Posts by Claire Kennedy
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 Mod, Hippie Bohemian, Leisure Suit bellbottoms, and Opulent Eighties to Grunge, you get to see how they look after a while. They usually start out with a highly dramatic change…like this: And although this may…
Read MoreThe 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 responsible but not dowdy, and current but not strange, and most current fashion designers really aren’t providing much inspiration like that. There are a few like Ralph Lauren, Zac Posen, and Jason Wu. The problem…
Read MoreWOW!
This is the way fashion used to be – pretty, flattering and I can’t wait to make some of these outfits and there’s a fabric in there that I want very much! Even the music was lushly exotic and full. Enjoy!
Read MoreThe Einsteinian Zone
So no, you haven’t dropped into another universe of the space-time continuum. This really is a sewing blog, but this subject is a little technical so I decided to include it here cause it does answer some questions about the two types of seams that seem to be so vexing. OK enough of the puns,…
Read MoreThe Thoughtful Trade
The other day I was doing the laundry and suddenly my machine wasn’t spinning, thus wasn’t washing. It was making a grinding sound that the “transmission” of the machine was moving but the part that would cause the clothes and water to move wasn’t. I like this machine – it’s probably the best I can…
Read MoreBody 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 to the sizes that are actually worn by real people? Not very close. Designers don’t like designing for full-figured models because there are too many variables. So we end up with models like: They look…
Read MoreThe Met Gala
The Met Gala is the creation of Anna Wintour, chief editor of Vogue US, and she manages to outdo herself every year. This has become one of the major if not major fund-raiser for the Met. It is certainly one of the most famous events that help keep the Met on the minds of people.…
Read MoreJohn Galliano
I wrote this about 10 years ago but since then I’ve changed IT folks twice, changed hosting services, had my site almost disappear into oblivion, and have lost most of those posts from before 2020 (ugh!), so I thought I would revisit this important collection. This was a huge ground-breaking show that never got the…
Read MoreWhere’s the Creativity?
This reminds me of the all-too-often-quoted add: Where’s the beef? So the funniest thing about this, is that she was asking the question we were all asking at the time which was why was the hamburger 30% the size of the bun? Of course, it was to save money and keep their burgers at a…
Read MoreGiambattista 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 season, year after year of horrible-looking clothing. Suddenly here we have some shows that are actually showing (shhhhh – don’t tell anyone!) beautiful clothing! Another take on a bow dress and again masterfully crafted. When…
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