: Alexandra Jacobs

By : Alexandra Jacobs 1/05/04 12:00am

Ugg! Fuzzy Boots Blight City

Is there anything more to say about Ugg boots, the heinous shearling footwear-the winter equivalent of Birkenstocks-that women are wearing all over Manhattan, even in the formerly delicate-ankled quarter of Nolita?

How about: Stop wearing them? How about: Be glad that the boots are back-ordered from the manufacturer until the spring; be glad that Read More

By : Alexandra Jacobs 10/08/01 12:00am

How Did Mademoiselle Lose Girls? It Couldn’t Keep Up in a Sassy Age

What caused Mademoiselle, the Jan Brady of Condé Nast, to finally crumple?

Blame Jane Pratt. When it was closed on Oct. 1, the once comparatively thoughtful Mademoiselle, edited by British import Mandi Norwood, was still trying to mimic the informal, breaking-the-fourth-wall voice that Ms. Pratt minted over a decade ago at Sassy -a voice that Read More

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