Fashion News Roundup
Fashion News Roundup: Kate Middleton Shops at Banana, a Little Boy Gets a Leg Wax, and Dr. Martens Launched a Clothing Line
By Cheryl Wischhover
Kate Middleton Shops at Banana Republic: Continuing her tour of high street stores to (ostensibly) shop for her honeymoon, Kate was spotted in Banana Republic buying summer clothes yesterday. Showing amazing discretion, Banana refused to reveal which pieces the future princess purchased. {TelegraphUK}
Mom Lets Her Little Boy Try a Leg Wax: After watching his mom and her friends wax their eyebrows, the boy insisted that he wanted to try it. His mom obliged by putting a tiny bit on his leg fluff. The result is eardrum-shattering. (Hey, it’s never to early to learn manscaping.) {HuffPo}
Dr. Martens Launched a Clothing Line: Riding the current tide of 90s nostalgia, Doc Martens just launched its clothing line, which contains lots of checked dresses. {The Independent}
Shiseido to Launch E-Commerce Site:Rumors have been swirling for a while now, but it looks like it will finally be happening in the latter half of 2011. {WSJ, subscription required}
An Analysis of the Mom Jean Market: Today WWD profiles the mom jean market and explains how certain companies are giving the category a makeover. As a starting point, they really should stop calling them “mom jeans.” {WWD, subscription required}
Tags: Banana Republic, Dr. Martens, Joe Zee, Kate Middleton, Shiseido






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The original mom jean definitely deserves a makeover, since it seems that the dark wash bootcut style of 2002-2004 has become the new mom jean. I don’t think the pin thin skinny jeans or the palazzo flowey widelegs that came after will ever be adopted as the mom jean, so it will be interesting to see what happens next.