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Amanda Fortini

Amanda Fortini is a Slate contributor.

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Oscar Fashion Report Card

The Cotillard effect, the bead brigade, and the best dress you didn't see on television.

Amanda Fortini and Julia Turner | FASHION | Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, at 4:32 AM ET

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Cutting Through the Smog

What L.A.'s story can teach the rest of us.

Amanda Fortini | BOOKS | Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, at 8:37 AM ET

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Oh, the Wrinkles You'll Get!

The history and aesthetics of the lines on your face.

Amanda Fortini | GEEZERS | Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at 2:56 PM ET

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Pain Beyond Words

A poet's quest to capture her excruciating illness.

Amanda Fortini | BOOKS | Monday, July 7, 2008, at 6:39 AM ET

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Spring Books in Brief

What Slate's reading this spring.

Jack Shafer, June Thomas, Reza Aslan, Stephen Burt, Amanda Fortini, Nathan Heller, Melinda Henneberger, Troy Patterson, David Plotz, John Swansburg, and Justin Taylor | BOOKS | Friday, May 2, 2008, at 7:07 AM ET

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Oscar Fashion Report Card

Why so many black dresses? And which ones were best?

Amanda Fortini and Julia Turner | FASHION | Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at 4:50 AM ET

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Winter Books

What Slate is reading this winter.

Paul Berman, June Thomas, Stephen Burt, Tyler Cowen, Amanda Fortini, Melinda Henneberger, Christine Kenneally, Megan Marshall, Troy Patterson, Jess Row, Amanda Schaffer, and Laura Shapiro | BOOKS | Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, at 7:29 AM ET

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How the Runway Took Off

A brief history of the fashion show.

Amanda Fortini | RECYCLED | Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007, at 1:06 PM ET

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So, You Want To Be a Star?

Leo Lerman's gossipy journals offer lessons on fame.

Amanda Fortini | CULTUREBOX | Monday, July 2, 2007, at 6:46 AM ET

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Didion v. Didion

In The Year of Magical Thinking, the writer picks on herself.

Amanda Fortini | THEATER | Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at 1:49 PM ET

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Amanda Fortini

The Cotillard effect, the bead brigade, and the best dress you didn't see on television.

What L.A.'s story can teach the rest of us.

The history and aesthetics of the lines on your face.

A poet's quest to capture her excruciating illness.

What Slate's reading this spring.

Why so many black dresses? And which ones were best?

What Slate is reading this winter.

A brief history of the fashion show.

Leo Lerman's gossipy journals offer lessons on fame.

In The Year of Magical Thinking, the writer picks on herself.