Posts Tagged as ‘body image’

August 12, 2009

Self Magazine Defends Photoshopped Picture of Kelly Clarkston

Photo:  Scope Features, PacificCoastNews.com; Self; via eonline.com
The blog-o-sphere has been a buzz about the photoshopped cover shot of Kelly Clarkston for Self magazine’s September issue.  So much buzz in fact, the magazine felt the need to defend their decision even before the issue hit news stands.
The whole to-do started when it became very apparent [...]

June 26, 2009

Full-Figured Fashion Week Welcomes Fat-shionistas

Velvet D’Amour  Photo Credit: Jacques Brinon / AP Photo
This weekend kicks off a Fashion Week event that was five years in the making—Full-Figured Fashion Week.  Starting today and continuing through the weekend, NYC will be hosting the self described “Fat-shionistas”, showing off the latest in full-figured fashion and discussing “The State of the Curvy [...]

June 19, 2009

Fashion Sensei Says…

 
Choo’s 4 All!
 
H&M
Great news for shoe lovers!  H&M is collaborating with Jimmy Choo to design an exclusive collection for the discount retailer.  The luxe shoes which normally sell for $500 or more, will be up for grabs (and I’m sure there will be a few catfights to get your hands on these babies) for [...]

June 15, 2009

Vogue UK Says Enough is Enough, Start Designing Clothes for REAL Women

In an article published on Independent.co.uk yesterday, it was reported that Vogue UK editor Alexandra Shulman is boldly taking a stand for British women.  Shulman reportedly sent a letter to some of fashion’s most prominent design houses including: Prada, Chanel, Stella McCartney and John Galliano to admonish them for sending samples that are so small [...]

January 6, 2009

Happy New Year: A New Year, A New You

Doesn’t that seem to be the mantra that every magazine, morning news show and everything in between seem to say at the beginning of every January?
It feels as though January has become Body Awareness Month.   “Happy Body Awareness Month everyone!”  As if the other eleven months don’t offer enough reminders to eat less, look [...]

March 24, 2008

SJP Reacts to ‘Maxim’ Magazine’s "Unsexiest" Woman Title/ Jamie Lee Curtis Goes Topless

In October Maxim Magazine published their choice for the “Unsexiest Woman Alive”, naming Sara Jessica Parker as their number one choice.  Maxim’s feeling was that she was “the least sexy woman in a group of very unsexy women.”
 

Those of you who have not read the article I’m sure are saying “What?!!”  I agree with you.  [...]