The Irrepressible Heidi Klum
Despite the fact she had a baby, like, five minutes ago (and she still has some baby weight to lose, or so she says), Heidi Klum took to the catwalk at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show last night, which returned to New York after a four-year absence. "I have to say, I wasn't sure until the last minute if I…
How Many G's Are in Backstage?
[Model Ana Beatriz Barros concentrates really hard on spelling her texts correctly while being made up for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York today. Image via Getty]
Heidi Klum's Bionic Breasts Gear Up for Another Victoria's Secret Show
Four babies later, Klum continues to be unreasonably sexy; Lindsay Lohan had a "meltdown" after getting caught stealing champagne; Flavor Flav produces a Super Bowl ad. Come be blinded by the light of a thousand Monday gossips.
Get Within 25 Feet of a Supermodel For $25K
Would you pay $25,000 to sit in the front row at next month's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? Because you could if you wanted to. And it's entirely possible the stars could align and and a little stray supermodel body glitter could fly off the runway and land in your lap, and that alone would be well worth $25K,…
Brave Models Scale Scary Skyscraper to Sell Bras
In case you didn't know, today marked the tenth anniversary of the Victoria's Secret "Body by Victoria" bra line, and to drum up publicity for the occasion, the company forced some of their models to do some really scary stuff!
Bee Shaffer Will Do What She Pleases
• Bee Shaffer says she has no plans to follow in mom Anna Wintour's footsteps. "I really don't want to work in fashion. It's just not for me. I respect her, obviously, but it's just a really weird industry." She concludes by saying that people who think fashion is life are lame and she'd much rather become a lawyer,…
Gwynnie Prepares for Spring
• Gwyneth Paltrow's efforts to redeem her good name continue, it seems: She's clearing out her closet for spring and auctioning off the items on eBay. Proceeds from the sale of her Jimmy Choo heels and Valentino handbags benefit the Robin Hood Foundation. [GOOP, SW]
• Victoria's Secret is facing several new lawsuits…
Topshop Alone Cannot Save Retail
• Retailers in Soho who were expecting to see a boost in sales thanks to the opening of Topshop were greatly disappointed this week. [Crains, photo via Flickr]
• Some fashion insiders are a bit miffed that Michelle Obama has shown "zero interest in the big guns of American fashion" in favor of the "new and niche." […
Cyber Monday crashes an online-shopping tradition
As white-collar workers return desultorily to their desk jobs, they waste time by shopping online. To capitalize on this, a group of online retailers invented "Cyber Monday," a day of Internet discounts to match Black Friday's in-store deals. You'd think that the planned traffic from such a staged event would go off…
Victoria's Itchy Victims Are Multiplying
Last week an Ohio woman filed suit against Victoria's Secret for selling itchy bras allegedly manufactured with formaldehyde. Now another woman has decided to jump on the bandwagon! In a Federal class action lawsuit filed on Monday, Jerilyn Amaya alleges that Victoria's Secret "fraudulently concealed" the fact that…
The Recession, Madonna, and More Michelle
♦ At yesterday's Fashion Group International panel on fashion retail, Simon Doonan chatted with Sally Singer, Bloomingdale's fashion director Stephanie Solomon, and InStyle's beauty director Amy Synnott about the pervasive doom and gloom in the retail industry. Doonan's take: "It's really terrifying. But I think my…
Remember When Sorority Girls Could Not Buy True Religions Without Leaving Campus?
Remember the days when every college campus was not a giant mall? Extra credit: remember when the average college campus had nary an Abercrombie & Fitch? Today's Wall Street Journal's story on that ubiquitous flip-flop brand's "buzz"-generating bonanza at five lucky college campuses* just gave us rush of nostalgia for…
You Can't Trademark Sexy
I don't claim to be an expert on hair, or sexiness, but I'd be willing to wager that far fewer people have heard of "Sexy Hair Concepts LLC" than have heard of Victoria's Secret. Nevertheless, Sexy Hair Concepts somehow managed to persuade a Trademark Board that "consumers were likely to confuse the lingerie giant's…
Remainders: See You at Gramercy Park at Midnight
Victoria's Secret Taunts You During Primetime
We don't get the Victoria's Secret fashion show. On a very basic, carnal level we understand: Beautiful, half-naked women. Hell, even we're slightly mesmerized by the cellulite-less perfection of Karolina Kurkova's ass (bitch). But you can get that sort of eye candy anywhere, really — hello, internets! When you tout…

