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A few weeks ago, a date dared me to take off my "panties" at the Spotted Pig. I smirked then asked, "What do I get in return?" He said, "Anything." Without a moment of hesitation, I struck a deal for a bottle of Jo Malone — making me, officially, a perfume whore. I've ... More »

Look through any set of street-style photos and you'll notice most fashionable ladies tend to ditch the oversize purse in favor of a small, graphic clutch that contains just the essentials. And while you may not be jetting to shows and preening for the cameras, swapping out a heavy bag ... More »

Prom season is in full swing, and high school students across the country have been spending the last few months absorbed with the latest trend to hit the hallways: “promposals,” a word used to refer to extravagant (and often public) prom asks. Whereas the stereotypical prom used to revolve around ... More »

Forty-four-year-old model Christy Turlington has appeared in ads for Calvin Klein's Eternity fragrance for years, and now she's reprising her role as the face of their underwear campaign. (The line's previous model, Lara Stone, just had a baby.) This news comes with her June Harper's Bazaar cover, which has her in ... More »

In response to a 60 percent increase in sexual assaults in Hong Kong during the first quarter of 2013, the city’s security secretary urged women to drink less. “Some of these cases … involved the victims being raped after drinking quite a lot of alcohol,” Lai Tung-kwok said at a press ... More »

After landing in Paris yesterday, The Great Gatsby actress dressed up in Balenciaga to smile widely at a photo call for the film, which is opening the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival tonight. She wore a black jumpsuit feauturing a circular neckline from Alexander Wang's first line for the company and paired ... More »

Last fall, Nike and A.P.C. collaborated on a collection of deceptively simple sneakers that had the perfect mix of Americana and French coolness. Within hours of their release the line sold out, leaving those who missed the boat to scour eBay in hopes of snagging a pair. A second collection ... More »

"I'm quite emotional about it, of course," Brad Pitt tells USA Today about the double mastectomy Angelina Jolie underwent as a preventative measure against breast cancer.  "She could have stayed absolutely private about it and I don't think anyone would have been none the wiser with such good results. But it was ... More »

A week and a day after it emerged that an Air Force officer who ran a sexual assault prevention program was arrested for allegedly groping a woman, the Army has its own scandal as it investigates a sergeant who ran a similar program at Fort Hood for allegedly running a ... More »

Clean lines and crisp shapes — hallmarks of Narciso Rodriguez simplicity — come through in the designer's latest clutch, a geometric take on the boomerang shape with an angled bottom that's actually comfortable to hold. Buttery black nappa and an ivory lizard leather provide the simple graphic contrast that will ... More »

Last night, Chloë Sevigny hosted an event for Absolut Elyx vodka, whose ad campaign she currently fronts. In the spirit of flowing liquor, the Cut asked if she'd ever given a drunk interview, à la Gwyneth Paltrow last week. "I always say something I wish I hadn’t, almost every time I interview, ... More »

"Veruschka is the most beautiful woman in the world," Richard Avedon said of the East Prussia–born model. Shot by Avedon, Irving Penn, and Helmut Newton, Verushcka landed her first of eleven Vogue covers in 1963. All legs, eyes, and lips, Veruschka exuded sex, bringing an exotic look and new skinny ... More »

Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a prophylactic mastectomy, which she revealed in a frank op-ed in today's Times, has become an international news story, and the medical oncology community is already experiencing its effects. Dr. Richard Shapiro, the director of surgical oncology operations at the NYU Clinical Cancer Institute, says he's been fielding ... More »

When John F. Kennedy took office in 1961, New York–based hairstylist Kenneth Battelle became the unofficial "Secretary of Grooming" for the president's administration. Battelle, who dropped his last name and went strictly by Kenneth, first became a stylist at Manhattan's Helena Rubenstein salon in the early fifties. It was here ... More »

Hair chameleon Rihanna was spotted in a new do which consisted of some blunt-cut bangs and shaggy, short ends — all of which were dyed an Anne Hathaway platinum. For those of you who cherished her side-shaved glamour waves look worn throughout her recent Diamonds World Tour and weren't ready ... More »

Tomorrow begins the 66th annual (and seemingly endless) Cannes Film Festival, where celebrities have gathered for decades to get louche at yacht parties and glamorous black-tie receptions, then be awarded critical prizes like the Palme d'Or, the festival's highest honor. It's one of our favorite places to catch celebs in ... More »

Angelina Jolie has been lauded all around for penning her New York Times op-ed about her decision to undergo a double mastectomy for preventative reasons. But she wasn't the first celebrity to undergo the procedure. Below, a roundup of the famous women (and one man) who bravely chose to go ... More »

One of the most remarkable things about Angeline Jolie's awareness-raising New York Times op-ed was that the actress, who is under seemingly constant paparazzi surveillance, was able to keep the months-long medical procedures involved in her preventative double mastectomy private until now. But that doesn’t mean that celebrity weeklies weren’t simultaneously guessing at ... More »

To mark the opening of their new Avenue Montaigne flagship in Paris, Saint Laurent has created a “permanent collection” which they plan to house in their gleaming marble museum store. Like other label’s “commercial pieces,” the company has taken classic items with inherent brand DNA — Le Smoking, a leopard print coat, ... More »

On the cover of its June issue, Allure describes its profile of actress Zoe Saldana thusly: "Zoe Saldana: 115 Pounds of Grit and Heartache." Why on earth would they do that? Allure: several hundred pages of possibly decent editorial content, overshadowed by a stupid cover line. Since numerical representations of ... More »