Reel to Real: Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
Well, here it is, the first snowy day and you reach into your closet to pull out the same tired old coat you wore last year. And the year before. And maybe before. I’ll bet you it’s black, since 90% of...
View ArticleGlowing Hollywood: Blushing with TC
Don’t we all envy that California girl, the one with the golden glow and sun-flushed cheeks? Well, I do anyway. My complexion tends toward the pasty, with subtle highlights of ghostly pallor—in fact,...
View ArticleSweater weather in Hollywood
There’s a big difference in pulling on a shapeless mass of wool and donning a sweater. And since the temperatures around here just plunged from forget-your-jacket-it’s-still-practically-summer to...
View ArticleRetro Red Carpet Review
Last year, I launched a new Oscar Night annual party–my Red Carpet Rant n’ Rave. It’s a hen party. We gather to eat, drink, and be judgy. I set out my myriad vintage fur pieces and sparkly junk...
View ArticlePreparing for TCM Film Festival: Paparazzi-Proof Prettiness
My first photographic “oh, dear” happened in 3rd grade. I’m sure if my mother had known I’d planned to wear my junior fire marshal badge proudly on my pretty school dress on school picture day, she...
View ArticleFall á la Bacall
You know how goes. One little thing happens, then another, then you realize a pattern is forming and you’d better pay attention. That’s how a simple tribute post to Lauren Bacall unexpectedly became...
View ArticleIt’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas…
Even if you didn’t have a calendar, you would know it’s December by the staggering volume of perfume ads in women’s magazines. This marvelous array of deeply evocative images stirs the female of the...
View ArticlePlaid tidings I bring
Just about everyone goes plaid mad when the weather turns cooler, whether you reach for a high-end swanky coat… or a downmarket bomber.. or snuggle into a vintage dressing gown… Or perhaps your taste...
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