Topic: retro

Miley Cyrus Shows Underboob, Wears Men’s Underwear, Ruins Punk In V Magazine

Miley Cyrus Shows Underboob, Wears Men's Underwear, Ruins Punk In V Magazine
Miley Cyrus In V Magazine
Miley Cyrus In V Magazine
Miley Cyrus In V Magazine
Miley Cyrus In V Magazine
Miley Cyrus In V Magazine

She can’t be tamed, y’all!

In the summer 2013 issue of V Magazine, Miley Cyrus can be seen “pushing the boundaries” of former child star propriety in some rather statement-y get-ups. Her accoutrements include ’80s punk spikes, ’90s jazzercise clothes, a pink mohawk, underboob, and many, many abs. She also wears that great bugaboo of the nineties, pre-distressed jeans, and even tries out a bit of androgyny in some men’s underwear. If she’s trying to get a bicurious female following, it’s working…this is the hottest I have ever found her. (I’m easy like that.)

What with all the screaming loud fashions and efforts at gender-bending on display, I’m a little (but not too) surprised most of the coverage of this so far has focused on how much skin she is showing. What kind of crazy shit does she have to wear to become known for her bold fashion risk taking? Click through to see this stupid sexy clusterfuck in all its gaudy glory. More »

Check Out Tiffany’s Resplendent Great Gatsby Themed Jewelry Collection

Check Out Tiffany's Resplendent Great Gatsby Themed Jewelry Collection
Headpiece, $200,000
Freshwater pearls, $35,000
Hand carved black onyx things
Aquamarine necklace, $200,000
Art Deco rings, $25,000

The decadent 1920s fashions on display in Baz Luhrmann‘s new film version of The Great Gatsby are so beautiful that it’s easy to forget they’re a symbol of some less-than-beautiful things: hubris, materialism, and the gilded cage that Tom Buchanan keeps his wife Daisy in. At least, that’s what Tiffany & Company is betting on with their Great Gatsby tie-in line of jewelry! From a diamond and pearl headpiece that costs $200,000 (pictured) to all manner of dangly baubles and jewels, this collection asks you to look at these shiny, shiny fineries and forget all about the sinister narrative role they play in the film. So sparkly. So forgetful. You will covet them like Gatsby covets Daisy: fiercely and inappropriately. More »

Alison Brie Plays Up Her Acting Range (And Social Media Skills) In Wired Magazine

Alison Brie Plays Up Her Acting Range (And Social Media Skills) In Wired Magazine
Alison Brie In Wired Magazine
Alison Brie In Wired Magazine
Alison Brie In Wired Magazine
Alison Brie In Wired Magazine
Alison Brie In Wired Magazine

In the latest issue of Wired Magazine, Alison Brie (of Mad Men and Community fame) hams it up in some photos illustrating an article about the new ways people are using technology to engage with TV shows, and how outdated the Nielsen rating system is. (And how we have gotten better TV shows as a result.) None of the pictures within are quite as great as the cover shot, which shows what Trudy Campbell would look like if she murdered her horrid, sniveling prig of a husband and took his job. But they do show off Ms. Brie’s range as an actress, which is something the article discusses, and she looks great in all of them. Now, let’s do some “Mad Math.” More »

L’Officiel Paris‘s Spanish Themed Editorial Starring Lana Del Rey Is Actually Really Great

L'Officiel Paris's Spanish Themed Editorial Starring Lana Del Rey Is Actually Really Great
Lana Del Rey In L'Officiel Paris
Lana Del Rey In L'Officiel Paris
Lana Del Rey In L'Officiel Paris
Lana Del Rey In L'Officiel Paris
Lana Del Rey In L'Officiel Paris

So I’ve already said enough about Lana Del Rey‘s shortcomings as an artist/empty signifier/hubristic first year Pratt student to last me for quite some time. But what about Lana Del Rey, model? As it turns out, she’s actually really good at that. She should do it more!

The latest issue of L’Officiel Paris features the cyberbullied singer/songwriter in a retro styled editorial that gives James Dean and Marilyn Monroe‘s ghosts a rest for once and draws on the iconography of an equally mythologized, if infinitely classier, country called Spain. From the red lips to the mid-length, wavy hair to the beautiful clothes, this is a feast for the eyes. Much credit should go to photographer Nicole Nodland, who got some really beautiful shots. But Ms. Del Rey is great and posing and conveying moods, too. And this goes without saying, but she looks lovely. If only she’d been born in an era before trip hop, she might have been a silent film star. More »

Check Out This Amazing Playboy Bunny Recruitment Brochure From The 1960s

Check Out This Amazing Playboy Bunny Recruitment Brochure From The 1960s
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Do you have what it takes to time travel back to the 1960s and work as a Playboy bunny in one of the Playboy Club’s numerous classy locations in American and abroad? Find out by reading this retro-riffic recruitment brochure which was circulated by the company in the 1960s. Its requirements include boobs, “proper” proportions, boobs, intelligence and common sense, boobs, a cheerful disposition, boobs, and a readiness to make mad scrilla doing unskilled labor your uglier counterparts will never have access to. Oh, and boobs.

And if this whole thing disgusts you, which it may, just pretend you are Gloria Steinem and you are only filling out this application so you can go undercover and expose Playboy for all the ways it mistreats its foxy workers. Some fantasies are different from others. More »

Michelle Williams Shows Off Her Transformative Abilities In AnOther Magazine

Michelle Williams Shows Off Her Transformative Abilities In AnOther Magazine
Michelle Williams In AnOther Magazine
Michelle Williams In AnOther Magazine
Michelle Williams In AnOther Magazine
Michelle Williams In AnOther Magazine
Michelle Williams In AnOther Magazine

Michelle Williams is a great actress, and part of being a great actress is being able to disappear into a role and not just look like “celebrity X” up there on the screen. For their Spring/Summer ’13 issue, the always artistic AnOther Magazine took advantage of that fact and styled Ms. Williams, who is interviewed within about playing Glinda the Good Witch in Oz the Great and Powerful, in eight very different looks, from club kid to retro glamour puss to…some sort of farmer? As expected, she looks great in all of them. (Especially the farmer one.) More »

Lily Cole Does ‘Disaffected Housewife Chic’ In Vogue US

Lily Cole Does 'Disaffected Housewife Chic' In Vogue US
Lily Cole In Vogue
Lily Cole In Vogue
Lily Cole In Vogue
Lily Cole In Vogue
Lily Cole In Vogue

Perhaps inspired by the pretty picture on the cover of the 50th anniversary edition of The Bell Jar, Vogue US took clear inspiration from “the problem that has no name” for a spread in its March 2013 issue. In it, the uber cute Lily Cole poses in various states of suburban ennui and looks fabulous in all the latest retro-inspired spring ’13 fashions, even as she appears to contemplate suicide. As if that wasn’t thought provoking enough, there’s also some peppy copy like the above paragraph comparing an ominous oven fire to “sparkly accompaniments,” and the other paragraph promising a “never-a-dull-moment-affair.” Depression is fun! More »

Galley: Grace Coddington And Steven Klein Join Forces To Create Beautifully Weird Spring Editorial

Galley: Grace Coddington And Steven Klein Join Forces To Create Beautifully Weird Spring Editorial

We here at The Gloss like to talk about how awesome Vogue creative director Grace Coddington is as a person, but a quick search reveals that we haven’t explicitly made a point of showing you very much of her actual fashion editing work. Which is a shame, because it is great! For the January issue of US Vogue, The Cod enlisted Steven Klein to photograph models Carolyn Murphy and Karen Elson wearing colorful spring 2013 get-ups as they wandered through various bizarre, retro-futuristic scenarios. The resulting editorial feels odd, retro, glamorous and modern, all at the same time. Maybe fashion can be art, after all. More »

Gallery: Victoria Beckham’s Ten Most Awkward Teen Modeling Photos

Gallery: Victoria Beckham's Ten Most Awkward Teen Modeling Photos
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Everyone was awkward and cheesy in the ’90s, even perfect fashion sparkle person Victoria Beckham. We know this because of her mid-late ’90s body of work with The Spice Girls, but did you know that Victoria Beckham (née Adams) was alive in the early ’90s, as well? Retronaut recently unearthed a whole bunch of glamor shots from 1992, when she was but an 18-year-old aspiring model and dancer. Here are the ten best (i.e. funniest) ones. More »

Gallery: Marion Cotillard Is Pure, Retro, Womanly Glamor In Dior Magazine

Gallery: Marion Cotillard Is Pure, Retro, Womanly Glamor In Dior Magazine
Marion Cotillard In Dior Magazine
Marion Cotillard In Dior Magazine
Marion Cotillard In Dior Magazine
Marion Cotillard In Dior Magazine
Marion Cotillard In Dior Magazine

As if last month’s three magazine covers weren’t enough, French actress Marion Cotillard continues to arrive this month with an insanely gorgeous spread in Dior Magazine. I know “feast your eyes” is a huge cliché, but seriously, if photos were eye food, this editorial would be a sumptuous banquet complete with bacon-wrapped dates and some little chocolate petits fours for dessert. Credit goes to the photographer and stylist as well, of course. Click through to see what I mean. More »

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