Stylebook: Sexy tights to benefit breast cancer battle Compiled by LaMont Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wolford has created sexy new hosiery to benefit breast cancer awareness. The 20-denier black tights are over the knee and feature a lace-up design with a detachable pink satin bow. They're $75, with 10 percent donated to international organizations that support breast cancer awareness, prevention and treatment.
They're available beginning in July at 1-800-WOLFORD. Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is increasing at a rate faster than any other form of cancer. And with more than 90 percent of skin cancer cases caused by sun exposure, the need for protection is greater than ever.
However, The Skin Cancer Foundation reports that fewer than a third of children, adolescents and adults regularly use sun-protection products on exposed skin. To help educate the public, Rite Aid stores are offering free sun-care brochures through the end of July. The 11-page Skin Care Guide contains information on skin protection and skin cancer, as well as skin care advice for people of all ages.
Some medications can cause skin to burn more easily: birth control pills, oral medications for diabetes, antihistamines (which are used in cold and allergy medicines) and antibiotics such as tetracycline. Jordin Sparks sings like a star -- and dresses like one, too. She was wearing a Badgley Mischka dress -- tweaked specifically for her by designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka -- when she recently won the "American Idol" title.
It was a floor-length, copper-colored strapless gown made of satin-face chiffon with a bit of beading on the bodice. Badgley, straight off the "red eye" flight back to New York from Los Angeles, said the collaboration took place within the past week -- something that doesn't happen with other celebrities. The design duo has dressed Kate Winslet and Jennifer Garner, and Sharon Stone starred in a recent ad campaign.
They were on a business trip on the West Coast, Mr. Badgley said, and his office happened to be discussing other business with News Corp.'s Fox network when it was mentioned in passing that Miss Sparks needed a dress for the finale.
"James and I had been watching 'Idol' off and on through the years, and we started noticing Jordin a little earlier in the season," Mr. "We had 100 dresses sent out from New York. We changed a couple, made one dress.
We made jewelry, evening bags and shoes to match. She even wore our perfume." Miss Sparks wore a black, beaded Badgley Mischka gown to perform one of her final three songs in the sing-off against Blake Lewis.
Badgley said that as they went through the fitting process, they tried to keep in mind that Miss Sparks is 17. They didn't want to load her up with too much embellishment or make the dress too structured and serious. "Personally, she responds to femininity.
She liked dresses that were soft and flowing," he said. "We wanted her to be comfortable and be able to move, but she wanted to be glamorous. We had to strike that chord.
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