emiko oye's boxer brief made from recycled circuit boards and elastic, monofilament, rubber, base metal, cotton spandex. Inspired by haute couture and salvaged materials, San Francisco artist emiko oye creates one-of-a-kind, urban jewelry and sculptures from recycled materials in combination with precious metals and gemstones.

December marks the 75th birthday of men's underwear. In 1934, the Jockey company created the first pair of men's briefs.

In 1934 when a Cooper's Inc. executive received a post card from a friend showing a man wearing a bikini-style swimsuit on the French Riviera. The executive, Arthur Kneibler, thought the bikini-design would be a good fit for underwear.

What are the stars wearing during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival? Black is still the colour with 10 out of 25 celebs we photographed wearing the traditional black. Seconded by red/pink with 5 out of 25, then followed by green, purple and yellow with 2 dresses in each colour.  Designers featured include: Bottega Veneta, Valentino, Roland Mouret,  Lanvin Paris. Photo gallery enclosed.

Fashion Takes Action (FTA) is holding an online Eco Auction with nine of the sustainable garments featured on the runway at the FTA Green Gala. These unique eco-friendly designs were created in order to bring awareness to sustainable fashion, and can now be owned by fellow eco fashionistas.

The designers who are participating in the auction are Project Runway Canada winner Evan Biddell, Thien Le, Zoran Dobric, Nada Yousif, Thieves, Eugenia Leavitt, Carrie Hayes, AIME Luxury and current Project Runway Canada contestant Jason Meyers.