Corset News Archive - 27-Sep-2007
Gucci, which Texan designer Tom Ford put on the international fashion map with his steamy, overt sexuality, has taken a step back in time to revisit the more restrained 1950s for its collection for next summer.
Donna Schudel is a performance/installation artist who attempts to redeem violent, violated women -- living and anonymous, dead and famous, archetypal. She's sewn a peaceful message in and dripped red paint on a wedding dress to heal Queen Elizabeth I, who had a nasty habit of beheading enemies, actual and alleged.
Model and burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese shows off her curves in a racy new ad promoting spaying and neutering pets. The ad unveiled Monday in Los Angeles by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals stars the former Marilyn Manson flame as a corset-wearing spokeswoman for the group's ABC animal birth control campaign.
NEW YORK? She might have put dozens of prom queens on the runway, but Betsey Johnson was the belle of the ball at the preview of her spring collection.
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