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Reel to Real: Desk Set 4
I’m not a huge fan of video games, but this bizarre world inadvertently provided me with a very handy term that describes a scenario that’s fraught with potential disaster: Situation Alley. In the...
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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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Edith Headquarters 2: The Collector
The classic film fan/fashion freak Venn diagram has a pretty huge overlap area…so many classic film lovers I’ve met either came to old movies because of the costumes and stayed for the content, or...
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Model in the meantime, Betty
If I read one more “empowering” article about how I should quit my humdrum job and join the circus, I’m going to scream. Not that I’m against dream-following, mind you. It’s just the utter...
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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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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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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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Answering duty’s call at the 2015 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival
There was a glorious plethora of troubled (and troubling) aristocratic women at the 2015 TCMFF—from Queen Christina to Princess Anne to Tracy Lord. Because I was stuck at home with a hateful virus, I...
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Getting Hepburned at TCMFF ’15
Last week, we discussed the eternal question: “What’s a girl to do?” when it comes to serving duty or serving her impulses. We chatted about some of the heroines screened at TCMFF ’15 and some 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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