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If only we could get this kind of outrage over their photoshopping!

Victoria’s Secret has yanked their new Go East lingerie collection after many accused the panty giant of being racist.

The Sexy Little Geisha ensemble portrays a beaming Candice Swanepoel dressed in a mesh teddy with "flirty cutouts" posing with a fan and tasseled chopsticks.

The lingerie is like any other, but since people often confuse Geishas for prostitutes, it has come off as offensive.

VS has yet to release a statement, but we're glad to see they did the right thing and quickly removed it.

Thoughts???

[Image via Victoria's Secret.]

You had us at cupcake!

To kick off New York Fashion Week, Magnolia bakery in New York City will introduce two new cupcakes!

The first will be

The old clothes that you donate to thrift stores may not be the precious treasures that you think everyone wants!

Oh no, there's a much more selective process as to how your clothes are picked for the thrift store floor and where your castoffs are sent off to.

While "most Americans are thoroughly convinced there is another person in their direct vicinity who truly needs and wants our unwanted clothes," the truth of the matter is that your old rags are being seriously judged!

There's usually

Ouch…sorry guys!

Readers of Travel + Leisure have voted the chilly city of Anchorage, Alaska to be the least ‘fashionable’ in the USA.

But it’s understandable!

Function over frivolity makes sense in one of the coldest areas in the US! Fur-lined parkas and ski masks make up a practical wardrobe for our fine Alaskan brethren.

For the FULL top ten worst dressed US cities, click ...AFTER THE JUMP!

Well we never!

Justin Timberlake is a multi-faceted celebrity - he sings, dances, acts, dates hot women, but we never pegged him to have a flare for… interior design?

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.]

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