fashion
What exactly IS fashion?
Sometimes, I admit it, I get a little embarrassed about what I do for a living. “Lindsay… What is it that you do again?” “Me? I’m… I’m a writer, mostly.” “A writer! How neat. What do you write about?” “Umm… Well, I write about body image, and media standards, women’s issues… and… fashion-sort-of.” *clears throat, [...]
Defending Your Life, Sure – But What About Your Weight?
There has been some major debate over the last few years (some of which took place on this very blog) as to the relevancy of the “obesity epidemic.” Celebrities are consistently in the spotlight, and as most of them are lithe and lean, they don’t face the need to defend their weight – unless, of [...]
Careless: I’m Your Man
There is something vindicating about stealing a man’s clothing – regardless of the surrounding circumstances. Making a grand departure from the ever-confined world of “fitted for your shape” is freeing. There are no strange contour seams that can make you feel obligated to mold yourself correctly, any requirement of being “small” is diminished, and definition [...]
UK Department Store Shuns Retouching
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 [...]
The Allure
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” [...]
Nudity is Apparently Relative
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 [...]
Graceful Empowerment Comes In All Forms
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 [...]
Curves Ahead…and Behind
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 [...]
Sexy: Approach With Caution
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 [...]
Wing Tips: Your First Time…at the Tailor
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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