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  • Anatomy of a Classic - Ongoing examination of iconic fashion, such as the scarf, the trench coat, and the little black dress. From Style.com. (featured in Mar 2006)
  • Beauty Check - Results of a long-term German research project that examined the causes and consequences of human facial attractiveness. Includes numerous visual examples of attractive vs. average faces. (featured in May 2003)
  • Brown Dress - One woman's year-long performance project against fashion and consumerism. In it, Alex Martin documents the experience of wearing the same brown dress for 365 days. (featured in July 2006)
  • Cleopatra Costume on Stage and in Film, The - Considers how the character of Cleopatra has been visualized in theater and films. (featured in May 2001)
  • DirtyDirtyDancing - Photographs of the London club scene by Alistair Allan. (featured in Mar 2007)
  • Dress A Day, A - Fashion blog featuring pictures and commentary of dresses, mostly every day. (featured in May 2006)
  • dRESSLAb - Online laboratory of mode, music, and art. (featured in Aug 2005)
  • Fashion in Colors - Exhibit from the National Design Museum. Explores color as a design element through 300 years of Western fashion. (featured in Dec 2005)
  • Glossed Over - Vanity, vitriol, and Vogue. Blogging about the nation's monthly stream of fashion magazines. (featured in May 2007)
  • Hel Looks - Street fashion from the streets and clubs of Helsinki. (featured in Oct 2005)
  • Look Book, The - Street style from New York Magazine. (featured in Nov 2006)
  • Makeup 411 - Offers a range of beauty information, including celebrity beauty breakdowns, and product reviews. (featured in Dec 2003)
  • meshcap.com - Forum where mesh caps of all colors and creeds are proudly documented. (featured in Mar 2003)
  • Muskrat Lovely - Documentary from PBS's Independent Lens examines the "Miss Outdoors" beauty pageant held as part of the annual National Outdoors Show on Maryland's Eastern Shore. (featured in Oct 2006)
  • Nail Art - Gallery of reader-submitted nail art and step-by-step guide to creating your own. From Nails magazine. (featured in Sep 2005)
  • Polyvore - Ployvore.com lets you design and share fashion outfits using real clothes found in any online store. (featured in Apr 2007)
  • Rate My Turban - Showcasing turbans as an art form and trying to revive their majestic roots. (featured in Apr 2006)
  • Sartorialist, The - A New York-based fashion photographer blogs about great street fashion in Manhattan and elsewhere. (featured in Aug 2006)
  • Style & Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey - Online exhibit devoted to imperial Turkish robes (kaftans) from the 16th and 17th centuries. (featured in Feb 2006)
  • The Antique Corset Gallery - Guided tour through the last 250 years of corsetry and undersupports. (featured in Mar 2006)
  • The Grey Sweatsuit Revolution - Experiment in personal and social expression via the limitation of one's superficial identity to a grey sweatsuit for a pre-determined and extended period of time. (featured in Nov 2004)
  • The Sweater Project - Kevin models 25 sweaters from the late '80s that can generously be described as hideous. (featured in Nov 2004)
  • Tokyo Street Style - Weekly photographic updates of what is happening on Japan's leading fashion streets from the Japan Fashion Association. (featured in Feb 2005)
  • Ugly Dress.com - Humorous archive of the world's ugliest bridesmaid dresses. (featured in Apr 2003)
  • Versluis, Ari and Ellie Uyttenbroek - Documenting the dress codes of various social groups in a project called "Exactitudes." (featured in June 2005)
  • Vintage Hawaiian Shirt: An Artistic Retrospective - Collection of more than 100 vintage rayon, silk, and cotton Hawaiian shirts dating from the 1930s to the early 1950s. (featured in Oct 2000)


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