Posts tagged with Cassie

Picture 1My hair is extremely frustrating.  I’ve been getting a variation of the same cut since I was eight years old with the only stylistic variation being one ill fated attempt with a “rust” colored hair dye when I was thirteen.  Basically, I have hair that is in between wavy and curly.  Not cooperative enough to be described as simply wavy and not actually curly enough to form tight ringlets, if allowed to take free form, it eventually wouldn’t be dissimilar to Marge Simpson’s ‘do.

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Trying to figure out how the Cassie cut would look.

I am desperate to do something different with my hair but short of having it chemically straightened or spending an extra thirty minutes in the bathroom with a blow dryer (which would increase my readiness preparation routine from wake up to dressed to one and a half hours), I am not sure what my options are.

Maybe I should just adopt some signature head scarf (Hermès, obviously) and just call it a day.

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Some expeditions are so rare and fantastic that they merit a huge celebration forty years later—as was the case for last night’s Louis Vuitton party honoring Buzz Aldrin and the first successful voyage of man onto the moon.  My own expedition—across the park to the Upper West Side to the Museum of Natural History—was decidedly less buzz-worthy, but I can almost guarantee my destination was more fashionable than Neil Armstrong’s forty years ago.

Because Louis Vuitton is one of the few luxury brands surviving—and thriving—during the recession, it is to be expected that they throw over-the-top, lavish parties that compete with the bacchanals of ancient Rome—after all, who’s left to do it? Read the rest of this entry »