By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During the last few months, we have all become experts in home manicures, in-house hair care and do-it-yourself facials. Indeed, the covid-19 lockdown has tweaked our talents in personal hygiene, makeup applications and (almost) salon-perfect hairstyling. But just because now you are no longer confined to the four walls of your 40-square-meter apartment, doesn’t mean you should
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Granted, when you were living in sweats day-in-and-day-out locked in your house during quarantine, putting on jewelry may not have been at the top of your list of daily dress routine activities. And temporarily giving up those heavy loop earrings was probably a nice respite for your earlobes during the covid-19 lockdown. But now that you have
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s transition season, that awkward period between summer and fall, when it’s just too hot to wear long sleeves in midday, but you still need to grab a sweater in the evening. Gone are the days of morning-to-night breezy dresses and open-toe sandals. Instead, closed shoes and boots, and a more sophisticated, buttoned-down wardrobe are expected. Makeup
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s hot, it’s humid and it’s sticky outside. But with the right wardrobe and beauty products, the dog days of summer need not cramp your Sirius seasonal style. In hot weather, cotton. linen and other natural fabrics that can absorb perspiration and keep you fresh are your best bets. And just like heavy garments are more suited
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS By now, we should all be used to wearing face masks when going outside. (Plastic face shields provide added protection.) And hand sanitizer — composed of at least 60 percent alcohol — should be our Number One accessory of choice. But just because we pile on the PPE before heading out the door does not mean we
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Summer is now in full swing, and despite rocky earthquakes, hurricane-strength storms and extended pandemic lockdowns, people in Mexico are finally beginning to venture out and socialize more, taking advantage of the sunny, smog-free weather (all those factory closings helped cleanup the air), albeit between bouts of heavy rains. True, it may be a little too soon
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Let’s face it: Unless there is a sudden miraculous act of God that wipes the plague of covid-19 off the face of the earth tomorrow, face masks and hand sanitizers are going to be our constant companions for quite some time to come (at least until there is a universally available vaccine against the novel coronavirus). But
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Back in 1947, when a then-42-year-old Christian Dior brought out his first collection of women’s fashion, the couturier wanted to create a classic, sensuous line of garments that were feminine, sophisticated and — most importantly — made women resemble inverted flowers. Dior’s unprecedented New Look revolutionized the world of fashion, with his newly opened Parisian design house
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Whether inspired by a desperate desire for direct sunshine and one-on-one social contact, an urgent need to get back to work and make money to pay off bills, or the misguided advise of a delusional president who preaches the gospel that four-leaf clovers and a junk food-free diet will ward off that evil eyes of covid-19, most
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS So now we are all living in the “new normal,” whatever that may turn out to be. But until there is a universally available vaccine against covid-19 (and its subsequent mutations), we are all going to have to man (or woman) up, don our trusty surgical masks and go out and face the world (or, if we
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