Article: New clothes to die for

I'm not one of those squeaky femmes with lacquered nails, lacquered hair and an aversion to sweaty professional sports. Before I was 10 years old, my father made sure I could decipher the action on a football field, and as an adult I barely managed not to deck the first guy who offered this unsolicited aid: "You can tell the teams apart because they wear different colors. Now let me explain to you what a `down' is."

But I truly enjoy being a woman, and I've learned not to do battle with the innate fashion sense that accompanies that gift. For instance, I was a rabid Seattle Seahawks fan for two years simply because their logo was slammin' and the colors looked good on me. Who cared if the ...

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