Remembering Topper
I’m not exactly sure how I got to this photo: I think the whole journey began here, at a blog I sometimes go to when I’m seeking some light fluffy reading and a good laugh. Some photos I found there … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Fashion and beauty
The hegemony of the low-rise pant
Until recently, I hadn’t really minded the fashion known as low-rise pants—you know, the ones that fit so far down on the hips that they only look good on that tiny (in more ways than one) subset of the female … Continue reading →
Jello treat of the month
In my continuing quest to give you relief from the stresses that face us all, here’s another taste of Jello fun: the jello ring. Yes, that’s what I said: ring, as in a ring to wear on the finger. The … Continue reading →
Brooke’s a living doll
I’ve already confessed to a small but harmless addiction to the blog Go Fug Yourself, dedicated to otherwise-lovely stars and starlets (and aspiring starlets, and spawn of starlets) and their execrable fashion choices. Today what caught my eye was former … Continue reading →
Till the fat lady sings
By now, most of you who use computers—and if I take a wild guess, that would be all of you—have probably heard of Susan Boyle, the dumpy 47-year-old from Scotland who stunned the world with the beauty of her voice … Continue reading →
Those uneasy royal heads
I know it must be difficult to be a royal and all, especially nowadays when their roles are devoid of power and merely ceremonial. How to find purpose in such an empty, fishbowl existence? It gives new meaning to Shakespeare’s … Continue reading →
Those unfashionable male chest hairs
Fausta notes the current trend towards men’s chests that are bulging with muscles and yet simultaneously as smooth as babies’ bottoms: Why are young men waxing their chests? You look at any ads showing bare-chested men nowadays and there’s not … Continue reading →
In my continuing quest to find…
…a way to make us all forget our drab and wretched post-recession lives, I hereby offer some fashion resonances. People have been stunned by this puzzling look sported by Beyonce: Parisian designer Thierry Mugler has managed to do to Beyonce … Continue reading →
I know you all would be very disappointed…
…if I didn’t liveblog the Oscars. Whaaaa?? you say. But I think we need some lightness for a change. And there’s hardly anything lighter than the Oscars. They nearly levitate with their lack of gravitas—not to mention the hot air … Continue reading →
Sometimes…
…I just get a yen to look at some ugly dresses. This particular bunch were featured at this year’s Grammys. Feast your eyes, and ponder how it was that these women came to choose these particular duds. First up, Phoebe … Continue reading →
Jackie Kennedy, that dress, and Robert Frost
Here’s more on that beautiful Grecian-inspired dress of Jackie Kennedy’s, the one I thought would have looked nice on Michelle at Obama’s inaugural ball. A reader and friend kindly sent me the following photo of Jackie wearing the dress at … Continue reading →
What Michelle Obama should have worn: channeling Jackie?
Not to belabor the point (oh, maybe just a little), but this is what Michelle Obama should have worn to the Inaugural Ball. Although a different color might have been in order, the cut and drape would have been just … Continue reading →