2009 Fall New York Fashion Week: Marc Jacobs


Updated 02/17/09 12:08 AM · Posted by FabSugar · 9 comments

2009 Fall New York Fashion Week: Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs went back to the future for Fall. His color shock collection can best be described as the future . . . in the '80s. You follow? Aside from the news items leading up to show — the downsizing in invites and just saying no to celebrities — the show went down as so . . . Pepto pink ponchos, jagged edges, shiny jewel tone pencil skirts, comical brocades, cutesie florals, suede thigh Read more

A Girl's Guide to Breast Tissue


Updated 12/21/11 7:45 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 1 comment

Lumps in Breast Tissue and What It Means

Last Summer, health researchers recommended that women no longer need to perform self-breast exams, but that hasn't stopped me. A few women I know discovered breast cancer early through self-examinations and received early treatment, which saved their lives. Breast tissue tends to be lumpy, so when you examine your girls each month, you want to look , or rather feel, for changes in consistency, Read more

How the Alphabet Can Prevent Skin Cancer


Updated 04/16/12 1:23 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 9 comments

How to Tell If a Mole Is Cancerous

Most of the more than one million cases of skin cancer that are diagnosed in the US each year are considered sun-related, and of those, almost 11,000 people will die each year. That's a lot of deaths that could be prevented if people just took care of their skin by wearing sunscreen and doing skin self-exams. Check yourself for suspicious-looking moles, and if you find something odd, make an Read more