Just what we need: a $3,200 reminder that marriages fail. Divorcees with deep pockets can now wear an 18-karat gold “divorce ring,” but it’s doubtful the band will ever be as popular as the act of divorce itself. (LIST: Top 10 Perpetual Divorces) First off, it’s $3,200. Second, it looks like gold plastic. Third, most
Continue reading …NewsFeed’s Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion. Perfume Pills. An Australian artist and Harvard biologist teamed up to create Swallowable Parfum, a scent that comes in edible capsule form. [GreenMuze] Karl’s Collaborations Continue. Karl Lagerfeld, creative director of Chanel, is working with Snoop Dogg on a music video.
Continue reading …JCPenney Yanks ‘I’m Too Pretty To Do Homework’ T-Shirt After Online Outcry
September 1, 2011 No CommentJCPenney has just pulled an offensive t-shirt from its website after social-media backlash. Aimed for girls ages 7 to 16, the shirt reads “I’m too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me.” Uh, seriously? Marketing copy for the garment stated, “Who has time for homework when there’s a new
Continue reading …Thursday’s links talk tiny backpacks, tiny changes and tiny trains. But it’s all big fun. Girly Men: Talk about a silly hazing ritual. In Major League Baseball, many rookie relief pitchers are forced to wear adorable girls’ backpacks — yup, like those Dora the Explorer ones. (New York Times) Things They Carry: Annoyed you can’t
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Liberal women may not agree with her politics, but they agree with her hairstyle. In fact, overly photogenic Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachann has a hairdo coveted by women in liberal districts from Los Angeles to New York. Bachmann’s bouncy, flowing locks, in a crisp copper color, are keeping stylists busy with clients who want the
Continue reading …It’s never too early to teach your baby about style. Huggies has just introduced a camouflage diaper that will be sold at Walmart stores across the nation for the next three months. And the army print is more than decorative: for every package of diapers purchased, the company plans to donate a diaper to a
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The AP’s Natalie Rotman talks about MTV Video Music Awards fashion, Britney Spears tribute, and a breaking news of an engagement for Jersey Shore’s JWoww. (Aug. 29)
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The AP’s Natalie Rotman talks about MTV Video Music Awards fashion, Britney Spears tribute, and a breaking news of an engagement for Jersey Shore’s J-Woww. (Aug. 29)
Continue reading …In-your-face celebrity ads may have worked last decade. Andy Roddick reportedly gets paid $5 million every year just to wear Lacoste in competitions. But that no longer seems to make the statement the brand wants. The preppy label of bygone years is hoping get back in the game by attracting fashionable younger shoppers. And it’s
Continue reading …College T-shirt: $19.94. Careless grammatical error: Priceless. Punctuation has become a casualty in Old Navy’s just-launched line of collegiate clothing. The collection, branded “Superfan Nation,” features a line of T-shirts promoting college sports teams, as well as NFL franchises. However, all the collegiate tees read “Lets go!!” minus the necessary apostrophe (though they did manage
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