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Over two decades later, pop-cultural attitudes towards lipstick — and overtly femininized self-adornment — have veered again, as evidenced by distinctly queer iterations of hyper-femme aesthetics.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

I imagine it had less to do with impressing people than it did with a love of pretending, costuming and self-adornment — a love of becoming someone else.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

They are finding evidence pretty early of processing marine resources, the use of red ocher for symbolic purposes, self-adornment with shell beads.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2012

Indeed, when it comes to adult self-adornment, dark neutrals for both genders—especially in urban centers—now rule the day.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2012

Yet I think if we observe closely we shall detect traces of a spontaneous impulse towards self-adornment.

From Children's Ways by Sully, James