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Amanda Fortini

Amanda Fortini is a Slate contributor.

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Fashion Report Card

Which Oscar dresses were best?

Amanda Fortini and Julia Turner | FASHION | Monday, Feb. 26, 2007, at 5:56 AM

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The Devil's in the Details

What the film gets right about fashion magazines.

Amanda Fortini | FASHION | Friday, June 30, 2006, at 6:47 PM

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Hello, Moon

Has America's low-rise obsession gone too far?

Amanda Fortini | SLATE'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY | Wednesday, June 21, 2006, at 7:08 AM

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My Friend and Mentor

Remembering the New York Review of Books co-editor Barbara Epstein.

Amanda Fortini | OBIT | Monday, June 19, 2006, at 6:07 PM

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How the Runway Took Off

A brief history of the fashion show.

Amanda Fortini | FASHION | Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at 5:28 PM

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No, Really, You Shouldn't Have

Why clothes make a terrible gift.

Amanda Fortini | FASHION | Friday, Dec. 16, 2005, at 5:36 PM

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Kate Moss

The ironies of her downfall.

Amanda Fortini | FASHION | Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, at 9:19 PM

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The White Stuff

How vanilla became shorthand for bland.

Amanda Fortini | FOOD | Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005, at 3:33 PM

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The Great Flip-Flop Flap

Why we scorn the lowly thong.

Amanda Fortini | FASHION | Friday, July 22, 2005, at 5:52 PM

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Dog Day Afternoon

When summer fashions go bad.

Amanda Fortini | FASHION | Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at 7:21 AM

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