Dear Athletic Clothing Companies: How to make non-ridiculous fitness clothes

by Charlottefashion, rants, UncategorizedPosted on 81 Comments

Today I came across a picture in a magazine of a model wearing these pants: All I could think was Holy Menstrual Explosion! Aren’t white pants with red splotches all over the crotch a woman’s worst nightmare? The funny part is that they were designed by fellow possessor-of-lady-bits Stella McCartney so we can’t chalk it …

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Is “Pretty” A Compliment? [Plus 3 things guaranteed to make you giggle]

by Charlottebad advertising, body image, fashionPosted on 60 Comments

I couldn’t find the actual ad we were looking at but this one is pretty similar – it emphasizes the “look” over the function. Plus I think this ad is freaking hilarious. (For those of you non-yoga types, the model is doing Camel Pose.) “I don’t think I like the word ‘pretty’ in that ad,” …

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