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Fashion Friday: Grandpa in Girls Clothing

Have you seen this guy? Liu Xianping is the 72-year-old grandfather of a fashion designer who owns Yuekou clothing in China. He models her clothing. The guy’s ad campaign has gone viral. It really looks like the clothes were made for him. He’s so cute!…

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Fashion Friday: Farewell Vivian Brown

Good-bye to 1/2 of a San Francisco social icon—the always fashionable, well-dressed, identical twin Brown sisters. And huge condolences to the surviving twin Marian Brown. Vivan Brown passed away at the age of 85 in her sleep on Wednesday. Seeing…

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Fashion Friday: KimYe Love Child

When I was in London, and Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy appeared on my news feed, I practically fell out of my chair. 1. The ho is still married to another man. Couldn’t she have waited for her divorce to finalize before…

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Fashion Friday: NYE

I’ll get back on schedule with all my posts when I return to the States, but for now, here’s a pic of the three stooges all dolled up and dapper for NYE in London. I’m wearing the one thing I…

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Fashion Friday: Japonesque

I’d written in a previous post about how much I love the Japonesque eyelash curler and how it had replaced my trusty Shu Uemura. They’re actually very different types of curls. The Shu Uemura is a true curl, whereas the…

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Fashion Friday: Living Proof

Those damn Living Proof marketers got me with their scientifically-proven claims backed by their spokesperson Jennifer Aniston. It’s less about Jennifer (although I do really like her) and more about their tag line: We are the science. You are the…

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Fashion Friday: H&M…Again…Another Post to Reiterate the Obvious

It is a winter wonderland around the Financial District and Union Square. Office buildings are decorated. Displays are festive. After work, I couldn’t help but walk into Zara, craving their elegant wool coats. It’s haute couture at middle class prices….

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Fashion Friday: You’re So Vain

People talk about vanity as if it’s a bad thing. It’s not. I think of it as a healthy respect for your appearance and yourself. I actually think it’s crucial. Here’s what happens when you have no vanity.  

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Fashion Friday: Get Rid of Your Clothes

I am on a never-ending mission to purge my clothes. Sometimes I wish I could start fresh and buy a whole new wardrobe. There was an executive at one of my old companies who had the following regimen. Every year,…

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Fashion Friday: Holly vs Paula

              What did I say in my previous post? A picture tells a thousand words. Need I say more? I trolled the web for the most flattering picture of the CIA Director David Petraeus’s…

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