Corset News Archive - 15-Feb-2008

  • What's On: Galleries (Toronto Star)
    Beaux-Arts Gallery (70-74 Main St. N. Brampton, 905-454-5677): "New Inspiration II" features the works of nine local artists. On display Tues. to Mar. 1 (reception 6 p.m.).


  • Non-crazy cat ladies unite! (FSView)
    So, you don?t have a boyfriend ? big deal. Neither do millions of other girls who loathe Valentine?s Day and are afraid they will be a crazy cat lady when they get older.


  • Current Issue: (Technician)
    In response to statements and opinions printed in the Technician regarding the recent UNC-Chapel Hill basketball ticket Campout, I would like to provide the following information to clarify any confusion or misunderstandings that may have arisen. First, some history.


  • Last Poiret heirlooms snapped up by museums, collectors (AFP via Yahoo! News)
    Museums and collectors on Thursday snapped up dozens of designer items fashioned a century ago by ground-breaking French stylist Paul Poiret, the man credited with emancipating women from the corset.


  • Katie faces 'wardrobe malfunction' (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
    She recently spent thousands of pounds on plastic surgery to shed her Jordan alter ego, but Katie Price has been back to her old ways.


  • Olympic gold medals hinge on fast 'corset' (The Australian)
    THE "world's quickest corset" is how Leisel Jones yesterday described the swimsuit developed for competitors at the Beijing Games.


  • Against the tide (Guardian Unlimited)
    Arts & entertainment: Derek Jarman tackled punks to gays to Thatcher. Jon Savage hails the resurrection of an irrepressible artist


  • Tracking down the past: Harmonist outfits updated (The Beaver County Times)
    The Times/LUCY SCHALY The guides at Old Economy are getting new outfits to wear while they lead visitors around the grounds starting this spring. Sarah Buffington, left, adjusts guide Jo Ellen Purciavalle's bonnet.


  • Last Poiret heirlooms snapped up (Daily Telegraph)
    MUSEUMS and collectors have snapped up dozens of designer items fashioned a century ago by ground-breaking French stylist Paul Poiret, the man credited with emancipating women from the corset.


  • Poiret's grand-children auction last of family heirlooms (AFP via Yahoo! News)
    The grandchildren of ground-breaking French fashion designer Paul Poiret on Thursday auction off dozens of items from the 1910s and 1920s that they once used to play with in the family attic.


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