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Abercrombie Ad Rankles Va. Beach Cops

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2008 Teen-targeting retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has long pushed the erotic envelope when it comes to its saucy ads, usually depicting proto-Adonises stripped to the waist and gamboling together, with a scantily clad female or two thrown in for good measure. The company's latest campaign, though, was clearly too much for the (fashion) police of Virginia Beach, Va. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Tour

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2007 Visitors to the White House are now affronted with a new kind of conservatism: a dress code. Facing stricter guidelines than at the Vatican, tour seekers are now subject to the following rules: no jeans, sneakers, shorts, mini-skirts, T-shirts and tank tops and, especially, no flip-flops. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Candidate Behind the Cleavage

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jul 26, 2007 Among the endless reasons I will never run for public office is a deep-seated fear of having my wardrobe subject to the fashion police. Excuse me, the fashion shrinks -- those media monitors who seek deep meaning in every shoe, sexual clues in every hemline, and psychological insights in every shirt collar. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

At the Oscars, Wear No Evil

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 In 1986, Teri Garr wore a dress made of "mood-ring" material; most of the gown displayed blues and purples, but Garr's crotch, armpits and other warm bits turned orange. (Above, a Claire Joseph original on loan for this year's Oscars night.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )