Monday, November 29, 2010
An event that is near and dear to my heart took place last Tuesday: the annual International Press Freedom Awards Dinner for the Committee to Protect Journalists. The dinner honors journalists from around the world who risk their lives to report from war zones and in defiance of brutal regimes. MrB is coming to the [...]
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Friday, October 29, 2010
Last month, I skipped participating in No Makeup Week. It seemed unnecessarily puritanical and you know how I feel about Puritans. “Oh, I’ve been looking too good! Now I have to show the world how I can look shitty,” is not the way I think. Nor do I believe that unflattering photos are so challenging [...]
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
I haven’t been able to forget an outfit that Rihanna wore at the beginning of the month. That color combination reminds me of a matchy-matchy Esprit outfit I had in the ’80s when Esprit was hot-hot-hot. As I recall, I wore cropped purple pants with a boxy, striped purple and orange-yellow top. It seems everything [...]
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Hillary Clinton sashayed over to the United Nations on Sunday wearing a cheap-ass-looking hair clip, meaning she’s again in the middle of a fashion-related uproar. Search online for “Hillary Clinton hair clip” and you’ll see about 700 related articles. Some peeps are saying the clip is a fashion crime. Other peeps are outraged that the [...]
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Sports network ESPN had a “Jane, you ignorant slut” moment recently when Tony Kornheiser, host of its Pardon the Interruption program, said on his radio show that ESPN television anchor Hannah Storm was wearing “a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She’s got on red go-go boots and a Catholic school plaid skirt … way too short [...]
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
I was half-asleep next to a coffee-table book about the Hours of Catherine of Cleves when I realized the Grammy red carpet must be underway. I dashed to the TV and turned it on just in time to hear, “And that was Lady Gaga.” Luckily, gorgeous blogger Karen of Where Did U Get That tweeted [...]
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
It’s always fun to dress up for New York Fashion Week. In addition to the two tartan dresses I wore on Friday, I’ve worn dresses I’ll describe as new-old, old-old and new-new. For Fashion’s Night Out, I went with new-old. This Ossie Clark dress was made more than 30 years ago. I won it on [...]
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Monday, January 12, 2009
This is your last day to vote for me as Best Fashion Blog of 2008. I would be delighted to come in third, but if you happen to have the 10,000 friends required to help me take the lead, you should send that mass email immediately. Polls close at 5 PM ET. That means you [...]
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Another day, another chance to vote for me for Best Fashion Blog of 2008. You can vote every 24 hours, so click here to vote again. Tell your friends, family and favorite sales associate to vote too. In my second campaign speech, I offered to answer all of your questions. I didn’t get very many [...]
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