TODAY IN HISTORY- MARKS THE DEATH OF GREAT ACTOR AND FASHIONIST JAMES DEAN

On this day in 1955, movie star James Dean dies at age 24 in a car crash on a California highway. Dean was driving his Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed "Little Bastard," headed to a car race in Salinas, California, with his mechanic Rolf Wuetherich, when they were involved in a head-on collision with a car driven by a 23-year-old college student named Donald Turnaspeed.

Dean was taken to Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:59 p.m. Wuetherich, who was thrown from the car, survived the accident and Turnaspeed escaped with minor injuries. No charges were ever filed against him.

James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana. He studied drama at the University of California, Los Angeles, before moving to New York City, where he appeared in plays and TV shows and took classes at the Actors Studio with legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg.

RIHANA LOOKS BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL IN SHORT HAIRS

Singer Rihanna takes a layered bob to the max by pairing it with an eye-popping red hue.

To get your head this vibrant of a red you'll need to bleach your hair to the orange-yellow stage first (unless your hair is already blond).

With the darker pigment gone, you can color your hair with a bright-red shade and get these vivid results.

THE DEFINITION OF FASHION - YOU DONT KNOW

Fashion design is the art of the application of design and aesthetics or natural beauty to clothing and accessories. Fashion design is influenced by cultural and social latitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories. Some work alone or as part of a team.

They attempt to satisfy consumer desire for aesthetically designed clothing; and, because of the time required to bring a garment onto the market, must at tim[[File:es anticipate changing consumer tastes.