February 27th, 2011 
Abby Clucas 
The most hilarious things transpire on fashion-centric reality shows when the word “couture” enters the competitive mix. The main challenge on night’s edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race is the perfect example of the craziness the word inspires: The queens were solicited to create a couture, one-of-a-kind runway look based on one of eight different cakes, including pineapple upside down cake, chocolate lava cake, princess cake, and so on. Truly, Read full article…
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’: The queens confuse couture with shoulder flair
Tags: Stars’ gowns danced down the Oscar red carpet
“Black Swan” graced the Oscars on Sunday night in several ways: Besides Natalie Portman in her Rodarte violet-colored draped gown in silk chiffon with Swarovski crystals, co-star Mila Kunis wore a very low-cut, lingerie-style Elie Saab gown in lavender with lace details.
Lindsay Lohan wears fancy pants to court. Who decides her attire?
On Feb. 9, Egyptian civilians were still in the throes of protest and South Korea agreed to resume discussions with North Korea over humanitarian issues, but all Hollywood could talk about that day was The. White. Dress. (Idiocracy, guys. It’s coming! Yay humanity!) You know, the Kimberly Ovitz-designed dress Lindsay Lohan wore to her arraignment, during which she pleaded not guilty to felony grand theft charges, filed after the actress was accused of stealing a $2,500 necklace in Venice, Calif. S
Lady Gaga wears a ‘latex condom-inspired outfit’ on ‘Good Morning America’
On Sunday, Lady Gaga dressed (bizarrely) for the Grammys, but today, she dressed for aisle 9 at Duane Reade. In this video from today’s edition of Good Morning America, pop’s current First Lady is clad in one of her wackiest ensembles yet: a flesh-colored, “latex condom-inspired outfit,” topped off with a hat that’s a little Three Musketeers, a little Quaker Oats Man, and a lot crazy. (If only Woody Allen from Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) were there to accompany her.)
There is, however, a method to Gaga’s madness, according to the star. She told GMA
‘Today’ and always: Michelle Obama is my bemused facial expression hero
First Lady Michelle Obama joined Matt Lauer on this morning’s Today show to talk about Egypt, her husband’s prospects for reelection and how he kicked his smoking habit (equally important), school lunches, Facebook (“It’s not necessary.”), and best of all: how the President most definitely does not dye his hair. The editors went all CSI: Makeover Madness on Michelle, displaying side-by-side images of Barack with different-looking hair from the same day. SHUDDER. You can see the most riveting crime scene in weeks at the bottom of this post. Anyway, I
What is Melissa Leo asking us to ‘Consider…’?
We may never know. Some guesses:
…how much makeup I am wearing …the power of faux-fur …GLITTER …me for a leading role in the Dynasty movie, or as a doll model. “If you want a rematch, just whistle! If you can!” …GLAMOUR ….gilded swimming pools and indoor columns: hot for 2011 …mah humps mah humps mah humps …the benefits of a healthy diet. (Why else woul
Suspender-bodice gowns: Sexy or annoying?
Vanity Fair‘s annual Hollywood issue has arrived (here’s a larger version), and I’m too distracted by Olivia Wilde’s gown to even begin to address why Rashida Jones would be bottle-feeding an animal and Robert Duvall is serving as bartender. Does Wilde have an amazing body? Yes. But should she be wearing a gown that makes January Jones’ Golden Globes dress seem reserved? No. I think we need to band together now to stop these suspender-bodice gowns from becoming an epidemic. (Assuming enough people with bodies like Wilde and Jones actually exist to make that even a figurative possibility.) If a gown just barely covers your nipple, you should not be wearing it. See somethin