Jessica Alba is currently involved in litigation with famous Playboy magazine. The actress accused Playboy of putting her image on its cover without permission. Besides, Playboy hinted that there might be some nude pictures in the issue, what, as Alba thinks, has damaged her career and reputation.

Jessica Alba is currently involved in litigation with famous Playboy magazine. The actress accused of putting her image on its cover without permission. Besides, Playboy hinted that there might be some nude pictures in the issue, what, as Alba thinks, has damaged her career and reputation. 

The cover girl claims that Playboy asked her to model in the magazine for a good pay, but she rejected the offer. So, in March issue they used the picture, which was taken in a promotional photo shoot for the film Into the Blue (2005).

Jessica Alba had previously posed in a bikini for a number of men’s magazines, what helps to promote her acting career. Her image was also used in the computer and video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

Jessica Alba joined the army of young film stars whose scantily-clad images appeared on the cover of Playboy. The magazine already has in its collection the images of such legendary women as Marilyn Monroe (1953), Charlize Theron (1999), Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell (1999), and many more.

Playboy team doesn’t understand why Alba got so angry with them. It is one of the world’s best known and best read entertainment magazines, it’s printed all over the world and some countries have special nation-specific versions. So, one hardly can think of a better promotion than to appear on the cover of a worldwide magazine.

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Today fashion requires that both women and men have slim silhouettes. This trend has brought a new item on the men underwear market.

Girdles, once worn by women only, nowadays have become extremely popular among males as well. The overweight is the problem of the 21^st century. While modern society keeps on putting weight, Japanese underwear designers try to find a solution.

Last month, leading underwear firm Triumph International Japan put a trial line of men’s girdles on the market. They introduced two different types of the flattering undergarment – one from the navel to the knees, and the other a “hip hugger” alternative to be worn with low-waist pants. Both styles were a success and went like hot cakes.

The proven popularity of the item makes Japanese underwear manufacturers work on developing new girdle versions, which will include an alternative for summer wear and a variation for shaping the upper body.

Girdles were extremely popular in the 1950s-1960s when the fashion for a wasp waist came with the advent of the Dior New Look.

Today they are not so widely worn by women, but they are gaining their popularity among men. Modern girdles can be made of elasticized fabrics such as lycra and spandex. They are usually seamless and may include compression panels, bands and other features that provide lifting and smoothing.

With modern ingenious designs of underwear, people have a chance to overcome most of the figure problems they face. Today’s garments are able to slim, flatten, enhance all areas of the body.

It’s curious that girdles are bought not only by middle-aged inertial males, but also by young guys of 20s-30s. What’s it all about – a new trend or a spreading weight problem?

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