The Rationale

Cintra Wilson, the New York Times's Critical Shopper, extolling the versatility of a $3,290 olive sharkskin party dress she tried on at Oscar de la Renta:

[I]t was a dress you could wear to an illegal drag race, dinner with Henry Kissinger and a gay cruise-ship wedding, all in the same night.

Even if you think you don't care about fashion, you must read Cintra Wilson's columns in the NYT's Thursday Styles section. She's a dazzling, laugh-out-loud hilarious writer and one of the most perceptive social critics around. Fashion may be her beat, but that's like saying Tolstoy covered military strategy. Read what I wrote about her 2007 Times debut.

P.S. And read Cintra's blog, too.

Comments

[Orange]

Yes, but she and her editor don't know how to spell Dita von Teese's name. *grumble*

[Orange]

TypePad ate my apostrophes. Maybe I can add some extras here: ' ' ' ' ' '

[Orange]

Hmm, nope. It ate every apostrophe.

[Yule Heibel]

Oh my, she's good - how come I missed out all this time? (I'll blame Canada and my living-on-an-island status for causing this blind spot!)

Now I can mark my calender to check NYT's "Style" section on Thursdays. Thanks for pointing to her article(s), Nancy!

[deja pseu]

She has the way with words, that one does. Almost Tom Robbins-esque.

[Nancy Friedman]

@Orange et al: I have filed two Help tickets with TypePad about the missing apostrophes. It seems they know about the problem but have not figured out how to solve it. I can (and will) make the fixes from my Edit Comments page, but like you I am eager to start using contractions again.

[Nancy Friedman]

@Yule: Cintra is one of two or three Critical Shoppers at the Times; she alternates with at least one male reporter. He's good, but Cintra's one of a kind.