We woke up this morning to hear National Public Radio begin its all-day coverage. Some of us had made our bets on who would win, for our officr pools or [...]

There are many of us for whom the secular Christmas is fraught with landmines of memories. In our dysfunctional ways we learn to manage these memories. We avoid the holiday, [...]

December temperatures are sending those of us in the East running off to our sock drawer and wondering if those wool tights we bought last year are now a) [...]

Some WVFC readers might remember a Nanette Lepore fashion catwalk we embedded last year for one of our Pat Allen’s posts; the very last dress in it, after all the [...]

Throughout her 50-year history, every bit of Barbie’s 11-inch-tall form has been the subject of scrutiny and debate. Originally introduced in 1959 as “a teen-age model,” her history has always [...]

My husband invited me to dinner last week. He made reservations at the finest restaurant in our neck of the woods: a white tablecloth sort of place, with a dining [...]

In response to Dr. Allen’s visual assault by an overexposed jogger the other morning, I have to say that it seems true: No lower limit has been discovered as far [...]

Having spent much of my career in the world of fashion as an editor and journalist for Harper’s Bazaar, owner of an accessory boutique and as a personal style consultant [...]

Matt Tyrnauer’s film, Valentino, The Last Emperor is a guilty pleasure: a gem, the perfect confection for this economically straitened era.  If you love haute couture or [...]

I left Victoria’s Secret, having secured what I needed for someone else who couldn’t shop for herself.  I had bent my mind around getting some in Medium and [...]