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Read More »Judy Blame remembered by Boy George
I can’t remember when I first met Judy. He always talked about meeting me before I was famous, but I don’t know if that was true. I would have remembered him, wouldn’t I? He was very striking looking: a beautiful ...
Read More »The answer for women who feel worthless is not ‘you are beautiful’ | Calla Wahlquist
There is a reddit post doing the rounds of the clickbait sites. You may have seen it, headlined with something like: A woman asked other women how they coped with not being beautiful, and a man — yes, a MAN! ...
Read More »Curls for Christmas – archive, 13 December 1951
For some years now cosmetics have been used to enhance nature rather than to create a blatantly artificial effect. No longer does a purple gash indicate a mouth or a thin streak of harsh colour a tortured eyebrow. In the ...
Read More »Alek Wek: ‘See this? This is all woman. I know what I’m doing’
After more than two decades on the front line of the fashion industry, and at an age at which most models might previously have been regarded as reaching (or even having passed) a suitably graceful moment to retire, 41-year-old Alek ...
Read More »From Killing Eve to Love Island: the best TV style icons of 2018
Sonoya Mizuno – Maniac There was stiff competition for the style winner of Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Maniac. Emma Stone’s 80s look in episode four and all of Sally Fields’ jumpers were on the shortlist. But the lesson here is that ...
Read More »‘Precious works of art’ – Akira Isogawa’s unique fashion celebrated in retrospective
When I arrive, Akira Isogawa is halfway up a ladder adjusting one of his garments on display at Sydney’s Museum of Applied Arts and Science (MAAS). Fellow installers cluster around him, listening intently to his instructions. He’s dressed entirely in ...
Read More »What happened next? How Melania Trump’s jacket revealed her true politics to the world
From a fashion point of view, 2018 peaked – or rather, troughed – one Thursday in June, when the US first lady wore a green army jacket emblazoned with the slogan “I really don’t care. Do U?” to visit a ...
Read More »Beauty tips: Winter glow isn’t just for reindeer
Ah screw it, it’s winter, let’s embrace it. Let’s highlight the particular way the cold weather makes our noses red, the way the wind and rain leaves our eyebrows tortured, our cheeks ruddy. At Issey Miyake, models’ freckles were accentuated, ...
Read More »Get your hair braided and feel like a riot grrrl…
I’ve had hair extensions and had it braided. I can now whip it back and forth, and it feels fantastic. I haven’t had ‘whippable’ hair since I was a teenager, when I religiously got braids because I thought they made ...
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