Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Indeed, Ruth Bader Ginsberg was a bad-ass before women were even allowed to be bad-asses. It seems at best laughable and, at worst inadvertently insulting to this great woman, to be the subject of a post on this blog. Seemingly so stuffed with fluff, DOI – in its flamboyant, funny and, yes, […]
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Cooling with Karl.
This article was originally published in October of 2010 and is being re-posted today as my paltry way to pay homage to a giant, whose passing will certainly affect the axis of the fashion world forevermore. As this article illustrates, Mr. Lagerfeld influenced me in many ways, both small and large, and for that I will […]
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Facial Flex: A Face Lift Sans The Fear Factor?
I have zero problem with plastic surgery. Zero. Less than zero. You wanna get your nose de-hooked?? Cool. You wanna get your ass fat put into your face, or your face fat put into your ass? I’m down with that. With pretty much no prompting, I’ll tell you that my face looks like a skating […]
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The Ridiculously Rakish Side of Reuse Reduce Recycle
For Christmas this year, my lovely husband gifted me with one of those Apple Watches. It goes without saying that I am very lucky to receive such a generous present but, honestly, I have mixed feelings. I hate being “available” all the time and I am never going to use 99% of the crap on that […]
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Come Fly With Me: Birdie’s Monumental Murmuration
Let’s start by picturing a young (you’re right, a younger) Jolene. I was somewhere in my mid-20’s and over the moon to be working in New York City as a Kool-Aid-pounding-peon at one of my favorite Fashion Magazines – to this day perhaps my all time favorite job. One particular night, crosseyed with fatigue from a […]
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