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Imagine a Photoshop-free magazine cover

Filed under: Style in the News, Celebrities with Style


Now this is a group movement we can get behind! Dodai over at Jezebel tipped us off to this campaign to get a major magazine to publish a cover without any Photoshopping!

Considering the egregiously heavy handed state of retouching these days, this would be a radical move. Remember the big Faith Hill before and after Redbook cover? The weird gold Gwyneth Paltrow cover of W? The "Is that really Drew Barrymore" Vogue cover? And this Marie Claire cover of Tina Fey, where she looks great, but not quite like herself...

Seriously, when you have to make these women look "better" to sell your product, your standards of beauty are warped.

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Running replaces sex as #1 recommended weight control method in Japan

Filed under: Style in the News, Clothing


A new trend is taking over the streets of Japan, literally. People are running in huge numbers, particularly young women who live in the cities.

The fad is especially strong in trendy Tokyo, where women's corporate marathon clubs are meeting before and after work to do a few laps around the Imperial Palace. The main goal is to "stay healthy, pretty and sane" with the extra benefit of getting to show off special marathon gear from Danskin and New Balance.

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Summer cocktails

Filed under: Fashionable Food

Cosmopolitan magazine is well known for its provocative and sometimes inappropriate sex advice. However, from my inside sources (girlfriends), I find out the other secrets hiding within those pages of perfume samples and bikini models.

This week - summer cocktail recipes. Summer's halfway over, but it's not getting any colder outside. Cosmo has prepared a fine list of colorful cocktails that don't just taste good, but look the part as well (and are sure to impress the ladies).

The watermelon martini is destined to be a poolside favorite, while the kerasi (Greek for "cherry") is more of a Hey, let's go watch the sunset kind of drink.

I've learned, albeit slowly, that having a go-to cocktail recipe for female guests is an absolute necessity. Guys, take note. Ladies, slip this list in his mailbox.

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