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Parsons Celebrates Fashion Icon Donna Karan

Parsons The New School of Design honored Famous alumni Shelia C. Johnson and legendary fashion designer Donna Karan at a celebration held in NYC Tuesday evening.

Parsons' executive dean Joel Towers explained:

“[they are both] women who have risen to the top of their chosen fields and have shaped contemporary culture.”

Donna never technically graduated from Parsons - she failed drapery class - but that minor detail has not deterred Parsons from giving honor where honor is due.

Congrats to you both!

Check out some Donna Karan designs (below)!

[Image via Caroline Torem Craig/WENN.]

Photograph Of Muslim Woman Holding Up Bra Sparks Controversy!

Freedom of expression vs. cultural respect…

Ah, a timeless debate!

The above image of a woman in full Muslim dress (niquab & abaya) holding up a bra while doing laundry was SO offensive to some students at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, they asked a staff member to take it down!

The photo was

[Image via Sooraya Graham.]

Vivienne Westwood Redefines The Easter Egg

The woman that brought punk to mainstream fashion is bringing class to Easter!

Vivienne Westwood has teamed up with British chocolatiers Fortnum & Mason for a collection of delicious and fashionable Easter eggs.

The handcrafted eggs are filled with a variety of gooey goodness like rose and violet creams to Marc de Champagne truffle, that come in a quilted silk egg box that Westwood calls "a cocoon of luxury".

If you want to hunt for Vivenne's eggs all you have to do is hop on by one of her boutiques.

[image via Vivienne Westwood]

Madhouse Says Laundry Is A Woman's Job

Wow…

We can't believe women still have to protest this kind of garbage.

While Emma Barnett was, ironically enough, doing her boyfriend's laundry, she noticed a special care instruction on the inside of his pants:

[Image via Emma Barnett's Twitter.]