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Women’s Clothes in the Twenty-First Century

14 January, 2009 от · 3 comments

Anca Vlasopolos Photo: Rudolfo Nunez I’ll confess: I shop for my husband. I buy him shoes, underwear, shirts, ties, slacks, jackets, belts, even overcoats. It’s easy. Shirts: 16×32; pants 36×32; jackets 42 regular; shoes 11 and a half B. I cannot shop for my daughter, who’s a willowy 5’9”, 115 pounds, with broad shoulders, a […]

The Short Man Buys a Suit

24 December, 2008 от · 26 comments

I am surprised it is not a common expression of disdain: “That’s as useless as putting a suit on a short man.”

The Quintessential Shopping Mall Love Story

4 October, 2008 от · 26 comments

Zoya Marincheva Photo: paper or plastic? On day one of the new year they went shopping for new hides. Angular roofs towered over creamy facades with rococo beams. His epidermis grayed in distress. Hers oozed a passion for style.