Before I regretfully leave the inaugural fashions behind, let me note that a great many people wrote that Melania’s day outfit channeled Jackie Kennedy. I have a small quibble, very small. But it’s that it wasn’t just Jackie at the … Continue reading →
[Scroll down for UPDATES on the ball gowns.] One of the things I’m looking forward to in a Trump presidency is seeing Melania’s fashions. Now, there’s a woman who can wear anything, and who usually looks incredibly good. We’ve certainly … Continue reading →
A couple of years ago I wrote a post about the rise of the childish nose. When I was a kid, that was the sort of nose that was called “pug”—which was not a compliment, although a pug nose was … Continue reading →
This shows how little changes can add up to a big change. This woman was fairly attractive to begin with. Nothing that big was done. Hair more or less the same color. Bangs were cut. A bit more makeup was … Continue reading →
First, the “speech” part. Apparently some remarks by Meryl Streep about Donald Trump have caught fire on social media, and everyone is weighing in pro and con. Well, maybe I should turn in my blogging badge, because I find I … Continue reading →
…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 →