While the universal bane of beachwear is figuring how best to tote your cash and keys, these new flip-flops from Spyder seem to have the problem covered. Of course, while the hidden heel is definitely nice, I'm still holding off until someone creates the perfect Swiss Army Flop-- combining the bottle-opening genius of Reef's footwear with this sort of secret wallet compartment. Fingers-crossed that the 2 giants of flip flop innovation will learn to build off each others' brilliance.... READ ON

So you might recall the quasi-controversial post I threw up last year about super-skinny models and how Spain had barred models below a certain weight from fashion shows. A month ago, I heard Italy was drafting new laws, as well, and possibly New York. But not the French. No. Recently, Didier Grumbach, the head of the French fashion federation decided the French will not place similar restrictions on skinny models, justifying the action by explaining that their rules on health are already strict. He also... READ ON

Oh, man... I know I'm probably not supposed to be promoting other t-shirts on this site, but as a lover of all things Atari, I just couldn't help myself. Check out the very clever, holiday-themed video game t's from Way of the Rodent (featuring everyone from Q-bert to Katamari Damacy rolling up a snowman, to a shirt Mrs. Pac-Man would in no way approve of!). I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind finding one under the Diwali-tree this year. Link via... READ ON

As Mary's fantastic posts point out, we're all about fashion this week here at the _floss. Surely you've been following the heated debate on super-skinny models, who, at the present rate of disappearing waistlines, are in danger of evaporating altogether in a few years time. And though we poke fun, we're certainly concerned as the next person when we hear about tragedies like Luisel Ramos's death during Uruguay's fashion... READ ON