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Aug.05.2009
She exposed pink underwear worn under a short black leather kimono. Japan’s finalist for the Miss Universe, Emiri Miyasaka, caused a bit of a storm in the preliminaries. Is the reaction prudish? I think not.
I am often amused by how these beauty pageant winners are termed ambassadors of nations....
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Aug.04.2009
So lets see, the economy is tanking, people are losing their homes, can't buy food, the homeless rate is going up, the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, the middle class is being wiped out, BUT President Obama made his debut on Vanity Fair's Best-Dressed List. Lets not forget...
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Jun.19.2009
Fashion needs risk takers. If somebody hadn’t dared to wear the first bikini we’d all still be treading the proverbial waters in our woolen swimsuits.
The trouble is some fashions have serious consequences. And we don’t just mean photographic evidence of that micro mini fiasco coming back to...
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Jun.14.2009
I knew it would only be a matter of time before they came to get me, so when the black SUV pulled up in front of my house it wasn't a total surprise. Four of them hustled me out the door, forcing me to look down at the pavement as I was placed in the back seat.
We drove across a bridge and up into...
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Jun.11.2009
"What's the matter with you," Sona asked with a twinkle, "you don't like to go shopping?" She was referring not only to my near-disastrous adventure in the world of bridal couture, but the fact that--get this--I'd also arranged to have a pair of shoes custom-made for my wedding...
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Jun.05.2009
And then there were three:
Robert's dress is turning out kind of "mother of the pumpkin bride" in a Disney cartoon. Yes, it's a weird color...but it fits and it feels wonderful (all satiny on the inside, with a gorgeous lining)...best news of all is that I have had my last fitting. I've...
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Jun.04.2009
The beautiful runway models, so enhanced by the artfully-designed dress or gown, by the sensuous sway of the well-appointed evening wrap or the gathering of motion in color and surprising embroidery, are testament to what the poet Robert Herrick was describing when he wrote “Next, when I cast mine...
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Jun.03.2009
FIRST PUBLISHED: The Oregonian, January 27, 2002
It was a dark and stormy and stylish night
Hundreds of people stood in the rain in a line that snaked around an inner city warehouse district, otherwise deserted on a Sunday night, waiting to get into an 8 p.m. fashion show. Calvin Klein? Ralph...
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Jun.02.2009
Sheila sent me a supportive and encouraging email before Fitting # 6, that said (among many other things): "No one should go with you tomorrow...if the design is fabulous the three of you can revel in the success. It should be between you and Robert at this point. Do not bring your new dress...
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Jun.02.2009
After that last disaster of a fitting, I went home and cried. My feeling was this: at two weeks before my wedding, I should be engaged in frivolous and lacy activities such as spa days and accessorizing--not wondering what I'm going to wear. And at that moment I was also flooded with grief over my...
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