TheGloss

Topic: Blow Up

Weird Retro Bra Ads (Sometimes With Farm Animals!)

Weird Retro Bra Ads (Sometimes With Farm Animals!)

Is The Elephant Doing The Tickling?

I WILL Get On That Wavelength

I Guess It Was Weird Living In The Bone Age

That's Incredibly Inconvenient!

Do you like to wrestle with farm animals while scantily clad? WE DO. Bra ads are always kind of awkward – especially since every Victoria’s Secret ad seems to indicate that their bra will make you sprout wings and strut, just strut like some kind of fake-winged banshee – but these retro ones? These ones are special. Even uplifting! Or downlifting, maybe! More »

Gallery: 15 Extremely Stylish Man Bands

Gallery: 15 Extremely Stylish Man Bands

Over at Fashion Indie last week they offered a gallery of the most stylish man bands of all time. They were spot-on with many (the Stones, Outkast) but it’s a surprisingly tricky prompt to come up with all-male bands known for their striking and original style (for example, the Velvet Underground are eliminated due to Mo Tucker having girl parts). And, for some of Fashion Indie’s picks, I’ll have to respectfully disagree (I never thought of Led Zeppelin as “stylish” so much as “hippies”). So, TheGloss has put together some supplemental material. Whether mod, glam, dorky or kitschy, here’s a gallery of man-bands with amazing looks. More »

The Score: Wynette Wrap Dress

The Score: Wynette Wrap Dress

Nothing takes to just about every figure quite like a wrap dress (well, I guess maybe a kimono dress) but the problem with wrap dresses is so often they’re less “Check out this fabulous Diane von Furstenberg confection, don’t I look like Bianca Jagger in her prime? Let’s all go watch Blow-Up and drink champagne!” and more like… “I’m bloated today and wearing my fashion bathrobe.” More »