tirely. Waist sizes are getting bigger. A 2001 UK National Sizing Survey found that the average female waist size had increased by 16.5 cm since the 1950s – rising from an average 28 in waist to 34 in. And shapewear has been sought after ever since Spanx exploded onto the scene. So are women going to increasingly extreme lengths to get a 1950s waist? Hannah Almassi, deputy fashion news edito…
…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…
red to be fashioned out of meat. With matching ankle boots and fishnet tights completing the look, the Born This Way hitmaker showcased a more curvaceous figure than usual as she performed in front of 35,000 fans. But the food-based fashion item wasn’t the only unusual look the star went for, with Lady Gaga also opting for a bizarre white ram’s head hat and matching futuristic dress at…
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s who don’t touch the make-up pot. You should keep looking nice, it makes you feel so much better.” Daphne Selfe looks beautiful, but so very different to today’s models: she has a tiny waist (“It was 24in, today it’s 27in! At least I haven’t got fat”), but rather chunky thighs, and wide shoulders. “I would never have made it starting out today,” Daphne Selfe admits. “I was too short, just 5ft 7in…
June Shannon wore a bizarre camouflage wedding dress for her nuptials with Honey Boo Boo’s father Sugar Bear in their Georgia back garden on Sunday. Honey Boo Boo, 7, was dressed for the occasion in an outlandishly poofy pink and peach gown. June Shannon wore a bizarre camouflage wedding dress for her nuptials with Honey Boo Boo’s father Sugar Bear in their Georgia back garden June Shannon, 33,…
Jennifer Lawrence has hit the X-Men set like a bolt from the blue and her fans have been given a glimpse of the 22-year-old star in all her painted glory as she reprises her role as Mystique in the hit franchise. In a snap shared on Twitter by the film’s director Bryan Singer, Jennifer Lawrence is covered in the bright color to record scenes in the Days of Future Past edition of the motion pictur…
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…dleton looked relaxed as she stepped from her chauffeur-driven vehicle to the quayside in Southampton. She made the journey from London by helicopter for the naming ceremony of Princess Cruises’ 3,600-passenger vessel Royal Princess. Dalmatian-print Hobbs coat worn by Kate Middleton to launch Royal Princess cruise ship sold out in minutes A musical extravaganza was staged ahead of the chris…
Beyoncé showcased a collection of eye-catching confections, including a gold sequin-encrusted bodysuit adorned with a sparkling set of faux breasts as she opened her Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in Belgrade, Serbia on Monday evening. Although Beyoncé, 31, started her career in duds designed by mother Tina Knowles, she enlisted the help of some famous friends while putting together the wardrobe for…
Kate Middleton recently stepped out in a sale navy blue dress from high street brand ASOS.com. Kate Middleton, 31, chose the navy knee-length dress as she shopped for curtains and drapes to decorate her unborn child’s nursery in Chelsea last week. Kate Middleton recently stepped out in a sale navy blue dress from high street brand ASOS.com The £17.50 ($27.50) dress was originally priced at…
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Kristen Stewart claimed that she and Robert Pattinson are “going to be fine”, and she reinforced her statement yesterday when she jetted out of Toronto. Kristen Stewart, 22, was wearing a baseball cap belonging to her estranged boyfriend. She sported the Baltimore Orioles hat backwards as she prepared to head home following Toronto Film Festival. Kristen Stewart teamed the cap with a white tank t…
Bobbi Kristina Brown is indeed engaged to Nick Gordon and she is wearing the ring that Whitney Houston wore at the time of her death, new reports claimed today. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 19, and Nick Gordon, 22, are engaged and living together as a couple, and it looks like Bobbi Kristina Brown is using Whitney Houston’s ring as the engagement ring, a source revealed to Hollywood Life. She is not onl…
…ness tells the publication she ordered a coffee and a soft drink which she sipped at the same time. The star sparked concern earlier this week after complaining about her current weight. Amanda Bynes, 26, posted a picture of herself in a tight top and skirt on Twitter on Tuesday morning with the caption: “Looking pudgy and I broke my nail.” Last month she revealed her plans to lose 21 pounds and d…
…and an Aquatalia Rumba boot – an awful suede affair. And wedge espadrilles, too. All pretty ghastly. But what should Kate be putting on those size seven feet? Kate should patronize Aruna Seth, a 30-year-old British-born designer who makes wonderful shoes that hover around the $960 to $1,280 mark. Or show courtier Georgina Goodman, who sadly went into liquidation in May, but she still hopes t…
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…
Angelina Jolie was spotted without her engagement ring as she arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda with British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Sunday night. Instead Angelina Jolie, 37, wore a more modest gold band on her wedding finger. Angelina Jolie was spotted without her engagement ring as she arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda with British Foreign S…
…as tennis star Andy Murray, who also won gold at the London Olympics. Kate Middleton’s decision to honor the engagement after being forced to cancel her last four public appearances is a sign that the 30-year-old is slowly recovering after spending several days in hospital with hyperemesis gravidarum earlier this month. Aides said the duchess, a Team GB Ambassador, was keen to attend to pay tribut…
Kim Kardashian covered her famously curvaceous figure in a grey sleeveless “skorts-suit” while shopping in Miami Beach with a friend. The bizarre ensemble featured black piping, peplum sides, and from the front, appeared to be shorts, while from the back, appeared to be a skirt. Kim Kardashian, who turns 32 next month, finished her decidedly modern look with a pair of black peep-toe heeled boots….
Kim Kardashian donned a daring, and rather revealing, monochrome dress to attend a magazine launch party in New York. Kim Kardashian, 31, had squeezed her ample chest into the plunging backless dress, which boasted cut out detail around the straps and sides. The reality star had her raven locks pulled back into a pony tail to further highlight the unusual and striking detail of her outfit. The wh…
t up in southern Germany would one day become the world’s leading lingerie firm. 125 years on, the business that started out with just six sewing machines and six employees has gone global, with 37,500 employees working in over 120 countries – and it is still in the hands of the families of its founders. The first foreign subsidiary was established in Zurzach, Switzerland which has bec…
…rful, floral things – joking <<Congratulations on your success. If you could now just persuade the Duchess to break a leg. . .>>.” Belinda Hadden’s own lucky break came after nearly 20 years of hard work building Heavenly Necklaces from a kitchen-table start-up to a business with a global client base. The concept of fake jewellery became big in the Thirties when people went on c…
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