After I posted a picture of my gorgeous client Melissa’s new pixie hairdo, a few peeps asked me if I would ever consider a pixie. Been there, done that! Here’s proof from October 1992. I was being silly with lipstick in the Great Outdoors at the request of my gorgeous friend Phil, who was wielding…
The Prodigal Bumpe Returns
Last year, when I wrote about my 9/11 experience here, I mentioned how — adding minor insult to major injury — Bumpe the cow disappeared from my abandoned office at Lehman Brothers. Bumpe Let’s take a moment to reflect on the type of person who loots a stuffed cow (as well as laptops, loose change…
Head-to-Toe Ossie
I posted a picture of this Ossie Clark dress before, but it didn’t show the whole dress. Thank you to ENC for lightening up the original pitch-black picture to make the dress visible. I wore this to a Zang Toi event and the Reem Acra fashion show last week.
RIP Hair Hat Lady
Not long ago, photos of “hair hats” went viral, showing up on numerous blogs and websites. Hair hat But I didn’t know till I read it on Fashion Hayley that the artist responsible for the hair hats, Nagi Noda, died on September 7 at age 35. The cause of death is said to be “surgical…
Bet You’ve Never Heard Anyone Say This
I’m so excited to read my new book, Women in Purple: Rulers of Medieval Byzantium! (What’s Byzantium? Click here for info.)
Updated Tally of NieNie Donations
I’m going to keep updating this post with the current tally of donations made to Stephanie and Christian Nielson via the blue NieNie button to the right of this text. For anyone who is new here, Stephanie (aka NieNie) is a gorgeous blogger who, along with her husband, Christian, was terribly burned in a plane…
In the News: Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers, the investment bank, filed for bankruptcy protection. I worked at Lehman from 2000 to 2005. In the past, when people asked me about my work history, I used to say that I worked at “the Wall Street Journal, CNN, People Magazine and an investment bank” because no one except people in the financial…
This One Is for the Vintage Lovahs
Where my vintage bitches at? Sharon Rose, Emmapeelpants and Cherie: this photo of an Ossie Clark dress is dedicated to you. I’m carrying my lace Prada bag I got this dress while I was out with the lovely Leah in March, and finally wore it out to dinner recently. If you like the idea of…
Bows Galore!
Anne Fontaine dress on eBay
The Winner of the NieNie Auction
A round of applause, please, for gorgeous and generous blogger Deja Pseu, who won my NieNie auction with a bid of $1,500! Little birds tell me that this might be a record auction bid in the NieNie world, though I will have to investigate that further. To refresh your memories, the auction was being held…