Monday, October 27, 2008
Dear Adventurous Dressers:I love y’all. You peeps are total eye candy. I am always thankful when I see someone with unique style. But if you’re dressing in an eye-catching way, don’t whine* when people stare at you. Hello! Thefreedictionary.com defines “eye-catching” as “to be attractive or different enough to be noticed by people.” So why [...]
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
…stop it. I GET that Elle’s Kate Lanphear is great. You’ve made that crystal clear. Each of the following links goes to a different blog’s Lanphear post: Kate Lanphear is great Kate Lanphear is great Kate Lanphear is great Kate Lanphear is great Kate Lanphear is great Kate Lanphear is great Kate Lanphear is great [...]
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Categories: blogs and bloggers, coco, obsessions, style icons
Sunday, October 12, 2008
“The poor guy does what he can,” — Yves Saint Laurent about his successor, Tom Ford. The late Yves Saint Laurent, as I like to remember him
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Here are two pictures I took of Madonna in concert at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. Every time I see her perform, I think, “I really must work out more.” Anyone who wondered why I failed to wear rubber bangles to the show can read my sad reason here.
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
I have a Madonna concert t-shirt that’s older than some of you bloggers. Click the photo to see what year the shirt is from Speaking of people who weren’t born when I bought my t-shirt, congratulations to Style Rookie, Childhood Flames, Fashion Robot, Fashion Toast, That’s Just My Vibe and Fashion Pirates who are all [...]
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Categories: birthdays, blogs and bloggers, celebrities, madonna, music, style icons, t-shirts
Monday, August 11, 2008
I’m eager to see the new production of the musical Hair at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. I’m not eager to go to the park early to line up for the free tickets. The online option seems even more onerous than the real-life line. Basically, I need to find some sucker to take care [...]
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
I’ve been keeping an eye out for gladiator sandals since last year. I’ve loved this style since 1985, when I had a pair of flat white gladiators. I felt so chic when I wore them with my Guess ankle-zip jeans and oversize blouse! I’ve been searching for a photo that shows me wearing those shoes [...]
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Categories: acne jeans, pictures of me, shoes, style icons
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Eric Idle, the author of the Monty Python musical Spamalot, recently changed the show’s lyrics to take out a reference to Britney Spears. “Because we don’t laugh at sad people,” he explained. Now, for accuracy’s sake, he might want to change the lines about the joys of musical theater sung by Spamalot’s timid Sir Robin: [...]
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Categories: book club, movies, music, style icons, theater
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Martirio’s Way always has well-researched photo posts about current and vintage style icons, so if you haven’t already bookmarked it, you should. I’ve had Beatles on the brain so I just have to share today’s post, which includes a nice collection of photos of Jane Asher, the ultra-hip, red-headed British actress whom Paul McCartney dated [...]
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Back in October, I wrote about the hotness that was ’80s New Romantic icon Adam Ant. Hot! Well! I just got an unusual email from a fellow named Michael on behalf of Mr. Ant saying that Adam is considering doing a limited-edition art book. Before Adam goes ahead and busts his ’80s icon ass, he’d [...]
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