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Week in Review

Week in Review: 7/24-7/31

No Comments 31 July 2010

What captured our attention this week? Ex-North Korean spy, Kim Hyon-hui’s transformation from murderer to best-selling author to national agent thanks, in large part, to her beauty A Pretty Pardon The new amazing “natural” sculptures along the West Side Highway in NYC  Stonehenge Along the Highway Gray hair as a fashion statement Gray Matter American’s [...]

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Additions to the Reading List

More to Love: Additions to the Reading List

3 Comments 30 July 2010

Faith and Fashion: Young women are taking an innovative approach to Muslim women’s dress http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/21/muslim-schoolgirls-islamic-fashion-cours Ben Brantley explores the element of mystery and how it pertains to celebrity beauty http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/fashion/18mystery.html Supermodel, Christy Turlington, gives a honest account of her years on the catwalk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/7892813/Christy-Turlington-Above-all-I-hated-the-catwalk.html Homeless women in Los Angeles get back on their feet with [...]

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Changing Face of Beauty

A Cultural Perspective, Beauty Theories

Did Newsweek Get it Right?

5 Comments 29 July 2010

Newsweek Magazine recently published a series on beauty: The Beauty Advantage.  It investigates the impact of beauty in culture and more specifically in the workplace. When I read the first few articles, my attitude vacillated between bored and agitated.  Bored because the stories relay research and sentiments presented numerous times in the past, e.g., the fact [...]

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A Cultural Perspective, Beauty News

What’s Behind Our Love Affair with Jeans

1 Comment 28 July 2010

If I had a dollar for every “denim issue” published, I would be a millionaire.  (Check out this month’s Nylon magazine for another great example.)  We Americans looovvvvee our dungarees.  So much so that we’re willing to spend hundreds (and I means HUNDREDS) of dollars on a single pair.  Hudson Jeans even launched a couture jeans [...]

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Beauty News

Gray Matter

2 Comments 27 July 2010

As I was plucking out gray hair after gray hair from my head last night, I realized the time has come for me to finally deal with my hair color.  There’s no way around it, gray hair is a sign that I’m getting older. Could I imagine going gray?  After all, gray became the “in” [...]

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