It’s no secret I really like Suzy Menkes. Part of the reason is that she’s so dang grounded about fashion and yet she understands the creative process and knows her stuff. So when she does an interview or an article or anything I’m usually all over it
Read more →Over on my Facebook page (and I know many of you don’t like the FB thingie, but I do post some shorty jewels over there, and it doesn’t mean you have to troll Facebook to see it, usually a message will go out to you via email),
Read more →For whatever else you may think of Baroness Thatcher, she did have her own style. And not only that it telegraphed exactly what she wanted, but to my mind it telegraphed to the world what it was to expect from this lady. An article by Suzy Menkes
Read more →WordPress is playing havoc with me today and will only let me post in very simple html….so I posted on Blogger for this morning. Enjoy http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1414749103947021253#editor/target=post;postID=4812925915761215564 You may have to past that into your browser as I can’t even put a link up on WP right now
Read more →If you’ve been reading here for a while you know what a proponent of investment dressing I advocate. It’s uplifting, empowering, long-lasting, easy (once you get in the habit of resisting cheap fashion), and economical, although at first it seems like you’ve gone off a huge ledge,
Read more →I love watching clothes from the movies, cause you don’t have to consider a lot of things you have to consider in real life – like practicality, washing, how many years can I wear this, will the style be good for another 5 years, you know –
Read more →I’m into knits these days and having a blast with it. One of the most classic looks and things you can do with a knit is a takeoff of the classic French fisherman’s shirt which has been worn by anyone who’s anyone in the fashion or art
Read more →In honor of the upcoming Oscars, it’s always fun to take a trip down memory lane. Here are some of my fav costumes of all time…. First I start with probably the first movie that made such an impression that when I think of designer, this is
Read more →Anymore fashion shows are just that….SHOWS! They have been in Europe for a long time – almost dog and pony shows, but there’s some meat to the good ones. The others are just frou-frou! Here’s an interesting article on the shows in the US and how they
Read more →If at first….and you know the rest. Apparently WordPress won’t embed links that aren’t from regular sites and this is from HuffPost and so yada, yada, yada….. It’s short and gets to the meat of the problem. This is a guy who had a serious addiction problem,
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