http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington RSS Feed for Inq Col Elizabeth Wellington en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:33:43 GMT http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091118_Mirror__Mirror__A_quiet_book_of_images_of_everyday_black_beauty.html Billie Holiday is beaming in a 1956 photograph as she gazes at singer Billy Eckstine. Her trademark flower is pinned behind her left ear. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091111_Mirror__Mirror__Jeans_his_way_is_the_new_way.html Here I am, just getting used to skinny denim, when the fashion world starts bombarding me with another trend - the everything-is-just-a-tad-bit-oversize "boyfriend" look. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091104_Mirror__Mirror__Art_Museum_salutes_style_icon_Tom_Marotta.html To hold a fashion exhibit featuring contemporary red carpet-worthy gowns at a renowned art museum in honor of a retail executive is a rarity. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091028_Mirror__Mirror__Three_cheers_for_the_red_.html Red nail polish is my absolute favorite. My iPod is the perfect splashy shade of a fire truck. On my wish list: a General Electric vermilion washer-dryer set and a pair of scarlet-bottomed Christian Louboutins. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091021_Mirror__Mirror__Giving_heart_to_women_who_exercise_outdoors.html Clinical therapist Margaret Preston believes that working out is key to a woman's mental health. Yet when women go to exercise outside, they shouldn't have to do it alone. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091014_Mirror__Mirror__Enjoying_the_freedom_of_locks.html I didn't need Chris Rock to tell me the sodium hydroxide used in relaxers could harm my scalp. I got my first perm at 13, and every six weeks for about a dozen years after, I religiously went for touch-ups. Ouch! The stinging was so bad that my eyes watered, and days later my scalp would be dotted with scabs. But my hair - I say with my best Rock imitation - was silky straight. And that's all that mattered, right? http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091014_A_Hair_Glossary.html Relaxer A chemical treatment that makes hair smooth and straight. Among African Americans, it's also referred to as a perm, not to be confused with the treatment that makes Caucasian hair curly. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091010_Philly_vogue.html Philadelphia Fashion Week seems to be just as much about clothes as it is about local fashion insiders, many of whom have been out in full stilettoed force this week at the 23d Street Armory. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20091007_Our_all-access_Fashion_Week.html Philadelphia Fashion Week - which begins tomorrow evening at the 23d Street Armory - offers all of the industry's familiar bells and whistles: lithe models, chic clothing, VIP lounges, and of course, after-parties. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/elizabeth_wellington/20090930_Mirror__Mirror__A_resale_boutique_when_and_where_it_s_needed.html There is little need to wander around Spring Garden Street just west of Broad. This is a neighborhood you hustle through, double-parking to drop in and out of pizza joints, Dunkin' Donuts, and Saladworks.