Corset News Archive - 13-Aug-2007

  • 'Becoming Jane' beautiful but bland (Concord Monitor)
    Becoming Jane, the imagined back story of Jane Austen, might have seemed like a solid corset-and-carriage flick if other movies hadn't come along recently and covered similar territory in superior fashion (Shakespeare in Love, Pride and Prejudice).


  • Japanese Pop Culture Finds Large Following in Germany (Deutsche Welle)
    Japanese trends have become more and more popular with European youth. Today, German youngsters dress up as Manga-characters and idolize Japanese music bands.


  • Farewell French and Saunders (Times Online Sunday)
    After 20 years, French and Saunders are still our most successful, and funniest, female duo. So why are they calling time on their partnership ? and coming over all serious about matters of life and death?


  • Diversions spotlight: Spotlight: Renaissance Festival (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
    SURELY YOU JOUST Opens Saturday: It's time for all sirs and sirrahs to dust off the codpiece, and ladies and wenches to get the corset out of mothballs. The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is upon us! Now in its 36th year, the festival is the nation's largest, with more than 700 entertainers, 275 crafters, 120 food booths and an annual attendance of 275,000. There's no better way to spend a ...


  • Chanelle looks all Posh in racy hotpants and corset (Daily Mail)
    Former Big Brother housemate Chanelle Hayes really, really wants to be just like Posh Spice. The reality TV star made an appearance at London's Embassy nightclub wearing a replica of Victoria Beckham's now infamous Chanel hotpants and corset ensemble


  • Artists who teach (Salem Statesman Journal)
    They are the invisible artists: Teachers who nurture and direct young artists but have little time to create and show their own work.


  • Review: `Becoming Jane' beautifully blah (AP via Yahoo! News)
    "Becoming Jane," the imagined back story of Jane Austen, might have seemed like a solid corset-and-carriage flick if a couple of other movies hadn't come along in recent years and covered similar territory in superior fashion.


  • Palestinian girl paralyzed by Israeli missile fights to receive top care in Israel (International Herald Tribune)
    An errant Israeli missile killed Mariya Aman's mother and brother, and left the 6-year-old Palestinian girl paralyzed from the neck down.


  • Groom's mom has growing role (Louisville Courier-Journal)
    Remember the advice they used to give the mother of the groom? Show up. Shut up. Wear beige. Well, she's still showing up, but she's not silent anymore. And she's definitely not wearing beige. A low-cut hot-pink number, maybe, but not beige.


  • Stars shine in overloaded "Stardust" (Seattle Times)
    Complete with a corset-wearing pirate, a witch whose beauty is only skin deep, a cranky star and a dying king, "Stardust" is a wildly crowded...


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    Corset News Archive - 13-Aug-2007