Wrinkles
Here’s how to retard the growth of wrinkles, for all of you folks of a certain age, or those of you who plan someday to be of a certain age and want to prepare yourselves. Strangely enough, I already do … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Fashion and beauty
Romney’s distinctive hair
Here’s a distinctive article about how Mitt Romney’s hair is his most distinctive feature: By far his most distinctive physical feature, Mr. Romney’s head of impeccably coiffed black hair has become something of a cosmetological Rorschach test on the campaign … Continue reading →
Mad Men
I’ve finally gotten around to watching the first few episodes of the TV series “Mad Men.” I’d heard it was set in the early 60s—an era I remember well, although from a child’s eye view—and so I was predisposed to … Continue reading →
Age as equalizer
I have observed that even the beautiful usually don’t stay so. Youth is a wonderful thing that enhances the looks of all. But those who were spectacularly beautiful when young don’t necessarily age in a way that keeps them a … Continue reading →
Model faces
I’ve noticed, on looking at photos of models and some starlets (is that still an acceptable word?), that you need to have a rather broad and almost triangular face to continue to be pretty while at the same time sporting … Continue reading →
Fashion tails
Fashion tales of fashion tails—this can’t be a trend, can it? It just can’t. First, there’s fore: And then there’s aft: The wearers are Emma Roberts and Olivia Palermo, in that order. I have no idea who they are and … Continue reading →
A little light fashion distraction
Lots of criticism for Gloria Estefan (who’s 54—now, when did that happen, I ask you?) in attempting this dress by Stella McCartney (Paul’s daughter, by the way): The dress is designed to emphasize the curves of hourglass figures, and the … Continue reading →
The burning question of the day…
…is answered just in time.
Continue reading →Bachmann’s hair
They feel shame about it. Some even bring in her photos to their hairdressers with the face cut out. But a lot of liberals want to emulate it. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Michele Bachmann is doing … Continue reading →
Rebekah Brooks and those curly-haired women
[Hat tip: Althouse.] The British phone-hacking scandal is something I’ve managed to avoid writing about so far, although if you’d like to read about the substance of it please feel free. But a new and admittedly more trivial angle that … Continue reading →
They can duplicate Pippa’s dress…
…but unless they can also duplicate her figure, I don’t think the dress is gonna work out so well for a lot of people. Do not attempt unless you’re rail-thin. And have a passle of attendants to deal with the … Continue reading →
The mermaid dress returns
Mermaid dresses have become au courant. Beyonce sports one here that’s truly hideous: The dress’s awfulness goes beyond the mere fact that Beyonce can barely walk in it. It’s not just the tight bottom; the top part of the garment … Continue reading →