Fair Beauty – Vietnam’s Obsession with White Skin
For most Vietnamese women, white skin is synonymous with feminine beauty, sophistication and high social status, and many of them cover themselves completely even in the middle of summer in order to protect their fair complexion from the sun’s rays. In Vietnam, as in the majority of South East Asian countries, dark skin has always been associated with poverty […]
Japanese “Zoo Jeans” Are Actually Designed by Lions
How much would you pay for a truly one-of-a-kind pair of jeans featuring an abstract pattern of scratches and bite arks designed by lions at a Japanese zoo? Only ten pairs will be available this year, so you’d better be ready to break the piggy bank. Zoo Jeans are part of a revitalization campaign for Japn’s Tohoku […]
Woman Knits Vest Out of Own Hair She Has Been Saving for 20 Years
Romanian woman Ortansa Pascariu is the proud owner of a very unusual piece of wardrobe – a vest made of her own hair! Ortansa had been collecting fallen strands of her hair for 20 years, and when she thought she had enough, she decided to use it for a unique garment. The 65-year-old revealed that she started […]
Glow-in-the-Dark Neon Hair Takes over Instagram
The latest beauty trend to hit Instagram involves women coloring their hair with special dyes that makes it glow in the dark. The look, also known as ‘blacklight hair’ comes in a variety of neon shades – blue, pink, green, orange, and copper red. Some women seem to prefer a single shade, while others go […]
Japanese Fashion Designer Has Her 93-Year-Old Cool Grandma Model Her Creations
Meet Emiko, a supercool granny taking the Japanese fashion industry by storm. At age 93, she’s got the spunk and energy of a six-year-old, and she’s positively adorable as she models her granddaughter Chinami Mori’s colorful creations. Chinami is a fashion designer from Osaka, who specialises in Saori – a freestyle hand-weaving technique that produces playful, […]
Japan’s Newest Fashion Craze – Realistic Cat Bags That Cost More Than a Real Cat
Japanese designer Pico has combined her love of cats and handbags to create a line of highly realistic faux feline purses. The bags are shaped like furry, adorable kitties complete with individual markings, whiskers, and tails. Each cat-bag is priced at about $500 to $700, but buyers don’t seem to mind the steep pricing at […]
Woman with “Perfect Size” Butt Makes a Living Trying on Jeans
Meet Natasha Wagner, who according to America’s denim industry, has a perfect sized butt. With a height of five feet eight inches and a 28-inch waist, her size 6 figure makes her the most coveted ‘live mannequin’ to create what popular denim brands believe to be the perfect pair of jeans. So for the past 14 years, […]
80-Year-Old Amateur Fashion Designer Creates and Models His Own Dresses
It seems like the elderly are embracing fashion like never before. After Gunther Krabbenhoft, who charmed the internet with his sense of style, and Baddie Winkle, the coolest-dressing grandma online, we now have 80-year-old Liao Dezhong – an amateur designer who models his own eccentric dresses. Dezhong, a widower from Sichuan Province, has designed over […]
59-Year-Old Fashion Model Is Still Giving Young Girls a Run for Their Money
At age 59, the lovely Yasmina Rossi is breaking all the rules of the fashion world. Despite her age, she is a highly sought-after model, working for several international brands. French-born Yasmina had an unusual start to her career – she began modelling in her late twenties, which is when most professional models retire. She got […]
Dapper Gentleman in His 70’s Becomes Online Fashion Icon
Most people tend to lose interest in fashion as they age, but an elderly gentleman from Germany is stunning the world with his sartorial elegance. Through his impeccable sense of style, Gunther Krabbenhoft is proving that fashion and charm are not limited to the young. Gunther was recently photographed in Berlin, near the Kottbusser Tor station, and his […]
Bubble Fingernails – The Crazy Fashion Trend Taking Over the Internet
Some fashion trends are so odd that they leave you wondering how they ever caught on. Take this latest ‘bubble nails’ craze – bulbous acrylic fingernails painted in a variety of colors and patterns. The technique has apparently been around since 2009, but has only gained popularity recently, after a series of photos went viral on […]
Dutch Fashion Designer Creates Clothing Line That Prevents Slouching
Dutch designer Jeffrey Heiligers’ latest clothing line – ‘Posture’ – targets people who spend most of their time hunched over a computer. By preventing the wearer from slouching, the clothes help people improve their posture in the long run. The concept is simple – every time you slouch, the shirt will tighten uncomfortably around the […]
Garbage Gone Glam – Designer Turns Everyday Trash into Fashionable Outfits
Kristen Alyce is an eco-conscious designer who converts all kinds of trash, like discarded drink cartons, leaflets and concert tickets, into fashionable outfits for women. Her quirky designs include all sorts of clothing – right from cocktail dresses to floor length gowns, made under her label ‘Garbage Gone Glam’. Kristen said that she started dreaming […]
Pixelated Hair Trend Makes Your Head Look Colorblocked
If you’re looking for a quirky futuristic hairstyle, you may want to give “Xpresionpixel” a try. This new trend basically involves dying the hair in block-like sections of varying colors to create a digital-inspired pixelated image. Created by Spanish colorists, Jose Luis Almendral, Marco Antonio Restrepo and Jorge Cancer, of Madrid’s X-presion Creativos salon, pixelated hair […]
Only in Japan – The LED-Illuminated Upskirt Skirt
Japanese designer Kiyoyuki Amano has combined fashion and technology to create futuristic short skirts that illuminate the wearer’s thighs. Aptly named ‘Hikaru Skirt’, which means ‘Shining Skirt’, the garment comes equipped with LED lights and the miniature gyro sensors on the inside. So the skirt lights up, and the color and pattern of the light […]