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OPEN POST: The Sunday Roast, featuring the Knitting, Stilted Shepherds of Landes, France

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  Getty Images Happy Sundog, y'all! Today we're doing a road trip, as is traditional on Sunday, only instead of ending up at Grandma's house for hours of boredom with your cousins and food in every shade of beige, we're going to Landes, France, a century ago. And we're gonna get some nice sweaters while we're there.  Now a surfing capital and tourism destination, a hundred years ago it was mostly marsh and forest. The hard-working sheep herders of the local marshland got tired of wet feet, as one does. The land was great for grazing sheep, but not so good for the humans who looked after them.So they decided to watch their sheep on stilts (the shepherds, not the sheep. Sheep are terribly clumsy on stilts) and as they strode, stilted and majestic across the marsh, they knitted and spun the wool from their own flocks. I tell ya, the shepherds of Landes musta been hella coordinated! Science Photos   As you can see, the stilts were of the hands-free variety, and shep...

OPEN POST: What Did the "Cool Kids" Wear When You Were in High School?

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Credit: Getty That's it, that's the post! Share what was all the rage when you were a teen in the comments!

OPEN POST: This Collection of NYC Window Displays in the 80s

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EVENING NIGHTCAP: Critics Choice Fashuuun. Gayle King Complains *insert eye roll*

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  ► Award season (aka celebrity circle jerk) has official kicked-off with the Critics Choice Awards held last night. As most of you know, I hate award shows. First of, there are too many of them. Second, why hand out prizes to overpaid celebs who are doing their damn jobs? If that's how society is going to roll, then every industry should have an award show. I'd like to see awards show for the Janitorial Arts, Pipefitters Union, and American Society for Convenience Store Clerks. Anyhoo, since PW Manor readers are astute connoisseurs of fashion, below are the frocks that grabbed my attention.  Read More Chelsea Handler, host of the 2026 Critics Choice Awards. Photo: Critics Choice Comment: Starting the parade of WTF is Teyana Taylor. She opted with throw everything on to see what would stick. In her case, everything. She went to a Men's Warehouse and hit the clearance rack. Then decided for a bit of Las Vegas charm by tackling a showgirl and running off with a feather boa. ...

OPEN POST: Paging Joan Rivers!

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  The Jurassic World Rebirth photocall took place in London yesterday and all I could think after seeing these photos is "what would Joan Rivers say?" Scarlett Johansson looked uncomfortable in a Schiaparelli dress. Mahershala Ali opted for double denim. Jonathan Bailey wore a horrendous sweater and FLIP FLOPS. Rupert Friend also sported dubious footwear (but at least he was serving face). And the director, Gareth Edwards, opted for a stretched-out t-shirt and Dad Shoes™. What a fashion disaster! Source: Ian West/PA Wire

OPEN POST: Näytös25 - Fashion's Future

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Happy Sunday, dears! Today I share with you the works of graduating students from  Aalto University  in Helsinki at their recent showcase,  Näytös25 . Professors Maarit Salolainen and Julia Valle Noronha explain the exhibit's purpose: "We want to show fashion and textiles beyond wearable items - their stories, textures, and research potential. These works question industry norms and propose new ways to design and produce." What do we think, hors, is it too much fashion in the good way or the bad way? You can view more here !

Golden Globes Fashuuun Recap

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  ► The Golden Globes took place Sunday evening. This year fashuuun game was pretty tame. I think celebs are finally getting a clue the public is tired of them showing up to award ceremonies dressed like out of work street walkers panning for loose change in front of an abandoned 7-Eleven. Overall, there weren't too may failures. Below are a few disappointments. Read More Comment: First up is Ali Wong. Her dress was an homage to the chamois strips at a car wash. The black gloves made her arms look spider legs. Jeremy Strong decided to get into the St.Patrick's Day spirit by wearing a green suit with a matching Gillian's Island hat to pass himself off as a modern day leprechaun who has a side gig as a DJ for high school prom. Eddie Redmayne...yikes! His suit is a walking chess / checkers board. WTF was he thinking?  Zendaya's gown was from the Werther's Collection. Her hair was too "matronly" for her young age. A disappointment for Zendaya as she's usu...