The Demoiselles

How long has it been since you’ve spent any time naked? I’m not talking out-of-the-shower-and-into-a-towel naked, or changing-clothes naked.  I’m talking about being purposefully naked. If it’s been a while – more than a month – I suggest you try it.  Close the curtains, shut the blinds, and hang towels over your mirrors if you need [...]

It’s funny how one sentence can remind you of your purpose. Between Elle’s fashion events and business meetings in Chicago, and my happy hour coffee dates and handmade rummagings in Seattle, it can be hard for us to keep up on anything not “business related.” That’s why, more often than not, Miss Elle and I [...]

Think back to a day when you felt amazing.  Your waistline was playing nice, your body had perfect proportions, and your skin seemed to glow.  What was it that brought on that effortless beauty?  What experiences and words created the type of grace that let you put on your shortest dress and reddest lips, without feeling [...]

If you’re like me, and addicted to the dumbed-down fashion statement that is America’s Next Top Model (that’s right, I admit it), you know that the media’s going crazy over Tyra’s choice to cast short girls for Cycle 13 of the show.  Just one little change on the first page of the series’ eligibility requirements [...]

A recent article in Newsweek asked what the media standard of super-thin models is doing to our society.  With the close of NYFW in February, Newsweek reported that an epidemic of slimness was on the rise again! They mentioned the symposium at Bryant Park on weight guidelines in the fashion industry – noting harrowing stories [...]

It recently came to The Demoiselles’ attention that Tommaso Aquilano of Gianfranco Ferré thinks American women all dress the same.  According to Aquilano, though we’re well dressed, this similarity in dressing is indicative of one thing – American women are working a little too hard at picking up men.  In an article in NY Mag’s [...]