Monday, October 31, 2011
I’ve been worried about my latest obsession, rapper Rick Ross, ever since he had two seizures earlier this month. Apparently, he’s doing better. I’m relieved, because the world can’t afford to lose a man with such exquisite taste in jewelry. It made my Halloween to see this photo of a Ross-o-lantern floating around the Web. [...]
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Monday, October 31, 2011
For audio frights, check out my recently promised murderous playlist at 33 avenue Miquelon. CLICK HERE FOR MY PLAYLIST POST. For visual terror, yesterday’s New York Times had a feature called “When the City Was a House of Horrors.” It’s about John Conn, who photographed the New York City subway system in the late 1970s [...]
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
My gorgeous friend Tina the Occasional Cook had a Solid Gold-themed birthday party last night. Actually, as I’m writing this, she’s still having the party. I left just minutes ago while an enthusiastic karaoke rendition of Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” was still in progress. You know that song: The perfect outfit for a [...]
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Go over to the Huffington Post’s Stylelist section today for my story about bloggers wearing the houndstooth trend. Don’t forget to leave some nice comments for the participants! I discovered two more houndstooth-wearing bloggers after deadline, so I’ll share them now (click their photos to visit their blogs). Here’s Sal of Already Pretty wearing a [...]
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
I’m sure all of my fashion-obsessed readers are eagerly following the news of Europe’s deal to reduce Greece’s debt and stem the financial crisis that has shaken the euro. The Wall Street Journal’s front page story, headlined, “EU Forges Greek Bond Deal,” explains that European leaders “had reached agreement with private banks on a ‘voluntary’ [...]
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wondering what to do for a Halloween costume? Thinking of going with that old stand-by: the sexy cat? No need! I have found the ultimate sexy costume. Behold! The sexy watermelon dress from Yandy.com. Yandy.com has every sexy Halloween costume option, including the sexy banana; the sexy skunk (that one’s for you, Jennine); the sexy [...]
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
I’m not a huge hat person, but I do like berets (and hats with Elizabeth Taylor on them). I’ve worn a fuzzy white beret for at least four years. I’m very tempted to upgrade to one of the leopard-spotted Eugenia Kim berets that I saw on Red Carpet Fashion Awards. If I decide to go [...]
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Monday, October 24, 2011
In 2007, in a post about Norman Mailer, I mentioned that one of my all-time favorite songs is “Gary Gilmore’s Eyes” by British punk band The Adverts. Gary Gilmore was a murderer who was executed in Utah, by firing squad, in January 1977. He was the first person executed in the U.S. since the reinstatement [...]
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
After I posted about my vintage peplum jacket, I got so many comments and emails about peplum clothes that I’ve decided to do a blogger slideshow. Send your peplum pictures to me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com. Vintage photos are welcome, because I’ll talk about how it’s a look that keeps coming around. Tell [...]
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Friday, October 21, 2011
I’ve been wearing my ruby-eyed 18K yellow gold Memento Mori skull necklace nearly every day for months. I’m going to switch to my gold and silver “pile of bones” version for a while. Just because! Do you switch up every component of your look constantly or are you lazy like me, wearing the same thing [...]
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