Lesley BlumeLesley M. M. Blume, is an author, journalist, columnist, cultural observer, and bon vivant based in New York City. She writes about fashion, media, and culture for a wide array of publications, from Slate to Vogue, and is the Huffington Post's contributing style editor. Sadly, most of her heroes and heroines are dead or fictional. They include but are not restricted to Diana Vreeland, Marlene Dietrich, Isak Dinesen, Royal Tenenbaum, Oscar Wilde, Elsa Schiaparelli, Anthony Blanche, and Edith Wharton.
