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Black and White Love

November 23, 2010

I am all about black and white right now. Give me a tuxedo jacket any day, any time of the year. It’s so simple and so easy. I get regular promotional emails from lagarconne.com. While most of their clothing is out of my price range, I love the editorials and the ideas. There are several [...]

personal style and enjoying womanness

November 16, 2010

It has been a busy, busy fall. Lots of catch-ups on gardening, old friends coming into town, new babies being born, and turning 40. What’s that, you say? Yes, I hit the big one. I started an eloquent post–actually, I started quite a few eloquent posts on a number of topics–but they are all sitting [...]

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Remember When?

September 30, 2010

I’m not sure I was old enough, but five shakes to the person who can guess what this AllSaints ad is riffing. I was in this store a couple of years ago. Spitalfields itself is a fun place to shop, a little out of the way of other more obvious London destinations. It used to [...]

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Lady Grey progress and thoughts on tailoring

September 16, 2010

Things are moving fast over at Gertie’s Lady Grey Sew-Along. Apparently I should be cutting out my muslin now. The muslin fabric is ironed and laid out on my cutting table, the pattern is half cut out, but time is short and limited. I figured I have a total of 4-5 sewing hours a week. [...]

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Norma Kamali and postmodern economy

September 13, 2010

Now I was just a wee lass when Norma Kamali came out with her famous “sleeping bag” coat and the Christie Brinkley bikini. My cultural memory filed her as one of the classic disco-sheen designers of the 70s, and there she lay. So when I bought a cool zippy anorak by “Kamali for Everlast” in [...]

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