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Tag Archives: beauty treatments
Hair Raising Stories
A curly headed friend of mine recently posted a picture of herself as a young teen when she was trying to approximate the Vidal Sassoon-inspired geometric hairstyles of the era. Although her hair looked fairly straight in the picture, she … Continue reading
Beauty Treatments–Exercises for your Face
Fashion designer Pauline Trigère did yoga every day. In an interview for the 1975 book American Fashion: The Life and Lines of Adrian, Mainbocher, McCardell, Norell, Trigère, edited by Sarah Tomerlin Lee, she claimed that head stands were better than … Continue reading