POSTS WITH TAG: trends

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    Wow, look who's all grown up! Mick Jagger's daughter Georgia May Jagger attended a charity event wearing an ultra sexy and chic dress with lacy "thigh panels."

    Wonder what her daddy would think of that dress?! If he were anything like my husband, he wouldn't have wanted Georgia May to leave the house ... but from a mommy POV, I think she looks gorgeous. And it doesn't really matter what any parents think, because at 21, Georgia is, after all, old enough to vote, drink, and pick her own clothes!

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    Making the rounds on Facebook today is a totally asinine article from the Wall Street Journal, called 'The Mommy Business Trip.'

    In it, writer Katherine Rosman manages to reduce popular women's blogging, lifestyle and crafting conferences to a way for stay-at-home moms to party without their husbands or kids-- and by "party," I mean, sleep late, dance, tweet, and most importantly, raid the minibar.

    In case you're having trouble visualizing such debauchery, the WSJ helpfully provided a graphic, with drawings of these so-called moms, all of whom appear to be visiting our planet from the year 1983.

    The online version also includes a video interview with Rosman, who can barely conceal her eyerolls as she describes some of the most popular conferences, including Mom 2.0, which is taking place next week (and where our own Tracy Odell is speaking).

    Predictably, bloggers are going public with their fury. See what they have to say after the jump.

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    When it comes to following fashion trends, the rules don't always apply to everyone. One of the biggest "Do" trends for spring and summer? The sheer blouse. Leave it to the queen of reality TV NeNe Leakes to take on this look herself. I'll be honest with you ... it's not awesome.

    OK, that's an understatement. While I adore NeNe and the fact that she has some real acting talent unlike some of her other Housewives costars, she looks horrible. Instead of looking fashion forward, the woman looks like she didn't think you could see that bra under there. It's like she's channeling her inner Soul Train backup dancer. And with those ripped jeans?! Woof.

    Going see-through doesn't have to be a no-no like NeNe. Want to try this trend but not end up on the worst dressed list? Lucky for you, I've got some pointers.

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    Are we finally over cupcakes? Food bloggers and hipster naysayers have been calling the end of the cupcake trend for years now, and I've always laughed them off. But now? We have actual evidence of the cupcake's imminent demise. Trendy cupcake baker Crumbs Bake Shop says their sales are down by 22 percent. Yikes! 

    A cupcake-industry expert told the Wall Street Journal, "Demand is flat. And quite frankly, people can bake cupcakes." OMG, are cupcake shops going to close? Will the frosting-swirled confections disappear from bakery windows? Will we seriously have to (gulp) bake our own?!?

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    This Easter season, no fewer than ONE BILLION PEEPS will be "hatched." I know. Pretty freakin’ awesome, and a great way to celebrate Peeps' 60th birthday, isn't it? That's six decades of those strange, colorful creations that appear at this time of year.

    Peeps, cute though they may be, have a bad rep as far as culinary trends go. "They taste like crap!" declared a colleague of mine. But I have a confession to make ...

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    Oh, boy. I'm usually a pretty big fan of her wardrobe, but Kourtney Kardashian's crazy patterened shorts and peplum blazer combo really missed the mark somehow. Kourt was spotted wearing the wacky pairing while out and about in L.A. with Scott Disick and her sister Khloe Kardashian, and judging from the heels she had on, it appears as though she was striving for a professional and polished look.

    It's almost like she was dressed and ready for some sort of business meeting, but based on the casual duds Khloe and Scott were wearing, perhaps there was really no occasion in particular she was hoping to look appropriate for.

    And that's what makes the outfit even more bizarre.

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    One part of my body that I 'sacrificed' for the sake of my children was my stomach. Things pretty much went back to normal after I had my daughter, but after giving birth to my son, a 10-pounder, I had to come to terms with the fact that my tummy would never be what it once was without the help of plastic surgery.

    This to me is no biggie -- I mean, that's what Spanx and shapewear swimsuits are for, right? But now comes this awful, horrific news: Crop tops are all the rage for spring.

    Crop tops.

    I'm imagining groans of horror from 95 percent of the moms out there. Are you one of them?

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    So apparently arm shaving is a thing. Not armpit shaving, but full on arm shaving. Ladies, knock it off, mmmkay? I already spend a ridiculous amount of time shaving, waxing, plucking, coloring, or otherwise removing or changing every hair on my body. Arm hair is the one thing I’ve never even thought to worry about.

    And I’m not about to start either. Seriously you guys, please don’t make this a trend. Daily shaving of the legs and pits if I don’t want to be all prickly is bad enough. Arms? Just say no.

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    Every year around the Oscars, I happen to catch a segment on some fashion show telling me what the newest trend is, based on this year's hit movies. I recall the first of these segments aired a couple years back during a pre-Oscar lineup. I was informed that with the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, I would start to see a lot of people in new blockbuster-inspired fashions.

    What I loved most was when they mentioned that "even moms could get in on the trend." Really? Even frumpy ol' moms could get in on the crappy trend some PR person thought up to help put tushes in seats? Wow, we moms are lucky. Here are a couple of those fashions touted to us that I find truly ridiculous:

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    Facebook photo trends have been coming and going at breakneck speeds over the last couple years (remembering planking? Owling? Batting? Legbombing? I guarantee my husband will never forget leisure diving), but the latest ridiculous-stunt-in-public fads are all about competing for YouTube views. While it might be embarrassing to wear a banana costume in public to record a "Harlem Shake" variation (or lose your job for it), the weirdest video trend I think I've ever heard of is called milking.

    Yes: milking. Happily, this doesn't involve anything unsavory happening to innocent cows or breastfeeding moms, but it does involve recording yourself dumping massive amounts of milk over your own head in public.

    YOU GUYS, I'M NOT EVEN MAKING THIS UP.

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