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"Last night, Paris Vogue threw a masked ball in honor of their 90th anniversary (looking good for a granny, huh?) in the City of Light. When photos of the blow-out bash surfaced this morning and I saw this snap of the always-gorge Tyra Banks wearing a black mesh face mask, all I could think was &amp;quot;Girl, I know *exactly *what you&amp;#39;re going through right now.&amp;quot; Let&amp;#39;s get all Family Feud on this photo and make a list of thoughts that likely are going through Tyra&amp;#39;s head, shall we? Here are my top three ideas:\nPinterestFacebookPARIS - SEPTEMBER 30: Tyra Banks attends Vogue 90th Anniversary Party at Hotel Pozzo di Borgo on September 30, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tony Barson/Getty Images)\nPHOTO: Getty Images1. &amp;quot;I knew I should have gone with that fancy headband veil combo instead.&amp;quot;\n2. &amp;quot;Hmm, I wonder how I&amp;#39;m going to eat with this thing.&amp;quot;\n3. &amp;quot;Am now thinking that this is a bit much. I want to spend the whole night in the bathroom / call my mom or my BFF and freak out.&amp;quot;\nNow, don&amp;#39;t get me wrong: Tyra, as always, looks like a million bucks and pulls a crazily complicated accessory off like no one else could. But trust me when I tell you that stepping out in something like this takes major *cojones. * (Which TB definitely has--in fact, my runner-up idea is #4: &amp;quot;The rest of you ladies just phoned it in with those itty bitty eye cover-ups. The invite said masked ball and THIS is a mask!&amp;quot;)\nYears ago (spring 2006 in fact, when Viktor &amp;amp; Rolf sent all their models down the runway wearing basket-weave fencing masks) I had a new boss who assignment me to cover a big swanky party, but required that I wear an evening gown, glittery jewels and yes, a Viktor and Rolf face mask while doing so. She wanted to see how the big runway trend would transfer to real life (although I&amp;#39;m pretty sure that she also wanted to test me and what I&amp;#39;d professed as my hardcore love of fashion).\nNeedless to say, I was more than a little freaked out by the assignment, even more so once I walked in the door and saw that everyone else decided to take a cocktail dress approach to the black-tie dress code. So picture other gal in the crowd in a comfy and cute in a little LBD, while I practically feel my way through the room in a hard-to-see-through face mask and cumbersome floor-length gown. People didn&amp;#39;t stare at me and my face contraption like I thought they would--they just ignored me completely. I tried to interview some celebrities including Nick Lahey (like I said, it was &amp;#39;06) to get quotes about the party but their PR folks took one look at my face mask and said &amp;quot;no comment.&amp;quot; While fortunately no one could see me blushing under the face &amp;quot;accessory,&amp;quot; I lasted about 20 minutes total before I booked it through the bathroom to remove my face mask and yes, call my mom to tell her that I wasn&amp;#39;t so sure about this fashion gig after all.\nLater, it made for a good story--I stuck with it, grew to love the job and think-outside-the-box boss--but it left me wary of wearing majorly creative headgear on 364 days out of the year (Halloween is the exception--Lady Gaga concerts are too) unless they have these qualities: You can buy one at the mall (then the trend is not so shocking to everyone else, so people will actually have a conversation with you), you can easily and drink eat in one and it doesn&amp;#39;t cost more than $25 (expensive, under-worn accessories don&amp;#39;t do anyone any favors).\nAnyhow, that&amp;#39;s my little style show-n-tell for today. Since Halloween is coming up around the corner and all, here are two more picts from the Vogue party--of Natalia Vodianova and Karolina Kurkova both in dainty veils--in case you&amp;#39;re looking for some cool costume ideas. Pretty sexy stuff, no? If you dress up like this and someone asks what your costume is, you can just tell them that you&amp;#39;re being a chic guest at a French Vogue party. Or a high-fashion dominatrix--your call.\nPinterestFacebookPARIS - SEPTEMBER 30: Natalia Vodianova attends Vogue 90th Anniversary Party at Hotel Pozzo di Borgo on September 30, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tony Barson/Getty Images)\nPHOTO: Getty ImagesPinterestFacebookPARIS - SEPTEMBER 30: Karolina Kurkova attends Vogue 90th Anniversary Party at Hotel Pozzo di Borgo on September 30, 2010 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tony Barson/Getty Images)\nPHOTO: Getty Images__Anyone else have any &amp;quot;I tried something totally trendy and it was a major wardrobe fail&amp;quot; story to share? Agree with my headgear qualities list or have some to add? Think wild accessories and face masks are a DO or a DON&amp;#39;T in real life? How &amp;#39;bout big parties!? __\nMore Ways to Get Glamour:\nGot a fashion Q? Glamour stylists answer your fashion questions at WhatToWear.com\nShow your love: Get our very own &amp;quot;xox&amp;quot; ring set, $12 at shopglamour.com\nLike freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nHysterical things are happening right now in the fashion world. Follow us on Twitter and find out for yourself!  (You won&amp;#39;t regret it, we pinky-swear!)\nPhoto: Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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