Just when I thought my skincare regiment couldn’t be more intricate or laborious, I encountered a new product so effective that it made me add yet another step to the process: the Kiehl’s Iris Extract Activating Treatment Essence ($45 at Kiehls.com).
As women, we will usually literally try anything (mascaras, mascara-and-primer combinations, lash serums, falsies, lash extensions, and so on) in the hopes of achieving our ideal lashes, with the perfect length, curl, density, separation, and corner-to-corner volume.
A long time ago (okay, like 20 years ago), in a galaxy far, far away (well, an island in the Caribbean), a young girl watched Star Wars: Episode IV with her dad and made some pivotal life decisions: first, that she seriously needed to get some light sabers so she could properly battle against her brother when they got into arguments; second, that she’d now start wearing side buns like Princess Leia; third, that she’d one day go to space (an idea that she’d already entertained after a very special Punky Brewster episode involving astronauts); and fourth, that she’d find her own Obi-Wan to help guide her through life and teach her how to harness the force.
Despite its cringe-worthy name, the “pussy-bow blouse” — the proper name for a shirt with a big and floppy bow at the neckline — has long been affiliated with female power-dressing.
Forget mood rings — this fall, let your footwear communicate your every emotion.
Though Taylor Schilling didn’t quite make our best-dressed list for the 2015 Emmys — something about the fit of her Stella McCartney gown seemed slightly askew, as if perhaps the waistline was too high on the tall actress’s frame — the sunflower yellow hue she chose added excitement to a pretty dull red carpet event.
Emma Roberts’ custom-made, pastel pink satin Jenny Packham gown hit all the right notes at the 2015 Emmys, the soft color and shimmering fabric highlighting the actresses’ peaches-and-cream complexion, the plunging neckline and pleated bodice adding just a touch of drama and sexiness to the otherwise classic silhouette, and the sun embellishment at the waist bringing attention to her tiny waistline.
Jon Hamm finally got his trophy (sure, Don Draper had to get sucked into a hippie cult in the process, but hey!) and Viola Davis made history as the first black woman to win the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award, but save for those two moments, the 2015 Emmys were about as titillating as a trip to the DMV.
Though the 3.1 Phillip Lim line is known for its sporty overtones and minimalist street chic aesthetic, the designer’s 10th anniversary collection stepped outside of the concrete jungle to applaud the wondrousness of nature, with a “Stop and Smell the Roses” theme that embraced dirtiness and organic colors and textures — so much so that the set incorporated mounds of organic earth.
To call the nails at the Spring 2016 The Blonds runway show “art,” would be to do these miniature sculptural works a disservice — it would be akin to comparing a painterly graphic T-shirt, however pretty, to the grandiose design of the Sphinx.
