Corset News Archive - 02-Feb-2008

  • Design Thursday: When is a corset like a coffin? (Fast Company Magazine)
    Why, when fashion designer Hussein Chalayan feels like making one out of amber wood and metal, as he did for his Fall/Winter 1995-96 collection, that's when. And why is this relevant now?...


  • On the Fashion Week runway, green is hot (Seattle Times)
    New York Fashion Week opens today, and a lot of attention will be on what's new ? an unprecedented emphasis on green ? and a...


  • Smartlipo: Zapping the fat (Daily Telegraph)
    Janie Lawrence shapes up to smartlipo, an alternative to liposuction that claims to be safer and less invasive.


  • Saving Anne Frank's chestnut: tree of hope or diseased threat? (Independent)
    For Anne Frank, the majestic chestnut tree she gazed on from the attic window was a source of comfort as she hid from the Nazis. For today's visitors to the elegant Amsterdam terrace house, it cuts a rather more forlorn figure.


  • Does her bum look big in this? Posh Spice's unflattering outfit (Daily Mail)
    As accessories go it's certainly eye-catching. But Victoria Beckham's latest fashion faux-pas appears to have a more practical application as the Spice Girl took to the stage with a mystery bandage, prompting speculation that it may be covering yet another tattoo. Posh appeared onstage in her silver sequinned corset and leggings costume at the Spice Girls concert in Boston with a heavily ...


  • Working to confine cancer (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
    Challenged to make art out of underwear, Paul Palcko had to ponder. "The hardest part was figuring out how to work on it, because, essentially, it's sculpture," said the editorial illustrator, 32, who chose oil paint and stuffed the corset with a blanket.


  • Exuberant (but nervous?) Mika at Electric Factory (Philly.com)
    Last spring, Mika, the Lebanese born pop-star-in-the-making, introduced himself with a song named after a Philadelphia born princess. In "Grace Kelly," the first single off his debut album Life In Cartoon Motion, he repeatedly asked a question to which he could not conceive of a logical answer: "Why don't you like me?"


  • They liked you, Mika, they really liked you (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
    Last spring Mika, the Lebanese-born pop-star-in-the-making, introduced himself with a song named after a Philadelphia-born princess. In "Grace Kelly," the first single from his debut album Life in Cartoon Motion, he asked a question to which he could not imagine a logical answer: "Why don't you like me?"


  • Stars put on the glitz for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, ending red carpet drought (Savannah Morning News)
    Hollywood's stylish stars got right back to their red carpet routines Sunday night, even if they'd been a bit out of practice. Glamorous gowns - especially strapless and metallic ones - dominated the fashion show that preceded the Screen Actors Guild Awards.


  • Awakening, Nightly, at 50 (New York Times)
    For the last few years, Kate Burton has been bouncing among stage, TV and film work. Now New York audiences will have multiple chances to see the belting side of her.


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