The Price Of Getting Pretty For Politics
In case you missed this little gem tucked away in the national section of Saturday’s New York Times, team McCain apparently filed new campaign finance figures last week with the Federal Election Commission, revealing that it spent $165,000 over the course of nine weeks on three stylists to help make over Sarah Palin. The article [...]
a humble retraction
A few weeks ago, we posted about a series of face charts created by MAC Cosmetics vice president of makeup artistry Gordon Espinet, which “suggested” looks for a future first lady or vice president. In said post, we intimated that the looks were, well, de trop. In fact, our exact words were “[the] Gloria [...]
sarah palin: internationally minded, after all?
While Britons continue to try and stir a style war between France’s Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and their own Samantha Cameron (a.k.a. “SamCam,” a.k.a. wife of Tory leader David Cameron), the contested issue of who is wearing the Jackie O shift better seems overshadowed by the more interesting issue of the two women’s collective hairstyle of choice—or [...]
Ellen DeGeneres, Lipstick Lesbian?
This year is shaping up to be one for the record books. Barack Obama is the first black man to accept a major party nomination; Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her oft talked-about updo are making questionable strides for women everywhere; and apparently, an openly gay Ellen DeGeneres will join an illustrious list [...]





