This article has been graciously sponsored by Jane’s Vanity. Has there ever been a holiday where there’s more pressure to buy lingerie than Valentine’s Day? Amidst all the expressions of love (and its more corporeal trappings such as flowers and chocolates), there’s also this idea that the ultimate gift – the perfect gift – is lingerie. So let’s say your paramour (or, for the platonic romantics among you, your best […]
Here is my Valentine’s Day editorial, 10 days late, because during the week of love, I was trying to save a friend’s life. Still am trying, in fact. The details aren’t mine to share publicly, especially not here, but I don’t know if I’ve felt such a deep, profound, upswelling of Philia, the Greek word for the kind of platonic love between the very deepest of friends. Right now, I […]
Though I, personally, am not religious, like a lot of people who grow up in predominantly Christian countries, I have a deep affinity for Christian iconography. However, it’s not the belief system that’s appealing to me. It’s the aesthetic. Last year, I had the opportunity to view The Met Museum’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibit. It may seem sacrilegious to some to discuss religious attire from the […]
