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Every summer needs a national anthem. This year it seems to be Rihanna’s Umbrella. Like most pop songs, the lyrics are trivial; it’s the beat that gets tucked into your ear and won’t leave. Say farewell to cloudy skies…

When the sun shines
We’ll shine together
Told you I’ll be here forever
Said I’ll always be your friend
Took an [...]

Baby Boomers spend $43 billion a year on apparel and yet clothing manufacturers have no clue how to design for them. Ann Taylor wants a piece of the action, so the company is putting out its hat like a sidewalk performer and hoping a few kindly Baby Boomers toss a few bucks into it. Hint: [...]

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The Sartorialist Scott Schuman snapped designer Giorgio Armani’s picture recently. He has a fascinating description of how Armani labored over the details of his pose in order to insure that the resulting image conveyed an emotional feeling that matched his own inner perception of himself. Fascinating. Be sure to click on [...]

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The Queen of all Media known as Perez Hilton had some kind words for actress Joan Collins who is vacationing in St. Tropez. Life is good.
“It’s Joan Collins! Looking hot as hell!!! She’s 74, bitches!!! The Dynasty alum was summering in St. Tropez, with everyone else, on Tuesday. Perfection from head to [...]

Ford Models has an open casting call for anyone who wants to join the Paris Hilton fame club. Unfortunately they are looking for models aged 16 to 35. Hey, why not show up in a two-piece bikini and demand a chance to become a Ford Model. Tell them Baby Boomers are the largest and most [...]

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A stylish gentleman who was salsa dancing at the 5th Annual Kingston Latino Festival at the historic Rondout waterfront district in Kingston, New York.

Fashion is a tight rope that everyone takes their turn falling off of…even those who churn out the stuff. Jeans these days are either practical or ridiculously expensive in the name of exclusivity. Those who pay $200 for their jeans are more likely to get arrested for drunk driving (Paris, Lindsay) than get caught visiting [...]

The best commercials usually make a connection between something in real life and your worst fear or pleasure. Then the marketers go to work to exploit the connection for boatloads of money. This Old Spice commercial created by Wieden and Kennedy takes that dreaded pubic hair that gets left behind on a bar [...]

Getting older is sort of like taking a ride on Disney’s Space Mountain. You’re in the dark for most of the ride, but the car keeps twisting and turning until finally it comes to an abrupt end. Never fear, the journey need not be this way. How so, you ask? Consult with Clarins oracle, [...]

Meet vintage collector Morgan Yakus and stylist Karin Bereson. They have a simple goal: to bring you an updated vintage 1960’s look. Yes, those hippie summer of love trips are making a return to the streets. Light, open, airy, breezy. Great for easy access for you know what. It is the digital age, though, so [...]

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Now here’s a good coffee table book: Joyce Tennyson’s Wise Women. It’s described as “a celebration of the power and beauty of women in the third phase of their lives.” Her photographs make you feel like you’re an invisible guest sitting inside the temple of an Egyptian queen. Stunning!
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Salvatore Ferragamo is celebrating his 80th birthday, so he (or his company) commissioned writer Annamaria Sbisà to pen a children’s story, with illustrations by Michele Petoletti. The illustrations look amazing. See how selling and emotionally connecting with your customer goes hand in hand these days…
Story synopsis:
“Adrift in a hot air balloon, Leonardo Leopard and [...]

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A very stylish lady snapped by Scott Schuman, the Sartorialist, on 57th and 5th Avenue. You see, ladies, all it takes is a fashion eye and a couple of bucks to stay in the game!
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Actor Clive Owen takes it on the chin for Lancome by offering up his endorsement services for their Age Fight product. This is an “anti-aging perfecting fluid.” If you are 30-40 years-old, then obviously you need an “anti oxidative stress shield to fight 1st lines day after day.” 92 percent of men experienced “energized [...]

Two great songs by Placebo (Without You I’m Nothing) and Moloko (Sing It Back) make for a rousing look at a decade of Miuccia Prada’s fashions.

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The mystery butt shown above belongs to a famous 60-year-old actress who once wielded an ice pick as if she were an accomplished ice mountain climber. Study that cellulite hard for telltale clues.
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It’s spring, so it must be time to line up those fall romances. Florida Governor Charlie Crist, 50, is dating former Mrs. South Carolina 2001, Kelly Crosby Heyniger, 36. Despite the drought problems in Florida, it’s nice to read love can always find the fountain of youth…No word yet on whether the Gov will [...]

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Joan Rivers may be 73 but don’t let her face fool you. The quest for eternal youth through taught skin comes with a price tag: a nose that only Michael Jackson would appreciate. She’s a poster child for staying active though so no complaints here.
Plastic surgery addict Joan Rivers unmasked
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Actor Gabriel Byrne ripped Oprah for featuring airbrushed women in her O magazine.
Here’s what he said: ““There’s a picture of Oprah on the cover where she looks about 12. If I bought a magazine and put pictures of myself looking 19, somebody would say to me, ‘Stop it’. I saw this hilarious as that [...]

Cathy Horyn,the fashion writer for the New York Times, ponders an older woman’s dilemma when it comes to finding clothes that match her personality. Imagine standing in a store, credit card in hand, and there’s absolutely nothing to buy because most of the clothes all speak to a younger generation. Hey, ponder the poor mother [...]