In the spring of 1936 Diana Vreeland put on a white lace Chanel dress and placed a bolero over it. She weaved red roses through her jet-black hair and...
HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 04.14.2012
"Funny Face" shouldn't have worked. It was a musical with a borrowed score, based on a stage play its author had failed to sell, with a leading man pa...
Mary Orlin | Posted 03.07.2012
I love New Year's -- a good excuse to drink bubbly, but I hate the idea of making New Year's resolutions, don't you?
Ben Arogundade | Posted 02.04.2012
The renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dali's meeting with seminal African-American supermodel, Donyale Luna, at his hideaway in the Spanish fishing village of Cadaqués, Catalonia in 1966 marked an amazing moment where art and beauty collide.
Jill Lynne | Posted 06.11.2011
The recent record-breaking sale by Sotheby's of Andy Warhol's self-portrait "Ghosts" for $32, 562,500 prompted me to think of my own Portrait of "Andy Warhol With Pineapples".
Hayley Griffith | Posted 05.25.2011
Many designers this season have equipped their looks by accessorizing fine garments with vintage-inspired costume jewelry, a style that dates back to the 18th century.
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011
Vreeland's very appearance reflected her mantra that beauty could sometimes be strange and even alarming.
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011
Contemporary audiences will immediately notice how comparatively mature Parker appears compared to today's supermodels. Aesthetics were very different in Parker's day: women strived to look sophisticated, rather than half their age.
Napoleon Perdis | Posted 05.25.2011
The formerly saccharine makeup color, associated with Malibu Barbie and her kind, has emerged as the most universally flattering shade around.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011
Watching to see what chic people wear is fascinating. One mightn't think it has anything whatsoever to do with styles from the past, but of cou...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011
At this time of year, for those in the fashion industry, "going to the Met" has nothing to do with spending a lazy day in the galleries, admiring Byza...
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011
My mother is now 93, with all her marbles intact. She spends her time on the computer and she's been places on the Web I've never thought to go. She's pretty much memorized the Wall Street Journal before I wake up. Find something cool for her-- why not? My mother's life experience suggests that moms aren't what they used to be. Which makes gifting more difficult on Mother's Day-- or any day.
Posted 05.25.2011
Visionaire recently received a box full of four-hundred original memos from Diana Vreeland, which were dictated every morning between 1966 and 1972 fr...
Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011
The author was obviously trying to put the 2009 dinner in context with how previous years' affairs went. But he may have gotten a bit carried away in including quite so many characters, even as afterthoughts.
Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 05.25.2011
There's something lost and something gained in every generation. I'd take autonomy and freedom of expression any day.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011
Some African-Americans, seemingly born under an auspicious star, apparently have always gathered to share their leisure pursuits with others who were similarly favored.
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm a very modern woman. After all, modernity is so terribly convenient. My blackberry connects me with my best friend in Dubai as I sail up 5th Ave...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011
Ladies and Gentlemen: To honor the launch of Huffington Post's new Style section, I present the seventh installment of my Let's Bring Back series. A...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.17.2011
For many women, the cost of beautification has grown staggering. Each consecutive year ushers in a series of must-do rituals; every month the beauty ...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.17.2011
Presenting: the latest installment of my Let's Bring Back series, which celebrates rituals, curiosities, and objects from times past. It is also a ...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.17.2011
It's been a while, but Let's Bring Back is back. The fourth of my LBB series, what follows is a celebration of rituals and objects from times past. ...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.17.2011
"I wear my clothes as architecture and my body is the frame."
ARTINFO | Posted 05.21.2012