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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...

Australia Tries to Ban Super Skinny Models

But will it make any difference?

(Newser) - In an attempt to do away with the trend of super-skinny models, Australia will reward designers and magazines that showcase healthier-looking women. Other requirements for gaining the youth minister’s seal of approval include: No retouching of photos in any way that changes body shape, disclosure when photos have been...

Fashion Awards Draw A-List Crowd
 Fashion Awards 
 Draw A-List Crowd 
cfda awards
Jun 8, 2010 10:27 AM CDT

Fashion Awards Draw A-List Crowd

Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors win top awards

(Newser) - Fashion's A-list gathered in New York last night for the Council of Fashion Designers of America's annual awards ceremony. Marc Jacobs won the womenswear designer of the year award, Michael Kors took home a lifetime achievement award, and model Iman was recognized as a Fashion Icon, the Daily Beast reports....

Polyvore Brings Fashion to the People
 Polyvore Brings 
 Fashion to the People 
web trend
Mar 23, 2010 11:33 AM CDT

Polyvore Brings Fashion to the People

Users mix and match on popular fashion site

(Newser) - Call it a sophisticated version of paper dolls or, as one fashion exec does, “the cyber equivalent of the inside of a school locker door”: Fashion site Polyvore is the Web’s latest craze. The interactive site allows users to put together sets—think Agyness Deyn in a Michael...

5 Fashion Week Trends
 5 Fashion Week Trends 
big hair, falling models, celebs
Feb 17, 2010 1:11 PM CST

5 Fashion Week Trends

Not interested in fashion? Check out the falling models

(Newser) - Wondering what you’ve missed so far from Fashion Week? We’ve rounded up five trends to keep your eye on—check out examples of each in the gallery:
  • Wearability: Designers from Derek Lam and Vera Wang to, yes, even Marc Jacobs and Rodarte are offering clothes the average person
...

Models Head to China as Foreign Looks Are Hot

 Models Head  
 to China as 
 Foreign Looks 
 Are Hot   
here come the blondes
Dec 26, 2009 7:16 AM CST

Models Head to China as Foreign Looks Are Hot

Western looks take over runways, ad campaigns, even mannequins

(Newser) - Canadian blondes, Eastern European brunettes, Swiss redheads: Hundreds of Western models are working in China these days, as China's fashion industry looks increasingly to foreigners to make their brands chic. Ad campaigns and runway shows are suddenly looking for variety and attitude that Chinese models don't project, fashion editors tell...

Are Models Skinny Because We're Fat?
 Are Models Skinny 
 Because We're Fat? 
OPINION ROUNDUP
Oct 20, 2009 12:37 PM CDT

Are Models Skinny Because We're Fat?

Column blaming the thin trend on society's obesity gets lots of attention

(Newser) - Robin Givhan's recent Washington Post piece attempting to explain why models are so skinny—"the fatter the general population, the thinner the idealized woman," she wrote—spawned a number of responses in varying degrees of outrage. Read on for a sample:
  • "'The culture' isn't insisting on emaciated
...

Paris Fashion Week Plays it Safe
 Paris Fashion Week 
 Plays it Safe 
SLIDESHOW
Oct 8, 2009 12:30 PM CDT

Paris Fashion Week Plays it Safe

Designers are tamed by recession fears

(Newser) - Thanks to the recession, “disciplined good taste” reigned on the Paris runways this week, leading Bloomingdale’s fashion director to dub the season “terrific, from a commercial point of view, but not so much so that it’s safe and boring.” Guy Trebay begs to differ. “...

LiLo's Fashion Line a Triumph for the Masses

Sure, Lindsay Lohan's collection was dissed—but really, this is how fashion should be

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s fashion debut was “widely panned,” which came as “no surprise, of course.” But though “the looks were inelegant, off-trend, and styled with about as much je ne sais quois as a drunk teen let loose inside a Forever 21,” Erika Kawalek...

Fashion People 'Heartless': Stella McCartney

Designer wonders why the rest of the industry is still using fur and leather

(Newser) - One of fashion’s most famous vegetarians, Stella McCartney talks—a little bit about her rise from “nervous” young designer to successful businesswoman, but mostly about the fashion industry’s lack of eco-consciousness—to the Guardian on the heels of her Paris show. “I think people in fashion...

LiLo's Fashion Debut Slammed
 LiLo's Fashion Debut Slammed 
SLIDESHOW
Oct 5, 2009 9:58 AM CDT

LiLo's Fashion Debut Slammed

Lindsay Lohan's collection for Emanuel Ungaro has few fans, to say the least

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan made her fashion debut yesterday at the Emanuel Ungaro show, and the fact that her acting got the better review shows just how awful it was: “We love Lindsay Lohan—as an actress. Period,” one art director tells the New York Times. “Call the fashion...

Best and Worst of Milan Fashion Week
 Best and Worst 
 of Milan Fashion Week  
SLIDESHOW
Sep 29, 2009 10:48 AM CDT

Best and Worst of Milan Fashion Week

Some collections reflect current industry inertia, but a few rise above

(Newser) - With economic stresses making it more difficult for designers to be creative—and the growing trend of manufacturing being outsourced to other countries—the Italian spring collections in Milan were somewhat “joyless,” but still offered a few standouts, writes Cathy Horyn for the New York Times. The good:...

No One Really Wears This Stuff
 No One Really Wears This Stuff 
Sep 16, 2009 1:41 PM CDT

No One Really Wears This Stuff

Except Madonna, and even she looks 'ridiculous' in runway fashions

(Newser) - For everyone who’s ever looked at runway fashions and wondered, “Would anybody really wear that?” Claire Suddath has the answer: No. New York Fashion Week's over-the-top designs, from clothes befitting a 19th-century French prostitute to “outfits that literally have no armholes” are “a form of wearable...

We Love Justin, Not His Jeans
 We Love Justin, Not His Jeans 
Sep 16, 2009 12:53 PM CDT

We Love Justin, Not His Jeans

For celeb designers like Timberlake, recession means hard times for fashion lines

(Newser) - The latest casualty of the economic crisis: celebrity clothing lines. “Every D-level celebrity who thought they could make a quick buck by designing a handbag or whatever is going to disappear,” Vogue editor Anna Wintour tells the Wall Street Journal. “And I think that's a good thing....

For Spring, Optimism Is In

 For Spring, 
 Optimism 
 Is In 
FASHION REVIEW
Sep 14, 2009 1:31 PM CDT

For Spring, Optimism Is In

Cheerful, charming looks and fun, nostalgic designs are back for men and women

(Newser) - “Optimism is the new black,” with designers “laying on the charm” for the spring 2010 season, writes Booth Moore for the Los Angeles Times. The “colors are cheerful,” fun “prints are making a comeback,” and “florals are being re-imagined in a funkier...

Glamour Goes Plus-Size, Nude Again

Six full-figured models will join beloved Lizzi Miller in the buff

(Newser) - Inspired by the outpouring of enthusiasm (and press, no doubt) over the appearance of plus-size model Lizzi Miller—pooch and all—in its September issue, Glamour will feature a bevy of nude plus-size models in a November spread, insiders tell the New York Post. Miller will be back, joined by...

Olsen Twins Label a Surprise Fashion Hit

(Newser) - With no formal fashion training and a celebrity image that’s more cutesy than couture, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have transformed into unlikely fashion icons, the New York Times reports. Sales of their high-end label The Row are around $10 million—better than many established brands—and they’re expected...

'Real' Model: I Didn't Like the Pic

But even though it's 'not the most flattering,' it is 'real'

(Newser) - The world is still in love with Lizzi Miller, the plus-size model recently featured on Glamour’s page 194—but Miller herself wasn’t a fan of the belly-baring photograph when she first saw it. The 5’11”, 180-pound Miller tells Today, “I’m just like every other girl...

Haute Couture Alive, Kicking
 Haute Couture Alive, Kicking 
Aug 20, 2009 3:00 PM CDT

Haute Couture Alive, Kicking

Though many fear its demise, it still has a few tricks up its sleeve

(Newser) - The death knell is ringing once again for haute couture, as it does every decade or so—but don’t count it out yet, writes Amy Fine Collins in Vanity Fair. Though the house of Lacroix recently filed for bankruptcy and Yves Saint Laurent is gone, haute couture has survived...

Michelle Inspires Shoppers—All the Way to the Hospital

Quest for Talbots dress KOs one imitator

(Newser) - Michelle Obama’s taste for off-the-rack clothes has been a boon for retailers—but occasionally hairy for shoppers. The $169 sleeveless rose-print Talbots dress Obama donned for her Essence magazine cover shoot has become the struggling retailer's best-selling item, the Boston Herald reports. And so anxious was one Dallas shopper...

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