t be fooled — this doesn’t mean the industry is more accepting of diversity. Carole White, Naomi Campbell’s former agent ...
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Yves Saint Laurent
April 14, 2011
One small step for plastic surgeons, one giant leap for the fashion industry… and one wincing gait for women everywhere. Introducing the “Cinderella Procedure,” a foot operation designed to make wearing high heels less agonizing. Now, not only is it unacceptable to have wrinkles, cellulite, body hair, glasses, B cups, crooked teeth or large labia, ...
February 21, 2011
This is a picture of Andrej Pejic, the latest sensation to strut along the runway. So why is this model so different? He’s a man. The 19 year old had apparently grown sick of men’s fashion when he zipped himself into several dresses for the Paris Couture shows. He has modeled frocks for Jil Sander ...