New Fragrance

Rihanna plans Nude experience before Houston concert, but it's all perfectly legal

By Clifford Pugh

04.14.13 | 3:00 pm

Rihanna sure knows how to attract attention. The singer, who has 29 million Twitter followers and 69 million Facebook fans, plans to promote her third fragrance, Nude by Rihanna, with ...

Rocking The Fashion World

No more rail thin models? Yeah right — Vogue "pledge" looks like nothing but lip service

By Whitney Radley

05.04.12 | 10:04 pm

Vogue, the glossy editorial that is every woman's inspiration and scourge, has revamped its guidelines for selecting models.  Condé Nast pledges that, from Vogue's June ...

Art Reception: Houston Hearts IG

02.09.12

Jenni's Noodle House hosts Houston's first Instagram-based competition for charity. Jenni's Noodle House Heights will be home to a one-night formal art exhibit, Houston Hearts IG, highl

Runway to Reality

Getting connected: How social media is changing the fashion industry

By Merritt Beck

12.13.11 | 10:00 am

Knowing how to use social media is a skill everyone in business must possess these days. Being rather adept at social media myself, I had an easy time transitioning my personal use of it to a busin ...

Musings on Movies

How Amélie jumpstarted our digital lives: Why Tumblr, Instagram and Flickr owe a twee frenchwoman

By Duncan Carson

12.11.11 | 7:00 am

Tumblr couldn't exist without the movie Amélie. Neither could Flickr, Instagram, most Livejournal icons, Etsy or perhaps even Facebook itself. I recently revisited Jean-Pierre Jeunet ...

Think Different

Beyond a smart phone: Joey Garcia's iPhone art finds the sublime in the land of good ol’ boys

By Joel Luks

11.19.11 | 12:00 pm

Using his iPhone and digital filters, Joey Garcia creates images that hold a bold narrative story and coddle a romantic sentimentality for the way things used to be.  ...