NewsFeed’s Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion. Self Censorship. These “Embarrassing Photo Protective Sunglasses” let you look like those tacky women who have their eyes blacked out in magazines. For those of you who want to label yourself a loser. [BoingBoing] Talented and Thoughtful. Justin Bieber says his
Continue reading …Less than one month after the royal wedding, retailers have produced knockoffs of Kate and Pippa Middleton’s gowns. (via Windsor Knot) ABS by Allen Schwartz, the retailer famous for turning around Oscar dresses overnight, has produced three dresses from the April 29 event: both of Kate’s wedding gowns, as well as Pippa’s maid of honor
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A new fashion has swept northeastern Mexico where men are hitting dance floors wearing sequined cowboy boots with pointy toes so long they curl up toward the knees. (May 18)
Continue reading …It started with one man walking into a cobbler’s shop in northeastern Mexico (as so many stories do). He asked for custom-made boots with curled toes so long that the most flamboyant genie would have writhed with envy. Then he wore them out and danced like no one was watching. And all of a sudden
Continue reading …“It” bags tend to be supple and often feature elaborate chains and buckles. But Queen Elizabeth has turned that definition on its head by making understatement—and a hard frame—hot again. (PHOTOS: The World Watches the Royal Wedding) Launer London, one of the Queen’s favorite British labels, has seen sales of its traditional handbags soar 60%
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Supermodel Naomi Campbell and editor of Italian Vogue, Franca Sozzani, look relaxed on Cannes Majestic Beach as they discuss Fashion for Relief’s Japanese fundraiser and Naomi’s up-coming birthday fun. (May 16)
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Mutant pointy cowboy boots _ part Aladdin, part Las Vegas _ created a fashion craze that spread from one northeastern Mexican town. (May 16)
Continue reading …Fashion Friday: Princess Beatrice’s Fascinator For Sale and Other Style Scoop
May 13, 2011 No CommentNewsFeed’s Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion. Fascinator for Sale. Princess Beatrice’s pink fascinator stole the show at the Royal Wedding and became an overnight Internet meme. Now, the young royal is using that attention for a good cause, auctioning off her head piece on eBay for UNICEF
Continue reading …Leave it to a diet company to conduct a poll that has no point other than to make women feel worse about themselves. (via Daily Mail) Diet Chef, a UK diet food home delivery company, surveyed 2,000 women about the age at which it becomes inappropriate for females to wear certain items of clothing. Results
Continue reading …The obsession with the Duchess’ style continues unabated. (via Daily Mail) The latest product to feel the effect of the Middleton touch are the black patent leather espadrille wedges worn by the Duchess the morning after her April 29 nuptials. Designed by British label L.K. Bennett, the wedges have been a staple in Kate’s wardrobe
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