Fab Read: The Black Dress


Updated 03/01/08 10:38 PM · Posted by FabSugar · 5 comments

Fab Read: The Black Dress

We all know that black dresses are hardly just reserved for funerals anymore — they're wardrobe staples! In The Black Dress ($15), Dr. Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (my alma mater!), explores the zeitgeist of the black dress and how they've become timelessly chic. The tome is filled with pages of iconic black dress images Read more

Corsets: Lots of Controversy Squeezed Into One Undergarment


Updated 02/14/12 10:25 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Vintage Corset Ads

Nowadays, women who want a trimmer waist in a pinch typically turn to Spanx or some other body-slimming underwear. But when it's less about practicality and more about looking sexy in nothing but your skivvies (like for your Valentine's Day date night, for instance), you may choose to don a corset. While modern women are free to wear these fitted underpinnings whenever we want to spice things up Read more