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Gender-bending model pushes limits of the runway

On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed.

Lauren Scruggs returns to blogging, looks for jeans

Less than a week since being fitted with a prosthetic left eye, 23-year-old model and writer Lauren Scruggs is slowly trying to return to normal life. Her first step was writing on her fashion blog, , over the weekend with a post titled "Inspired by Sunday.”

Designers lend their glamour to Obama campaign

Can President Barack Obama's campaign recapture the glamour quotient of four years ago?

Men's underwear getting a little extra attention

Some things are fashion, and some are necessity. Where do men's undergarments fall? Increasingly, right in the middle.

Gaultier channels Winehouse, stars shop for Oscars

The final day of Paris's spring-summer haute couture week saw Jean Paul Gaultier serve up a cigarettes-and-all homage to late singer Amy Winehouse and Valentino show off the dazzling couture work of seamstresses who toiled for thousands of hours to create a lavish white collection.

Glee's Lea Michele fills closet with Candie's

Lea Michele is moving from a locker to a much bigger closet. She's the star of the new Candie's ad campaign, dubbed "Hanging at Home," shot at a private mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. The images show her poolside, in the kitchen, in a bed with satin sheets and in a walk-in closet, wearing a new outfit and pair of shoes in each one.

Chanel aims sky-high, and Armani courts A-list

On day two of Paris's frantic three days of haute couture collections, Chanel took the fashion crowd to the skies and highlights included super-sexy, celebrity-filled Armani Prive.

Chanel takes off with blue-sky thinking

It was blue-sky thinking for Karl Lagerfeld, as he treated guests to a luxury jet-set experience in Chanel's spring-summer collection on the second day Tuesday of haute couture week.

Look of old Hollywood glamour is a modern favorite

In the Hollywood landscape of new, new, new, what really stands out is that today's starlets still emulate the looks of classic screen beauties, including Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth, who ruled the red carpet in the 1950s.

Dior impresses and Versace dazzles in couture

France may have lost an A in its credit rating, but fashion seems to have won it back with a flourishing start to haute couture week — from the A-list celebrities to Dior's 1950s A-line silhouettes.

Jolie and Pitt grace the Globes in glamorous style

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fully dressed their part as a glamorous Hollywood power couple at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards: She in a body-hugging white strapless gown with a flash of red at the bustline by Atelier Versace that matched perfectly her lips and handbag, and he in a classic, bow-tie tuxedo by Salvatore Ferragamo.

Gentlemen, 2013 winter looks getting serious

Gentlemen, things are going to get serious next fall and winter.

Milan designers tweak the traditional overcoat

Milan fashion designers are sticking to the traditional and familiar in their menswear collection for next winter.

`Frenemies' take a fashion field trip in NYC

It goes with the teenage territory: Girls gush over their friends and each other's wardrobes.

Daisy Lowe, human blob cap Rio fashion week

An It Girl and an orange spandex blob of writhing humanity capped Rio de Janeiro's five-day-long fashion week Saturday, lending a gimmicky end to the city's otherwise strong winter 2012 collections.

Want to dress 10 pounds thinner?

TODAY is looking for women in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut sizes 6 and above to model in a fashion segment called “How to dress 10 pounds thinner.” A Marie Claire fashion editor will provide tips to help you look longer and leaner. If you're interested, please send a picture with your contact information and note if your problem area includes one of these four regions of the body: chest, bottom, hips and arms.

Clout on the catwalk can come with tweeting

Social media is giving a voice to models who, for the most part, have built their careers as pretty, non-speaking faces.

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Photos: Heart Truth's Red Dress Fashion Show | Denver Post Media Center — Denver, Colorado, Photos and Video
Source: The Denver Post

Photos from the Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2012 Fashion Show at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 8, 2012 in New York City.Read more: Photos: Heart Truth's Red Dress Fashion Show | Denver Post Media Center — Denver, Colorado, Photos and Video http://p …

Photos: Day in Pictures | Denver Post Media Center — Denver, Colorado, Photos and Video
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A collection of the day’s best photos from around the world.

Muscles leggings make you look like you've been flayed from the waist down
Source: Boing Boing

James Lillis, a designer with Black Milk Clothing, has come up with a freaky-awesome set of muscle leggings which allow you to celebrate the human anatomy without getting all Gray's Anatomy and actually flaying yourself. I think they are remarkably delicious.

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Wholesale wedding dresses, designer wedding dresses, bridal wedding dresses, simple wedding dresses etc. We are professional wedding dresses wholesaler in China.

The human hourglass: The Romanian model who has just a 20-INCH waist (Video & Photos)
Source: the Mail online

A model with a waist of just 20 inches has insisted she eats three square meals a day, including fatty foods such as crisps, pizza and kebas.  

G-String Wedding Dress Is Anything But Virginal (Video)
Source: The Stir - Nicole Fabian-Weber

I'm all for thinking outside of the box when it comes to a wedding dress. Sarah Jessica Parker's black wedding dress? I was all for it. Gwen Stefani's pink-tinged gown? Loved! But I think I found out today where I draw the line: With the G-string wedding dress.

Rise of the not-so-teeny bikini as demand soars from Brazil's 'little fatties'
Source: the Mail online

The Girl From Ipanema has put on a few pounds, and for many sunbathers on Brazil's beaches the country's iconic itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikini just doesn't suffice anymore. A growing number of bikini manufacturers have woken up to Brazil's thickening waistline and are reaching …

Would You Wear Drop-crotch Jeans?
Source: MSN

Would You Wear Drop-crotch Jeans? Some of us are terrified of skinny jeans (will they fit today, will they not?), others shy away from the dreaded ill-fitting mom jeans (shouldn't we all) and the rest of us just can't get into this whole jegging phenomenon.

Naked and Famous Introduces Scratch-and-Sniff Jeans
Source: Discovery.com

Used to be a pair of scratch-and-sniff jeans meant a pair of crusty Levis sprayed heavily with Febreze, but not these puppies. A coating of scented micro capsules have been baked into the jeans and when they're scratched, raspberry fragrance is released.

G-String Wedding Dress: Kaviar Gauche Gown At Berlin Fashion Week (PHOTOS)
Source: AOL

If a fellow is not to see the wedding dress before the ceremony, is it justifiable for him to refuse to marry a woman wearing a G-string under a curtain? Imagine the reactions of conservative parents, relatives, and friends when they find themselves at a de facto strip show? Stri …

French Elle Praises FLOTUS for Being the First Black Woman to Dress Well
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In an article in the French version of Elle magazine called — yes, really — “Black Fashion Power,” writer Nathalie Dolivo discusses Michelle Obama’s style and the fact that she’s allowing black women to finally dress well, godddddd, what to …

Signing Off: The Slow Death of the Signature in a PIN-Code World
Source: The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com

As a kid, Marcel Danesi loved signatures. Now he studies them -- along with other signs and symbols -- for a living.

French Elle accused of racism after suggesting that the Obamas are first African-Americans to be fashionable
Source: the Mail online

French Elle may be a fashion authority, but the glossy magazine is certainly no leader in race relations. In what has been interpreted as an outdated and insulting move, a fashion blogger for the magazine's site posted a piece about Michelle Obama's sartorial prowess and the r …

Marisa Miller or Karolina Kurkova - Who is the hottest swimsuit model?
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Who is the hottest swimsuit model? Very few women feel comfortable hitting the beach in a bikini let alone posing for a magazine or strutting the runway in one! See the models who bare all to model swimsuits (and lingerie!) and vote on which is sexier!

Should You go Grey Naturally or Dye Your Hair as You Age? (Poll)

Many older women often worry about whether to dye their hair or not. But it shouldn't be any kind of issue. Dying one's hair is like any fashion statement: we go with what makes us comfortable. We do not have any angst about dying our hair in different shades when we are younger.

Turning 101? Time to get your ears pierced
Source: Calgary Herald

Viola “Dolly” Arnold never really thought about getting her ears pierced until she approached her 101st birthday. “Ow,” she said Wednesday as she took the piercing plunge at the Caryl Baker Visage Cosmetics Salon at Devonshire Mall. The momentary pinch  …

Rihanna reveals almost every inch of her skin in tiny silver swimsuit
Source: the Mail online

While she might be taking time off from touring and putting the hours in the studio, Rihanna is still working her body – to devastating effect. The singer stepped out in a revealing silver swimsuit which left very little to the imagination for a day aboard a luxury boat  …

From Fashion to Farming, Hipsters Are Apparently Taking Hints From the Amish | NewsFeed | TIME.com
Source: TIME

Attention trendwatchers: There’s a new hipster icon in town. They wear black and white, eschew buttons, rarely wear accessories, and mostly only hang out with one another.

Conservative Religious Leaders, Seeking Unity, Vote to Back Rick Santorum - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

I understand that all the participants wore long pointy hats, red round noses, and over-sized shoes that flip flopped when they walked.

Milan men's fashion: Dolce & Gabbana turns to nostalgia to escape current Italian gloom - Telegraph
Source: Telegraph

Gripped by financial crisis and beset by strikes, Italy is not at present the cheeriest of nations - and as the first shows of the year begin Milan's fashion barons are torn between how to face up to glum reality. At Dolce & Gabbana they chose nostalgia.

Cheeky butt short on style
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

THE mercury is rising in Sydney but so is something else, and it is becoming a little too hot to handle.

Lawsuit Claims Dozens Injured By Company's Special Shoes - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
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A San Diego law firm says dozens of people hoping to tone up with the help of special footwear were dealt serious injuries by the shoes.

Frenchwomen ditch G-string for comfy pants
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Men may find it the ultimate turn-on, but the G-string is on its way out in France, a study showed on Thursday.

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