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Norma Kamali and postmodern economy
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...
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Lady Grey progress and thoughts on tailoring
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,...
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Remember When?
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...
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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...
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Black and White Love
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...
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Some Style Resolutions
I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions but I’ve got a lot of creative and personal goals that have been adding up since my momentous birthday two months ago, and I feel like setting them to sail...
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The French Stripey Tee
My last post on style resolutions got me thinking about doing a series on classic fashion pieces. I’ve not been so good up till now with “series”–I get so distracted. So I was rummaging around fabric...
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The Camel Coat
A few years back there was a film version of the engrossing novel Possession by A.S. Byatt. You may know it only by the fact that it occasionally bobs up from the obscure depths of free Netflix...
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That 70s Thing in Yellow
I’m in the mood for yellow. And that would make sense for half of the planet, which seems to have been experiencing the most snowy, dreary, plane-halting winter ever. But this mood has nothing to do...
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The White Shirt
And, oh my, the clothes. That scene where Annie, dressed again after the tennis match where she meets Alvy, emerges in her loose khaki pants, man’s shirt, waistcoat that unbuttons to reveal a wide...
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