I cried when Valerie Harper died. It felt like losing a mother, a sister, a mentor, a friend. I met her just once – I had an on-air gig
Profiles of, and insights from, stylish, smart and sassy women. Biographical information, stories, anecdotes and more.
HALL OF DAME
Paulette Goddard Collected Jewels AND Geniuses
Paulette Goddard had this whole dame thing down pat. Wrapping a genius around her little finger, becoming a major movie star, marrying a millionaire — it all came as
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HALL OF DAME
Meet Lulu: Vintage Clothing Entrepreneur and a Very Stylish Dame
I’ve been obsessed with vintage clothes my entire life. In those hoary days before the Internet, my best source for 40s frocks were the vendors I’d haunt at flea
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HALL OF DAME
Gypsy Rose Lee: Burlesque Queen of Dames
People who think Madonna invented reinventing herself have clearly never heard of the equally versatile, equally scandalous no-last-name-needed sexual iconoclast who rose to national attention more than three-quarters of
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HALL OF DAME
Jean Harlow: Blonde Patron Saint of Hollywood Dames
Sexy blondes from Marilyn to Madonna owe 1930s movie superstar Jean Harlow a huge debt. (As does Clairol.) It may be hard for contemporary minds to understand, but blonde
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HALL OF DAME
Aretha Franklin’s Rules For Life
Aretha Franklin wasn’t just a soul singer. Aretha’s soulful pursuits extended well beyond the stage and recording studio. Spirituals weren’t just songs to Aretha – spiritual discipline was a
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FEMORABILIA
Out of the Mouths of Dames…
As you know, dames, like Dorothy Parker here, sure give good quote! Now you can have the best of women’s wit and wisdom at your fingertips. How would you like
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HALL OF DAME
Cynthia Heimel: So Much More Than “Sex Tips”
Like a lot of women who became women in the 1980s, Cynthia Heimel’s Sex Tips for Girls was my bible. It wasn’t my guide to having sex, but it
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HALL OF DAME
Leslie Combemale is One Animated Cinema Siren!
Imagine that you grew up loving movies and art—and the artists who made them; And as an adult you wanted to hang out with all the cool people who
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HALL OF DAME
Bring Back the Dame!
Check it out! I couldn’t have put it better than E.A. Hanks in her piece in Time Magazine — Enough With the Kooky Ingenues — Bring Back the Dame!
