In recent years, countless pixels and pages have been devoted to the Chinese luxury market. (See here and here for a couple of recent examples.) Yet despite the high volume of articles and blog posts about this subject, they largely share a tone of incredulity about the increasingly significant role China and Chinese consumers are now playing in fashion markets.
Yoko Ono's menswear line for Opening Ceremony was one of the most outrageous celebrity collections we've seen to date, so it's hard to imagine that the crotch handprints, mesh tops and nipple holes were anything but 100 percent original. Turns out that may not be the case.
The New York Times once called Stephen Burrows "the brightest star in American fashion," and for good reason. Burrows' career has spanned over 50 years and has garnered a legacy that is currently being celebrated in a retrospective of his creations from 1968 and 1983 at The Musesum of the City of New York.
Australian magazine Noi.se is targeting plastic surgery in its latest editorial spread -- and it isn't exactly pretty.
The editorial called "Pull Yourself Together" was shot by photographer Baard Lunde and manages to make gorgeous model Jordan Almen look sinister and frightening by pulling at her flawless features with various contraptions.
