Rebecca Minkoff tweeted that she's in Italy for her wedding tomorrow. And she's planning to celebrate her newlywed status by introducing a collection titled, "I Do".

By then, she will have *did*, and congrats!

She may be Painfully Hip, or at least the author of that site, but Diana is not only a fellow fashion blogger, but fellow member of the oily scalp club. And she's given us the greatest tip!

I've learned that fewer-and-farther-between washes help me to produce less "grease", but Diana not only warned against shampooing daily, which many know already - but she tells us to rinse with a scrubbing motion daily. This can be added super easily if you already shower short-of-the-shampoo every day. Most women do, but some of us are lazier and feel clean hair is the #1 result of the tub, anyway. At least I hope that's not just me. So for us, sure, we will need to add or re-add enduring the frozen feeling of stepping out past that curtain wet and uncovered, and deal with soaked strands, also forget soaking your body attempting to sink-rinse, your underarms might benefit from a scrub, too... Still it sounds super worth it keeping up with this routine to keep or get extra beautiful!

If you currently wait longer than every other day to shampoo, you might try adding a rinse only in-between, and maybe not daily.

I just read about Picture Me, a new documentary exposing the secret darknesses of the modeling and photography world. A lowlight of the film's revelations,

"'We had to go in one by one. The photographer said he wanted to see me without my shirt on. Then he told me that it was still hard to imagine me for the story so could I take my trousers off. I was standing there in a pair of Mickey Mouse knickers and a sports bra. I didn't even have breasts yet. 'We might need to see you without your bra,' he told me. It was like he was a shark circling me, walking around and around, looking me up and down without saying anything. I did what he told me to. I was just eager to be liked and get the job. I didn't know any better.'"

I knew I had to help spread the news of reported abuse, but I'm saddened by the lack of what was said in The Gaurdian article (you must read) - the fact that I must say it because of this lack, and it's something so obvious to me, to mothers, to you - most likely. And most heinous.

Possibly never have I uttered or written these words in earnest:

Think of the children!

Even in this article about the exposé, and in words by the filmmaker and model, herself - there is a harsh sickening detail left out. It's not the worst part that it is omitted in these sources trying to help a *new* or to-be cause, but it is perhaps the sickest part of these facts: these are not women, not just girls, not just teenagers. They are children. Looked at sexually, molested, by pedophiles - who could argue? But those words are not mentioned. Not just nothing about pedophilia - which no one can deny any criminality when a 14 year old child does not even have breasts yet, there is no blurry woman-like view there - model body or no. Not even that this is not mentioned, but neither is the word, "child". Not once. Not. a. once. If you have the Google Toolbar, with the article open in your browser/tab and type "child" into the search bar, but then click on it in the "find" feature - you do hear that *not found* alert.

This may sound odd, but it was chilling for me, in that moment, to hear that bumpy Windows noise.

I may only be a dreamer now but if I am ever a big designer, I wouldn't ever let an ad (or any) photoshoot go on without my presence, now that I know of this. I feel like many would jadedly think one would flake on any idealic promise when facing business reality, but I know you readers are normal and good like I am. And wouldn't you do the same? Care the same? I know it. Like the star who is still down-to-earth, we have to believe we remain human even if absorbed into the successes and pull-pressures of an industry so firm in its tradition, even the bad (especially?). Trends change, but capitolism remains, sleeze is our animal. Many, though never enough on the inside, vow to change dress size norms or less-average-size chic-levels or prevalence, but when faced with true crimes, against children or not, we've gotta believe we would do our part to fight.

For most of us, all we can do is vow not to let our daughters, or any child of anyone we know, start or even dream of modeling - or at least teach and try to prevent with those familes we cannot control. Not only is this the best fight most of us have, but we should all do at least this.

Photo: Teenaged model from YenMag.net

Something Black Gloss One-piece

$122.00 by Something at Revolve Clothing

From liquid leggings to liquid other things; and here's a "liquid" swim suit. That leather-look is really man-made fabrics, so yes, it can be worn in that other liquid, water. More like a nylon, it also won't get so scorching in the sun. Yes thank goodness there are no swimsuits of leather, right?

Um, well in our crazy world, I must ask & hope I'm right.

Anyway, such a wacked out piece of apparel as a leather bathing suit wouldn't go for the relatively reasonable price of $122 ... and no one would buy it for swimming anyway, so it would be a manufacturing budget drain.

Looking at this material, I'm still thinking the worst thing that could be made "into" liquid would be some baggy parka. Garbage bag anyone? Well, no one likes parkas anyway, so I guess we're safe. Even though it could be made out of similar material to this one-piece for water-resistance. Just don't do it!

A human wearing a garbage bag, how silly. ... Oh yeah I forgot. It was done in the 90s. Never again, I command! If one must liquid, one must fit it. (Good rule?)

What a world, what a world. Our sense is melting like the polar ice caps.

Errm, happy Summer?

Happiness is being a free bird…

Edited by Jennine of IFB & The Coveted Oddly enough since we moved over to the editorial selection, I’ve never selected the links, and I really have to tell you choosing this week’s roundup was tough, so many great links... ...

• 39th and Broadway – Excess in fashion led to less in design, and next?
• Bobbins and Bombshells – Celebrating first anniversary with a beauty of a give away! The prize: Pin-Up Cosmetics!
• BRICK MY LANE – How to give shoes a rock’n'roll edge using simple DIY ideas.
• CUTEMESS – How Trevor the horse and an Australian Kangaroo Paw flower came to rest on a Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent dress.
• Debutante Clothing – Interviews celebrity favorite vintage costume jewelry maven Carol Tanenbaum
• Decline Designs – Defining Your Personal Style, Part Three: Using Your Inspiration
• Dirty Dirty Laundry – Inspired dress-up. Brought to you by the color blue.
• Fashion Grail – Look for less, Chloe Sevigny
• Fashion Hippo – Three lucky readers will receive this tee as a prize. Loved by Kate Moss and many other celebrities. Ends June 18th.
• Hong Kong Fashion Geek – Update your look for less – Resort 2010 looks for recessionistas
• Independent Fashion Bloggers – Giveaway sites for freebie junkies.
• MissRedLips – Brooches, not just for your grandmother!
• Pursed Lips Magazine – The CFDA Fashion Design Awards Promotes their Photoshoot, with None of the Women Nominees. Is something fishy?
• Retro Chick – Mary Queen of Charity Shops – The Review
• Style on the street – Alison Stephens, the new it model
• Style Symmetry – Vintage Snakeskin Bracelet Giveaway!
• Super Kawaii Mama – Meet Aleshia Brevard. A Vintage Style Icon you’ll never forget!
• The Capitol Fashionista – Fashion Nostalgia: The Beautiful Covers of British Vogue
• THE COVETED – The perfect giveaway for vintage lovers… win at Rice & Beans Vintage.
• The Curvy Fashionista – The State of the Curvy Community Panel Discussion at Full Figure Fashion Week
• the nerdlings – The photo shoot started off well. But words were spoken that shouldn’t have been spoken and everything else just descended into chaos.

"If you support gay marraige, AND the legalization of pot..."

You can really tick people off with this tee, but don't worry - only the wrong people.

Otherwise, what a conversation starter. I love this concept because it helps push the envelope.

Lighten up people - don't support gay marriage? Maybe you need some weed to relax and get over yourself!

Word.

Legalize Gay Pot tee from LegalizeGayPot.com - from $20 to $23 (one set of sizes for men and women).

If you're like I am, you hate dieting and doing crunches. And you also have a sweet tooth. That's a bad mixture - but I've found the tasty drink solution to shed inches off my waist - other body parts will not so much be helped.

• Brew some green tea.
• Take a glass - or a large bottle that once held juice or water. (Making large batches in the bottle is recommended.)
  
• If you're doing this glass-by-glass, sprinkle one packet of Crystal Light.
• Or by the bottle: dump one small cup (not the measurement, but the type of containment - out of a canister of little cups vs. the box of packets) of CL intended for such  larger bottles.
• It's important in regards to fighting a colorful mess to put in the powder first.
• If you're using a plastic bottle, pour water first - then green tea (which might otherwise melt the plastic), I use more water than green tea, but there's no science to measuring this.
• Stir (glass) or shake (bottle). (Sorry, that's a duh, isn't it?)
• Ice or let chill in fridge. (This is a cold drink.)
  
• Drink throughout the day.
• Drink very little - if any at all - soda (or coffee, or whatever your pound-packing poison is). Treat diet soda like regular soda and IMHO even treat carbonated water* like diet soda (and therefore soda). And DON'T have more than 2 cans worth in a day, at maximum. *The flavored bubbly water only has helped me in that it fights the soda urges and tastes better than diet, but it does not help me lose weight. It does help get over a *Coke* addiction, though! A Google search contradicted this belief against bubbly water, but I swear that is my experience!
  

Now exercise however you like or can stand. Diet only as much as you can stand, too. I even pretty much eat what I want, except now I'm worrying about foods that bloat my belly back up a few inches.

Since I've stopped pairing this method with those seltzery waters (and also drank very little soda) I've lost 4 inches off my waist, in 1 week. And actually the last two days, it was 1 inch each. (I think the 1" days were days I didn't have chips; one of my weakness foods, that also are salty.)

When I used to quit soda for a time here and there, and only drank juice, I'd lose a few pounds. When I did this and drank a lot of those flavored sparkling waters, I was wondering why I lost nothing. I now go to my tasty green tea (because I HATE tea!) all the time and it's working.

However - not on the thighs. Ha ha. I'm definitely heading in a "pear shape" direction. ;-)

*Updated instructions**Important* (Above)