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Elegance, on $1 a Day

Elegance: a) Refinement and grace in movement, appearance, or manners. b) Tasteful opulence in form, decoration, or presentation. Yesterday, a melancholy day, I popped over to visit the Bargain Queen, only to find she was blogging about $1000 handbags. I admit that handbags are not the most elegant part of my personal presentation; at present …

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Vogue March 2006 Cover: Natalie Portman as Art

So perfectly refreshing that it stopped me in my tracks, was that really a magazine cover without cleavage? Closer examination revealed a composition of simplicity and beauty. What elements make this arrangement so aesthetically appealing? Clothing selection: Natalie Portman’s pixieish crop significantly decreases the visual weight of the star’s hair. Thus, with her fair-skinned luminosity, …

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