…and I hope not “gone.” Macy’s is closing a great many of its brick and mortar stores: Macy’s said Wednesday it’s shutting down 68 stores and cutting more than 10,000 jobs. The announcement was issued alongside an unfavorable earnings report, … Continue reading →
This post by Ann Althouse made me remember the hairdryers and roller settings of yesteryear that were replaced many decades ago by blow drying and those wand thingees that press the hair into a bone-straight (and in my opinion unflattering … Continue reading →
Last Sunday was the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards, and you know what that means: neo-neocon brings you the fashion news, to make you forget all your woes. At first I thought Kaley Cuoco looked dreadful as well as weird: … Continue reading →
Merkel is doing penance for her immigration policy by getting behind the banning of the full-face veil—in other words, the burqa and the niqab. Today there’s an editorial in Bloomberg that states: Pandering to grievances, real or imagined, rarely works. … Continue reading →
At 70, she looks pretty good “before.” But even better “after.” It helps to have such an energetic, upbeat personality, too:
Continue reading →I call the president-elect’s Trump Tower residence the Gold House. And it’s quite the security challenge: Other presidents have used retreats ”” the compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, or the ranch in Crawford, Texas, for the Bushes ”” but they were … Continue reading →
Here’s an attempt at some light and entertaining distraction today: another transformative makeover. Not all that much was done, actually. It’s fairly subtle. A slight haircolor change and some more makeup, although not a ton. But you probably wouldn’t recognize … Continue reading →
First, it was Theresa May’s scandalous kitten heels with the leopard print. Now, it’s her knees, and a little bit of upper arm/shoulder on this 60-year-old: Actually, I’d love to have that dress. And I’d also love to have some … Continue reading →
And gets into trouble for it. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I gave some fashion advice to the new First Lady, Michelle Obama. I thought she’d look good in a dress on the order of … Continue reading →
Appraently it was due to Tippi Hedren, the actress who starred in Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” and the mother of Melanie Griffith. Yes, that Tippi Hedren: “The Vietnamese just happened to be the immigrant group that was willing to do anything, … Continue reading →
Some people are wondering why on earth I seem so taken with makeovers. What’s the big deal? Besides the obvious desire to get away from the gloom of the election and escape into something seemingly frivolous and entertaining, that is. … Continue reading →
I don’t even recognize this woman from her “before”: I guess I can’t stop at just one. Here’s another; she’s recognizable, but such a difference, and so happy! And this woman started out beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. You think beautiful can’t … Continue reading →