This made them a big hit with '80s moms. Tim Hawley/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images So how did clear plastic shoes from Brazil become mainstream American fashion? While it's not entirely clear when or where jelly shoes were first invented, their game-changing debut in the United ...
To date, Michael Bond's Paddington Bear books have sold over 35 million copies - but, in the last decade, Paddington has become far more than just a character for kids - spawning films, a TV series, merchandise, as well as having tea with the late queen, he's also been brou...
“It’s all about the aesthetic and the lifestyle and the image that they present not just for themselves, but for their kids,” Kerbel says. “The reality is that when people who are our target demographic have kids, they care more about how the kids look than how they look themselve...
Sloanes watchedBrideshead Revisited,listened to Duran Duran and bought taffeta ball dresses from Tatters (for the rich) and Bellville Sassoon (for the very rich). The apogee was Diana’s vast, rumpled wedding dress, made by Elizabeth and David Emanuel – the former still ha...
It’s often said that dogs resemble their owners. While this is true of parents and their children for obvious reasons, parents are also dressing their offspring in attire that mirrors their own fashion sense. In the ’80s, it was Laura Ashley floral dre
When the Darkness burst onto the international stage in 2003, hard rock pundits couldn't help but feel a sense of deja vu. Embodying the best (or worst, depending on your point of view) cliches of '80s hard rock in a post-grunge world seemed like an odd and potentially ruinous step ...
Yet, for six decades, the song "I Feel Pretty" — sung by Maria and the other Puerto Rican women in a department store dress shop — haunted lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the iconic song at age 25. "I’ve shot my mouth off for years about how I ...
“i have kids that come in here that embody all the ‘-cores,’ ” says 28-year-old emma rogue, owner of lower east side shop rogue, which specializes in the grungy y2k aesthetic she calls nostalgia-core. the society archive, f rom left: izaake zuckerman, zach reilly, marcus allen...
For a polished look, gather the excess sweater in the back, wrap around and knot it like you would a tee in the 80s and fasten with a hair tie or rubber band. Tuck the bump under into the sweater and you’re done. Regardless of how you tuck in your sweater, it’s just like ...
How Many Kids Does Beyoncé Have? Beyoncé has three children — two daughters and one son — with her husband, Jay-Z: Blue Ivy Carter (born in 2012) and twins Rumi and Sir Carter (born in 2017). As of press time, Blue Ivy also has the distinction of be...