Can Flawless Diamonds and a couture Balenciaga dress give a woman glamour, or a Bugatti and impeccable grooming, a man? Somehow, we know that’s not enough. Those may be accoutrements, but hardly necessary for glamour. What is glamour? Why is glamour so hard to define, so hard to pin down? Social media sites make us think that anyone can cultivate it, if they wear the expensive-looking attire, drive an interesting car, or create an enviable lifestyle. But we know it’s something else. Maybe we find it so elusive because it could be more than an exterior quality of a person. In this lecture, we explore two different types of glamour: superficial and internal.

