In this week’s post about my 2001 wedding, I didn’t mention my two canine guests, though I’d previously done so. I’m sad to tell you that the second of the two dog participants has gone to the great doggy bed in the sky. My Pekingese, Mr. Chubbs, died in 2006. This Wednesday, my parents’ Pekingese, [...]
In my profile on the right, I say that in addition to other topics, I write about things that annoy me. Here are the things that annoyed me today:
People who are shocked — shocked! — by Farrah Fawcett’s death. What? She was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 and was clearly terminal in recent months. It [...]
To me, the most interesting thing about tonight’s Costume Institute gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is designer Azzedine Alaia’s pisstacular reaction to being left out of the “Model as Muse” exhibit: after fitting seven models for dresses, he asked the ladies not to wear them. As a result, Alaia fans Naomi Campbell and [...]
Why didn’t you bitches tell me that my 60-year-old, African-American identical twin was on Jimmy Kimmel Live? I would have skipped a Law & Order rerun or ten to check out security guard Veatrice Rice, whom I discovered only after she died of cancer. Someday, I hope to be remembered as Jimmy remembers Veatrice [...]
The fabulous Peruvian singer Yma Sumac has died at 86. Check out some of her old looks. Glamorous, no?
If you don’t know who she is, read her New York Times obituary, which has some highlarious details, including: “She soon played Carnegie Hall, flanked onstage by two miniature erupting volcanoes.” Now my ambition is to be [...]
Not long ago, photos of “hair hats” went viral, showing up on numerous blogs and websites.
Hair hat
But I didn’t know till I read it on Fashion Hayley that the artist responsible for the hair hats, Nagi Noda, died on September 7 at age 35. The cause of death is said to be “surgical complications [...]
Alas! Original Golden Girl Estelle Getty (Sophia) has died at 84.
Estelle Getty
Check out “Sophia’s” comments on the ages in obituaries at 1:21 of this clip.
Speaking of ages, you know who is 86? Bea Arthur! She was two years OLDER than the woman who played her mother on TV! Very Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson, no?
I [...]
Today was all about Ossie Clark. Ossie obsessives like gorgeous blogger Sharon Rose know that the late designer, who was never good with money, sold his financially troubled line to clothing manufacturer Al Radley in the ’70s. (A large percentage of the vintage Ossies floating around nowadays are from the Ossie Clark for Radley line.)
I’ve [...]
New York Times obituary is here.My comments on a YSL documentary are here.The famous nude photo of a young YSL is here.
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In November, I went with gorgeous blogger Bobble-Bee to see a documentary on Yves Saint Laurent. As I noted at the time, there were more black models on the runway in the old footage than we see nowadays.
One of YSL’s favorite models was Katoucha Niane, called “the Black Princess” or “the Ebony Princess.” Last week, [...]
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