Emma Watson at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2010 Costume Institute Ball

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's 2010 Costume Institute Ball was held on Monday 3 May at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.  Emma Watson attended in a custom-made, one-shouldered, flowing white Burberry dress and was accompanied by Christopher Bailey, the Chief Creative Officer of Burberry.

 
 

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Penis pants part two

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As is so often the case in the world of fashion, it turns out that the 'new' penis pants are just another example of old stuff coming back into fashion.  It seems that Eldridge Cleaver (yes, THAT Eldridge Cleaver!) had the whole penis pants thang going on back in the 70s...  How bizarre is that?

Again, via Dangerous Minds, the internet's foremost source all things Penis Pants.

Primark stop selling 'padded bras' for girls 'as young as seven'

Primark have announced that they will no longer sell bikinis with padded bikini tops for girls, saying: 'Primark has taken note of the concern this morning regarding the sale of certain bikini tops for girls, a product line that sells in relatively small quantities. The company has stopped the sale of this product line with immediate effect. Primark will donate all the profits made from this product line to a children's charity, and apologises to customers for any offence caused.'

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Of course if padded 'bras' for children didn't exist, rags like the Daily Mail and The Sun would have to invent them just so they can slaver over nonsense phrases like 'paedophile pound' and 'Paedo Bikini'.  And with a General Election in the offing, David Cameron couldn't stop himself exploiting the story for a bit of cheap publicity...

Here's some of the less-rabid reporting:

Asbestos in Sex killed Malcolm McLaren

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According to Malcolm McLaren's partner Young Kim (pictured last year with McLaren in Paris) it was asbestos from McLaren's infamous King's Road punk shop Sex that caused the mesothelioma that killed him.  Quoted in an article in The Independent on Sunday, Kim's assertion in backed up by Ben Westwood who says his mother Vivienne - then McLaren's partner - recalled seeing asbestos in Sex.