Topic: Beauty

What Photoshopping My Selfies Taught Me

What Photoshopping My Selfies Taught Me

What is the purpose of Photoshop?

If you’d asked me that question a few weeks ago, I know exactly how I would have answered: Fashion magazines use Photoshop to make people thinner, to airbrush skin imperfections, to make eyes bigger and teeth whiter. They use Photoshop to create an unrealistic standard of beauty that we can never attain and to assert “this is what perfect is and anything less than this isn’t worth looking at.” More »

Red Carpet: ‘Plus Size Model’ Robyn Lawley Stuns At The American Ballet Theatre Gala

Red Carpet: 'Plus Size Model' Robyn Lawley Stuns At The American Ballet Theatre Gala

Robyn Lawley–she of the Italian Vogue coverswatershed Ralph Lauren campaigns and general goodness and decency–stopped by the 2013 American Ballet Theatre Opening Night Spring Gala last night and looked stunning in a strapless beige cocktail dress and matching ankle boots. Please admire how amazing she looks.

…Of course, we were supposed to make the headline “Plus Size Model Robyn Lawley Something Something” but we couldn’t do it without at least quotation marks.
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New York Times Readers Angry At T Magazine For Putting A Fashion Model On Its Cover

New York Times Readers Angry At T Magazine For Putting A Fashion Model On Its Cover

A minor uproar has arisen over the latest cover of T, The New York Times‘ style magazine. Apparently, it has offended the delicate sensibilities of NYT readers from Westport to Park Slope because it features a thin, young-looking model wearing vaguely bondage-inspired things. That’s right: they are mad at a fashion magazine for printing photos of a fashion model. Who is wearing fashion. More »

In The Event Of A Zombie Apocalypse, Be Sure To Buy This Perfume

In The Event Of A Zombie Apocalypse, Be Sure To Buy This Perfume

If World War Z’s insertion into my highly detailed and potentially prophetic dreams is any indication, there will be a zombie apocalypse in the near future. In it, Zach Galifianakis and I will fall in love, we will be stuck in a supermarket for a great deal of the situation and my ability to drift cars away from close calls will be innate. But most importantly: I will smell delightful and will help the entire town smell delightful. More »