Good morning. There’s a famous New York City dream where you discover an extra room in your apartment and it changes your life, at least until you get used to having the space. I experienced a version of that in my waking life recently. I arose early, showered, got dressed and made to head off…
I love short skirts, but as a fit, professional woman, how short can I go? I am comfortable with two, maybe three, inches above the knee, but I fear dressing “too young” as the years go by. How will I know when I have gone over the line? — Ann, Portsmouth, N.H. Even before Ally…
What’s a nice Jewish viscountess to do when she has a title but no money, a party invitation but no clothes and a pair of scissors but no sewing skills? Invent the poodle skirt, of course. That, quite by accident, is what Juli Lynne Charlot did in late 1947, in the process creating a totem…
