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Meet the Girl with a Modeling Contract in the Ford Men’s Division

Posted on November 23, 2012 by MessyNessy

Over the past few years, there have been a few big stories in the media about male models breaking into the world of women’s fashion. Now it’s the girls’ turn to pull the old switcheroo. Meet 6 ft 2 Casey Legler, an artist, a former Olympic swimmer and now a male model. ::: YOU MIGHT [...]

The Transsexual Supermodel: A Haunting Beauty

Posted on August 2, 2010 by MessyNessy

When I browsed through the Givenchy couture collection, I saw beautiful dresses, beautiful models and scrolled down to the next designer. Had I known the collection featured the fashion world’s first transsexual supermodel, I suspect I would have paid more attention to detail. Lea T is without doubt, beautiful, more than just pretty. With that [...]

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Taking a Bath in Hitler’s Tub for Vogue

Just hours after Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30th, 1945, former fashion model and Vogue
In : shock me. Tags: Hitler, Lee Miller, Nazi, photography, Vogue, and World War II.
Meet the Girl with a Modeling Contract in the Ford Men’s Division

Over the past few years, there have been a few big stories in the media about male models breaking
In : fashion for dummies and have you met. Tags: fashion, gender, modeling, models, and transgender.
Before Photoshop: Vogue Cover Illustrations

Does anyone else find fashion more special when it’s illustrated? I think it brings out that
In : fashion for dummies and Nostalgia. Tags: 1920s, Art Deco, conde nast, covers, fashion, magazine, style, and Vogue.
VOGUE University opening next year

Condé Nast: fashion media giant, Anna Wintour’s boss and publishing house behind VOGUE,
In : fashion for dummies. Tags: conde nast, university, and Vogue. Format: Standard.
Paris Fashion Week circa 1951

You don’t have to be a fashion die-hard to appreciate the magic of these photographs captured
In : fashion for dummies and Nostalgia. Tags: 1950s, Bettina Ballard, Christian Dior, fashion, fashion history, fashion week, haute couture, life, Paris, photography, style, and Vogue.
Fashion’s Night Out? Shoulda Stayed Home!

VOGUE’s third annual Fashion’s Night Out came to Paris on Thursday night to kick off
In : fashion for dummies. Tags: 2011, Avenue Montaigne, fashion, Fashion's Night Out, Fashionistas, look at me, Paris, photographs, street style, style, Vogue, and wannabes.
Gossip is Good

Are We Going to See Victoria Beckham do the Nude Pregnancy Pose for American VOGUE? Ugh, do we have
In : gossip is good. Tags: annoying, Before and After, Crystal Renn, curvy, David La Chappelle, hair, Justin Bieber, music video, nude, plus size, pregnant, Rihanna, Russell Brand, S&M, Simon Cowell, skinny, stupid, Victoria Beckham, and Vogue.
‘C’est Chic’ Style Round-Up

This is Not a Birkin Remember when Anya Hindmarch designed the “I’m not a Plastic
In : C'est Chic and fashion for dummies. Tags: bachelor, Balmain, black soap, boutique, Carine Roitfield, Caswell Massey, Chanel, Emmanuelle Alt, Fake Birkin bag, Fashion exhibition, Florence, Gucci Museum, Hair Extensions, Hermes, Hip hop, history, iphone cover, Karl Lagerfeld, lego, Leighton Meester, Lutetia Hotel, men's grooming, Missoni, Mouna Ayoub, Paris, Rue de Sevres, short film, swimming pool, Thursday Friday, Together bag, video, Vogue, and Window World.
In 2010, I Probably Shouldn’t Have…

201o’s Most Memorable ‘Oopsies’ Probably Shouldn’t Have DONE That… Cosmetic
In : gossip is good and life is messy. Tags: 2010, 2011, 3D, Angelina Jolie, blackberry, BP oil spill, Carine Roitfeld, Chanel, Chelsea Handler, Ed Hardy, fail, Heathrow Airport, Heidi Montag, It Bags, Jersey Shore, Lindsay Lohan, Mel Gibson, Mistakes, new year resolutions, Oksana Grigorieval, Oops, plastic surgery, press release, quit, Regrets, review, Sex and the City 2, Snow, technology, Television, things we shouldn't have done, Tony Hayward, and Vogue.
Ten of the Best Things about 2010

1. Making Fun of Hipsters (Even though we all have something in common with that Youtube
In : gossip is good and life is messy. Tags: 2010, Alexa Chung, Andrew Garfield, androgynous, Anna Wintour, app, backlaksh, Being a dickhead's cool, Best things, Blake Lively, boy, celebrities, Coco Sumner, dickheads, dressing like a boy, Ellie Goulding, female indie, Geeks, geeky boys, Glee, gleeks, hipstamatic, Hipsters, influence, iphone, Lady Gaga, Leighton Meester, Lennon, making fun, Mark Zuckerberg, Matthew Morrison, music, new catwalk, new runway, new years, photoshop, plastic surgery, pre-pubescent, Sean Parker, sexy, singers, Streetstyle, sunglasses, teenage, transsexual, trend, trendsetters, Vogue, and youtube video.
What Models Really Get Paid

In the midst of my semi-hypnotic state of web surfing last week, I noticed several of my online
In : fashion for dummies and gossip is good. Tags: agency, Anna Jagodzinska, corruption, earn, earnings, expenses, fashion, Ford, fraud, human trafficking, lawsuit, mistreatment, modelling industry, models, money, Next, pay, sue, and Vogue.
French Vogue Says Old People DO Have Sex

For my more mature readers, do excuse the title of this post, I’m being heavily
In : C'est Chic, fashion for dummies, and shock me. Tags: ageism, Carine Roitfield, Clarissa, controversial, Diamonds, Doug, editorial, fashion, Forever Love, French, models, Old, photoshop, Tom Ford, and Vogue.
Fashion News Round-Up

Beautiful Boys This is 19-year-old Australian model, Andrej Pejic. Andrej is a male model. Yes,
In : fashion for dummies. Tags: 14, 2010, Andrej Pejic, androgynous, Ashlee Simpson, bizarre, black, blog, blogger, bottom, Carrie Mulligan, Chanel, collection, daring, derriere, Editor, fashion, Fearne Cotton, fourteen years-old, Harry Winston, Jane Magazine, Jane Pratt, Jean Paul Gaulter, jumpsuit, lace, Leighton Meester, magazine, male, Marchessa, model, outfit, Paul Smith, Raf Simmons, Red carpet, relaunch, risky, Sassy, see-through, skinny, Storm, style, Tavi, Tom Ford, transsexual, trend, unflattering, womenswear, and Yves Saint Laurent.
A Fashion Dummy

Okay, so I like to think I know a thing or two about fashion. I’m certainly supposed to, but
In : fashion for dummies. Tags: Al Moda, alpine knitwear, bohemian, Camel coat, D&G AW10, Fall Fashion Trends, Fashion Dummy, Fashion help, Givenchy, Hakaan, High heel hiking boots, lace, Max Mara, parisian style, and Ralph Lauren.