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Archive for October 26th, 2007

Barbie gets dressed up for Mexico City Fashion Week

4:41 pm By Maegan La Mala · Fashion|mexico · Comments Off

26 Oct 2007

barbie.jpgDesigners from all over the world are descending on Mexico City for the city’s Fashion Week, as are celebrities. But might the biggest celebrity at the event be…Barbie? Mexico’s top designers are apparently dressing her for the occasion, reports Mexico City blog DFinitivo. Just what Mexican girls need, another uberthin blonde role model:

This time, and for the first time, a collection of clothing for women by renowned Mexican designer Héctor Terrones, inspired by the world’s most famous doll. Additionally, Terrones created an exclusive collection of 10 dolls which project the essence and style of the famous creative mind.

“For me Barbie is the most important doll in the world and she’s the dream of so many girls as well as designers. It’s a pleasure for me to design for Barbie, since I specialize in dressing celebrities,” said Terrones.

“The most important doll in the world” really isn’t saying much. It’s a doll. But that’s not all. Apparently la Barbie also got the royal treatment when it came to her hair, which was styled by “Lety Álvarez, Presidenta de la Haute Coiffure en México”, according to DFinitivo. We non-latex women can only dream of such things.

Interestingly enough, Barbie’s relationship with Mexico isn’t all glamor and love. Let me remind you that back in 2005 Mexican sweatshops were responsible the plastic diva’s wardrobe.

Via / DFinitivo

Image: “Cinco de Mayo Barbie”, via Mi Blog es tu Blog

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$100,000 for a lock of Che’s hair

12:50 pm By Maegan La Mala · Bizarro|Celebrities|houston · Comments Off

26 Oct 2007

che-habano.jpgWhat would you do if you had an extra $100,000 laying around? More specifically, would you buy a lock of Che Guevara’s hair? One Houston man has done just that:

Bill Butler, 61, was the only bidder for the hair, which was allegedly cut from the Marxist leader’s head before his burial in 1967.

The collector described Guevara as “one of the greatest revolutionaries of the 20th century”, according to staff at the Heritage auction house in Dallas, Texas.

He plans to display the item in his bookshop in Rosenberg, just outside Houston.

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obama_header.jpgHopefully you’ve made your question to the presidential candidates via 10Questions.
If you’d rather tackle a specific candidate, now is your chance. The top community-voted question on 10Questions.com as of 10 AM EST on Monday, 10/29 will be asked in that day’s MySpace/MTV Obama dialogue. The event is taking place at 1:30 EST at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA. The forum will stream live on MySpace.com, MTV’s ChooseOrLose.com and MTV Mobile, and will air at 7 p.m. ET that evening on MTV. The audience will also be able to participate by MySpace IM and by rating Obama’s responses in real-time on the web. It will also be translated live into Spanish and broadcast on LaVibra.

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