Right around 1998 Old Navy hit their stride. They were right in line with the Dave Matthew's Band-loving, sensitive frat guy look that was unfortunately sweeping the nation. But times changed, people got smarter (and actually interested in fashion), and they stopped dressing like dorks season after season. Other stores that used to target a similar demographic (Gap, J Crew, etc), re-imagined themselves for a more fashion-forward customer, while Old Navy kept insisting that faux-thrift-store, "retro" t-shirts and ill-fitting pants were all the rage.

But rumor has it that maybe times have changed. The company has launched an under-the-radar email campaign to generate buzz about the "New Old Navy." Unfortunately, no one knows what that means.

Fashionista thinks they might be buying Fred Flare and turning into a lifestyle store, or that they're about to release some cutesy TV commercial with their new head designer, Todd Oldham. I have no idea what they're planning -- but I hope they're launching a new clothing line that isn't targeted at high school-aged jocks.

Just a pipe dream?

Norwood Young is an R&B singer that hosts an annual winter holiday party -- Oh, sweet Christ, what in the HELL is that?! Goodness. Excuse me. I -- I -- was just startled by the picture next to me.

That's right, folks. It's time for us to remember that Michael Jackson isn't the only man to have a little too much fun under the knife. Ladies get too much crap for trying to re-shape their bodies. What about this Young fellow here? His nose looks... sad. He must be a mouth-breather. Check out all these photos of him with Vivica A. Fox at his party. Fox hasn't shied from cosmetic reconstruction, but she actually looks decent by comparison.

You know it's time to cut back (haha... "cut") on the plastic surgery when the nose is just for show.

The gloves are officially off. Now that he's kind of the king of pop, Justin Timberlake is tired of playing second (or third) fiddle to the perennial "Hottest Man in the World" front runners, George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

So what sparked this oddly catty little spat between the world's most attractive guys? Timberlake was recently crowned King of Sex by Rolling Stone magazine, and in a subsequent interview with Barbara Walters, said: "Brad, George, you guys may be on the most beautiful whatever but uh...eat your heart out boys."

Sure, Justin is a stylish guy -- in fact, now that he's dressing his age, I'd go so far as to call him one of the most fashionable men in the public eye. But better looking than Brad Pitt and George Clooney? Them's fightin' words, Justin.

Racking your brain trying to think of a last minute gift for the special lady in your life? There's only four shopping days left until Christmas. So if you've been putting it off, the time to act is right now.

I know, I know -- sometimes it's hard to think of what to give someone else. Maybe this year you shouldn't bother trying to be considerate, and instead get her something that you'll really enjoy -- sexy lingerie! Even better, is that Victoria's Secret has just launched their Semi-Annual Sale, so you can buy the hottest undies at almost half the price.

It's a Christmas miracle!

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Can you tell the difference between a Halloween witch costume and a genuine goth outfit? Well, put your goth radar to the test on this post from Coilhouse and pick out the costumes from the outfits.

I consider myself to be fairly well-aware of goth style and always thought that I've been pretty good at differentiating between goth chic and Hot Topic clearance rack crap. Okay, I admit... It looks like I'm wrong. I think I only got three out of the eight answers right. Time to throw aside my bat wings and hang my head in shame.

Who can really blame me, though? Some of these are too outrageous for any self-respecting goth to wear out. I mean, a witch's hat? Seriously? If one must go for the goth look, keep it sleek, keep it classy, keep it dark. Lose the dreads and scary platforms.

It wasn't all that long ago that Kate Moss came to her senses and ditched her drugged-up ex-boyfriend, Pete Doherty. In fact, I'm fairly certain the world breathed a sigh of relief when we saw him dejectedly moving his things out of Moss' London apartment.

However, hell hath no wrath like a lover scorned, and now Pete is trying to get back at Kate by showing the couple's home movies on TV. The rocker is in talks with Britain's (totally lame) IT2 TV network to make a documentary about his relationship with Moss -- apparently titled "Kate & Pete: A Love Story." If that doesn't make you gag, what's worse is that producers are offering him $1 million for access to home videos he and Kate shot while they were living together.

By the sounds of it, some of it gets pretty raunchy, and thus Kate is working with lawyers to stop the tapes from going public.

Seriously, famous people: stop making sex tapes. They always, always always come back to haunt you in the end.

I used to have flawless skin. "Used to" are the key words there.

Recently my skin has decided that it hates me and has run rampant with breakouts. I have tried everything from teeney bopper skin ointments to the old toothpaste on the face remedy, but nothing seemed to work. I knew I had to call in the big guns: MD Skincare.

MD Skincare makes almost miraculous skincare products. Dr. Dennis Gross, who is a board certified dermatologist and dermatological surgeon in New York City, is the creator of MD Skincare. His line has everything from at-home peels to face wash to blemish creams.

My favorite product from MD Skincare is the All-Over Blemish Solution. This gel like formula not only treats the blemishes that are there; it treats the ones that haven't reared their ugly heads.

I nabbed a sample of this $84 skin gel at Sephora the only day and within 24 hours my pimple was gone. You can't argue with results, which makes this pricey potion worth every penny. You can purchase MD Skincare online or at Nordstrom and Sephora.

Is there someone on your gift list who is channeling Paris Hilton or maybe even Lindsay Lohan? She is definitely a party girl and needs the proper party girl equipment under her tree this holiday season. You can pick up "party girl" supplies pretty much anywhere -- your local boutique, accessories stores like Claire's, heck you can even go to the liquor store to get gifts.

She likes to party all the time: The party never stops when you are a party girl. Keep her fueled up and ready to go with a traveling mobile phone/ Blackberry charger or keep her fueled up in a more fun way with a bottle of Viktor & Rolf champagne.

Crash hard, but crash stylishly: When the party is over your party girl is left with a raging hangover, dirty hair and is in desperate need of sleep. You may not be able to stick a greasy bag of In-and-Out Burger under the tree but you can certainly gift her with a sleep mask and some hair refresher from Stila.

Designer Michael Knight was easily one of the top favorites of the last season of Project Runway, but we have seen or heard much from him since the finale. Tim Gunn made an appearance at the Baltimore Book Festival (read more about that here) and shared the weird news that Knight has actually decided to launch a fragrance before a clothing line. A bit backwards, no?

Well, now there's even more weird news. Knight has decided to start up a lingerie line called Kitty & Dick and, to be honest, I don't think he's worked to his full potential. A group of "performance artists" called Kitty's Litter have formed to promote the intimate apparel line and apparently Knight has described them as "The Pussycat Dolls, meets Victoria's Secret's Angels, meets The Fly Girls." Scary? Yes.

The clothes look like a cross between American Apparel bargain bin business and BET video girl rejects' wardrobes. Come on, Michael Knight, you can do so much better.

Remember how appalled I was a few months back when I saw dog wigs on the Today Show? Then you can only imagine my horror when I saw that there are wigs for the feline persuasion as well. Does the madness ever stop? Why did cats have to be dragged into this mockery?

The website KittyWigs.com is selling these wigs and warn that quantities are limited (oh no, we better hurry). You can choose between pink passion, bashful blonde, silver fox and electric blue. Each wig comes in a metal "wig case" that way your pet's precious little wig won't get dirty and matted.

If I were forced (at gun point) to choose a favorite it would have to be "bashful blonde." The only reason I feel compelled to choose this wig is that it has the most hilarious description on the website. Check it out:

" Blonde is a magical mix of bashful and brazen. Fern shows off the many moods of a natural blonde: sweet yet catty, smart yet batty -- where life is alluring and coy. Now all she needs is a bikini and a Swedish accent. Blonde sets off your kitty's eyes and makes your kitty look tan."

Yes, you read that right; it makes your kitty look tan. Now you and I have officially seen it all.

If you're at all interested in football, you've undoubtedly heard by now that Tony Romo, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, played like total crap this Sunday. As a result, his team lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, which should never have happened. It was embarrassing.

And rumor has it was Jessica Simpson's fault. The pop star recently started dating the Boys' star quarterback, and this Sunday she was at the game to show support for her new man. Thanks to that distraction, Romo threw three interceptions, fumbled twice, and had the worst game of his entire career.

Honestly, I'm not judging Jessica for the Cowboy's loss -- professional football players should be able to throw the ball, catch the ball, and run with the ball regardless of who's watching.

But I am judging her for her wardrobe. Who does she think she's fooling?

Jessica: just because you show up at a football game in your boyfriend's jersey, don't think that I believe for a second that you have any idea what's going on. It only makes you look more clueless when you try so hard to convince me otherwise.

Starting last spring, I noticed the hipster guys around town were shaping their facial fuzz like...well...porn stars. It was a rough time for the fashion-forward set -- we'd been stuck in a seemingly endless 80s revival, and the obsessively stylish were trying anything to break out of the mold. I figured it was a brief, ill-advised foray into alternative grooming that'd quickly be forgotten.

Until today. Word on the street is Pete Wentz, bassist for Fall Out Boy and boyfriend to Ashlee Simpson is sporting an adult movie star motif above his upper lip. Gross!


Guys: I'm pleading with you, let this one blow over. Grow a full beard, grow a goatee, go clean shaven -- anything! If you shape your 'stache like some douche bag from the 70s, I will judge you -- a lot.

Congratulations to Complete Woman magazine, for going above and beyond the call of duty in celebrity Photoshopping. It's not exactly a secret that no real person can live up to the carefully crafted images that appear on the covers of magazines -- but at least those mags are trying to make the photos look kind of plausible.

This photo of Ashlee Simpson, on the other hand, has been doctored so much that she looks more like a lifeless china doll than an actual human being. Looks like the magazine let their junior photo editor take a crack at this one -- and he went way overboard.

I think most people accept that this kind of photo manipulation is part of the game, but this is just stupid.


To make matters worse, it appears Ashlee didn't even pose for the cover. According to her publicist:

"Ashlee in no way posed for Complete Woman or ever gave them an interview. They apparently purchased outtakes from an old photo shoot years ago and elected on their own to retouch the photo as they wanted to. This supposed 'magazine' has never reached out to us and we did not cooperate with them in any way at all."

Lame.

Wow. Just. Wow. It's like the Spears family is cursed or something. Was Jamie Lynn even paying attention when her 20-something sister's career went spiraling down the toilet after two ill-advised pregnancies with Kevin 'Gold-digger' Federline?

Regardless, the deed is done, and the younger Spears sister is with child. Seeing as she's all of 16-years-old, chances are she won't be interested in your run-of-the-mill maternity wear. So here's a few options for Jamie Lynn (or anyone else who wants to look cool while they're carrying baby).


Let's just hope this doesn't make childhood pregnancy trendy. The day I see a pregnant Bratz doll marketed at my daughter, I'm going to wretch all over Toys 'R' Us.

Yes, I am a woman in her early twenties (ehem, mid-twenties) who has fallen in love with Cole Haan. For a long time I thought of Cole Haan as an "older" brand, probably because my fleeting glances toward the Cole Haan section of Nordstrom have been extremely fruitless. The word "orthopedic" comes to mind.

Readers, I have been proven wrong.

I've spent the better part of the morning obsessing over their leather coats, and I'm considering throwing a bag and a pair of shoes into the mix as well. Not only are their coats and shoes classic (as usual), they have also stepped up to the plate with modern and youthful details in many of their items, making them perfect for us trendseekers who like to get a little mileage out of our big budget couture. Here are just a few items from their winter collection that I'm smitten with. I also happen to know that their leather goods are incredibly well made, which is good, because they'll be in style for a long time.