The term “haute couture” has filtered its way into the common fashionista’s vocabulary. It can mean anything from an allusion to so-called “high fashion” to custom-made garments from France. Read more...

Less than 10 percent of film directors are women. Xochitl Dorsey is one of them. Although saddened by the statistic, her passion for filmmaking is fueled by the hope that more women and Latinos will pursue the career in years to come. Read more...

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks The El Rey Saturday, Jan. 6 Stephen Malkmus sporting facial hair was on the list of things I never thought I’d see. Read more...

HIV/AIDS is a global tragedy so devastating that it seems as though beauty would be scarce in any artistic depiction of the pandemic. But the glittering lights of awareness, activism, education and community strength give hope for the future, brightening an otherwise-dim portrait of the situation. Read more...

OMG. You guys are so not going to believe this. I was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year! That’s right ““ ME! I finally can take my well-deserved place alongside luminaries such as Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King Jr. Read more...

Fresh off the release of the two most successful video game consoles in history (sorry, Nintendo), many assumed Sony could do no wrong. And truly, the Playstation 3, released on Nov. Read more...

Stretch pants, leggings, tights; whatever you want to call them, they have revolutionized this year’s fashionable silhouette whether you like it or not. This year’s fashionable legs have traversed from the shape of boot cut jeans and fitted shirts worn above them to longer, larger shirts over legs seen for the shape they are. Read more...