stinkerbelle
In a #10 sort of way?<br><font color=green>Sometim
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Good article...nice to see that people are "covering up" now...hopefully the nation's youth will follow suit...
from http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-26-celebs-modesty_x.htm
It's the great Hollywood cover-up!
By Olivia Barker, USA TODAY
Janet Jackson's Super Bowl wardrobe scandal seems to be signaling the end of a skin-saturated sartorial era.
Designers and retailers are trotting out clothes that are full-skirted and buttoned up downright matronly compared with Jackson's tear-away bustier. And the public, including celebrities, is following suit, trading in tiny, torso-taunting togs for tweedy Chanel (or Chanel-esque) suits and billowing, booty-shrouding dresses.
Christina Aguilera swapped chaps for trousers during a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, looking more debutante than Dirrty girl.
Though few would expect she would face perjury charges in a purple pasty, the typically skimpily clad Lil' Kim arrived at Manhattan court this month with both breasts snugly covered up in a dark coat, her arm cradling a classic Hermes Birkin bag, à la Martha Stewart.
Jennifer Garner donned voluminous vintage Valentino for the Oscars, showing "just the right amount of skin," as Lucky fashion director Hope Greenberg puts it and became the belle of the show.
The modesty initiative continued when Victoria's Secret canceled its annual televised runway show.
Some stars have it both ways. Before the same Super Bowl game that spotlighted Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction," Beyoncé belted out the national anthem in a chic white suit, a demure departure from her typically abbreviated attire. But Beyoncé's more minimal get-ups came out of the closet during her recent tour. (And no doubt, Aguilera will resurrect those chaps for her tour, starting next month.)
But considering the belly billboards that have paraded abs and navel rings down red carpets, main streets and shopping malls for the past several years, it's not surprising that prim is in, observers say.
The skin-tight, skin-baring look is going away "simply because it's dull," says In Style fashion director Hal Rubenstein.
"It really has begun to look tired," says Paul Raffin, president of Express. The company used to push something called the Bikini jean, which scarcely accommodated bikini underwear. These days, jeans are all but absent from the fall line, which focuses on trim, polished pantsuits.
The Gap, too, is following the cues of design houses such as Oscar de la Renta and Milly by offering floaty, frilly skirts.
"There's a new definition of what looks sexy and what looks appropriate," Raffin says. "There's a new sophistication" that young women "really have not been exposed to, no pun intended.
"There's very little left to show anyway. Everything has been revealed."
The conservative thread weaving through pop culture is not only indicative of fashion's fickleness. It's a sign of the general zeitgeist, Rubenstein says.
"It's not a happy time in this world," he says. "What those '50s-inspired clothes represent is the illusion of times being calmer."
There are practical problems, too. "Nobody wants to be humiliated," Greenberg says. And when you opt for an outfit that's "super sexy," there are so many ways for things to, well, malfunction. "You put yourself at risk for ridicule. Celebrities are probably tired of running that risk."
from http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-26-celebs-modesty_x.htm
It's the great Hollywood cover-up!
By Olivia Barker, USA TODAY
Janet Jackson's Super Bowl wardrobe scandal seems to be signaling the end of a skin-saturated sartorial era.
Designers and retailers are trotting out clothes that are full-skirted and buttoned up downright matronly compared with Jackson's tear-away bustier. And the public, including celebrities, is following suit, trading in tiny, torso-taunting togs for tweedy Chanel (or Chanel-esque) suits and billowing, booty-shrouding dresses.
Christina Aguilera swapped chaps for trousers during a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, looking more debutante than Dirrty girl.
Though few would expect she would face perjury charges in a purple pasty, the typically skimpily clad Lil' Kim arrived at Manhattan court this month with both breasts snugly covered up in a dark coat, her arm cradling a classic Hermes Birkin bag, à la Martha Stewart.
Jennifer Garner donned voluminous vintage Valentino for the Oscars, showing "just the right amount of skin," as Lucky fashion director Hope Greenberg puts it and became the belle of the show.
The modesty initiative continued when Victoria's Secret canceled its annual televised runway show.
Some stars have it both ways. Before the same Super Bowl game that spotlighted Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction," Beyoncé belted out the national anthem in a chic white suit, a demure departure from her typically abbreviated attire. But Beyoncé's more minimal get-ups came out of the closet during her recent tour. (And no doubt, Aguilera will resurrect those chaps for her tour, starting next month.)
But considering the belly billboards that have paraded abs and navel rings down red carpets, main streets and shopping malls for the past several years, it's not surprising that prim is in, observers say.
The skin-tight, skin-baring look is going away "simply because it's dull," says In Style fashion director Hal Rubenstein.
"It really has begun to look tired," says Paul Raffin, president of Express. The company used to push something called the Bikini jean, which scarcely accommodated bikini underwear. These days, jeans are all but absent from the fall line, which focuses on trim, polished pantsuits.
The Gap, too, is following the cues of design houses such as Oscar de la Renta and Milly by offering floaty, frilly skirts.
"There's a new definition of what looks sexy and what looks appropriate," Raffin says. "There's a new sophistication" that young women "really have not been exposed to, no pun intended.
"There's very little left to show anyway. Everything has been revealed."
The conservative thread weaving through pop culture is not only indicative of fashion's fickleness. It's a sign of the general zeitgeist, Rubenstein says.
"It's not a happy time in this world," he says. "What those '50s-inspired clothes represent is the illusion of times being calmer."
There are practical problems, too. "Nobody wants to be humiliated," Greenberg says. And when you opt for an outfit that's "super sexy," there are so many ways for things to, well, malfunction. "You put yourself at risk for ridicule. Celebrities are probably tired of running that risk."
