Corset News Archive - 16-Dec-2007
PAWTUCKET ? Union Wadding is not in a residential neighborhood. There are no houses, churches, public schools, parks or playgrounds near the sprawling, 6.5-acre factory complex. An old railroad freight yard lies just west of the property. A busy commercial street lies east.
Can the latest La Perla corset really unleash your inner animal? One couple road-test this extraordinary contraption
"As the World Turns" treats viewers to a special episode on Friday, inspired by "The Nutcracker." The premise is that Faith and Natalie go to see "The Nutcracker" with Lucinda and then see a doll-house in a window in Old Town.
Pnina Tornai probably hasn't been the only one to dream of wedding dresses falling from the sky. But instead of rolling over and reaching for the snooze button, the designer took her dream as a sign.
Traditional fairy tales can be the seeds of powerful fantasies, and it's hard not to consider Amy Laura Schlitz's picture book The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm (Candlewick, 32 pages, $21, ages 4 to 7), illustrated by Max Grafe, for its potential as a fantasy novel.
PHILADELPHIA -- As we enter the thick of this year's gala season, it's clear that black-tie dressing is by no means limited to princess-style, strapless gowns with the obligatory corset bodice and full, floor-length skirt.
Canada's melancholy bard, Leonard Cohen, is among five acts who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland next year.
"Project Runway" treated newly svelte ladies to updated looks, but an HIV-positive designer had to take care of himself first.
Canada's melancholy bard, Leonard Cohen of Montreal, is among five acts who will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland next year.
That sigh of relief you heard at the beginning of the week, on Dec. 9, was not the exhalation of Norbert Leo Butz after unhooking the stays of his bosomy corset in Is He Dead? , which opened at the Lyceum on Sunday.
