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- Gallery And Fashion Show Report: Fashion Week's First Plus-Size Event
- The Daily WTF: 'The Village Voice' Photoshops Crushable Editor
- The 10 Most Ridiculous Dating Sites On the Internet
- Daily Cat Video: Sleepy Fighters
- Sweet Repeat: Celebrities Looking Miserable In Front Row of Fashion Week
- Between The Lines: What's Going On With 50 Cent?
- Congrats To Kayla Bjerke, The Winner Of Crushable's Philosophy Giveaway
| Posted: 16 Sep 2010 11:06 AM PDT Bridalplasty – This has got to be a joke, right? Then again, you guys remember that The Swan show? Aren’t we just over “extreme” plastic surgery programs at this point? More question marks? (via TheFrisky) Post from: Crushable  |
| Gallery And Fashion Show Report: Fashion Week's First Plus-Size Event Posted: 16 Sep 2010 11:08 AM PDT I attended Fashion Week's first-ever plus-size runway show on Wednesday, for the label OneStopPlus. I mentioned the body image-related Pretzel Crisps incident yesterday, and unfortunately that wasn't the show's only weight-insensitive gaffe. But first the celebs! Nikki Blonsky and Gabourey Sidibe were in attendance, along with Jersey Housewife Caroline Manzo and America's Next Top Model winner Whitney Thompson. I was most excited to see Richard Schiff, who played White House staffer Toby Ziegler on The West Wing – so maybe that says something about my qualifications for covering a fashion show. Based on the fifteen minutes spend hanging around the press area, Gaby and Nikki truly seemed like two of the genuinely sweetest celebs I'd ever encountered — so hooray for them! Gabourey was excited about the show, and talked about how she'd like to see every designer making clothes for plus-size women. She emphasized how many fashionable larger women there are, saying "we are here and we do buy clothes." Both Nikki and Gaby wore black, the color Nikki named as her favorite. The Hairspray star talked about feeling comfortable in her body. She described her personal definition of beauty as "how you feel about yourself when you wake up in the morning." After the red carpet we headed inside, where I was seated directly behind Nikki and Gaby. Here's the insensitivity and awkwardness comes in: Fashion Week events are notoriously crowded and organizers try to cram as many people as possible into small spaces. The chairs alongside the runway are tiny and pressed right up against one another. The seating arrangements at this show would have been less-than-comfortable for anyone, but at an event held specifically for full-bodied women they were insulting. Inviting celebrity guests, then failing to give them ample room to sit comfortably? The audience was quite disappointed to see how, even at a plus-size event, the mindset of the industry is so overwhelmingly skinny-centric. But onto the fashion! The show included models in a range of sizes, and made use of former ANTM-er Toccara Jones (who hammed it up for the camera!). The clothes were pastel and flowy and quite pretty, in my opinion — though none of them were anything Toby Ziegler would ever have worn. (photos via Crushable, Getty) Post from: Crushable Gallery And Fashion Show Report: Fashion Week's First Plus-Size Event  |
| The Daily WTF: 'The Village Voice' Photoshops Crushable Editor Posted: 16 Sep 2010 10:35 AM PDT Wow, I didn’t know that not knowing who Jay-Z was would be that big of a deal. Foster Kamer over at The Village Voice’s Running Scared blog wasn’t just laughing at my story about last night’s GQ party…he wrote an entire post on it. And made this beautiful image macro to represent my priorities when attending celebrity events. Hey, when was the last time you guys talked to the world’s biggest hip-hop mogul (or something. Is that what he does?)? The Observer ain’t got shit on me. Post from: Crushable The Daily WTF: 'The Village Voice' Photoshops Crushable Editor  |
| The 10 Most Ridiculous Dating Sites On the Internet Posted: 16 Sep 2010 10:02 AM PDT
1. The Atlasphere: As TheGloss editor Lilit Marcus pointed out, a website that takes Ayn Rand-lovers out of the dating pool is actually a great idea. We just don’t want to go anywhere near them. 2. JuggaLove – Yes, a dating website for Juggalo. See above. Also read Jennifer Wright’s amazing essay on the subject. 3. SaladMatch.Com – We’re pretty sure it’s a hoax, but even if it was real, we’d rather be hooked up with local meat-eaters than guys who like to pick at their Cobb on a first date. 4. Redhead Passions – Well, gingers are an endangered species. But this group is really selective: You have to identify if you are a natural firecrotch, or if you Christina Hendricks your hair with dye. 5. Beautiful People – You’d think attractive people could go out and get dates on their own, not stay at home on their computer and feel smug that they were “voted in” to this site via a rigorous vetting process. 6. Seeking Arrangement – Not so much a dating site as a place for legalized prostitution for creepy old sugar daddies and women who watched one too many episodes of The Secret Diary of a Call Girl. 7. Vampersonals – One of the myriad of vampire-related dating sites. You might not find your Edward Cullen, but Marilyn Manson is available these days. 8. 420 Dating – Sure, you might find the love of your life to get blazed with, but you might also find a cop. In fact, everyone on that site is probably a cop. 9. Tall Friends – We can’t tell if tall people are sick of craning their neck down to kiss their S.O.s, or some weird fetish site. Not a good sign. 10. Craigslist Casual Encounters Section – Still one of the weirdest place on the Internet, hands down. Post from: Crushable The 10 Most Ridiculous Dating Sites On the Internet  |
| Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:19 AM PDT Greyson Chance and Justin Bieber Meet at VMAs - Isn’t there some sort of metaphysical law that if they touch, they open up a wormhole and the entire world implodes? Or at least have to create an album together? (via Ellen) Post from: Crushable  |
| Daily Cat Video: Sleepy Fighters Posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:54 AM PDT Today’s cat video brings us two felines. These gray kitties are trying to engage one another in battle, but they can’t do it because they’re just too sleepy. Too sleepy to fight! Aw. These cats may have just discovered a path to world peace. Post from: Crushable Daily Cat Video: Sleepy Fighters  |
| Sweet Repeat: Celebrities Looking Miserable In Front Row of Fashion Week Posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:57 AM PDT We know Fashion Week, for all it’s glamor and gift bags, can be exhausting. But most of the time, we’re grateful to even get a seat or be snapping pics on the red carpet, even if it means walking 20 blocks on the West Side Highway (in heels) just to make it to a show someone’s decided to hold in a Pier that resembles a giant, abandoned warehouse that someone threw a runway in the middle of. But what we don’t get is why celebrities – those who are given the star treatment, the best seats, and all the swag they could ask for — always look so miserable while models parade by them like they were the royal court back in medieval times. Cheer up, people! Or at least, try to look a little less put-out. (Photos via WENN and Getty) Post from: Crushable Sweet Repeat: Celebrities Looking Miserable In Front Row of Fashion Week  |
| Between The Lines: What's Going On With 50 Cent? Posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:37 AM PDT When 50 Cent announced his return to Twitter a few weeks back with a barrage of insults and offensive remarks, we honestly sat around waiting for the rapper to reveal that his account had been hacked. Because who in his right mind could actually say such horrible stuff? But no announcement came and 50’s act has continued. Now he’s got a new stunt: asking women to upload photos of themselves and then critiquing their bodies for the world to see. It started relatively innocently, with 50 Tweeting: “I’m feeling down now. If u bitches on twitter really love me send me a sexy pictures take it with ur phone right quick.” Women responded, mostly with mirror-shot cell phone pics of themselves in thongs and bikinis. One woman sent a photo of herself posing with a friend while fully dressed and 50 replied: “bitch I said send pictures with your clothes off. dont nobody wanna see this shit. where the ass at?” After this, came the making-fun-of-overweight-girls portion of 50 Cent’s game: “ohh shit now these fat bitches sendin me pictures. damn had to fuck it up uh!” And the homophobic part, in response to a photo of a dude: “now look at this shit! perez hilton trying to set me up.” And then, When a young looking girl uploaded a partially nude photo, 50 replied: "I told yal u have to be 18 and older to be on my twitter. now I hope ur mama see this shit and beat ur ass." Unbelievable! How long can 50 Cent keep saying this stuff before people stop listening? Unless he shapes up, we think we’ve about reached that threshold. Post from: Crushable Between The Lines: What's Going On With 50 Cent?  |
| Posted: 16 Sep 2010 07:54 AM PDT The Jersey Shore Boys Get a Makeover – Sort of…we can’t really tell the difference between the “before” and “after” shots. (via GQ) Post from: Crushable  |
| Congrats To Kayla Bjerke, The Winner Of Crushable's Philosophy Giveaway Posted: 16 Sep 2010 07:48 AM PDT
We’ve given out hundreds of dollars in prizes in the past month — from free Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream to a Nintendo DSi XL — all to our Facebook fans. So become a fan of Crushable on Facebook today and you’ll be automatically entered to win more cool stuff like this in the coming weeks! Just click here and hit the “Like” button. Post from: Crushable Congrats To Kayla Bjerke, The Winner Of Crushable's Philosophy Giveaway  |
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