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Michelle Dalton Tyree
For Michelle Dalton Tyree's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
COMMUNITY
Mar 16, 2000
Beauty oases in the big city
I have a confession to make: I love to be slathered with mud. I also love to be rubbed with Dead Sea salts and mummified with seaweed. And there's nothing I find more exhilarating than knowing that I have just emerged victorious from a hair-raising bikini-wax session, ready to look my finest at the beach.
COMMUNITY
Mar 2, 2000
All in the name of the perfect cut
We live in an age where technology pushes us to be faster, more efficient and more connected than ever. We make phone calls while walking down the street. We send e-mail messages from handheld electronic organizers. We have oceans of informations just on the other side of a mouse click.
COMMUNITY
Feb 17, 2000
Helping kids follow their noses
If you ask children what they want to be when they grow up, they will typically answer with a profession they have seen, either in daily life or on television: veterinarian, pilot, ice skater, or actress. How many times, however, have you heard a child say, "I want to be a perfumer"?
COMMUNITY
Feb 3, 2000
A mountain-high price for goat chic
Admit it. You don't know what or who pashmina is. And you certainly would never let anyone touch your shatoosh. Never fear: If you have not encountered these words until recently -- or ever -- you are not alone.
COMMUNITY
Jan 20, 2000
Multifaceted legacy is rock solid
The public will never know what Ronald Winston looks like. Until he dies, that is.
COMMUNITY
Jan 6, 2000
Dynamic duo has the right vibe
Anthony Gill and Cristina Bornstein want to make your chakras vibrate.
CULTURE / Art
Dec 30, 1999
There's just no place like Chrome
Richard Stark is the antidesigner.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 16, 1999
Indigo, a color to dye for
It's hard not to associate tie-dye with an image of long-haired grass-smoking, free-lovin', barefoot hippies dancing around in colorful dyed shirts and long skirts to the clang of a "far out" tambourine beat.
COMMUNITY
Jul 15, 1999
Behold! The 'fashion bible' cometh
Long before there were Versace minis, Gucci stilettos and Chanel nail polish in Vamp, Vogue was there -- watching, documenting and dictating the trends to the fashion-savvy masses.
COMMUNITY
Jul 1, 1999
The Hunt for ultimate beauty is on
Makeup artist Maggie Hunt is a wanted woman.
COMMUNITY
Apr 29, 1999
And the Oscar goes to Splendor
Anais Anais by Cacherel first introduced me to the powers of perfume at age 12. No one told me you weren't supposed to overdo it. So not only did I leave no area of skin unscented, but I also fumigated every letter to my first boyfriend while he was away at summer camp. I began to realize the potent associations of the scent when he confessed that he loved to smell the letters (usually during Gatorade breaks at soccer games). So I sprayed more on.
COMMUNITY
Apr 1, 1999
All that glitters, and more at Tiffany
What's blue and white and guaranteed to cure a mean case of the reds?

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on