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Gwen Stefani's LAMB runway show
Fashion week can be a nightmare of pretentious concepts and over-the-top displays of self-importance. But singer Stefani effectively knocked the stuffing out more established designers with a show that was as fun as the clothes she sent down the runway. It wasn't cutting edge or breaking new ground, but her soundtrack of swinging 1960s mod music and the dazzling black-and-white video display was tastier than cotton candy.
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Green as a marketing tool
It's lovely that we're finally recognizing the fact that polar bears are losing their icy home, but it's not so lovely that corporations are jumping on the bandwagon by touting items with minimal amounts of recycled material as environmentally friendly. Instead of spending the money marketing their home products and fashion as green, these folks should be spending their cash on reducing waste in packaging, or investing in new, energy-saving technology.
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The high-waisted jean
Assisted living facility fashion finds its way to the young ladies of major metropolitan areas, and the results are pure disaster. Did the American Association of Retired Persons pay Jessica Simpson and Mischa Barton to bring granny chic to the masses? It seems like the only logical explanation for these hideous trousers. Here's hoping that the fragrance industry doesn't follow suit by bottling Eau de Icy Hot.
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Marc Jacobs keeps them waiting
The designer's spring 2008 line wasn't polarizing because of the clothes - the black bugle-bead evening dresses and trompe l'oeil underwear were conceptually enthralling. But fashion writers, editors, and Fashion Week organizers were livid at Jacobs' two-hour delay in starting the show. Given that the rest of Fashion Week featured staid spring fashions displayed against stark white runways, it was worth the delay to see Jacobs stage his backward spectacle.
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Catherine Deneuve's ads for Louis Vuitton
The 64-year-old actress is resplendent in adverts for the Vuitton bags. Unlike, say, Tom Brady and Stetson cologne, it's entirely believable that Deneuve would be traveling through Paris with armloads of luxury suitcases.
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Heidi Klum's derriere cleavage
About as sexy as a rat in a bikini, Klum decided to show a little bit of backside at the afterparty for this year's Victoria's Secret fashion show. The dress looked like it was cast out by Carol Channing after she backed into a paper shredder. Pardon the pun, but it's time that someone told Heidi that crack is indeed whack.
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Britney Spears' disregard of undergarments, Britney's baldness, Britney's hats, Britney's hair weaves, Britney's MTV Video Music Award's outfit.
Enough said. ...
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