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When we talk about feminism, or, more accurately, the antithesis of feminism, we often bring up the ’50s housewife and/or pinup girl fashion. We envision a woman who wore beautiful dresses and heels every day while milling around the house, dusting, sweeping, and baking a picture-perfect Betty Crocker devil’s food cake for the sock hop. She was subservient to her husband, devoted to her children, and never seen in anything less than her best. She didn’t “work,” though her housework never ended, and her opinions were largely dismissed with a pat on the head.

Thankfully, American society has come a rather long way from that time, now that 47 percent of our workforce is made up by women. And I’d venture to say we’re all pretty happy about that. We’ve rejected most of the things that were treasured in that era, including segregation, blatantly sexist and racist laws (sort of), smoking indoors, and Wonder Bread. But one thing we haven’t quite given up is the fashion.

Flashing cameras, sashaying models, couture fabrics and the artistry of handcrafted clothing — this is just a taste of what to expect at the fourth annual Columbia Fashion Week. The six-day event runs June 15-20 in downtown Columbia. The event will also include live entertainment, parties, fashion education and lots of exclusive shopping.

“When we started fashion week in 2012, we felt that Columbia needed to be a big part of the conversation about fashion in the Carolinas,” Alicia Zeigler, co-founder and director of Columbia Fashion Week, originally called Columbia Style Week. “The popularity of the first three years showed us that people in Columbia were ready and excited to help us make that happen.

With the stamp of approval from La Jolla’s Traffic & Transportation (T&T) advisory group for the required street closures, Fashion Week San Diego will move its signature event to La Jolla this year. The two-night fashion show will convert Wall Street between Herschel Street and Girard Avenue into a giant runway, October 2-3.

“It’s an experience you can’t have anywhere else,” said Fashion Week San Diego founder and director Allison Andrews. “Imagine being the first to see these designers up close and personal at the beginning of their careers. There is something so special about that experience.”

These days, most people answer the phone in a few ways. Either with disdain or with intense caution as if ready to say the word “No,” before you even say hello. But when calling fashion designer Nadia Bozzetti, she did neither. Instead, her voice was like pure sunshine, bubbly, speaking both in English and Italian with a graceful ease. I told her that while I could simply email the questions, I preferred to meet in person. “Oh, sì” she stated. “I want to meet you.” Unlike others in the past who have had to check with their secretaries, their IPhones schedules, she simply agreed to a Saturday morning meeting. Easy breezy. “Starbucks,” she said. “Newport Beach.”

Newport Beach is in many ways Orange County’s Riviera. A place where old money meets new money amidst a glamorous backdrop of beachfront estates, fashionable stores and the iconic Balboa Peninsula. Next to the more artsy, surfer feel of Laguna Beach, Newport is where you can showcase your Ferrari or Lamborghini Gallardo, shop up a storm, and dine at some of the best Italian restaurants around.

It has been a good year for Indian cinema at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival.

But, did our Bollywood beauties fare just as well on the red carpet?

Shay is one of the fashion designers who was introduced to the world of fashion through the Italian Fashion Academy.

She studied design and marketing, and afterwards went to Beirut, the Arab fashion capital, where she studied under the tutelage of fashion designer Rami Salamoun.

Stunning songstress Rita Ora is on a roll right now. Not only did she wow on The Voice with her natural screen presence, she has a new single out this month, an album coming later this year, a role in Fifty Shades Of Grey, a collaboration with Adidas and a gorgeous make-up collection with Rimmel.

Not bad for a 24 year old!

Cillah Hall is what I call a phenomenal woman. She is an entrepreneur, loving mother and one of the "women to know" in St. Louis. Besides being a beautiful person inside and out, she is considered a maverick by owning her own public relations firm and launching Missouri Style Week two years ago.

Cillah also has become an admirer of Cape Girardeau through its one-of-a-kind thrift shops and boutiques. Like many of us, Cillah wears many hats, so I thought it would be interesting to learn how this Missouri powerhouse makes it all happen:

Taylor Swift may be leading the pack for nominations tonight at the Billboard Music Awards, but it’s not her dance moves or acceptance speeches we’ve been waiting to see. Tonight, everyone’s imaginary BFF, Taylor Swift debuted her “Bad Blood” video at the Billboard Music Awards, and we can’t stop watching it! For weeks now, we’ve been getting some seriously gorgeous, Sin City-esque sneak peeks at the bevy of celebs who have helped Swift out with her latest project. While that’s partially motivated by the amazing song itself, we can’t overlook the seriously vampy, futuristic fashion.

In case you were wondering how Swift’s “Bad Blood” video became so stylish, you don’t really need to look for answers anywhere other than its star studded cast. Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, and Karlie Kloss are just a few of the crazy famous models starring in the production. Then, there’s the likes of Lena Dunham, Ellie Goulding, and Zendaya ramping up the star power. But that’s not even the end of the list! Swift has called in her entire squad for the video, and the style is giving us serious #fashionsquadgoals.

It took some coaxing from Channel 3 co-workers Matt Mulcahy and Wayne Mahar, but Niko Tamurian finally worked up the nerve to ask Farah Jadran on a date. Later, in front of 650 people at a charity fashion show, Niko proposed. They married on May 2, 2015. Here's the story of Farah and Niko's big day.

Bride name: Farah Jadran