Hits: 4 In Paris last month, at the Chanel couture show, there was something about one model that set her apart from the others on the runway. Strikingly beautiful, Jill Kortleve has almond-shaped eyes, dark bushy eyebrows and chiseled cheekbones. …
Vivienne Westwood, a Lifetime of Looks
Hits: 4 With a mother who worked in a cotton mill and a father who hailed from a family of shoemakers, it might have seemed destined for Vivienne Westwood to pursue a staid career in fashion. Yet, the indelible mark …
Jule Campbell, 96, Dies; Architect of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Hits: 15 Be it objectification or celebration, the annual rite she created earned millions for the magazine and helped usher in the supermodel era. Jule Campbell, the mastermind of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, the annual paean to cheesecake — …
Kirstie Alley’s Dance With Hollywood
Hits: 2 Long before the current body-positivity movement, Ms. Alley made people think about fatness on TV, often at her own expense. Kirstie Alley, who died this week, was a knockout beauty with real comedy chops — qualities often assumed …
Paulina Porizkova Doesn’t Call Her Book a Memoir
Hits: 4 The model and author spoke about writing “No Filter: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful.” Paulina Porizkova, 57, wants to talk about beauty. Its contradictions. And how her life has been shaped by an accident of genetics. …
Linda Evangelista and the Fantasies Fashion Sells
Hits: 14 In her recent Vogue cover, the supermodel embodies a ‘dream,’ but one that increasingly seems decades old. The re-emergence last week of the supermodel Linda Evangelista on the cover of British Vogue after her revelation in 2021 that …
Muted Tones Spoke Loud and Clear
Hits: 21 At a surprise session of the Jan. 6 hearings, Cassidy Hutchinson calibrated her appearance to keep us listening. This week, a calm, even-toned conversation between two carefully dressed Republican women, Cassidy Hutchinson and Representative Liz Cheney, created one …
Johnny Depp Through the Looking Glass
Hits: 13 Examining the madness that male beauty elicits. We know, of course, that men can be beautiful, but rarely do we acknowledge, let alone analyze, the powerful influence male beauty wields. That power was a central, yet singularly unacknowledged, …
Maurice Harris Is a Superstar
Hits: 28 Every few days, the florist Maurice Harris goes to his local Home Depot in Los Angeles to get supplies for renovation projects that rarely have anything to do with flowers. “I have a bachelor’s degree from YouTube University,” …