Has Lady Gaga given up her love of over-the-top apparel?
The 27-year-old singer was spotted in East Hampton this past week, and while she may have been a tad overdressed for a shopping trip to Intermix, she looked shockingly normal.
When I joined the British Territorial Army infantry back in the late '90s (bit of a long story) and had my medical, the (woman) doctor asked a topless me, "Do you shave your chest?" It was still verboten back then to be gay and in the army, so I hurriedly said, "Er, yes. I do bodybuilding, and it shows off the muscle definition better."
"Hmm," she said, sounding unconvinced, and made a note in her file.
This summer, we're directing an awful lot of attention to the forehead. While style stars experiment with flower crowns and bindis, Fergie prefers a different adornment.
Fashion can come to us straight off the runways in Paris, Milan, and New York or percolate up from the street, but some of the most recognizable dresses of the last hundred years have been disseminated, if not originated, via pop culture.
The combination of stunning clothes and strong characters can result in iconic garments that persist in our collective consciousness for years, giving them a staying power well past that of most high-fashion trends.
