I usually watch red carpet events with my favorite gossipy crew (Merton, Tabitha and Cricket) who all feel perfectly comfortable saying the things many of us think, but might not actually utter for fear of being perceived as a “hater.” “Girlfriend is taking the title of the show to heart!” I remember Merton saying when …
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Audrey Hepburn: celebrated beauty, celebrated humanitarian, celebrated fashion icon— the list could go on and on. One of the few things Audrey Hepburn was not celebrated for was her singing. Though she was clearly not a great vocalist, producers didn’t seem to mind. Look! There she is– singing away in Funny Face, My Fair …
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Cecil Beaton’s name popped up on my screen the other day while I doing a google search on movie musicals, and I thought: “Who, exactly, is/was Cecil Beaton? A playwright? A photographer?” He definitely sounded English, but I couldn’t really place what he’d done. A quick investigation revealed him to be one of the greatest …
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It’s been raining steadily all day long which means I’m not that motivated to wear anything but my sweats and a cozy sweater. But it’s time to go out to dinner, so I’ve turned to my favorite movies for inspiration. The characters in these classics sure know how to dress with a little panache despite …