Gisele’s paycheck and Chanel at the beach

Gucci have launched a haute couture collection called Gucci Première. There has been talk of this since earlier this year but it was confmed this week when Salma Hayek stepped out in a on-shouldered gown for the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. Creative director Frida Giannini told Vogue that the [...]

Collaborations galore!

Whenever I need a quick pick-me-up during work time, cartoons usually do it for me. Whether it be Dilbert or Cynaide and Happiness, they always seem to make me smile and make the mundane seem doable. Granted my love for fashion, I was super excited when I discovered Humor Chic. This cartoon blog by Alexsandro [...]

We don’t want no skinny people

The Size Zero debate continues. The Guardian is reporting that Germany’s most popular women’s magazine is banning professional models from its pages. They will be replaced by “real” women instead. This is an attempt by  the bestselling German magazine with a distribution of 700 000 to meet the reader’s expectations of womanhood. Apparently the readers [...]

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