Corset News Archive - 31-Jan-2008
For years, she's been overshadowed by her former Destiny's Child bandmate Beyoncé Knowles, but Kelly Rowland has finally emerged as a bootylicious star in her own right. The 26-year-old singer shed her usually demure persona as she stepped on stage in a skimpy corset and fishnet stockings for a performance at London Astoria's G-A-Y night on Saturday. She was in town to promote her new single ...
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 Actor Guild Awards.
Neither an unexpected case of hiccups nor severe microphone feedback could stop British reigning dance-pop star Mika in his campy, energetic and oh-so theatrical tracks on Tuesday night as he delivered an infectiously fun show at Kool Haus.
Laurie Coleman, wife of Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., has invented a tool for hands-free hair drying called the "Blo & Go. " Anyone who has...
Lips pursed in photogenic concentration, Ivana Trump watched the jewel-smothered corset dresses sweep past at Elie Saab?s show.
11:45 A.M. The Association for Women in Communications (AWC), D.C. chapter, is hosting a luncheon with Deborah Kanafani for a discussion of her new book, Unveiled: How an American Woman Found Her Way Through Politics, Love, and Obedience in the Middle East , at the Tivoli Restaurant, 1700 N. Moore...
In the September 1939 edition of American Vogue, magazine editors, reporting back from the season's Paris collections, ran a spread that heralded the return of the corset. The black-and-white photographs were accompanied by a pull-no-punches bit of advice for readers: Start "with a naturally small waist" in order to achieve the "willow-wand" figure depicted by the model. "And," they admonished, ...
Art Gallery of York University (Accolade East, 4700 Keele St. 416-736-5169): Video projections by Saskia Olde Wolbers, works by Bruno Billio and Rodrigo Matheus' video animations are on display Wed. to May 4.
