Mom Jeans. To women, designer bags are packed with sex appeal. Carrying logo bags makes women feel sexy. But men don't seem to think there's anything sexy about the expensive handbags. (Photo: Colourbox) A pretty woman walking down the street, catching the eyes of the men she passes by. Her dress reveals a glimpse of her lingerie and her heels make her hips sway. The clothes accentuate her curves and her femininity, grabbing the attention of the men she passes. But then there’s the bag: the Louis Vuitton bag. The bag is a fashion item that makes her feel like a woman, even though her male admirers couldn’t care less. At least according to Erik Hansen-Hansen, a research assistant professor at the Danish Design School and the Centre for Design Research, who studies the role that logo-embellished luxury fashion bags play in contemporary culture.
“When women carry logo bags, they do so with a view to impressing other women, rather than men,” he says. “Had this not been the case, we would have seen more men taking an interest in the bags as sexual objects. A Man’s Guide to Wearing Shorts. Few items in a man’s wardrobe seem to elicit as much debate as shorts do. Today we’ll uncover just why that is, and then offer some guidelines on the how, what, where, and why of wearing them. Guidelines I’m sure will be much debated!
Let’s get right to it. Why are some men reluctant to wear shorts? Why is there so much confusion about such a simple garment? In the late 19th and early 20th centuries there were a number of English words for shortened men’s pants. All of these varieties were clothing for boys, both unofficially and as part of many school uniforms. Grown men didn’t start wearing shorts outside of extremely hot climates until after World War II, during which soldiers stationed in the tropics had been issued short trousers both for comfort and to ration cloth.
In the post-war years, shorts caught on as a specific uniform for some kinds of sports and recreation. In the middle of the 20th century, shorts were considered athletic-wear only. When to Wear Shorts 1. 2. Can you? The Curious History of Dutch Wax Prints. High school fashions, 1969. Fashion, Vintage High school fashions, 1969 i know what you’re thinking… are these more fashion snaps from coachella? No indeed! These are high school fashions in 1969 photographed by arthur shatz for life magazine. Subscribe to posts via Email arthur shatzFashionhigh school fashionlife magazinelife magazine archivessixtiesVintage Wednesday 20 April, 2011 Previous Post Next Post You Might Also Like Turned Out by Maya Thursday 17 November, 2011 glee Monday 31 May, 2010 creatures of comfort Tuesday 6 April, 2010.
GANGURO. Ganguro (ガングロ), literally "black-face", is a Japanese fashion trend among many Japanese girls which peaked in popularity from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, an outgrowth of chapatsu hair dyeing. The Shibuya and Ikebukuro districts of Tokyo are the centre of ganguro fashion. The basic look consists of bleached hair, a deep tan, both black and white eyeliners, false eyelashes, platform shoes (usually sandals or boots), and brightly colored outfits. Also typical of the "Ganguro Gal" look are cell phones covered with purikura stickers, tie-dyed sarongs, mini-skirts, hibiscus flower hairpins, and lots of bracelets, rings and necklaces.
Ganguro - Picture by Eurocave Extreme trend followers further bleach their hair up to a platinum blond shade, get even deeper tans, wear white lipstick, multicoloured pastel eye shadows and tiny metallic or glittery adhesives around the bottom rim of the eye sockets (See Yamanba). There is some dispute surrounding the etymology of the word "ganguro. " GALS! Amazon Leaps Into High End of the Fashion Pool. The online retailer is shooting 3,000 fashion images a day in a photo studio using patent-pending technology.
And it is happily losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year on free shipping — and, on apparel, even free returns — to keep its shoppers coming back. Having wounded the publishing industry, slashed pricing in electronics and made the toy industry quiver, Amazon is taking on the high-end clothing business in its typical way: go big and spare no expense. “It’s Day 1 in the category,” , Amazon’s chief executive, said in a recent interview. Though characteristically tight-lipped on bottom-line details, Mr. Bezos said the company was making a “significant” investment in fashion to convince top brands that it wanted to work with them, not against them. The traditional retail world — and many major brands that want no part of Amazon — are gearing up to fight for their lives.
Amazon has sold clothing for years. Amazon’s decision to go after high fashion is about plain economics. C-string makes your average thong look like grannypants (NSFW) Yes, that's supposed to be a piece of underwear. No, me neither. Image Gallery (5 images) Does this fit under our 'emerging technology' tagline? It's hard to say. It's certainly emerging from somewhere. Ladies, if you find a g-string too restrictive, or you're fond of wearing paper-thin dresses and waging an eternal war against the visible panty line, you now have the option of wearing the above device, which is called the CString. While there's no 'string' actually involved, onlookers can certainly 'C' just about everything, including an awkward rear aspect that looks something like a pencil clenched between the wearer's buttocks.
View all One of these days, somebody will take the "less is more" trend in women's underwear to its logical conclusion and start selling lacy postage stamps. CString Direct claim that the CString can be worn as lingerie OR swimwear, and that in addition to eliminating visible panty lines, it also helps you dodge tan lines. About the Author. What Should a Female Vice President Wear? Clockwise From Top Left, Stephen Crowley/The New York Times; Bill Gray, via Hbo; Jae C.
Hong, via Associated Press; Henrietta Wildsmith, via The Shreveport Times, via Associated Press; Jim Wilson/The New York Times The costume designer Ernesto Martinez said Julia Louis-Dreyfus vetoed the wardrobe looks of Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin. “Most politicians, their stab at looking good is really not so great,” Mr. Martinez said in a recent phone interview from Los Angeles. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s much-chronicled pantsuits were never an option.
“The idea was to be powerful, but attractive,” he said. Even Nancy Pelosi, the California congresswoman known for her stylish power suits, was dismissed as a possible role model. “Selina Meyer is a really beautiful woman,” Mr. Even research on other TV shows that have featured strong female characters, like “The West Wing” and “The Good Wife,” failed to yield a look that Mr. Mr. In the end, Mr. Like the first lady, Ms. Footwear was also pricey. The Rise of Designer Children’s Lines. Lee Clower for The New York Times; photographed at shootdigital First look: LANVIN Tulle dress, $1,200, and taffeta coat, $1,570, both at Barneys. Rachel Riley ballet flats, $190. Second look: BURBERRY Trench coat, $375 at Bergdorf Goodman; kilt, $180 at Bloomingdale’s. Converse sneakers, $32. More Photos » Leading the parade, held by a nurse and dressed in a pale blue cape, was 8-month-old Charlie Jr.
“Most American fashion is based on older women trying to look like babies,” he told a writer for The New Yorker, taking a swipe at Claire McCardell and others who designed adult play clothes. A doomed designer (his decline began soon after) is probably not the best lead-in to an article about the rise of designer children’s lines, though maybe it is. Now, children are the new accessory, as once-snooty brands line up to please conservative-minded millennials while they use tiny garments to strengthen their brand power in regions like Asia. Actually, no. Ms. Schiaparelli and Prada Connected With Women’s Inner Feelings. From left: John Phillips//Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images, Michael Birt/Getty Images A new show called, “Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: Impossible Conversations,” looks at the two designers who certainly wouldn't argue. “I always felt she was in love with the key clients she had,” Mr. Bowles mused.
That’s a possibility, of course. But a male designer, wanting the same physical type to display his designs, would have said that love had nothing to do with it. Vionnet was one of the pillars of modern fashion, along with Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli — and, yes, a few of the boys — that were set down in the early years of the 20th century, mainly in the ’20s. “After the McQueen show, we really wanted to do an exhibit of women designers,” said Harold Koda, the Met’s chief costume curator, who, with the curator Andrew Bolton, planned the show as an imaginary chat between Schiaparelli and Ms.
Well, they certainly picked two of the brainiest. This inner life is interesting. Oscar Fashion Report Card. Red Carpet at the Oscars - Slide Show. 30_07_2009_0702067001248897637_heru-suryoko.jpg (640×486) Dress, Evening. Maria-Luisa (dite Coré) At Gucci, Frida Giannini Goes from Sexy to Sensual. Chris Moore/Karl Prouse In Milan, Frida Giannini sends out Art Nouveau-inspired styles, with a bit of the 1970s, for autumn 2012. did a volte face at Gucci on Wednesday, from sexy to sensual, making a bold and beautiful start to the Milan winter 2012 season. Reaching back to the Art Nouveau period, with its “greenery yallery” colors, its wild orchid patterns and its wistful decadence — but bouncing that against a previous Art Nouveau revival in the 1970s — this Gucci show had as much depth and variety in the decorative clothes as in the music, which ranged from light romance to grand opera.
“Romantic — the 19th century, looking at tapestries, playing with transparency — and a lot of the 1970s,” said an emotional Ms. Giannini backstage. She might also have added to her definition of an androgynous Bohemia — “clothes not handbags” — for the show was as light on its fetish accessory as it was rich in jewelry. Last season Ms. Alberta Ferretti , another woman designer, went the opposite route. All Wedding Dresses - WHITEAZALEA.com. Female Street Photographers Work Both Sides of the Camera. Though she produced most of her work in the 1950s and ’60s, Maier’s eye for bold prints, and fashions that range from the decadent to the artfully decaying, would place her images at the center of today’s street-style photography. If only she’d had a blog.
Unquestionably, street-style blogs have revolutionized fashion, both in terms of how we view it and how we define it. The fashion vérité on sites like Scott Schuman’s Sartorialist broke ground and inspired countless others, many with highly evolved views of what fashion is or should be. Indeed, with a blog and a little savvy, Maier would not have been on the sidelines, nor would she have been a lone woman finding her footing among a host of male photographers. For all the attention paid to photographers like Mr. This month, as models, buyers and fashion editors descended on New York for Fashion Week, throngs of street-style photographers converged at Lincoln Center and other sites.
“It feels relatively gender-even,” said Ms. For Ms. Street Style Photos From Fashion Week and Beyond - Interactive Feature. Grammys 2012 Worst-Dressed: See Who Crossed Into Tacky Territory.