Or, How America’s Next Top Model is a Springboard to Intellectual Discussion.
Queen of National Hot Dog Week: 1955
Geene Courtney for Zion Meat Products Co.
Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images
As I watched Tyra’s girls balk at the thought of wearing a Meatkini, an interesting word came up: Advertorial.
I don’t know that I’ve taken a lot of […]
(Comment posted on the Foto Decadent: Avant Garde Fashion Photography website)
I just spent the last hour or so scouring the internet for images and inspiration. Sometimes I search by photographer, sometimes by subject. Mostly I just skip from one site to the next, wherever links and suggestions take me. Today it took me to one […]
For all of you who didn’t think my abstract musings on French women were terribly informative, here’s something more corporeal.
While I was in Paris, I scoured the streets for the Next Big Thing. Years ago, before the Information Highway was divulging everyone’s secrets at the speed of broadband, it was an accepted fact that Europe […]
It took me a couple of days before I had my first epiphany. For a city devoted to the cosmetics industry, makeup was incredibly conspicuous. With the exception of teenagers (who are apparently universally unable to limit there use of lipstick and eyeshadow) I have never seen so many untouched faces in my life. Among […]
I got a new coat yesterday. Well not new I guess. It’s second hand (oooh vintage - la dee da) long grey wool. I’m immoderately fond of almost anything in grey wool. It’s fitted with a collar and, just below the waist, skirts out a little. I wore it riding my bicycle last night - […]
I don’t know when it was I became obsessed with Paris. You’d think that I’d have wanted to see it forever, but it wasn’t like that. The notion of Paris as the heart of fashion seemed contrived to me - an idea long past its due date. I was more interested in the street […]
I’ve had the slideshow of autumn trends at Style.Com cycling for an hour. I’m practically quivering with excitement. Why, you ask? Because clothes are back.
Pretty ruffles and opaque tights at Bottega Veneta.
It’s almost more about the shape of the dress than the body in it.
It is absolutely undeniable that clothes are back for […]
