Fashion News: Spanx packs a punch for founder Sara Blakely
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Spanx, the slimming, shaping undergarments that are many a woman’s best friend (and some men like them too), has propelled company owner Sara Blakely onto Forbes’ world’s billionaires list. At 41, she’s the youngest woman to join the list ‘without help from a husband or an inheritance,’ the magazine said. ‘She is part of a tiny, elite club of American women worth ten figures on their own, including Oprah Winfrey and Meg Whitman.’ That’s Blakely, pictured in the yellow jacket, with Spanx-clad models. [Forbes]
Designer Miuccia Prada is back on the Forbes’ billionaire list too, after Prada’s decision to go public. [Vogue]
A very pregnant Jessica Simpson is on the April cover of Elle, nude and in the same pose a very pregnant and nude Demi Moore struck on the cover of Vanity Fair about 21 years ago when she was expecting daughter Scout Willis. [Los Angeles Times]
Ashley Olsen hasn’t made a movie since 2004, but now it’s official: Olsen says she has given up acting for good in order to devote time to other things -- such as fashion lines The Row and Elizabeth and James, which she designs with twin sister Mary-Kate. [Los Angeles Times]
British retailer Topshop, which plans to open its first Los Angeles store at the Grove later this year, opened a store in Las Vegas on Thursday. Actress Kristen Bell helped cut the ribbon. [Telegraph]
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-- Susan Denley
