"no," not Chic.

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while we are on the Topic of overworked words (yes- we are),
take
CHIC.
How overworked is that one?
what defines, who defines? is there really that much CHIC in the world?

here is my example of CHIC. anyone Not meeting the visual standards of this particular woman is not CHIC, likely many other lovely things
but-
No,  Not CHIC.

 Amy Fine Collins painted by Ike Ude

 C H I C -

1856, from Fr., originally "subtlety," perhaps related to Ger. schick  "tact, skill," from M.L.G. schikken  "arrange appropriately;" or from Fr. chicane,  from chicanerie.

 

"elimination is the secret of chic." Harper's Bazaar

in other words less More.

photograph by Nick Hunt/PatrickMcMullan.com

from here 

style.com images 

your definition of CHIC if you please?



see more Collins Chic here

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Elegance, again

Elegance with Dapper

Dapper with Soignee

Elegance with Soignee

 

No one is more Elegant in pictures today than- Carolina Herrera- anywhere, at any age. Here at the PLAZA HOTEL Hamish Bowles, Amy Fine Collins and Lorry Newhouse hosted a dinner kicking off the Lighthouse International's annual POSH fashion sale and honored designer Carolina Herrera and 1st Dibs Founder Michael Bruno.  (all pictures from NYSD here)

see my other post on Elegance, Ease, Glamour