(CNN) — Coco Chanel, possibly apocryphally, once said: “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off,” establishing the idea that, in her eyes, to be overdressed was ...

In 1938, The Miami Daily News urged women to keep resolutions small and doable, warning against “glittering resolutions which you know in your heart are as brittle as Christmas tree ornaments, wedding ...