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Posted on March 9, 2010
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LOU DOILLON & GONZALES FOR VANESSA BRUNO from DILLINGER#MAGAZINE on Vimeo.

Lou Doillon for Vanessa Bruno. I want to do everything in this video over and over again.

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Poppy Mouth.

Posted on March 4, 2010
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One of my favorite makeup looks of late is a bold, poppy-bright lip. It looks so feminine and glamorous, but is actually very easy to do, since it looks best with a near-naked face. So many of us reach for lip gloss that we forget the impact a bold lip can have. Try it tomorrow morning, and take note of how much more you are noticed (shades on my list-to-try: MAC Ruby Woo, Estee Lauder Cherry Ice, Chanel Gabrielle…anyone have a favorite?).

There is something so womanly and self-possessed about a woman applying her lipstick. To that point: observe Vanessa Paradis, the face of Chanel’s lipstick line, Rouge Coco, singing and whistling What a Day for a Daydream, engaging in the semi-private ritual in the “behind-the-scenes” campaign video, far better than the final edited version.

I got a sneak peek at the video during a preview for the Neiman Marcus Beauty Event, going on through Sunday (awesome free gifts w/a minimum purchase – so definitely go if you buy any sort of nice makeup and need to re-stock)

I’m positively smitten with Vanessa at the moment: her overall French sex-kittenishness, her comments about her relationship with Johhny Depp, the Joe Le Taxi video (omg!) and especially this video, which is making me want an old barn and a kitty.

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sharing the bed

Posted on March 1, 2010
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Style in the Golden Age of Sport

Posted on February 23, 2010
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Before the days of face paint, sparkly spandex and embroidered windbreakers, winter sportsmen and women dressed in sportier versions of clothes they wore regularly.

Check out this fantastic set of historic photographs from the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection, including incredible landscapes and action shots, plus some fashion gems like an old-school curling team, lady skiers in skirts and the dapper University of Washington ski team circa 1930.

And these two photos, just genius.

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A New Feeling Enters the World

Posted on February 11, 2010
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A few months ago I finished The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. The book itself is a bit hard to define, but reflects the complexities of human emotion and experience in a quiet, deep way that is completely absorbing. Around the time I finished it and thought about putting up some of my favorite passages, I came across the Swedish blog Niotillfem, whose author, Sandra, had just posted her favorite passages. A kindred spirit, so far away! If you’ve read the book, this is discovery was especially cool. Be sure to check out her blog, filled with images of Sandra, her lovely friends and boyfriend, and gorgeous images of parties and food. Here are some of my favorite passages:

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A Breath of Farm-Fresh Air

Posted on February 8, 2010
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Just quickly interrupting your slipper-clad, work-from-home day (hopefully) to mention how much I love the February cover of Vogue featuring Jessica Biel. She looks so fresh-scrubbed gorgeous that I took pause to stare when it arrived the other week. Just when I start to feel like Vogue is settling into a self-congratulatory magazine rut, they surprise me with a fresh, perfectly executed angle, theme, or photoshoot that makes me fall in love with the magazine all over again (anyone else love the November Green issue?!). The shoot manages to achieve something more personal than your typical actress-promoting-a-movie-and looking-pretty spread, reflecting both her public persona (all forties-era Hollywood glamour with Veronica Lake inspired waves and elegant dresses) and her private, “real” life (on a ranch in California, she wears denim, very little makeup, and as we see in the behind-the-scenes video, displays genuine girl-from-Colorado chill when a rooster shits on her back). Any girl who struggles to reconcile her many sides will appreciate and relate.

Seems to me that Biel would be the ideal face for an upcoming Ralph Lauren campaign. Then she could ditch the Revlon deal, which has her looking too tarted-up anyway. Seems like Anna agrees, from the tone of her editor’s letter. And whatever Anna wants….

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Norman Ambrose on the Cover of More

Posted on January 20, 2010
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Got a very excited email from Norman Ambrose this morning – his first cover! Mariska Hargitay, and her back, looking quite lovely on the cover of More. Congratulations, Norman!

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