Over in fashion land, many designers continue to live on a different planet. This time, shoemaker Christian Louboutin has transfered his usual criticism of real women's bodies to that of plastic women. Louboutin has announced that the Barbie doll is "too fat" and he's redesigning her with slimmer ankles in order to satisfy his own three designs for the iconic toy as part of Barbie's continuing 50 year anniversary celebrations. "They're completely wild and even come with mini Louboutin boxes," a spokeswoman said of his plastic designs. She added, "He found her ankles were too fat."
A US woman has published her memoir after admitting to being an 'abortion addict', having 15 terminations in 17 years. Irene Vilar has outraged pro-lifers and others with her story of having abortions as an act of rebellion against her controlling husband.
To Hungary, and a town's entire police force has quit after winning around €13m in a lottery syndicate. The 15-strong squad in the town of Budaors hit the jackpot last week and all immediately resigned. Police chiefs have been left scrambling for back-up teams.
Australian horse racing officials have been slammed for staging a dwarf racing competition in Melbourne called 'The Midget Cup'
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