How many times have you been out with friends only to see a woman you and your girls deem "too much:" too thick, too busty or too bootylicious for their current outfit? What about at the office? The idea that women with certain body types should stay away from certain fabrics, cuts or even certain colors isn't new, but with our country becoming both bigger and browner by the day, is it time to get rid of the curvy woman's fashion double standard?

By now the story of former Citibank employee Debrahlee Lorenzana's ejection from a New York branch is the stuff of urban legends. Hired to work for a Manhattan location that was famous for its pretty professionals, 33-year-old Lorenzana says her business-casual wardrobe of turtlenecks, wrap dresses and slacks were eventually ruled to be too distracting for her male higher-ups. She was even forbidden from wearing heels!

The photos of the jilted banker floating around the Internet reveal that she is pretty and styled the curves often associated with black and Latina women with form-fitting pencil skirts and sheaths. Totally ignoring the whole "men can't control themselves around pretty women" conversation, it seems more than a little unfair if Lorenzana wasn't so much fired for her attire, but because of the God-given body she was dressing. Would a woman with a smaller bust or slimmer hips have suffered the same fate in the same clothes? Probably not. New York Daily News' fashion editor even praised her wardrobe and said "her sense of office style is spot-on," adding, "as long as your clothes fit properly, and hemlines don't creep high enough to put on a peep show [...] you're golden." Lorenzana's clothes certainly fit that description.

If some of the most successful women of color in fashion are any indication, mothering adorable little girls is the real key to success within the industry. Some of our favorite celebrity moms--model and philanthropist Liya Kebede, model and beauty executive Iman, and fashion mogul Kimora Lee Simmons and designer Rachel Roy--are as equally committed to raising their little ones as they are to holding the reigns of the fashion world.

Style insiders and celebrities alike are prepping for the biggest night in fashion, the Costume Institute Gala Benefit, which takes place Monday at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year Oprah Winfrey, Gap designer Patrick Robinson and Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour are sharing co-hosting duties for the event, which shares it's theme with the Museum's Spring 2010 exhibit: "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity."

In keeping with the year's ode to American fashion, the GAP partnered with four young designers to create one-of-a-kind pieces that eight young starlets, including Zoe Kravitz, Kerry Washington, Jessica Alba and rapper M.I.A, will don at the event: Alexander Wang for Gap, will dress Kravitz and M.I.A., Thakoon for Gap will outfit Washington and model Riley Keough, Sophie Theallet for Gap will fashion pieces for Alba and actress Vera Farmiga while Rodarte for Gap will create gowns for actress Kirsten Dunst and model Jamie Bochert. However, there's no word on who will dress Oprah.

Liya Kebede, a model, mother and philanthropist, has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. Along with designer Marc Jacobs, who helms his eponymous line in addition to leading Louis Vuitton, the two are the only members of the fashion world to be included on the list of the world's most influential artists, leaders, thinkers and humanitarians.

Kebede was named one of 25 Heroes and was interviewed by designer Tom Ford, who gushed about the 32-year-old's work with the World Health Organization, the Liya Kebede Foundation and her recent appointment as Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.

"What is rare is to encounter one whose devotion and drive comes from a genuine desire to better our world," Ford wrote of the woman he's known for a decade. "Liya's work comes from a place of sincerity, and her beauty is much more than skin-deep."

First it was American Idol contestant Larry Platt's hilarious admonishment, 'Pants on the Ground,' then it was New York state Senator Eric Adams, who took to Youtube and spent $2,000 on billboards to tell the guys in his Brooklyn district to "Stop the Sag." Now, the men behind urban apparel companies like Phat Farm and Sean John have responded to Adams and his sagging pants diatribe, which mirrors those initiated in Dallas and St. Petersburg, Fla. The fashion execs say that the sag is just a fashion trend, nothing more.

"I wish he [Sen. Adams] wouldn't focus on African-Americans and instead talk about all races," Sean John's vice-president Jeffrey Tweedy told Women's Wear Daily. "Many different people are involved with this trend. It's not just black kids. You can go to Washington Square Park and see skaters wearing tight Levi's in a similar way."

Is Andre Leon Talley making career moves sans Vogue these days? That's been the question in the fashion blogosphere over the past few weeks after the longtime Vogue editor began judging Cycle 14 of 'America's Next Top Model.' News of his name being shifted on the magazine's masthead from his near-the-top position of editor-at-large to one of several contributing editors jammed together at the bottom of the page ignited even more talk of a possible departure.

The communications team at Vogue who denied a move.

"There's actually no change in his position," Patrick O'Connell, a representative from the magazine, told BV. "He'll still have his column and be just as involved with the magazine."

Another side effect of the nation's growing waistlines? Larger breasts. According to Women's Wear Daily, the average woman now sports a DD bra cup size, about two sizes bigger than the median bra size in 1990.

And with the rapidly increasing demand for larger bras, the plus-size bra industry is booming, thanks in part to Oprah Winfrey, who recently targeted ill-fitting bras in her web feature, Bra Fit Interventions. First appearing in an issue of O, the segment takes real women with any number of bra-fit issues and outfits them with better bras.

"It was definitely a wakeup moment for women when Oprah did her Bra Fit Interventions," Maureen Stabnau, senior vice president of merchandising at barenecessities.com told WWD. "Oprah is the champion of bra fitting and full-figure bras."

Stabnau's business is just one of many retailers getting a boost. Larger bras accounted for about 160 million of all bras sold in 2009, a figure that rose over 7 percent from 2008. But women buying full-figure bras (anything that's a DD or larger) suffer because they often lack the visual appeal and variety of smaller sizes. The sentiment was echoed by one participant in O's Bra Intervention.

Who says we don't have genuine royalty in America? Between the daughters of our elite and the child stars making their own names, we've got enough black princesses for all the frog princes out there. And we sure love to watch their everyday lives play out like fairy tales, whether it's Malia and Sasha Obama ruling the White House or Keke Palmer stealing every spotlight that comes her way.

From the high priestess of black cinema Angela Bassett to the queen of the booty shake Beyoncé, when it comes to our sister-celebs, we can't help but root for their love lives. And since we've watched them cry, scream, make up, make love and everything in-between in their songs, movies and TV shows, it's a refreshing sight to see them grinning from the red carpet with their real-life princes in tow.

Click through to see our top ten celebrity fairy tale endings.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, with its dozens of collections, hundreds of celebrity sightings and even more emerging trends, can be tough to follow. But now that it's over, the only thing you really want to know is what trends to look out for and what fads to avoid, right? We've broken down the eight most interesting looks from the week and split them down the middle: looks we loved and the ones we definitely don't need to see again (even though we're bound to see them on a celebrity or two somewhere down the road).

Four Looks We Loved:
Designer: Nanette Lepore

Why We Loved It: This interesting frock mixes elements of sexy, simple and utilitarian in equal measures to great success. The draped fabric looks terribly forgiving and the collarbone trifecta of puffed sleeve, mock turtle and sleeveless are just complicated enough to work and not be too distracting.

Celebrity Who Might Wear It: Angela Simmons would love the quirky off-the-shoulder detail of this chic dress.