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Move over skinny jeans, denim goes wide for spring

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Women who hate skinny jeans can rejoice this spring when the extra-tight denim that has dominated the market for more than two years makes way for wide-leg cuts. Bell-bottoms and boot-cut styles will appear in U.S. stores this ...

Wal-Mart to roll out electronic tags to track clothing: report

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to roll out electronic tags to keep track of individual garments like jeans and underwear, in a move that would help the retail giant control its inventories better, the Wall Street Journal said. Beginning in August, ...

Disney's "Sonny" gets a chance with clothing line

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Popular Disney Channel series "Sonny with a Chance" has inspired a clothing line aimed at tween girls just in time for back to school shopping, Disney and retail chain Target said on Wednesday. Titled "D-Signed," the clothes are ...

Playboy launches new "safe-for-work" website

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playboy on Tuesday launched a new, non-nude website that it described as being safe-for-work and a "satirical antidote to the drudgery of the work day." Produced specifically for the Internet, www.TheSmokingJacket.com contains posts and viral content in categories ...

Men get guidance for modest haircuts

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Women in Iran must cover their hair in public to comply with Sharia law, and men, too, are expected to have modest haircuts -- but what exactly does that entail? A new set of hairstyles has gone on display ...

Iranian men get guidance for modest haircuts

TEHRAN (Reuters Life!) - Women in Iran must cover their hair in public to comply with Sharia law, and men, too, are expected to have modest haircuts -- but what exactly does that entail? A new set of hairstyles has gone on ...

Wonder Woman gets 21st century makeover

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comic book superheroine Wonder Woman has traded in her spangled hot pants for urban leggings and upped her street smarts in a 21st century make-over for the 69 year-old character. J.Michael Straczynski, the new writer for the DC ...

Shapewear: Can clothes make the workout?

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you could slip into Scarlett O'Hara's wasp waist at will, would you still spend sweaty hours on that Pilates mat? Shapewear, bodywear and shapers are figure flattering foundation garments that use the latest technology to smooth ...

Players' hair turns heads at World Cup

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters Life!) - The shaggy manes and bushy moustaches of soccer days past have been replaced by bleached beards, "city boy" crops and headbands at the World Cup in South Africa. Players; hairdos are a perennial talking point at soccer's biggest ...

Modern Etiquette: What not to wear to work in summer

BURLINGTON, Vermont (Reuters Life!) - Summer is full of wonderful distractions, but co-workers' skin shouldn't be one of them. The formality of office attire often diminishes as temperatures rise. Every workplace is different and some are a lot more relaxed than others ...
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