Graphic courtesy of Maya Pegues Fashion brands are known for putting the campy and non-practical on sale: Balenciaga’s $2,000 ...

Skims recently launched a “faux hair micro string thong” featuring sewn-on fake pubic hair in various shades, and it sold out within minutes. The merkin has a long history in fashion and Hollywood, ...

A model wears a merkin on the Maison Martin Margiela runway during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week in January. Photo:Shutterstock Fashion, like any art form, serves as a cultural barometer. It both ...

The phrase cellar door finally has competition for the most beautiful phrase in the English language. Let me introduce: Full bush in a bikini. While models walked down the runway in merkins, Emma ...

Kim Kardashian’s Skims has entered the merkin market in launching a product aptly named “The Ultimate Bush.” The shapewear company is known for testing the limits of undergarments. About two years ago ...

Skims' "Ultimate Bush" merkins, Belly's engagement ring, Elphaba's "sex cardigan," and more fashion moments that broke the Internet in 2025.

No longer is VPL – visible panty line – bringing shock and awe, its visible pube line. And not since the President Bush administration has it been so political. Trust in Kim Kardashian to cause the ...

Pubic hair has always been a sensitive subject, including in the world of fashion and beauty. A Tom Ford–era Gucci ad featuring a seminude model with a G below her waistband (hand-shaped by ...

Robert Pattinson got hilariously confused about what a merkin is during a Vanity Fair lie detector test interview with his Die My Love costar Jennifer Lawrence The actor joked that he had "nightmares" ...

The making of the modern-day merkin. Whatever your opinion of Kim Kardashian, she knows how to get people talking. As you may have heard, her lingerie brand Skims recently launched a “faux hair micro ...