December 4th, 2007 by admin
BEIJING (Reuters) - China gave a cheer to its first Miss World on Sunday, with Internet chat rooms filled with praise for the 23-year-old beauty queen.
Zhang Zilin, a Beijing secretary who was born in the gritty northern industrial city of Shijiazhuang, scooped the title late on Saturday on the southern Chinese resort island of Hainan.
A blog by Zhang on the Web portal Sina.com had over 1 million hits as of Sunday, with many fans posting their congratulations.
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December 4th, 2007 by admin
![Honoring Generous December [Dapper Diva]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/91709.gif)
I love what’s going around b5 Media. Since Kate Baggot is giving away a donation of $100 to one of our favorite charities, I’d like to tell you why my support is behind the American Diabetes Association. It’s a slight departure from plus-size fashion, but it does affect older individuals, some of us who already have it in the family, and those of us who weigh a bit more and perhaps don’t get as much exercise as we should. The American Diabetes Association has been around for over 60 years, and supports 20.8 million adults and children with diabetes. Why don’t we make it an even 21 mill?
Plus-size fashion may be in my mind, but diabetes is a cause dear to my heart. I’m encouraging all the other b5er’s to jump on board and tell us which charity they’re behind this holiday season. . .
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December 4th, 2007 by admin
Source: New Test: Laura Kepshire
December 4th, 2007 by admin
![Nigella Lawson Feels Bad About Her Body [In The Company Of Women]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/91534.jpg)
Some people love food writer and TV host Nigella Lawson. She’s bright, successful, forty-something, and loves food, unapologetically. But some people — who have been commenting on the BBC website — think the British star is a “porker” who sends the wrong message, reports The Times of London. “What sort of an example is she setting with her weight and her appetite for high-calorie sweets and cream?” one reader asks. Nigella tells Times writer Shane Watson: “Maybe I have put on weight, or maybe it’s a bad camera angle. But in real life, this is normal size. Everyone is so critical. All must be sacrificed to the great god of skinny. You must say no to everything.” Ms. Watson claims that the “god of skinny” has dethroned the “god of beauty.” She writes, “Beauty without a slim body is now almost pointless.”
Nigella has her own theories about why we live in a society that would target both herself and women like Beyoncé — who is gorgeous and talented, but was recently described as “erupting” out of her dress at an awards show. “I think it is a fear of flesh,” says Nigella, “maybe of vulnerability and softness. I do think that women who spend all their lives on a diet probably have a miserable sex life: if your body is the enemy, how can you relax and take pleasure? Everything is about control, rather than relaxing, about holding everything in.” Read the rest of this entry »
December 4th, 2007 by admin
![A Very Britney Birthday [Snarkstress]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/91210.jpg)
Birthday Brit
Gawd, do I ever love Britney Spears. She makes my job so easy it hurts sometimes (well, not really. I quite enjoy it). Here she is, celebrating her 26th, looking all grown up and with the program. She’s really shaping up to be a class act, isn’t she?
Yeah.
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December 4th, 2007 by admin
Short-sleeved coats: apparently an oxymoron. But not always annoying. For one thing, it does not snow everywhere. There are plenty of places in both this nation \\ on this planet, where there is a climate suitable for the wearing of 3/4-sleeve coats, even during winter. Also, long-sleeve shirts beneath three-quarter sleeve shirts are quite warm-making. We are not cautiously but unreservedly pro.
This has got to be one of the prettiest coats we’ve ever seen. Especially pls note the lovely tie detail at the wrists. Anthropologie overcoat, $248
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December 4th, 2007 by admin
Men’s magazines are the dearth-land they used to be. Don’t think that they escape my attention either as I happily devote my money to a good men’s fashion mag (or sneakily steal from my boyfriend’s stash). Thom Wong of The Sunday Best is embarking on what I think will be a fruitful project which is to do a mag report on two men’s fashion titles each month for the next 12 months. By ‘mag’ report, I mean it’s a REALLY meaty, chunky report in manner of the book reports you used to have to write at school…except Thom is a lot more eloquent than ‘This book was great. I really liked it’. The composite details of all the mags he has reviewed by the end of the 12 months should hopefully convince a few people that men’s fashion magazines aren’t a waste of time and that there is a lot going for them! Here are my two cents on the whole men’s mag shebang…
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December 4th, 2007 by admin
Latest Makeup-Art Cosmetics Collections are Of Beauty, Metal X and Stylistics. They are available from November 21 exclusive at MAC locations.Take a peak…
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December 4th, 2007 by admin
![Trend Wrap Sweater and a Gripe [Dapper Diva]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/90812.jpg)
I may have outlined 10 Gifts for Plus-Size Shoppers over at About.com, but Noel Bohm does have a point over at Pretty by Nature. After a weekend of frantic shopping, I must conclude: some people are waaaay too hard to shop for.
If you’re looking for a plus present for friend or family and they actually do like things, I recommend the Trend Wrap Sweater from SWAK Designs.
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December 4th, 2007 by admin
![It’s the Thought that Counts. I Think You Suck. [Pretty by Nature]](http://citypeoplefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/90809.jpg)
Some people are really hard to shop for. You know the kind. No matter what it is, they find a way to point out what they don’t like about it. When you buy them what they asked for, they complain about your lack of creativity. So I have decided this year to give up. If they’re just gonna bitch, not going to be delighted with my gesture of love then I’m going to buy something I know I would like. Selfish? Yes, but I’m over it. So here are some of my crave-worthy wants this year. Hopefully they will be so disgusted they regift the present back…yeah me!
Saffron Rouge has such a bevy of delicious products to choose from, it’s hard to narrow it down. I’m in lust with the offerings from Florascent Parfumeurs. First off, the packaging is FABULOUS. It doesn’t need wrapping, just a well placed bow. Their perfumes are made with a combination of organic essential oils, aromatic waters and fruit alcohol. While cheaper than some of the fragrances from Rich Hippie, they are still a little pricey. I would definitely have to like you a little bit to spend $100.00 on you; so not for any co-workers. Ha…sorry. Or for that special frenemy, Weleda’s Birch Cellulite Oil. Definitely for the passive aggressive gift giver. Deliver it with a well placed, “I’m so jealous, you don’t even mind exposing your cottage cheese thighs to the world; I would be so embarrassed.”
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