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Christina Hendricks – A modern siren.
And so this week it happened. A truly curvy, beautiful woman made the cover of Grazia Magazine. And whilst the photograph of Christina Hendricks at the Emmys that made the cover is beautiful, am I the only person who found the tagline and some of the comments used in the article slightly patronising? ‘Christina fever’ the headline screamed, ‘the week this size 14, 38e body stormed Hollywood’. And whilst it is undoubtably true that Emmy week did see an explosion of interest in Christina and other curvier beauties (Crystal Renn, Amber Riley etc), why did Grazia feel the need to splash her vital statistics all over the cover. Would it…
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Five fashion moments that made me smile this week.
Maybe it’s the sunshine, maybe it’s the coming of September (always one of my favourite months) or maybe it’s just that I have been in a good mood, but I have had some fashion moments this week that have made me smile, so I’ve noted them down for all to see and enjoy. Christine Hendricks, the lovely Joan from Mad Men, outshining all others at the Emmy Awards in a stunning parma violet-coloured Zac Posen feathered gown. Totally va va voom. The fabulous Crystal Renn starring in a fashion spread in this weeks Look magazine. The use of the amazing Renn meant the feature used lots of fab clothing from…