SubscribeMonthly Archives: October 2010
5 Things to Do With Your Old Halloween Costume
It’s shaping up to be a wonderful Halloween, what with the blessed dearth of articles about slutty Halloween costumes, the wonderful weather (at least where I’m vacationing, in sunny Boca Raton, Florida) and the bittersweet remaining days of the Democratic majority in Congress.
But what will we do when, in a few days, all this is over? Here are some ideas so that at least your magnificent costume doesn’t go to waste:
Things to do with your old Halloween costume
Buy a hamster,… More »
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Video: Zach Galifinakis Smokes Weed on Live TV
First, he hates Mel Gibson. Now this. It’s as if the dude is trying to force me to rescind my “no guys with beards” rule.
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Modern Etiquette: How to Have Sex In Someone Else’s House
Today on The Stir, there’s some advice about having sex in someone else’s house. However, one thing they didn’t take into account is that there many kinds of “other people’s houses,” and each one has its own set of rules. More »
Watch Hedi Slimane’s Weird Love Story
Former Dior menswear honcho Hedi Slimane has collaborated with fashion site theCorner on a strange, mildly unsettling black and white video of a languidly sensual teenage cheerleader and her cello-playing werewolf beloved. Slimane apparently discovered the teenagers at Coachella. Now you can discover your evening’s most disquieting dreams.
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How’d That Marie Claire Protest Work Out?
The Rally to Restore Sanity wasn’t the only protest this weekend. Around 20 people gathered outside the Hearst building last night for a “Big Fat Kiss-in” to protest Maura Kelly’s article in Marie Claire about being disgusted by fat people. More »
You Need a Drink: Twitter Wine
Love Twitter? Love drinking? Love to tweet about how much you’re drinking? Then the newly launched Fledgling Wine, a collaboration between Twitter and Crushpad (a Napa winery) is the perfect beverage for you. You can, of course, follow the brand on Twitter @fledgling…. More »
Pic of the Day: Joan Rivers as Snooki
It honestly took me a hot minute to figure out who the eff Snooki is posing with in this picture. It’s a badass costume, Ms. Joan, despite the fact that you look like a poorly aged leather shoe with a sleeping labrador on your head.
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If No One Knows It’s a Halloween Costume, It Doesn’t Count
Sometimes, we get so caught up in taking advantage of the opportunity that Halloween presents to wear the least amount of clothing possible that we forget that if all we wear is a minidress, it’s not really a costume. See, just rocking a tight, spandex number doesn’t make you an earless cat or a broomless witch. It just makes you a chick in a tiny dress. Which is fine, but it doesn’t count as a costume. Sorry…. More »
Wear Red, Attract Men
Ladies, are you looking for love? Well, go buy a red dress, and watch the men line up at your door!!
Just kidding, I don’t give a fuck what you wear. But researchers do! Time reports on a recent study that shows that red ropes ‘em in:
“In a study recently published in the European Journal of Psychology, researchers at the University of Rochester found that men who are shown pictures of a woman in a red dress want to ask her… More »
Things I Should Be Over That I’m Not: Teenage Supermodels
Look, I know that pretty much all models are like nine years old. Or fifteen. Whatever. But honestly? I’m not over it. And I’m not over it for a couple of reasons.
1. It’s really weird that our society flips the fuck out over the most minor, inconsequential, and often imagined sexualization of girls (holla, Miley Cyrus), and yet an entire industry thrives on mostly naked teens strutting down aisles having their pictures taken and slapped all over international magazines.
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How Many Holes Can Fashion Withstand?
You know, I totally have a pair of ripped jeans, and yes, I bought them that way. I actually considered not buying them, what with the holes and all, cause they were expensive, and I wondered, am I really going to pay for something that I would consider throwing away if they became like this on my watch?
But I bought them anyway, cause they fit and I loved them and I needed jeans. I do think there’s a line, though,… More »
You Need A Drink: The Haunted X
Since you’re not 8 anymore, you can’t really spend this weekend going door to door hitting strangers up for free candy. Not with dignity, anyway. But you know what you can do? Drink. It pretty much balances out. Our friends at X-Rated Fusion Liquor sent us this cocktail recipe, and they promise that “unlike your ex, this cocktail will not make your skin crawl but instead delight your taste buds and is the perfect pink accessory to your Gaga, Katy or J-Woww costume.”
Here’s to having a very happy Halloween. More »
Things Women Need To Do MORE Of
One of the top trending topics on twitter right now is “Things Women Need to Stop Doing.” Some of the respones (Tiger Woods) are correct. However, on the other hand, some of these we actually need to START doing. Like these: More »
The First Shot of Liu Wen’s Estée Lauder Campaign
In April, Chinese beauty Liu Wen was named the first Asian face of Estée Lauder. Here’s the first shot of the cosmetics giant’s Spring campaign with Wen looking (unsurprisingly) gorgeous. More »
10 Geeky Things Under $10
Geeks are the best. As are nerds. I’m not really sure of the difference except that maybe one is cooler than the other? You decide. But either way, in honor of my Halloween costume (a nerd, duh) today’s 10 Under $10 is dedicated to all things preciously geek. More »
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We Imagine More Ridiculous Slutty Halloween Costumes
Here at the Gloss, we have a complicated affection for the idea of ridiculous slutty Halloween costumes, but they always look cheap and uncreative. So, here we’re proposing our own, along with necessary items to pull ‘em off More »
Party Favors: ‘I Don’t Like You, Here, Have a Pumpkin”
Ukrainians don’t celebrate Halloween because pumpkins are the national sign of rejection. – NPR
This guy in Nebraska waterboarded his girlfriend because he thought she was cheating. – The Frisky
“Don’t forget to take off your face paint before hooking up on Halloween” and other do’s and don’ts of Halloween hook-ups. – College Candy
Looking for a man? Don’t head to El Paso, Texas, the city with the lowest percentage of hot men. – YourTango
Note to teasers: don’t tell a guy to slow down and then to be rough. It’s confusing. – Crushable
A British grandma married her Gambian younger lover in Africa because his visa was denied. Now that’s what I call love. – Daily Mail More »