Anyone who knows anything about Aussie songstress Kylie Minogue knows that she is always sure to choose some flamboyant stage wear, most memorably the Moulin Rouge-style costumes she showcased on her last tour, which was appropriately titled Showgirl.

We've talked before about her Spiderman-themed outfit (or pretty sexy designer threads, depending on your opinion) but now she's unveiled pictures of the rest of her tour outfits for the world's press to admire/gape at in astonishment.

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Triumph International of Japan have a track record of producing innovative/weird bra concepts such as a bra to promote the use of chopsticks (sounds potentially dangerous!) and a bra which could be turned into a shopping bag (whether as it is being worn or afterwards, we're not clear). So why not create a bra which incorporates some nice green, sustainable solar power? (Apart from the fact that underwear rarely needs a power source, of course...)

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Last month, we tipped Audrey Tautou to play Chanel in a new biopic of the French designer. Now we can confirm the rumors are true.

Tautou will play Chanel in a new movie to be called Coco avant Chanel (which means "Coco before Chanel" and which will focus on Coco's formative years, before she became known for her classic sense of style and her wonderful taste in smells). We didn't know much about the fashion legend's early life, but according to Variety, she learned to sew during her time in a Catholic orphanage after the death of her parents, and earned the nickname Coco after performing as a cabaret dancer - there's some perfect biopic material, right there.

Variety also reports that Tautou was (understandably, being the most famous hip and beautiful young Frenchwoman in Hollywood) the only choice for the role.

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There are a lot of things that make us go "huh?" about Hillary Clinton. Like the fact that she stood by her cheating husband, or that she got in bed (metaphorically speaking!) with drug companies after previously espousing the ideal of an egalitarian health care system. Or why so many people have voted for her so far... stuff like that.

What we couldn't care less about is how she wears her hair, or what clothes she puts on her body -- we think female politicians should get the same treatment as men, and how often do we pick on John McCain' suits? (Snooze...)

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Well, it beats spending time on a decades-long waiting list for an iconic Kelly, doesn't it?

New York blogger Karyn Bosnak drew our attention to a new feature on the Hermes website which shows you how to make your own Hermes bag, just like the real thing. The only downside? You have to make it out of paper... a fun craft project, perhaps, but not likely to withstand the first rainy day of summer.

If you'd like to make something a little more substantial (but only a little more substantial), why not try your hand at making a bikini?

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We confess: we hadn't heard of Eton shirts before, but we probably should have, as the Swedish company is now celebrating its 80th birthday. In honor of the event, the company has created an ultra-special shirt with a price point well out of reach of everyone except the Hollywood glitterati.

Apparently nothing says "Yay! It's our birthday!" better than making a shirt from Egyptian cotton with diamond-encrusted studs and cufflinks. As far as we know, this makes it the most expensive shirt in the world, with a value of £23,000 ($46,700).

The shirt isn't yet available to buy, though: because it's a one-off, it is first... wait for it!... touring the world, making stops at Eton stores in Milan, LA and Stockholm before being auctioned for charity sometime in 2009.

In other words, this shirt has more diamonds than we ever will and is better traveled than us, too.

[Via Brandish]

Knitters. Not a group of people one would traditionally associate with law-breaking hooligans, but it seems the BBC thinks differently.

You see, although the British TV company is grateful for the army of fans its top-rated sci-fi show Dr Who has spawned since it hit our screens (for the second time) in 2005, it's less happy that some of those fans have chosen to... knit their favorite characters.

The cheek! Imagine people actually using their creative self-expression in ways they choose, in a democratic society! Surely something can be done to stop them?

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If you haven't heard of Abbey Clancy yet, you probably will soon.

She was last seen in a British TV program called Beauty and the Best (not beast, oh no), in which Janice Dickinson tried to teach her how to be a successful model. It was basically an exercise in cruelty, with Janice and her pals making Abbey network at ghastly parties and walk down sunset Boulevard in revealing swimwear. Janice also informed her she was terrible at posing and at strolling the catwalk, and that she would have to break up with her man (English soccer star Peter Crouch) if she wanted to be successful.

The usual car crash television, basically.

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Unless you look like Angelina Jolie circa 1999, it can be hard to get excited about swimsuits, and exposing so much naked flesh to the beach/world. But if we did get worked up about hot new swimwear, we would be tipping designers Damion Fuller and Fern Levack (aka: design house Hot Bondi Swim) as the people to watch.

The talented Aussie couple showed their swimwear designs at Rosemount Australian fashion week for the first time this year, and to their surprise, they have been asked to show in Miami in July as well -- one of only twenty design teams to receive an invite. "My immediate reaction was to pour a good stiff drink!" Fuller told Australian Vogue.

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Forget Facebook and Myspace (and Bebo and Linked in and Xing...) if you're a funky fashionista who wants to publicize your talent and break into the industry in a big way, you may find the best way forward is to apply for Project Runway sign up to the most fashion-forward social networking site on the net.

FashionSpace has over 20,000 members in 120 countries, and could mean to aspiring designers what Myspace used to mean to unsigned bands: a place to be discovered.

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