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Gucci Manages MGMT's Influence on Runway

Wesleyan-bred members of indie-rock outfit MGMT have influenced music fans everywhere. Now, the luxury brand, Gucci, has been inspired to translate the sound to fabric.

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A T-Shirt's Worth 1,000 Words
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 There was a time when Urban Outfitters made all their money from selling ridiculous t-shirts with ridiculous messages and puns on them. I know you all know exactly what I’m talking about because you probably owned one yourself (I’m guilty of owning the Everyone Loves An Asian Girl tee).

 

After a while,

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Latest comment by Anonymous: **** I screwed that up...

http://www.cafepress.com/geeklife/5586771
Hairy and Heavy: The New Male Model

By the looks of the men coming down the runway, a fratty beer gut might be just what you need to launch a successful modeling career.

Six Signs Supermodels Aren't Super
Karolina Kurkova struts down the runway, probably not realizing that the media will then tear her to shreds. Apparently she doesn't know anyone in the fashion industry with an eating disorder. Really, Gisele? Campbell tumbles on the Vivienne Westwood runway in too-high platforms. Christie Brinkley knows the best revenge is to look good. Walking in 7 inch heels ain KM pictured with a more demure, covered-up Lila-Grace.

1)   Is Karolina Kurkova fat? 

Her appearance at Sao Paulo fashion week startled gossip queens and  the chain-smoking fashion circle, as they cattily snapped that her back-fat and cellulite left her unsuitable for a runway stomp. Proof that even models have trouble resisting truffled mac 'n' cheese an

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Latest comment by aquamarine: It’s nice to know that even models aren't perfect and that they experience their fair share of pitfalls.
British College Girls Asked to Stop Cat Calling

From London:

 

In a reversal of traditional gender stereotypes, girls of a British college have been asked to stop wolf-whistling at men.

 

Officials at West Kent College in Tonbridge, Kent, sent an email warning students to stop harassing builders both whilst on site and as they walk around the

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Latest comment by Anonymous: dibs on the black hair on the left
Fresh Cream:  All the News We Missed

All the news we missed, served fresh.

8 Great Celebrity Do-Over Names

Celebrities go through their careers changing everything about themselves – from their physical appearance to their… names? It’s true.  Most of our favorite stars are real people with really awful names.

Latest comment by Anonymous: I know everyone says Bob Dylan named himself after Dylan Thomas the poet... but I had an english teacher in college tell me it was something to do with Dylan from Gunsmoke. True?

You know what don't answer that, I hate dylanologists.
Rihanna Rocks Out at the Today Show Plaza

You can't stop her or her music.  Thousands turned out for this morning's Today Show performance by uber-star Rihanna.

Latest comment by Anonymous: why am i reading this? let me guess... you go to UMD... (stop posting nonsense to the umich blog kthnx)
5-Word Review: Secret Diary of a Call Girl

Make way for Sex and the City 2.0!

The Weekend: Off-Campus Crusades

Drinking on your couch getting a bit old? We’ve got overzealous sperm donors, rooftop films and the best of hipster music. Check out OTR’s list of off-campus weekend crusades.
 

Latest comment by LCE: I saw Death Cab in Philly. Definitely worth it!

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