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Dear Manolo | Fashion
You Know the Espadrille
This summer, my husband and I are taking our honeymoon in Ibiza. Sun, sand and dubstep concerts for two weeks! I don’t usually fall in the category of girls who need help pi...
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Fashion
The Height of Fashion
Half-pint. Vertically challenged. Shorty. Ever the runt of the room, I’ve heard all the nicknames. My college roommate towered a full head above me — fighting with her for...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
When in Roman
This month, I’m taking a series of exams, the final portion being an oral defense of what I wrote in the written exam concerning marriage in Rome, Latin poetry, necromancy a...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
A Shoe for All Spring
I’m a teacher at an all-girls high school. I need a pair of low-key heels to wear to prom, graduation and a family wedding this spring. It’d be good if the shoes did not b...
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Fashion
Face Time: Jason Wu
Best known for creating Michelle Obama’s inaugural ball gown and other femme, high-end dresses, New York designer Jason Wu is taking his talents to Target. His lower-priced ...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Ding Ding, the Date Is Dead
I’m subjecting myself to a “speed date,” where you spend five minutes each with 20 different people, trying to decide who you’d like to see a second time for a real da...
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Books | Fashion
Face Time: Simon Doonan
Dressing windows at Barneys. Penning books. Helping deck the White House for Christmas. Fashion guru Simon Doonan seems to spread style everywhere — and to look thin and hip...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Heel, Winter!
We’re just three weeks into the new year, and I’ve got the doldrums. Maybe it’s the weather; maybe it’s the let down after the holidays; maybe it’s that I’m stuck ...
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Fashion | Television
Face Time: Brad Goreski
There was a collective gasp when Season 4 of Bravo’s “The Rachel Zoe Project” debuted sans Brad Goreski, Zoe’s assistant known for his self-described “little bit of ...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
The Boot That’s At Issue
I’ve been searching for the perfect pair of black booties for what seems like eons now. I’d love a walk-able heel (I live in Toronto and walk a ton) but nothing dowdy. I'm...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
A Strappy New Year
Now that all my Christmas shopping is done, I can address finding a pair of shoes to wear on New Year’s Eve. My husband and I are going out with some people from his office ...
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Fashion
Face Time: Diane von Furstenberg
American women probably all owe designer Diane von Furstenberg a thank-you note. After all, she liberated them from boxy suits in the ’70s with her iconic wrap dress, makes ...
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Fashion | Speaker of the Blouse
Beauty v. Beastly
Even the most egregious style offenses can be teachable moments. 2011’s fashion faux pas taught us invaluable lessons to carry into 2012. Don‘t mess with Mum: Princess Bea...
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Fashion
Face Time: Joseph Abboud
He’s directed menswear design at Ralph Lauren and launched his first collection decades ago. Now, HMX Group president and chief creative officer Joseph Abboud opens his late...
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Fashion | Speaker of the Blouse
Kim Jong Out
Kim Jong Il, the North Korean dictator who died Saturday, was many things to his country: Dear Leader. Doting father. Crackpot autocrat. But only a year ago, his government’...







