About a year ago, my homegirl Renata and I were sitting on the floor of my bedroom, looking at issues of Jane Magazine (Oh Jane! R.I.P.), when she said, “Look at how fabulous this bitch looks,” and pointed to a thin girl with frizzy hair wearing a purple dress, gray sweater, and giant glasses. I looked, and responded, “Funny, I was just thinking the same thing about the same girl,” and showed her my issue, in which the girl had her hair slicked back and was wearing a black sheath. Renata examined the two pictures for a minute, and then said, “I’m pretty sure all you have to do to look fashionable is be really skinny.”
Since that day I’ve noticed that, more often than not, Renata is right – it’s easier to look chic if you’re slender. There are examples of this all over Hollywood. Consider Exhibit A, Hilary Duff. Back in the day, H. Duffs was a cute kid who certainly wasn’t fat, but definitely didn’t have that sleek boney look that we associate with Hollywood starlets. She was filled-out, normal-looking. Then one day she dropped about fifteen pounds, and all of a sudden she looked…glamorous. Elegant. Less like a kid and more like a chic fashionista woman. And while gossip magazines and news reports condemned her for looking sickly and setting a bad example for girls, she was still appearing on the cover of high-fashion magazines and being featured in designer ads like never before.
Because skinny = style.
We can attribute this national mentality to the media: for years, models and stars have gotten thinner and thinner until they’ve reached the point where many of them are barely more than skeletons wearing skin-suits. The image of ultimate high fashion that we’re presented with is that of the mutant waif, forty pounds thinner than an average person of the same height, gliding around A-list events like an apparition wearing Proenza Schouler. But why? What made the Fashion Powers That Be decide that scrawny is synonymous with chic? Read More »
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are powerhouses; media moguls, fashion icons, a paparazzi wet dream and the wet dreams of many men (before they got all skinny and Gremlin-esque, that is). And though their bank accounts may still be kicking ass, if they had to physically FIGHT for their fortune, would they be able to duke it out???
I mean, who would win in a fight? The Olsens, or another up-and-coming teen sensation? Let’s disscuss…
Uh, Rudy Huxtable may be a Disney star, but girl looks like she could take a man in a dark alley. She’s no joke and neither are her facial expressions. KO the Olsens are down. Read More »
Sometimes you just have to admit that you like something without using the words guilty pleasure, and that’s what Hilary Duff and her song “Stranger” is for us at CC. Check out the video and get it here!
Sure, it’s a given that if you’re a somebody in Hollywood, you’ve probably got a fake…something. Nose, chin, ass, boobs–it’s a virtual grab bag of faux perfection!We can always tell when a celeb gets some work done. Always.
There are entire websites dedicated to outing stars who go under the knife! And, correct me if I’m wrong, but it almost always looks comically obvious, or even worse, botched.
So, why is it that celebrities keep going in see see their Docs to fix, correct, tighten, or sculpt? Answer: They’re crazy. Most of them are plain old nutjobs, if you ask us!
It’s hugely rare to see a celeb go in for their Frankenstein-esque procedures and not come out looking like…well, Frankenstein. But there are a lucky few that just so happened to come out alive! Thank God.
Check out our Plastic Surgery: Good, Bad, and the Ugly photo gallery after the jump!Read More »
Apparently you only have to play a wizard (not actually be one) to make millions of dollars magically appear. In the spirit of the new Harry Potter and the Daniel Radcliffe craze, I found it fitting to blog about rich teens (and how completely undeserving they are of their millions.).
Don’t get me wrong, I wholeheartedly believe that acting and singing are an admirable art. In no way is it an easy job.
Motion pictures or the right lyrics can change peoples’ lives, send important messages, or make you cry hysterically for hours unsure as to why you care so damn much that Rafe forgave his innocent best friend Danny for rolling around in the parachute hangars with the woman that they both love.
My point is, the amount of money that these celebrities are getting paid is absolutely ridiculous, especially considering how much cool shit they get for free just for being famous in the first place! Read More »
Is it just me, or does Hilary Duff never seem very happy?
Sure, she’s on the cover of magazines posing with her new abs proclaiming that she’s comfortable at 5’2” and 109 pounds (down almost 20 pounds from her reported weight of 130 in 2003), has been seen out and about since her split with ugly, ugly, ugly Joel Madden, and is giving interviews saying she’s “all set” with the ending of her first big love affair…but I just can’t help detecting weariness in between all those words.
First of all, at 5’2”, 109 is not the easiest weight to maintain. I’m that height, and the last time I weighed 109 was when I had just gotten out of surgery and spent three weeks puking from anesthesia side-effects. These days I’m almost spot on with the Duffster’s old weight, and even those numbers prove to be difficult when it’s 98 degrees and all I want is a giant cone from Cold Stone Creamery.
Second, it’s gotta be hard as hell to see your Ex cavorting around Hollywood with Nicole Richie, and even harder to know he got the chick pregnant. Read More »
Finally, is all I have to say. I was never a fan of this couple due to their immediate hookup after Madden’s break up with sweet, innocent, Hilary Duff. I think it was an inevitable end to a hookup that was basically a rebound for the rocker.
Supposedly they broke up on a recent trip to Australia and Madden dumped her for being “too clingy.” Of course she is clingy…One sudden gust of wind would knock her tiny body right over. Who else would she have to hold onto?
All joking aside, perezhilton has also been reporting rumors of their split for the past couple days, and pointed out that they have not been seen together since their return.
My complex with leggings started when they became so popular last year. At first, I was vehemently against them. I thought they looked silly and would be another split second fad like butterfly clips were in middle school. Recently, I’m ashamed to say, I have started to warm up to them. But only when they are worn in a certain way. Leggings can be very hit or miss and I still think that some people just should not wear skin tight leggings, plain and simple.
In my attempt to figure out exactly how I think leggings can be worn appropriately, I found a couple of references from celebrities.
Exhibit A: Drew Barrymore. Her understated and clean leggings look actually is very polished and the black-on-black would be slimming for normal people as well. Read More »
About a year ago, my homegirl Renata and I were sitting on the floor of my bedroom, looking at issues of Jane Magazine (Oh Jane! R.I.P.), when she said, “Look at how fabulous this bitch looks,” and pointed to a thin girl with frizzy hair wearing a purple dress, gray sweater, and giant glasses. I looked, and responded, “Funny, I was just thinking the same thing about the same girl,” and showed her my issue, in which the girl had her hair slicked back and was wearing a black sheath. Renata examined the two pictures for a minute, and then said, “I’m pretty sure all you have to do to look fashionable is be really skinny.”
Apparently you only have to play a wizard (not actually be one) to make millions of dollars magically appear. In the spirit of the new 
Is it just me, or does 
My complex with leggings started when they became so popular last year. At first, I was vehemently against them. I thought they looked silly and would be another split second fad like butterfly clips were in middle school. Recently, I’m ashamed to say, I have started to warm up to them. But only when they are worn in a certain way. Leggings can be very hit or miss and I still think that some people just should not wear skin tight leggings, plain and simple.
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