Clothing

Is there such a thing as “bad publicity”? Asked differently, doesn’t a brand generate heaps of (free) publicity when media reports declare that advertisement has been “pulled” for being too racy?

Take American Apparel, which the Daily Mail describes as having build up a reputation as a “hyper-sexualized brand”.

The Council of State has refused an appeal for a stay of execution of an Education Ministry circular allowing the wearing of headscarves at secondary schools in Turkey. 

The video titled, "Victoria's Secret Angels and Umbrellas", features models performing an umbrella dance wearing lingerie from the brand's Dream Angels collection. Victoria's Secret encourages fans of the brand to share their own umbrella dance using the hashtag #ItsRainingVS

As part of the promotion, VS is giving away umbrellas.

A former professor at Ege University in Turkey's Aegean city of ?zmir, who was jailed for preventing a female student with a headscarf from entering a faculty building, was released on April 16 after spending four-and-a-half months in jail. 

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen will strut her stuff on the catwalk for the last time April 15, putting a gold-plated seal on the runway career that launched her to stardom.
      
Bundchen, the world's top-earning model, will take her final sashay down the catwalk at Sao Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW), the same event where she made her debut 20 years ago.
      

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn were spotted last Sunday enjoying a day at the beach in Malibu and they looked more in love than ever.

The 39-year-old actress was wearing a black swimsuit and she kept her perfect figure covered up most of the time, while Penn, now 54, showed off his toned body every chance he got.

I will talk about boobs in this piece. No, not breasts, boobs. 

Those who are embarrassed to say ?boob? prefer to say ?breast? (?meme? and ?gö?üs? in Turkish). The Turkish Language Association (TDK) is included.

The TDK defines a brassiere, or bra, as ?women?s underwear made of fabric such as satin, lace to suspend breasts and show them round.?

Sofia Vergara posed for Annie Leibovitz and “Vanity Fair” magazine this month, with an accompanying article reminding that Sofia has a “body for sin, and a mind for business”.

The 42-year-old Vergara spoke of her fiancé Joe Manganiello, her work, her plans and… her breasts.

Lane Bryant that specializes in plus size clothing is taking aim at traditional beauty standards with its #ImNoAngel advertizing campaign that shows lingerie from sizes 12 to 28.

Fuller figure models show that sexiness doesn't have to be size-specific.

This column has twice borrowed Shelby Foote?s famous line, with a minor revision: ?A Turkish university, these days, is a group of buildings around a library and a small mosque.? That was not a prophecy if one was not too naïve about the Islamist mind.