Fashion

Happy Festival! You hear that phrase everywhere you go around Lafayette this week. Simply translated, it means we're glad we're all here together for Festival International 2012- now, let's have some fun! Festival doesn't just have its own language, it has its own fashion style, too.

Or maybe I should have titled it 'What Were THEY Thinking?', since I never posed for a Glamour Shots session. Glamour Shots, being the best at what they did, only had so much to work with, as evidenced by these wonderfully "80's" photos.

The New Orleans Saints, recently shamed in the 'Bountygate' scandal, have new uniforms, along with the rest of the NFL teams. How do you like the new look? Via NOLA.com and Nikeinc.com )    

Getting stars you loved in the ’80s and ’90s and putting them in commercials seems to be the trend nowadays. Hot on the heels of ’80s teen-idol Matthew Broderick taking a”day off” for a Super Bowl commercial, now comes an ad starring two well-dressed teen idols from the early ’90s.

Any bride-to-be looking for high drama at her wedding may want to consider this record-breaking wedding dress featuring a train that’s a staggering 1.85 miles long. But there’s just one foreseeable problem — you’d need a gazillion attendants to heft it down the aisle.

The NFL slammed the hammer down on the New Orleans Saints today, handing Coach Sean Payton an unprecedented one-year suspension in the Bountygate scandal. Support for the much-admired coach erupted within hours of the announcement. But T-shirt companies are making the best of a bad situation, making support for Sean Payton fashionable. Check out these shirts!

The beef between Taylor Swift and Kanye West has long been squashed. He made amends, but there’s further proof that she is a class act who has forgiven and forgotten his embarrassing antics where he basically said that Beyonce deserved her 2009 VMA instead. The ‘Mean’ singer did West a favor, so to speak, and wore a top from the first collection of his fledgling fashion line in her cover spread fo

I might not get 'bro points' for this opinion, but I, for one, don't think that laundry is 'woman's work.'  I can remember our Mom teaching us about separating the laundry, temperature selection, not letting them sit in the washer too long after the cycle is complete, etc.

The Renfrew Center Foundation has released the results of a survey that reveals nearly half of all women have feelings of inadequacy when they're not wearing makeup. According to the survey, 44% of women feel negatively when "bare faced". Renfrew is a non-profit organization dedicated to awareness & prevention of eating disorders.

Shreveport, Louisiana native, Ariel Meredith is one of the stunning beauties in the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition which hit newsstands yesterday. Ariel has actually appeared in the issue before, back in 2009. Two images made the printed edition, but 48 are included in the online version...

Would you like to look like a model and never have to diet, workout, wear makeup or leave the house?  This video will smooth wrinkles, shed pounds and have you looking like a supermodel tonight!

A woman in Florida set her purse down on the back of the toilet when using a restaurant restroom. The woman in the next stall reached over and grabbed it and ran!

If you have an account with Zappos, read this! Zappos.com has been hacked, compromising account information for millions of their customers.

Demi Lovato is putting her solid gold star power to good use as she lends her beautiful voice to the fifth annual Teens For Jeans campaign. As reported by MTV, Lovato is joining with teen brand Aeropostale and action network Do Something to promote denim-focused clothing drives in schools across the nation.

The NDP Group reports sales of pantyhose topped a billion dollars in the past year. What to do with your old ones?  Recycle!  No Nonsense is encouraging their customers to send in worn out pantyhose, stockings & knee-highs, any size, any color to them for recycling.

Lady Gaga revists her metallic, Terminator-like look from the ‘You & I‘ video (where she met rumored squeeze Taylor Kinney) on the cover of the January 2012 issue of L’Uomo Vogue.

The always fashionable Cheryl Cole recently launched a line of shoes she co-designed with StylistPick.com but the singer and ousted ‘X Factor‘ judge has been hit with complaints from customers.

I was mindlessly roaming around on the internet today (okay, I was looking at pictures of old Trans Ams, you caught me), and I came across this little gem:  it's a website full of unique items that would make perfect Christmas (or anytime) gifts!

‘Pants On The Ground’ are being banned. The Associated Press reports the city of Albany Georgia has collected nearly $4,000.00 in fines since its ban on saggy pants took effect last November.

The stars of the small screen turned out for the 2011 Emmy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday evening, dressed to the nines for television’s big night. Taking a cue from the carpet’s hue, starlets like Lea Michele (‘Glee’), Nina Dobrev (‘The Vampire Diaries’) and Kate Winslet (‘Mildred Pierce’) showed up in red gowns and trains were in too, with actresses including Kristen Wiig (‘Saturday Night Live’),