Because, let me be frank: I hate it. It's terribly unflattering.
Hello, Katherine? Your grandma called, and while you should follow her example and drink red wine for your health, you should get rid of her hair style.
Of the press releases that flood our inbox, every now and again something makes us go "awwwwww!" Today we got the news that a new line of sandals is launching called Freewaters. What makes Freewaters awwwwwww-inducing? The team at Freewaters donates drinking water for an entire year to someone in need of clean water with every sandal purchased! We love the footwear-for-charity model, a la TOMS!
The shoes themselves are cute, like sturdier Havianas, and offer a "Fit Perfect Design" to fit the foot instantly. This style is only $26, the more embellished (flowers on the sole, little pin on the strap) is $36. A wider-strap leather version runs up to $80. Men's sandals run $26-$100.
Check out the California-made flips at freewaters.com.
As if being a Victoria's Secret angel and supermodel, wife to Orlando Bloom, and new mom aren't enough, the fabulous Miranda Kerr has launched an organic skincare line even eco-friendly makeup artists love!
The picture seen 'round the world; Miranda posted it to her Kora Organics blog herself!
Green makeup expert Christy Coleman recently reviewed the line on her blog, saying "I am a huge fan of KORA Organics, and use her products daily." That's quite the endorsement!
We love other supermodel-introduced lines (hello, Josie!), so we can't wait to try this one!
British newspapers and all the blogs were abuzz this weekend with the rumor that Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton is designing the wedding dress of the century: Kate Middleton's.
Image from The Telegraph
The Sunday Times of London was the first to report that Alexander McQueen Creative Director Sarah Burton has been tasked with designing The Dress, with input from Kate. Burton squelched the speculation, telling Vogue UK, "I am not doing it," and McQueen CEO Jonathan Akeroyd, says, "No, not at all. I am the CEO. I would know if we were doing it."
Even if McQueen is doing it, they would deny it. Fashionista says that Burton was “chosen for the discretion afforded by her relatively low profile, as well as for her alternative take on elegance.”
Brit fashion writer Sasha Wilkins connects the six-degrees-of-separation dots and isn’t surprised to hear McQueen’s name emerge. “Up until now the media have made relatively little of the fact that the fashion writer Sara Buys who is connected to Harper’s Bazaar, and who married in Alexander McQueen, is Prince Williams’s step-sister ... she’s got to be influencing the decision in some way.”
How exciting would this be? It's a perfect intersection of old royalty and new fashion. We love the idea!
Body Mass Index (BMI) has been used for 200 years to calculate body fat, using a weight-to-height ratio. It has come under fire for not taking into account a number of factors, such as muscle mass. Now researchers at the University of Southern California have devised a system called the Body Adiposity Index (BAI), which uses height and hip measurements. This new method is outlined in the journal Obesity.
"The problem with BMI is it doesn't take into account that a person may be an athlete or a fitness expert," Dr. Michael Wolfe, chair of medicine at The MetroHealth System and professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve Medical Center, told AOL Health. "Someone with higher muscle mass will have a higher weight. BAI tells you more than just weight; it also tells you composition of weight."
The new research follows 1,733 Mexican-Americans and 223 African-Americans using the new BAI formula and compares how it correlates with their percent body fat as measured by DXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) scans, which are the gold standard of body fat measurements.
The formula is: BAI = (hip/height x the square root of height) minus 18.
For instance, a woman 5 feet 4 inches tall who weighs 127 with 37-inch hips would have a BMI of 21.7, a BAI of 27.8, and a DXA of 28.4% fat.
The study has not been replicated in other populations, and there are still some gaps in research: researchers found large differences in the BAI scores between very lean Mexican-Americans and very lean African-Americans.
Nonetheless, a new alternative body fat measure that could be better than the old method is always good news!
It's been up one day and already seen nearly 2 million pageviews. What website has taken the internet by storm? Why, the official Royal Wedding website celebrating the marriage of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton!
The site, officialroyalwedding2011.org, is the official information service for anyone interested in the forthcoming Royal Wedding. There are also a number of social media sites, including the Clarence House and Buckingham Palace Flickr account, @ClarenceHouse, The Royal Channel on YouTube and the British Monarchy Facebook page.
