Ha! By now you’ve masterfully shopped for thrift-store treasures and knockoff finds. You’ve turned old stockings into sleeves. You’ve perfected the art of walking with grace in sky-high heels and jeans that drag on the floor. Your style is under control. It’s time to consider polishing the pout, flattening the hair, and acquiring the fashionista beauty routine.Fashionistas must be well-groomed, even if they’re not blessed with the flawless genes of Carolyn Murphy. Need we remind you that Diana Vreeland, one of our most acclaimed icons, was no beauty queen? In fact, she was famously ugly. Some might even say an eyesore (God rest her jolie-laide soul). But DV worked her looks by exaggerating them to full effect—highly rouged cheeks, lacquered hair, prominent dark eyebrows—to create a fashionable impact.There are variations on the beauty theme. Fashionistas from across the pond tend to stay on the rough side of polished with chipped nails, straggly haircuts, cigarette-stained teeth; fashionistas in New York like the slick, polished look that comes from weekly visits to the dermatologist and the beauty salon; West Coast fashionistas appreciate casual, well-tanned glamour.
What do You think about The Fashionista Files (2007)?
