Answer Angel: Do I need to wear a tux to a black-tie wedding?
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I am invited to a black-tie wedding. Can I wear a dark suit to this or do I need a tuxedo?
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Answer Angel: Olympics style question
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I was enthralled with the Olympic ice skating competition. I couldn’t get enough of it! The performance of women’s free style gold medalist Alysa Liu was...
Answer Angel: $280 for socks?!
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: By sheer chance I was reading something online recently about a man in the news. A photo illustration showed an average looking guy in jeans, gym...
Answer Angel: Feeling cross about ignored gifts
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I am a passionate crafter. Knitting, sewing, crochet, needlepoint, quilting, counted cross-stitch. And, if I do say so myself, I am good at all of them.
Answer Angel: Turtleneck trouble
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: How do you put on a close-fitting turtleneck, or a turtleneck dickey, without wrecking a carefully combed head of hair (men) or a stylish hairdo (women)?...
Answer Angel: When gifts fall flat
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: Now that the holidays are behind us, perhaps you and your readers can help me with a gift-giving dilemma.
Answer Angel: Conflicting advice
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: My fashion feed is filled with contradictory messages on women’s fashion and beauty trends for 2026. I’m confused and need some common sense guidance. Can you...
Answer Angel: Eyebrow options
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: In the past two weeks, two of my friends have told me that their very natural looking eyebrows are actually “permanent” fakes. One says hers are...
Answer Angel: Plastic purses?
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: At a recent, dressy holiday party I attended, one of the guests was carrying a see-through (plastic?) evening bag and I wondered if this is a...
Answer Angel: ManningCast fan?
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I walked into my living room and my teenage daughter started laughing at me. When I asked her what was so funny, she said, “You’re wearing...