July 27th, 2011 by Sophia Wardlaw
Today is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis birthday (she would be 82), and obliquely in her honor we present a photo of her late husband captured wearing a buttondown collar, which he eschewed upon entering the national spotlight, saying they were too Ivy League. — CC
July 26th, 2011 by Rebecca Hull
Many would agree that they had a rocking good time at the MTV World Stage 2011. With Pop Shuvit, Beast, Neon Trees and Thirty Seconds To Mars taking over the stage, there’s no surprise that we managed to capture a mixture of styles gathered at i-City Shah Alam yesterday.
The show started when MTV VJs Utt and Holly Grabarek (she was announced as the new MTV VJ at the MTV World Stage 2010) welcomed thousands of live music fans that filled the stage.
First up was Pop Shuvit who opened their set with funky eclectic beats and adrenaline-filled songs. Read full post…
July 26th, 2011 by Rebecca Hull
PERFECT FIT: Miss Universe Australia Scherri-Lee Biggs says she struggled as a size 10 until she found her niche with pageants.
Over the past decade the gap between stick-thin models and their plus-sized counterparts has widened, leaving size 10 to 12 women in fashion purgatory.
Now as the weight war continues to rage in the modelling world, the forgotten women – the sizes 10 to 12 – are poised to rise from the ashes and pioneer the “multi-faceted model” movement.
According to models, agents and the fashion industry, “multi-faceted models” fit a size 10 or 12 dress and embody confidence, curves and congeniality.
July 25th, 2011 by Annabelle Lemberg
For some, retro brings to mind the fashions of 60 years ago. For pioneering surf brand O’Neill, it conjures visions of the garage of company founder Jack O’Neill.
He is credited with crafting the first wet suit, and in 1952 opening one of California’s first surf shops. Fifty-nine years later, O’Neill opened a flagship store in Santa Monica July 13, which was inspired by the look of Jack O’Neill’s garage in Santa Cruz, the capital of Northern California surfing.
Garage-like wood beams line the walls of the flagship store on 131 Broadway in Santa Monica. Some advertisements for the first O’Neill wet suits line the store walls. Toby Bost, O’
July 25th, 2011 by Sophia Wardlaw
Last night the Broadway revival of Anything Goes, which had received nine Tony nominations, ended up winning three. As I watched, I couldnt help but remember one of the great historical anecdotes of J. Press: The time my grandfather Jacobi helped the musicals composer Cole Porter evade the New Haven police.
During a 1912 football game at Yale Field, just across the street from where the Yale Bowl was being constructed and would open the following year, Cole Porter joined the band for the halftime march down the field to introduce his new song, Bulldog, Bulldog, Bow Wow Wow, Eli Yale.
