According to new reports, corset sales are booming, part of a massive trend for body shaping underwear, but the peaks and troughs of demand tell a story about feminism and body image over the past 200 years. Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Miley Cyrus – there’s quite a list of performers with a history of taking to the stage in a corset. But sales figures suggest ordinary people are turn…
…while, Linda Evangelista opted for a suit with just a bra underneath. Model Erin Heatherton opted for a midnight blue strapless dress which boasted a corset detail for the evening which kicks off Fall 2012 Fashion Week. One of the most stylish dressers of the evening was Bridesmaid’s star Rose Byrne who looked incredibly chic in a fitted cream and black lace dress. Pregnant actress Molly Sim…
…real, was found 100 feet from where she fell by a private diver who knows the river and volunteered to help with the search. The diver pulled the young woman’s body from an area of the river which was 20 feet deep. “She had sunk to the bottom,” Ronald McInnis said. Two witnesses, believed to be the photographer and an assistant, were hospitalized for extreme shock. Ronald McInnis said the bride…
Last night it appeared that Nancy Grace suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction at Dancing With The Stars show, when her dress slipped down mid way through her energetic quickstep with Tristan, revealing a little too much of her chest area. But being the good prosecutor that she is, today Nancy Grace has played down the incident, providing evidence that her modesty was kept safe by some tru…
…ailable in UK in Debenhams from today and can also be purchased on the Ultimo website. Clothing that controls the body shape first appeared in the US, becoming popular with the Spanx pants launched in 2000. It has since spread to the UK, where a recent survey by market researchers Mintel showed that one in ten British women has worn “shapewear” to improve their figure. British stores like Asda and…
Kim Kardashian denied that she wore a shapewear garment beneath the black Stella McCartney dress she was spotted in two nights ago in Paris. Kim Kardashian, 31, wrote on her blog yesterday: “That’s exactly how I bought it with those nude panels inside. So no Spanx here!” Despite her denial, the reality star has long proved a fan of shapewear. Kim Kardashian has been photographed on several…
Office in central London, where he married Linda Eastman in March 1969. The 51-year-old American millionairess is the third wife of Sir Paul McCartney. She started dating the former Beatle in November 2007 and it was announced on 6 May 2011 that the two had become engaged. Nancy Shevell and Linda McCartney, Paul’s first wife, were pals. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 30s, around the t…
Judy Garland’s dress worn in the Wizard of Oz has sold for $480,000 at auction in Beverly Hills. The price for the blue and white gingham pinafore dress was in line with expectations, Julien’s Auctions said. A similar dress worn during tests for the classic 1939 film fetched $910,000 in 2011, Reuters reports. Auctioneer Darren Julien said the difference in price was due to the fact that few…
Lady Gaga first caused a stir when she wore a dress made entirely of meat to the MTV Video Music Awards in 2010. Lady Gaga, 26, has raised the steaks once again by stepping out in a carnivorous creation as she performed in Bucharest, Romania, last night. Taking to the stage in Piata Constitutiei Square, the singer showed off her voluptuous figure in a skimpy thong style corset, which appeared to…
…o have bought a short floral print dress called “Deirdre” that she has yet to be seen wearing in public. Today isn’t the first time Kate Middleton has caused a spike in sales at TOPSHOP. Back in 2007, long before she was the Duchess, she was still making her mark as a style icon. When she was pictured out in a black and white patterned tunic from the store it flew off the shelves. Kate Middl…
…creating curves where they are needed. The latest brand cashing in on this season’s hourglass trend is the Oh My Corset! company which uses the same material used in the construction of Formula 1 cars, scuba material and even mesh that holds back avalanches on the mountains to make its super-strength corsets. No wonder it already has a host of famous fans. Oh My Corset! is an Italian brand…
Ankara explosion updates. Suspected bomb killed 3 and wounded 15. Two people have been killed and other 10 have been injured after an explosion rocked the centre of the Turkish capital, Ankara. The cause of the explosion remains unclear. Thick smoke could be seen rising from the commercial area of Kizilay in central Ankara. Two people have been killed and other 10 have been injured after an ex…
The Duchess of Cambridge wore what she had assumed was a traditional national dress to an event celebrating Solomon Islands’ culture…only to later discover that the dress was actually from the Cook Islands, some 3,000 miles away. Kate and William were meant to have dressed as Solomon Islanders to the party in the capital of Honiara on 16 September, part of their Diamond Jubilee tour o…
Kara Koskowich, a 17-year-old student from Canada, decided she would recycle unwanted paper, making her own prom dress using old maths homework. Kara Koskowich cut, sewed, glued, and eventually tailored a one-shouldered dress out of 75 pieces of algebra formulas. She told CBC News: “For me, [prom] is not a big, spend your money, you have to look this nice, you have to fit into this mould of grad….
said. The explosion killed three people, injured at least other 15 and set several vehicles on fire in Ankara The vehicle detonated across from the district governor’s office and about 200 meters (650 feet) from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office. “I’ve learned that people who haven’t got any sense of humanity terrorized civilians and carried out an attack in Ankara,” Pre…
Kim Kardashian is openly admitting changing her style since she started dating Kanye West earlier this year, but she or her new stylist isn’t likely to win much praise for this unflattering outfit as she arrived at Los Angeles’s LAX airport. Kim Kardashian, 31, wore a monochrome optical illusion dress, which failed to accentuate her figure’s attributes. The shapeless dress swamp…
Plane passengers could be obliged to follow a dress code after carriers received many calls from flyers’ rights groups to issue rules on what can and can’t be worn on board an aircraft. The proposal follows a series of high profile incidents including one Phoenix man boarding a plane in lingerie. In June this year, a 65-year-old Phoenix man, who works as a business consultant, sparked…
A model in an advert for Bloomingdales appears to have lost her entire pelvis thanks to some creative use of Photoshop as she presents the latest sweater dress. The description for the Max & Cleo turtleneck sweater dress says it “boasts a waist-cinching belt for the most flattering fit”. Models tend to be on the skinny side, but it looks like this woman’s belt has managed to squash her…
…ecently to collect his MBE. The new Range Rover Sport – the sportier “baby brother” of the bigger Range Rover – goes on sale in September priced from $83,358. It will ultimately be introduced in 169 markets worldwide….
Target has apologized for labeling a plus-sized dress “Manatee Gray”, after a rotund marine mammal. Uproar followed when shopper Susan Clemens tweeted a screengrab of the “Manatee Gray” dress from Target’s website. A smaller size of the same dress was labelled “Heather Gray”. Target has apologized for labeling a plus-sized dress Manatee Gray Target has n…
After being slated when she stepped out in a pink voluminous Lanvin mini dress that failed to flatter her pregnancy figure last month, Kim Kardashian somewhat redeemed herself when she stepped out in a very similar style in New York on Wednesday. Kim Kardashian, 32, wore an almost identical black knit frock, which this time had short capped sleeves. The pink voluminous Lanvin mini dress failed t…
Kim Kardashian had another unflattering choice of maternity wear with a salmon pink dress that billowed dramatically at the hips as she attended church with her mother Kris Jenner on Sunday in Los Angeles. Kim Kardashian, 32, who is six months pregnant, wore a floaty dress with the bottom tapered in. The reality star showed off ample cleavage in the low-cut frock, while the draping material of he…
…o.>>” Jordin Sparks, the former American Idol winner, who is four years older than Whitney Houston’s own daughter, Bobbi Kristina, recalled her favorite on-set memory of the superstar. The 22-year-old singer told Access Hollywood: “[Whitney] had an iPod and she’d be blasting gospel, and I’d put on Teach Me How To Dougie or something. She’d say, <<You listen to t…
…like that. “So because I thought my experience was beautiful I wanted to share that.” Kim Kardashian tweeted afterwards: “Just left The Lorraine Show with @KourtneyKardash. Was a lot of fun! Now 15min nap time.” The girls, who will be joined by younger sister Khloe on Saturday for a signing at Westfield London from 12:30 p.m., have had a busy few days in London as they promote their new fash…
The world’s longest bridal train was unveiled in Bucharest, Romania, this week. To show off the two-mile gown, 17-year-old Romanian model Emma Dumitrescu took a ride in a hot air balloon as part of a promotion in the capital city of Bucharest, with the dress’ 1.85-mile-long train flowing dramatically under her. The 2,823.8-meter long ivory train, which took 100 days to stitch, was showcased…
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North Korea fires short-range missiles from its east coastNorth Korea has launched three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one in the…
Connecticut head-on train crash injures at least 60 people near New York CityAt least 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City, officials say. Some 250 people…
Christoph Waltz: Man points gun at him and threatens to blow up studio with hand grenade during Cannes TV interviewChristoph Waltz was left shaken last night after a man pointed a hand-gun at him during a live French news programme TV show and threatened to blow up a studio with a hand…
Cannes Film Festival 2013: $1 million Chopard jewels stolen from Novotel hotel roomMore than $1 million (777,000 euros) worth of Chopard jewels have been stolen from Novotel hotel in Cannes, French police say. The jewels were to be loaned to stars…
George Michael car crash: singer airlifted to hospital with head injury following motorway crashGeorge Michael has been airlifted to hospital with a head injury following a crash on the M1 motorway in UK. George Michael, 49, remains in hospital after the crash at…
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