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Just brow-zing
What was the first thing Lucille Ball reached for in the morning? (Now, I know I’m on a bit of a Lucille Ball jag, but one last tidbit before we move along to another silver screen goddess.) Lucy’s...
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Oscars ’12 Star Style Death Match
GlamAmor did an utterly fantastic job detailing for The Lamb (The Large Association of Movie Blogs) just how much our current crop of red carpet gowns owes to Silver Screen goddesses who slunk down...
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Lip Service
Say what you want about high heels; for me, the defining external hallmark of femininity is the painted lip. Most little girls reach for Mommy’s lipstick as soon as they can toddle. When I bought my...
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Sharpen your pencils, gals
Fall’s here and for me, there’s nothing quite as snappy on the autumn fashion parade as the perennial pencil skirt. It’s been a hit for decades (since WWII gals had to abbreviate their skirts to...
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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...
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Glowing 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,...
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Sweater 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...
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Retro 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...
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Preparing 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...
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Fall 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...
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It’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...
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Plaid 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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