Corset News Archive - 07-Oct-2007

  • Saturday, October 6, 2007 (Winchester Star)
    Tashia Johnelle Smith of Berryville and Calvin Taylor Gant of Middletown were married at Abrams Delight in Winchester by the Rev. Reginald Williams on Sept. 1, 2007.


  • How the Corset Inspired Paris (The New York Sun)
    PARIS ? Inspired by the idea of the corset, Celine creative director Ivana Omazic's spring collection took a modern look at structure. Linear shapes that echoed the boning of yore were placed on the outside of garments as decoration, but they also did double duty in slimming and emphasizing the waist. Some of the best looks were the simplest: a white satin T-shirt with tiny pleats in the back ...


  • Corset crooks strike twice in Calif. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
    Thieves have twice raided an Orange County store that specializes in corsets and other costumes, making off with an estimated $44,000 in exotic outfits. Jeanette Zinkan, a 69-year-old great grandmother who goes by the name "Miss Antoinette," owns Versatile Fashions, and designs most of the store's merchandise herself. "They took the guts out of me when they took my entire showcase. That's more ...


  • Gil/Grimmett (Opelousas Daily World)
    Jasmine Alana Gil and Charlie Ryan Grimmett exchanged marriage vows September 22, 2007, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Port Barre. The Rev. Nicky Trahan conducted the 6 p.m. double-ring ceremony.


  • Muscatine! the Musical update: Costumes inspired by fashions of 1896 (Muscatine Journal)
    MUSCATINE, Iowa ? Ostrich plumes and parasols swaying in a sea of frothy lace and bodacious bustles will dress up the stage at the world premier of ?Muscatine! the Musical? Friday, Oct. 12.


  • The bra: A supporting performance (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
    has played so much more than a supporting role in modern history. It has been praised for releasing women from the rib-crushing corset. It has been burned (or so the story goes) as a symbol of women's oppression.


  • Cate Blanchett finds royalty much to her liking (Chicago Sun-Times)
    LOS ANGELES -- How does it feel to be the brightest quick change artist in Hollywood these days? Cate Blanchett plays rocker Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic "I'm Not There," which won her a Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival.


  • WEIRD BUT TRUE (New York Post)
    There was no honor among these two Army colonels. Cols. Scott Carlson and Bruce Adkins are accused of switching identities to fool a paternity test. Carlson had been paying a Virginia woman child support for her 9-year-old daughter. But when she...


  • Watch Gary Lineker's girl in sexy video (News Of The World)
    GARY Lineker's new lover Danielle Bux strips and sends two geeky boys wild in a sizzling music video.


  • Corset crooks strike twice in Calif. (AP via Yahoo! News)
    Thieves have twice raided an Orange County store that specializes in corsets and other costumes, making off with an estimated $44,000 in exotic outfits.


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