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  • Company Creates Perfume From Michael Jackson's DNA


    A post from DoubleX writer Lauren Bans:

    For the MJ lover in your family—My DNA Fragrance, a Los Angeles company that seems to exists mainly to translate the DNA of the rich and famous and deceased into scents for the rest of us mortals to wear, has derived a perfume based on Michael Jackson’s DNA. Using a follicle of his hair.

    Creepy? Absolutely! But kind of fascinating at the same time? I think so! The perfume, dubbed M, is available to order now. For a hefty $60, one gets 3 ounces of the absolutely “unique” Jackson juice packaged in a bottle resembling the late singer’s torso ... (Read the rest of this article in DoubleX.)

  • Why is Haute Couture "Toning Down"?


    A post from Double X writer Erika Kawalek:

    The Paris haute couture shows have come to a close. The reviews are in and there’s discussion going on about how luxury is being “toned down” for these “hard times,” how "fancy" is being "snubbed."

    In the case of the officially bankrupt house of Christian Lacroix this makes sense. He was forced to make do with bolts and scraps of fabric he already had lying around his studio. He drastically cut back on ... (Read more in Double X.)

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