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Although CW’s Melrose Place didn’t catch on fire as the network had hoped, the new show is definitely helping to blow up the career of blonde beauty Katie Cassidy who plays the resident schemer.

(Image of Katie Cassidy - 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards - DailyCeleb.com - All Rights Reserved).

Katie combined a very tight, very short black dress with a sweetheart style back which meant completely open from her shoulders to her waist except for one well-place strap.  The front of her little black dress had a plunging V neck.  The focal points of her dress were her puffed cap sleeves and stand up color.

In other words, the tiny little black dress showcased all of Katie’s other assets including her gorgeous back, long legs, beautiful arms and tiny waist.

In some respects Katie could have walked down the Red Carpet in a spray painted dress and would have shown the same physical gifts.   She set off the dress with high black peep toe shoes which showcased her ankle tat. (more…)

If you’ve been reading my blog you know I am addicted to AMC’s Mad Men set in New York City in the 1960s.

I have watched Season One and Season Two many many times.

In fact, I just finished a Mad Men marathon watching session over the weekend.  At least for me, I have to watch each episode multiple times to catch all the nuances of each plot line.

Sometimes I put the episodes on freeze frame so I can study the clothing, the hairstyles and the makeup in great details.

(Image of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Betty Draper (January Jones) from Season 2 in AMC’s Mad Men - All Rights Reserved).

It was during my marathon watching this weekend that I discovered the scarcity of naturally curly hairstyles, as we know them for the 1990s and 2000s.  (more…)

1960s hairstyles hold lots of fascination for me because I lived those hairstyles.   I slept on uncomfortable hair rollers, glopped gel on my bangs, backcombed, sprayed with hairspray and rolled my hair in pin curls and clean orange juice cans.

(Image of January Jones as Betty Draper on AMC’s award winning Mad Men - Season 1 - All Rights Reserved - AMC).

My aunt was a hairdresser but more importantly, I was a young girl trying to find my own hair way in the era of wet sets, flips, bandeau headbands, wispy bangs and back combing.

In 1967 I was a princess in the CYC (Catholic Youth Council) court in South St. Louis, Missouri and had to wear a long gown, long white gloves and the required tiara.  Yes, I also had to bow where I slid to the floor and practiced for days preparing for that movement. (more…)