The 10 Most Extreme Fashion Trends EVER

What’s the craziest fashion trend you ever saw?  The Zoot suit?  The leisure suit?  Go-go boots?  Goth?  As wild as those trends were, they still don’t compare to some of the wacky things people have done over the centuries all in the name of fashion.
Torture, greed, vanity, lust – the stories read like the seven [...]

Direct Sales Companies

Direct sales companies like Avon and Mary Kay have a long tradition in our society.  After thousands of years of hawking wares from street stands and traveling wagons, friendly sales reps started knocking on doors in the late 1800’s.  In the 125 years since, hundreds of companies have grown and flourished selling everything from home [...]

Amelia Earhart Celebrity Fashion Line

So here I thought celebrities plugging their own fashion lines was a recent phenomenon – you know, Beyonce, JLo, Jessica Simpson, Donald Trump, etc. Turns out, celebrities and fashion retailers have a long, LONG history together – longer than most of us have been alive, in fact. I knew that both Vivien Leigh [...]

Green Fashion Basics

With all the press about “going green,” it was only a matter of time before the term was applied to the fashion industry.  But for many, it’s an oxymoron – how can you possibly apply the term “sustainable” to something that changes every season?
It’s a good question.
After all, fashion has a long, l-o-n-g history of [...]

Mad Men Style

Mad Men, AMC’s Emmy Award-winning series about an advertising agency set in 1960’s New York, has become a hit with more than just viewers – top designers are sending 60’s-inspired looks down the runway for the second year in a row. Christian Dior, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino, and Liz Claiborne have allowed the [...]

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