NewsFeed’s Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion. Kim Kardashian Sues Old Navy. The famous-for-being-famous star claims the retailer’s new model looks like her, which might cause confusion about Kardashian’s actual endorsements. [NYP] High Fashion, Low Prices. The first images from Karl Lagerfeld’s collection for Macy’s are out. The
Continue reading …Royal Replica: Kate Middleton’s Wedding Dress and Cake Show at Buckingham Palace
July 22, 2011 No CommentAfter walking down the aisle, plenty of brides wrap their wedding dresses in plastic and consign them to the back of the closet. Not Kate Middleton.
Continue reading …Hot weather? How about heat so extreme it gets downright dangerous. Take a look at some of the hottest spots and cities in the world.
Continue reading …Big news, ladies! Turns out your husbands haven’t been slackers all along. TIME’s cover story this week (available here for subscribers) examines the “Chore Wars” that take place in most modern marriages, where women have long felt the burden of being overworked. Ever since women entered the workforce en masse in the 1970s, they’ve felt
Continue reading …Full disclosure straight off: your writer is a Brit, but that doesn’t mean he can’t poke fun at both sides in this apparent debate. A recent article on the BBC (full disclosure again! This writer worked for the BBC for many years) noted how Americanisms in the English language aren’t a good thing. As the
Continue reading …One of America’s oldest cities is also its most poorly dressed—or so says a new list from GQ magazine. Boston topped the magazine’s survey of America’s 40 worst-dressed cities. GQ even dubbed it the nation’s “Bad-Taste Storm Sewer” (harsh!) and blasted Bostonians’ penchant for Uggs, hoodies and wearing leggings as pants. Los Angeles, at fault
Continue reading …It seems the digital revolution is finally set to hit postal mail. Due to an $8.3 billion loss this year, reports USA Today, the days of Saturday mail delivery may be numbered. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe continued to warn us that snail-mail could be limited to a three-days-a-week delivery within 15 years. When asked about
Continue reading …Delta Airlines announced that it “can no longer afford” to continue service at 24 small U.S. airports, and members of various communities are left wondering how they will fly. All major airlines have been reducing and eliminating service to small cities for several years. But now that Delta — which, because it has merged with
Continue reading …The 61-year-old long distance swimmer readies herself to conquer a dream deferred. After 30 years, Diana Nyad, a former commentator on NPR, will make a second attempt to swim from the shores of Cuba to Key West, Fla. Harsh weather stopped her the first time in 1978. This time, she is backed by modern technology
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