MISS CAVENDISH

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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Ice Capades

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When I moved to the United States, some twenty years ago now(!!!), I left behind an important part of myself that I grew not to miss.  For...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Mad Men(icures) II

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For me, the overt sexual appeal of January Jones in this accessory ad is undercut by her manicure, as I've written about here . But is...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Alices in Miss Rumphius-land

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Tonight I watched Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland and although it was full of effects that are no doubt special, my eye and mind were ...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Just Glovely

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These occasional gloves just might be my "black sheep sweater" for the forthcoming spring royal wedding. Unlike Diana's wa...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

By the Light of the Silvery Shoon

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Truth be told: I looked for silver shoes so that I could use the archaic plural of shoes (shoon) that I just learned via a Frank Norris essa...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Voids and Vitrines: A-Dressing Female Sexuality

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It's not groundbreaking to make fashion from a psychoanalytical perspective; Bella Freud did that capably a couple of decades ago with h...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Juxt-A-Poses by Miss Moss

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Juxtapositions are an art and Miss Moss , a South African graphic designer, works them to perfection. Here are a couple of my favorites, f...
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I'm a native of Prince Edward Island, Canada, currently a literature professor and freelance journalist in the United States. I once interviewed with Vogue, where I was told that I was "too intellectual" to work on the magazine. I've run with that.
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