Best makeover ever
Despite the haircolor being a tiny bit over the top, I think this is the best makeover ever: This one’s pretty darn good, too: I love these things.
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Bring back the opera-length evening glove
Long evening gloves used to be standard for all well-dressed women when they wore evening gowns during the 1950s. As a child, one of my very favorite occupations was to open the top drawer of my mother’s bureau (yes, I … Continue reading →
Melania and Sophia
I’ve compared Melania Trump to Sophia Loren before. They both are tall, statuesque, brown-haired, and somewhat cat-eyed. They both have extraordinarily good posture (you may not notice that sort of thing, but it certainly catches my eye). And I’m evidently … Continue reading →
The hottest grandpa
Or certainly the hottest 80-year-old. Freaky. This is a holiday weekend, and you might want to leave politics for a while (I know I often do) and turn to the tale of Deshun Wang (or Wang Deshun), an 80-year-old Chinese … Continue reading →
Michelle Obama in Italy: fashion for ex-First Ladies
Quite a few people have mentioned the stories fawning over Michelle Obama’s one shoulder blouse in Italy. Here’s the blouse, in case you somehow missed this item of great and burning import: That wasn’t all. There was also this, in … Continue reading →
The beauteous Melania and Ivanka’s Middle Eastern fashions
Yes, this is a frivolous post. I need a pleasant escape for a little while from the heaviness of the news. Maybe you do, too. And the world cares about these things, as measured by the buzz about the way … Continue reading →
Gap-toothed models
There’s a vogue for gap-toothed models. But that photo at the end of the article is incorrect. Madonna was not the original. Lauren Hutton was: What’s up with this gap-toothed business? Part of it may be British; they are notorious … Continue reading →
Makeover: I don’t think she meant…
…20 years off her life. Maybe off her face, or her age. She also seems to have gotten a load off her mind, a weight off her chest, and a burden off her shoulders:
Continue reading →A note on dresses and prices
I went shopping recently for a dress for a certain formal-ish occasion. Spent quite a few hours doing it, to no avail. So I decided to look online instead. I thought that would save me some time and effort. Ha! … Continue reading →
Batteries included
I purchased a battery-powered implement the other day of a type that’s been proliferating in stores during the last few years: the heel smoother. You can find a plethora of buffers and scrapers, shavers and grinders, all guaranteeing to pare … Continue reading →
Makeovers: sometimes color isn’t best
Two makeovers that preserve silver hair:
Continue reading →Fashion at the Grammys, 2017
We call it “fashion.” But at this point it seems to have morphed into a competition to see who can come up with an outfit that is either strangest and most extreme, or most revealing. Preferably both at the same … Continue reading →