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Meet the New Girl: Charlene Almarvez, Queens Fan and Would-be Volleyball Pro

22. July 2010

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Most of the top Asian models working today come from South Korea (Hyoni Kang), China (Liu Wen), and Japan (Tao Okamoto); the Southeast Asian sector has always been heavily underrepresented in the industry. Enter Filipino newbie Charlene Almarvez, a 16-year-old who has been charming editors with her sweet personality and doll-like features. Almarvez’s major breakthrough [...]

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New Fashion Must-Have: Toilet Seat Covers?

21. July 2010

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If you thought running in heels was hard, try squatting in them. Apparently, there’s a growing number of women who are so fed up with it — that is, the act of going to a sketchy dive bar, having to use the sketchy bathroom after a few too many vodka tonics, and, in the process, [...]

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What To Wear On A Long Flight?

16. July 2010

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The days of getting all done up to fly are long gone, but what do you throw on if you want to make it through a day of traveling with your style intact, wondered What To Wear reader Dita? Well… I have a go-to traveling-outfit formula that’s never failed to keep me comfortable, cute and [...]

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Strange-But-True Beauty Trend: Contact Lenses That Make Your Eyes Look Bigger

14. July 2010

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Imagine girls running around the mall with giant pink or enormous Twilight vampire eyes. That’s what the world is apparently coming to thanks to a new breed of contact lenses that makes peepers look abnormally large a la the anime-inspired eyes Lady Gaga wore in the “Bad Romance” video. According to The New York Times, [...]

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The Best Advice You’ll Ever Get For Wearing Shorts, Period

11. July 2010

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When shorts first came back around last summer, I was stumped. They hadn’t been cool for a very long time–in fact, the last pair I remembered wearing was pleated, khaki, and circa 1997–and I couldn’t quite figure out how to incorporate them into my wardrobe again (something told me the Aeropostale graphic Ts–sleeves rolled up!–and [...]

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Couture Is Looking a Little Hairy This Season

11. July 2010

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Couture collections are not about trends so much as extravagance, but each season a trend or two emerges. Last season it was shorts. This season it’s hairy fringe, which has popped up at Dior, Givenchy, and Jean Paul Gaultier. Apparently, couture fringe — the finest, most expensive fringe in the world! — is so high-quality [...]

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