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The Path of a Fashion Trend

Tracking a fashion trend isn't all that hard after seeing a few of them. Living from Mid-Century Modern through Twiggy ...

The Style of The Very Wealthy

It's worth the time to look at these styles, particularly today as there is a group that wants to look ...

WOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgcNy2EgE_Q This is the way fashion used to be - pretty, flattering and I can't wait to make some of ...

The Einsteinian Zone

So no, you haven't dropped into another universe of the space-time continuum. This really is a sewing blog, but this ...

The Thoughtful Trade

The other day I was doing the laundry and suddenly my machine wasn't spinning, thus wasn't washing. It was making ...

Body Sizes – Then and Now

We may think that the models on the runway are all bone-thin, and they are, but how close are they ...

The Met Gala

The Met Gala is the creation of Anna Wintour, chief editor of Vogue US, and she manages to outdo herself ...

John Galliano

I wrote this about 10 years ago but since then I've changed IT folks twice, changed hosting services, had my ...

Where’s the Creativity?

This reminds me of the all-too-often-quoted add: Where's the beef? https://youtu.be/Ug75diEyiA0 So the funniest thing about this, is that she ...

Giambattista Valli Spring 22 Couture

And yet another wonderful Spring/Summer 2022 couture show. For so many decades it's been so discouraging to watch season after ...

Not Sure If It’s A Dramatic Change Or…

...if there simply seem to be prettier styles...but more from Spring/Summer 2022. It could be the designers are sick and ...

Maria Grazia Chiuri For Dior S-S Couture 22

This popped up on my feed for some reason, and the first thing I saw was this: And thought - ...