James Bond is losing body hair but not his mojo. Seven decades and 22 movies later, ripped muscles and smooth skin are trumping the “woolly mammoth” look. In the 1960’s, Sean Connery’s hairy chest telegraphed testosterone and sex appeal. Daniel Craig is the 6th and most recent Secret Agent 007. In 2009, his deforested pecs […]
Manscaping
Manscaping, the art of male hair removal, is all the rage. Sexy has been redefined to include a naked head, bare chest and groomed groin. Hairless is hot. The Greatest Generation and Baby Boomer males had it easy, only trimming ear and nose hair. Gen-X and Gen-Y (Millenial) guys take longer showers and compete with […]
ILYO In The News: Modular Shoes
Carrie Bradshaw nursed a shoe fetish of epic proportion. Most of us don’t have a collection big enough to fill a studio apartment, but still, the average American (versus the average woman) owns 7 pairs of shoes. Welcome news for space-challenged shoe addicts courtesy of Israeli designer, Daniela Bekerman: the 5 in 1 shoe, or […]
An Italian Love Affair, Part I: Shoes
Italians understand that a love of shoes is part of a woman’s DNA. As a toddler, our daughter Margot would crawl under restaurant tables, taking inventory of fellow patrons’ footwear. Over a decade later, her penchant for shoes was fueled in Positano, Italy, where we had a mother daughter adventure in a shoe shopping mecca. […]