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    • H&M models are computer-generated

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Fashion – Tue, Dec 6, 2011 6:05 PM EST

      New tools can detect Photoshopped models, but what about computer-generated ones? According to an article from Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, many of the H&M models on their website are "completely virtual." Jezebel translated the article where H&M press officer Håcan Andersson explains that H&M uses mannequins that are edited to look more human. (See how all four “women” share the same body and pose?) 

      To complete the H&M model, garments are cut and pasted onto the figures along with the heads of real women who they photographed to create some weird animated composite image. Lastly, adjustments are made to match skin tones for that wonderfully lifelike feel. Now we're starting to understand that H&M model with the missing face from this past summer. Maybe they forgot to paste one in!

      Andersson sees nothing wrong with H&M’s use of photo editing. "It's not about ideals or to show off a perfect body... we are doing this to show off the garments," he stated. If that’s the case, why not

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    • Model and Fashion Blogger Lauren Scruggs Badly Injured in Plane Accident

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Fashion – Tue, Dec 6, 2011 2:53 PM EST


      Lauren Scruggs, a model and LOLO fashion blogger who had worked in the wardrobe department of "Gossip Girl" was in a tragic plane accident this past weekend. After the 23-year-old deplaned from the two-passenger aircraft in McKinney, Texas on Saturday, she accidentally walked into the spinning propeller which sliced into her head, face, shoulder, and left side. Scruggs' left hand was amputated following several surgical procedures and she is still struggling to keep her left eye.

      "It's going to be several weeks before they know for sure what is going to happen with the eye,'' her father Jeff Scruggs told the Today Show this morning. "They operated on her two days ago just on the eye for over six hours, which we saw as a good thing, and we're just praying that she comes through with that.

      The original prognosis was that she was going to lose the eye, so that was a blessing, so we're grateful to  God for that.'' Today she was finally able to speak, telling her mother and sister,

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    • Model and Fashion Blogger Lauren Scruggs Severely Injured in Plane Accident

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Fashion – Tue, Dec 6, 2011 1:35 PM EST

      Lauren Scruggs during happier times. Lauren Scruggs during happier times. Lauren Scruggs, a model and LOLO fashion blogger who had worked in the wardrobe department of "Gossip Girl" was in a tragic plane accident this past weekend. After the 23-year-old deplaned from the two-passenger aircraft in McKinney, Texas on Saturday, she accidentally walked into the spinning propeller which sliced into her head, face, shoulder, and left side. Scruggs' left hand was amputated following several surgical procedures and she is still struggling to keep her left eye.

      "It's going to be several weeks before they know for sure what is going to happen with the eye,'' her father Jeff Scruggs told the Today Show this morning. "They operated on her two days ago just on the eye for over six hours, which we saw as a good thing, and we're just praying that she comes through with that. The original prognosis was that she was going to lose the eye, so that was a blessing, so we're grateful to God for that.'' Today she was finally able to speak, telling her mother and sister, "I love

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    • New Vending Machines that Sell Flats

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Fashion – Mon, Dec 5, 2011 7:05 PM EST

      New Rollasole vending machines dispense flats in nightclubs.New Rollasole vending machines dispense flats in nightclubs.After a long night in high heels every woman has experienced that "I wish I had a pair of flats" feeling. It doesn't matter how comfortable your stilettos are-a night of dancing will conquer your feet. Many footwear brands Dr. Scholl's, Footzyrolls, After Flats, and City Slips now make affordable, foldable flats you can stash and keep in your purse, but sometimes we forget to bring them or don't have room in our tiny clutch. That's why the new Rollasole vending machines are brilliant. Up till now they've only been available in Europe and Australia, but the first vending machines with flats have finally appeared in nightclubs stateside! Rollasole machines are currently in the Vanity Nightclub at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Next up are clubs in Los Angeles and beyond. Now when you've danced your heart out you don't need to stumble home in stilettos-just put $19.95 in the vending machine and out come a cute pair of flats you can keep.

      This is not the first stylish

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    • The most shoplifted items of the season

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Fashion – Mon, Dec 5, 2011 6:16 PM EST

      While most of us are out buying holiday presents some people are getting their gifts with a five-finger discount. Ad Week  is reporting that one in every 11 people walks out the door with at least one item they didn’t pay for. With shoplifting up six percent this year, retailers stand to lose a whopping $119 billion of merchandise to shoplifters in 2011. And it’s not just kids with sticky fingers—75 percent of shoplifters are adults, most of whom have jobs. We know people are hunting for holiday deals, but this amount of theft is both surprising and sad.

      Ad Week spoke with loss prevention experts on why shoplifting is the highest it’s been in five years. "Most shoplifters simply succumb to temptation, “Johnny Custer, director of field operations for Merchant Analytic Solutions, told Ad Week. “But add a sense of desperation because of the economy and holiday pressures, and you have the recipe for theft soup." Barbara Staib, a spokesperson for the National Association of Shoplifting

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    • Nail polish: A big beauty trend of 2011

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Beauty on Shine – Mon, Dec 5, 2011 6:06 PM EST

      Nail polish sales are up 59% this year. Photo by ThinkstockEverywhere you look, it seems nail polish is decidedly recession-proof, and there are stats to back up the colorful trend. According to Women's Wear Daily, nail polish sales were up 59% for the first 10 months of the year and it fared better than any other beauty product in these tough financial times. In fact, both colored lacquer and top/base coat sales were up 50%, which implies ladies are giving themselves complete at-home manicures.

      Yahoo! Shine spoke with Deborah Lippmann, celebrity manicurist and creator of luxury nail, hand and foot care products, about the latest craze. "Nail lacquer is growing in popularity because we started getting into the trend when the recession hit, and we had to rethink how we did things," Lippman said. "Women started doing their own nails and realized how fun it could be to create their own look. It can be therapeutic, a time for girlfriends to spend together, and bonding time for mothers and daughters. Originally, women may have been doing it as a

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    • Woman has 30 bridesmaids

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Love + Sex – Mon, Dec 5, 2011 5:25 PM EST
      A British woman had 30 bridesmaids at her recent wedding. Photo courtesy of the Daily Mail.Choosing bridesmaids can be a tricky task, so when 64-year-old bride Joyce McDevitt got engaged to David, her boyfriend of nine years, she decided the more the merrier. On their big day, thirty women served as McDevitt's bridesmaids. This made for such a long wedding procession the couple reserved a church with two aisles to the altar.

       "I had 22 bridesmaids from my side of the family, plus David's two daughters Ruth, 41, and Katie, 30, and his granddaughter," she told the Daily Mail. "David had already asked me to marry him on Valentine's Day in 2009 but I decided I didn't want a big fuss, so I turned him down. But then as the months went by I decided I did want to get married, but the only problem was I couldn't choose my bridesmaids."

      Yeah, no big fuss at all. Just 30 bridesmaids. Oh, and two extra ones for backup. "My brother's daughter Louise was heavily pregnant, so I had two bridesmaids on standby to fill her place in case she went into labour early," McDevitt told the Daily

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    • The Top 10 Most Searched Fashion Brands in 2011

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Fashion – Wed, Nov 30, 2011 5:10 PM EST

      Gucci was the most searched for fashion brand on Bing this year. Gucci was the most searched for fashion brand on Bing this year. Bing just released their list of the top-searched fashion brands for 2011 and the results were really surprising. Thankfully the Kardashian Kollection did not make the cut. Whew. But even mainstream staples like Levi's, Converse, and Uggs weren't on the list! Believe it or not, the most-searched labels were primarily higher end designers. (Hey, we may not be able to afford them all, but we can still look, right?) Here is the list of the top 10 searched fashion brands of the year:

      1. Gucci
      2. Ralph Lauren
      3. Y-3
      4. Louis Vuitton
      5. Chanel
      5. Guess
      7. J.Crew
      8. Coco Chanel
      9. John Galliano
      10. Burberry

      OK, first of all, Y-3? Really? We know men in particular love Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto's Adidas sportswear collaboration (the line launched in 2003) but we had no idea it was still so popular. Also we would have thought Louis Vuitton would be more popular than Gucci. It's no real surprise that ladies love Chanel so much-from handbags to nail polish-the brand nabbed not

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    • Jwoww Launching Perfume at Kmart

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Beauty on Shine – Wed, Nov 30, 2011 4:08 PM EST

      JWoww is launching a new fragrance at Kmart.JWoww is launching a new fragrance at Kmart.Want to smell like the "Jersey Shore"? Today Jenni "JWoww" Farley is launching a signature fragrance. JWoww is in New York today meeting fans and autographing her new scent. We hear the perfume contains notes of citrus, pear, and musk, and comes packaged with a shimmering moisturizer for $29.99. She's released the fragrance with company Australian Gold who also put out her line of skincare and tanning products earlier this year.

      JWoww is not the first of her MTV costars with a namesake perfume! Sammi Giancola has her own fragrance called Dangerous and is currently working on a follow up perfume and a men's cologne. Meanwhile, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi recently debuted her signature scent on HSN. It sold out almost instantly. And the entire "Jersey Shore" clan has many other products and endorsements under their belt (because making bundles of money off getting drunk on TV isn't enough for these overachievers). Here's a cumulative list by each star (sadly Pauly D, Ronnie, Vinny, and

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    • New Photoshop Detector Shows Where Images Have Been Altered

      By Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor | Fashion – Wed, Nov 30, 2011 2:22 PM EST

      The new Photoshop detecting tool points out changes made to images of Fergie.The new Photoshop detecting tool points out changes made to images of Fergie.In the past we've loved pointing out obvious uses of photo retouching tools, but the sad reality is everyone uses them. Many photos we see of models and celebrities have been altered in some way. With new programs and easy-to-use Apps, people are airbrushing and Photoshopping their own every day digital photos. Some say, just accept it and move on, while others (like us) long to see realistic images in the media and are on a quest for photo justice. And now we may have one!

      Image forensics researchers at Dartmouth College have successfully created a photo analyzing tool that highlights any Photoshop-style modifications and tested it out on magazine covers and advertisements. The results are fascinating.

      "Publishers have legitimate reasons to alter photographs to create fantasy and sell products, but they've gone a little too far," image forensics specialist Hany Farid of Dartmouth University told Wired. The new tool can show any changes to photos on a 1-to-5 scale from minor changes

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