The Demoiselles

What a refreshing development – Debenhams, a UK retail store, is running a swim campaign by loudly renouncing retouched photos. Yes, selling swimsuits by showing images of models that haven’t had their arms literally shaved off and their waists whittled to unbelievable proportions. Could it really be true? Yes. The store’s windows display large, clear [...]

This weekend, while playing on Gilt, I succumbed to a moment of swooning: The Allure of Women (Gilt, Amazon).  What could be a better coffee table book? I’ll tell you what: The Allure of Men (Amazon). After spending more than a year submerging myself in the murky waters of media, societal perceptions, and what “sexy” [...]

There has been a little bit of discussion around the internet as of late regarding a topic that has always kind of sat in the back of my head, not really surfacing as a “think about this!” topic, but more as a passive curiosity: Nude. What, exactly, does this word mean? Dictionary.com has it defined [...]

A snipped from NYMag caught my eye today. The headline read “Call Crystal Renn fat, and she’ll eat your tacos.” Aside from the catch-your-eye wording, I was beyond curious as to what this actually meant. As we know, Crystal Renn is a plus-sized model who recently released her book, Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of [...]

It didn’t take long for me to react to the following photos, originally published in “Curves Ahead,” an editorial from the January issue of V Magazine (also called “the size issue”). My reaction was, in short: Do I see back fat?  Sexy back fat? And does that mean I could have sexy back fat? And [...]

If you ask any catty office workers, high school misfits, or fashion-conservative connoisseurs, they will tell you that the best way to go from looking really chic to really, really tacky is to over-sexy-fy yourself. This is a delicate topic… Lines within the “sexy” realm are easily blurred, erased and completely re-drawn – sometimes all [...]

Jennifer was shocked to hear that many of our readers haven’t been to the tailor.  Not only that, but most are nervous about going: what will they do?  What do they need?  How do I know I’m getting the right work done?  With a little push from Elle (who hasn’t been to a tailor either) [...]

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Jennifer was shocked to hear that many of our readers haven’t been to the tailor.  Not only that, but most are nervous about going: what will they do?  What do they need?  How do I know I’m getting the right work done?  With a little push from Elle (who hasn’t been to a tailor either) [...]