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An archive of articles by Liesl Schillinger, published from 1991 to present, along with a scattering of unpublished essays. (90 down, 900 to go...)
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April 27, 2013
The Year of the Cat -Books of Style
January 4, 2013
Books of Styles: Counterintuitive New Year's Resolutions (NYT Styles, Jan. 6, 2013)
Round-up for Books of Style of three counter-intuitive new motivational books to aid in confronting the New Year head on—“The Beauty Experiment,” by Phoebe Baker Hyde, “Wheat Belly Cookbook,” by Dr. William Davis; and “Making Habits, Breaking Habits,” by Jeremy Dean.
December 14, 2012
HOLIDAY READING: SOME HOMEWORK REQUIRED (Books of Style, New York Times, Dec. 13, 2012)
Holiday round-up of fun, fashionable, festive, and fiendish (i.e., the newly released collection of “Golden Age” murder mysteries by Dorothy L Sayers) reading for the gifting season.
October 10, 2012
Riding Like Susan B. Anthony (NYT Thursday Styles, 10/11/12)
Books of Style column on “Heels on Wheels,” by Katie Dailey (illustrated by Clare Owen), a guide to the history of women and bicycling that lays out new trends that make the pastime both safer and more alluring. Includes mention of a New York woman-owned business called “Vespertine,” which produces a line of attractive safety accessories for night cyclistes.
September 29, 2012
Legends, Then and Now (NYT Styles, Sept. 30, 2012)
Books of Style column on the October book “INCOMPARABLE: Women of Style,” a gatherum of arresting photos by Rose Hartman of iconic women on the New York scene-from the 1970s to now.
September 26, 2012
Women Without Clothes and Men in Pumps (NYT Style, Nov 20, 2005)
Essayistic Books of Style column about three slim, glossy Playboy pinup collections (Chronicle)—“Blondes,” “Brunettes” and “Redheads” —nostalgic gatherums of photos of American women from the Cadillac era. Contrasted with a Hollywood coffee-table book by Jean-Louis Ginibre called LADIES OR GENTLEMEN? (Filipacchi) which focused on male cross-dressing in the movies.
June 22, 2012
A High-Heeled Stroll Through History (NYT Styles, June 24, 2012)
Books of Style column on “Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us,” by Rachelle Goldstein.
March 21, 2012
Lessons Learned: How to Live La Vie Parisienne (NYT Styles, March 22, 2012)
Vive la France—my Books of Style review of two idiosyncratic Francophile books (and no, not the obvious two you’ve heard of already) by stylish bloggeurs… “Lessons from Madame Chic,” by Jennifer L. Scott; and “Paris Versus New York: A Tally of Two Cities”, by Vahram Muratyan.
January 21, 2012
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip (NYT Styles 1/22/12)
Combined review of Sally Bedell Smith’s thorough, entertaining and illuminating new biography “Elizabeth the Queen;” and Philip Eade’s fascinating biography of Prince Philip, focused on his family background (his European grandfather had the throne of Greece thrust upon him) and his surprisingly tumultous early life.
December 16, 2011
Surprising Histories, with Drinks (NYT Styles, Dec. 18, 2011)
Holiday round-up of nine terrific and stylish gift books—on Lady Almina of Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey precursor); Lady Gaga; Holly Golightly; Lego’s, Mad® Fold-Ins, Bitters, Legos, beer, The Hare with Amber Eyes, and How to Be a Man.
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