put a ring on it

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wendy brandes jewelry

bloggers shoes

saw these 2 shoes on ur blogs. which blogger would wear 1 of them? mrs. b. the bow tie flat, h.c. the camel toe boot? sea of shoes both?

hot pants

the penis pant hits the runway. via petunia face.

robert downing jr with no pants

steve mcQueen in chinos

anyone want 2 design the vagina pants? oh yeah, it's called the camel toe. now we have the man toe pants. omg what a great day.

the worst?

r u going out 4 v-day?
the guys tell us what not to wear.
what's the worst thing a guy ever wore on a date with u?

blog reprint:

8 Outfits You Should Never (Ever) Wear on a Date

By Ranya Fattouh, Glamour.com

While our gal pals will almost always give their stamp of approval to fashion-forward outfits, it turns out that some trendy pieces just freak guys out. Here, a few of our guy buddies recall the date outfits that confused them and surprised them—and a few that made them run for the hills.

More from Glamour.com The 10 Best Hair & Makep Looks Ever. Period. How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner

1. Super-high heels and micro-shorts

I went on a date this summer with a girl wearing short shorts and four-inch heels. It was like she got distracted halfway through getting dressed and forgot to finish the process—and the result was über-trashy. Not exactly take-home-to-Mom material. —George, 29

2. Distracting (and potentially dangerous) accessories

The only time I was on a date and I thought, What was she thinking? was when the girl showed up wearing a Gilligan-esque bucket hat and strange cloglike shoes that she tripped over the entire night. The major takeaway from this story: Don’t wear anything below the ankles that was inspired by the Dutch.

—John, 22

3. All your favorite trends—at once

My date once wore Uggs, a long, giant wooden beaded necklace and big, bug-eyed sunglasses. Worn separately they might have been fine, but together it spelled disaster.

—Matthew, 29

4. OshKosh B’Gosh-inspired gear

I would be mortified if a girl showed up to a date in overalls. I can’t think of any legitimate occasion—outside of milking cows—where that dress code would be considered appropriate. And if our date did involve milking cows, I think I have bigger concerns than what she’s wearing.

—Stephen, 23

5. Harem pants

Those weird high-waisted pants that get wide in the legs and then taper at the ankle? Those are the worst.

—Joe, 28

6. Fluffy, frilly stuff

I met a cute artsy chick while visiting a friend in San Francisco and invited her to go wine tasting in Napa. While I’m not sure there’s a dress code for wine tasting, she definitely broke some rules: Her ensemble consisted of Sherpa boots and a gigantic wool poodle skirt. I spent the entire evening trying to convince myself that heads were turning because of my date’s stunning beauty, not her hideously fluffy outfit. —Rob, 26

7. Athletic gear at non-sporting events

Girls can look adorable in a team jersey, but preferably with sweats or boy shorts. But when we go out at night, it’s better to keep the 88-covered sports gear at home. —Rick, 39

8. Glitzy, trendy overkill

I met this amazingly attractive girl at a concert, but on our first actual date, she showed up in the skimpiest jean shorts, leather high-heeled boots, a shiny tube top and—the clincher—sparkly flesh-color leggings. I was totally embarrassed because this date was a daytime lunch outing, not a night on the town! The thigh bling is what really killed it.

—Vincent, 38

real girl roundup

Just three months ago, designer Karl Lagerfeld was defending skinny models and claiming that "no one wants to see round women."

Hmmm, we wonder how he feels now after photographing the very voluptuous burlesque star Miss Dirty Martini for V magazine's "Size Issue," on newsstands Jan. 14.

For the lingerie-themed shoot, Lagerfeld invited Miss Martini to the hallowed Chanel atelier off of 31 rue Cambon in Paris, where a Coco Chanel look-alike posed alongside the busty and scantily clad performer.

Oddly enough, Martini doesn't don any garments by Chanel; instead she wears the brand's accessories including a chain belt, jewelry, purse, Chanel's new temporary fashion tattoos and brooches refashioned as pasties.

For the actual clothing -- of which there is little -- she wears her own lingerie (black bras and panties with flapper fringe) as well as seductive pieces by Chantal Thomas, Rigby & Peller, Comme des Garçons and Dolce & Gabbana.

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last year in V magazine

Waif Jacquelyn Jablonski in a fashion face-off with womanly Crystal Renn. Photo courtesy of V Magazine

As we reported last week, the next issue of V magazine will celebrate women of all shapes and all sizes -- including plus-size.

And although the sure-to-be-controversial issue (#63) doesn't hit newsstands until Jan. 14, we got a sneak peek at one of the fashion stories.

Photographer Terry Richardson's story, dubbed 'One Size Fits All,' features plus-size model/author Crystal Renn -- a 5 ft, 9 in. beauty with 36-31-41 measurements -- opposite model-on-the-rise Jacquelyn Jablonski who stands at the same height as Renn, but with more waifish stats: 32-24-34.

Both women, shown in side-by-side images, strike similar poses and don identical and often vibrantly patterned ensembles by the likes of Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schouler and Dolce & Gabbana with bold accessories by Versace, Burberry and Alexis Bittar.

One spread (shown above) features both models wearing the ubiquitous bodysuit and innerwear as outerwear trend, here, in the form of a fully visible bra, both by Dolce & Gabbana.

The point of the spread is apparent -- to show that size doesn't matter and fashion can flatter a multitude of figures. Now, if only all the fashion designers would include plus-sizes in their collections, we'd be getting somewhere.

reprint from the stylelist

seventeen magazine uses real girls as models. they don't get paid but they have fun.

& the german magazine brigitte only uses real size models like size 14.
maybe the real b.b. would have been a perfect real girl model.

i hate those real woman dove commercials. like the women r naked because no clothes fit them. & skinny girls r real women 2. does real = not skinny?

well, do we like it real or not.

if anyone has the german magazine brigitte scan some pics & blog about it.

v magazine does an annual size issue.
here's v magazine

spanking paddle?

is foot binding torture back in style? have women & drag queens become 2 fierce & independent, & need 2 be reined in like in ancient china? 1 of the uses suggested for this shoe is a spanking paddle. what would u use it 4?

is this what's it's coming 2?


from the frisky.com:

If conceptual fashion is wearable art, then the runway is the museum it stays in. Some designers present collections with saleability in mind; others like to make a point by going the artsy route, in which case what lands on the shelves might not be quite what you saw at the fashion shows. Apparently not so in Alexander McQueen‘s case. When his extreme platform heels recently came down the runway in Paris, they garnered a lot of attention—but did we ever once think that these shoes weren’t just for show and were, gulp, available for sale?

According to Grazia, McQueen has “been inundated with calls from women wanting to order the footwear – starting from the day after the designer’s incredible catwalk show was streamed live on the web,” which might make him really consider producing the shoes en masse.

The real question is ... who are these buyers? Fashion fanatics with feet of steel? Collectors? Rich people who have to have everything? Our other ideas for situations in which these mega-heels could come in handy, after the jump. [Grazia.com]

• Attending a convention for giants, or basketball players.
• For short people trying to cheat the height requirement for an audition of “America’s Next Top Model”.
• For pounding meat when you’ve lost your meat cleaver.
• A makeshift hockey stick.
• Makeshift ping-pong paddle.
• Spanking paddle.

this is a more playful type of bondage if u r into chinese body torture.

last years prada

maybe the mcqueen shoe could be used by a ballet dancer who can't leave their work at the office.

this years mcqueen - pair them up

snoody is the new hoody

the hippie dippie snood has been reinvented into the must-have-now fashion accessory.

it's for girls & guys. the perfect one size fits all gift.

wear it up like a hoody, or down as big fat scarf.

cute or ugly? what do u think? i kind of like it. u could wear it with your snuggie.

the wall street journal says it will save christmas

By RACHEL DODES

This holiday season, retailers are betting big on the snood, a cross between a scarf and a hood that, when worn over the head, is reminiscent of a babushka.

A Snood for the Ages

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Lady Gaga sports a red snood.

The trend emerged on the Fall 2009 runways of designers like Missoni (knit snoods) and Burberry (plaid snoods) and also made an appearance in the commercial collections of Donna Karan and Yves Saint Laurent. Now it's gone mainstream, with retailers ranging from American Apparel to Zara getting behind the loopy style with snoods of varying lengths and monikers. The British version of GQ magazine's Web site recently posted a "Guide to Snoods," suggesting wearers try it "over a chunky knit or tailored jacket."

A few weeks ago Bloomingdale's urged customers to "make sure that you're seen in this lavish new accessory." Henri Bendel ranked the snood second amongst its top ten "things we fancy for fall" while Saks Fifth Avenue included it in its "Want It" fall campaign. "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively was photographed in one on the show's set last month.

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Missoni ribbed-knit mohair snood, $265.

Zara

Zara cowl neck collar, $29.90.

Net-a-Porter.com's buying director Holli Rogers confesses she was skeptical the site would sell many snoods last summer, when the site had a month-long exclusive to sell a Burberry purple-and-black plaid style. The item is already on reorder, and the company is now pitching several styles.

Burberry, whose chief financial officer recently cited the snood as one of the top drivers of the company's fall accessories sales, attributes the snood's rise to consumers' desire for safety in tumultuous times. "I love this idea of protection that it gives," says the brand's creative director Christopher Bailey, who was so into the look that he showed snoods for men and women on almost every model at his fall 2009 runway show. Simon Kneen, creative director for Gap Inc.'s Banana Republic brand, also likened the accessory to "a Linus blanket," a reference to the blue security blanket always carried by the Peanuts cartoon character.

Angela Missoni, creative director of the Italian fashion label Missoni, said the look was a way to "stay true to Missoni's knitwear roots while creating something new" and calls the snood "a lavish play on layering." "It's handy," adds Brooke Scott, Bloomingdale's fashion director for accessories, who identified snoods as one of two top holiday trends. "If you get hot, you don't have to remove it" because it can remain around the neck.

So Many Snoods

A quick tour through some of the fashion industry's latest offerings:

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Burberry: $295 for its popular "check" snood in cashmere

Burberry, credited with reigniting the trend, also has wool, mink and rabbit fur versions.

Missoni: $265 for a ribbed snood that can wrap around the head twice

The company is offering five snood styles in different colors and fabrics.

Chan Luu: $125 for a paisley viscose "infinity loop" at Saks Fifth Avenue

The designer also has tie-dye versions in various color combinations for $75.

The Limited: $39.50 for an acrylic Shaker infinity scarf in a chunky knit

The scarf comes in 12 bright colors, and can be mixed and matched with sweaters, like a detachable turtleneck.

Bendel's

Ash & Dans: $110 for this infinity scarf, which comes with a brooch, at Henri Bendel

Henri Bendel says that embellished scarves are selling best; these range in price from $110-$150.

Banana Republic

Banana Republic: $98 for a cashmere infinity scarf that can be wrapped around the head three times

The retailer is unveiling a range of these scarves in various fabrics, textures and colors for the holidays.

American Apparel

American Apparel: $28 for a solid-color "circle scarf" in different materials

For the holidays, the company is adding print versions of this style.

Donna Karan: $695 cashmere infinity scarf

The designer's DKNY line has infinity styles priced from $95 to $225.

Amid the downturn, the rush to the snood reflects the fashion industry's scramble to invent new types of clothing that consumers don't already possess. Sales of scarves and mufflers, a relatively cheap way to freshen an outfit, have been strong, generating $540 million in sales through August, a 21% increase over the same period last year, according to NPD Group.

Traditional snoods, which resembled hairnets, were popular in the 1940s when women used them to keep their long hair out of the way. In the 1950s, the snood morphed into a tube, which became a ski-slope staple, says Beth Dincuff Charleston, a professor and fashion historian at Parsons, the New School for Design in New York. This time around, the style has been transformed: The creation of snoods in colorful plaids, fur and prints, as opposed to just polar fleece, renders them "new and fresh," says Ms. Dincuff.

As much as they love its look, many retailers, particularly in the U.S., aren't as in love with the snood's name, which can sound more like a Dr. Seuss character than a hot fashion item. Designer Chan Luu sells "infinity loops"; American Apparel hawks "circle scarves" and Banana Republic pitches an "infinity scarf" as does the Limited, which offers its scarves in 12 colors. The word snood "sounds like something that has been woken out of sleep," says Banana Republic's Mr. Kneen. An infinity scarf "is an endless piece that's timeless with a twist."

Burberry's Mr. Bailey is sticking with snood. "It's a very British name for it, which feels more relevant to what inspired us and to what we stand for," he says.

Rachel Kirson, a 24-year-old teacher from Manalapan, N. J., says she got her first glimpse of the snood in a magazine over the summer. "I have fallen in love with them," says Ms. Kirson, who has been looking for a snood in charcoal-grey with a horizontal cable knit for herself; she is planning on giving snoods as gifts for the holidays. "I like wearing bold jewelry so the snood is almost a necklace for the winter months."

flowers in ur hair