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And though I´m on the short side and try to not commit any fashion faux-pas when I´m out in public, several Mexican friends have assured me that I´d never be mistaken for a Mexican woman "of a certain age" (hmm, maybe if I dyed my silver hair dark brown, the way it used to be ...).
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Several of the most notorious 'Mexican Spanish' faux-pas '.
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And though I´m on the short side and try to not commit any fashion faux-pas when I´m out in public, several Mexican friends have assured me that I´d never be mistaken for a Mexican woman "of a certain age" (hmm, maybe if I dyed my silver hair dark brown, the way it used to be ...).
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And though I´m on the short side and try to not commit any fashion faux-pas when I´m out in public, several Mexican friends have assured me that I´d never be mistaken for a Mexican woman "of a certain age" (hmm, maybe if I dyed my silver hair dark brown, the way it used to be ...).
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As Snooki crosses the invisible line between fashionista and faux-pas, she provokes a there-but-for-the-grace response in the rest of us.
Toni Raiten-D’Antonio: We Can All Learn Something From Snooki Toni Raiten-D’Antonio 2010
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And though I´m on the short side and try to not commit any fashion faux-pas when I´m out in public, several Mexican friends have assured me that I´d never be mistaken for a Mexican woman "of a certain age" (hmm, maybe if I dyed my silver hair dark brown, the way it used to be ...).
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Several of the most notorious 'Mexican Spanish' faux-pas '.
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I was looking at the poster for a while and wondering "wtf?" ... till I saw the 'culpable', and figured it was just a culture faux-pas.
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And though I´m on the short side and try to not commit any fashion faux-pas when I´m out in public, several Mexican friends have assured me that I´d never be mistaken for a Mexican woman "of a certain age" (hmm, maybe if I dyed my silver hair dark brown, the way it used to be ...).
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Follicle faux-pas aside, vibrant pinks, yellows and blues lit up Tuttle's runway and she proved her knack for sculpting interesting folds and pleats.
Marissa Bronfman: Toronto Fashion Week: Fun Fashion and Glamorous Garb Rules the Runway Marissa Bronfman 2010
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