I recently came across an OpEd about the beauty of the “average.” Scientific research on how our brains work plus some digital studies show that what we find most beautiful is the average of all of our faces.   In other words, if you take pics of many different people and then find the average [...]

Forgive me.  I’ve been out of Beautyskew for a while. But it’s for a GREAT reason.  I have been away at TED conferences for a week.  As you can imagine, my brain has been refreshed and highly inspired for all the wonderful talks I heard and people I met.  And, as soon as all the [...]

My buddy Kate forwarded me a fascinating story outlining the history of high heels. Believe it or not, they were originally worn by dudes.  To get the full background, check out When Did Men Stop Wearing High Heels? In a nutshell, this is what happened: First, around the 16th century, heels became a part of upper-class [...]