A number of Mondays readers commented on what a funny word "seersucker" is. I decided to do a bit of research and learned all sorts of things about this fabric. It comes from the Persia...
An Ive been on a bit of a break between semesters this past week. Here you see me in what has been my "uniform" for the past few summers--a loose fitting skirt, a sleeveless top, and fl...
I hope readers can forgive me for not visiting every fast fashion outlet in the KC area. We have no Zara store, but I could have visited American Apparel, Armani Exchange, Charlotte Russe, Gap,...
In a former life, castrating and branding the young bulls was spring-time ritual. The smell of singed hair & flesh is memorable. In another former life, I had a million dollar spread ...
I wore this to my last final last Wednesday evening. It was the most casual attire Ive worn to campus all semester and when I struggled into it in the mid-afternoon, I feared it might be too sm...
I should explain that I live in a small town 20 miles south of the Kansas City metropolitan area. I would estimate the combined population of Kansas City to be around 2 million people, but our ...
Watch Triangle Fire on PBS. See more from American Experience. Weeks ago, jesse.anne.o mentioned a call to action for garment workers that involved wearing a t-shirt into stores that sell fast ...
Heres hoping that everyone had the best possible Mothers Day. My own mother, whether she thinks of herself this way or not, is the matriarch of a sprawling brood of 4 children, 12 grandchildren...
Im approaching the end of my grading...but Gracey has put together a cool post of prom looks and there is one of Terri in 1971...here.
Striped blouse by Ralph Lauren Skirt by St. Johns Bay Shoes by Grasshoppers Scarf--all of the above thrifted collapsing telescope via FrenzyUniverse.com Wonky pose--all my own Two stacks...
Finals are upon me. In the past week, Ive awarded creativity awards, lit a fire under the print shop to get the campus literary magazine printed on time, begun to put the finishing touches on a...
If there is one garment Ive come to love in nearly two years of blogging, it is the pencil skirt. I have them in black, charcoal grey, red, coral, purple, navy, and several prints. Most o...
I first visited a Forever 21 store roughly a decade ago, at the insistence of my two youngest daughters. I had never heard of the store, but they were insistent, even though it meant a drive of...
On Friday, my Window Shopping Project will resume with my first look at a specifically fast fashion retailer, Forever 21. Ive noticed that my readership on some of these Friday posts has dipped...
This Gap dress that I thrifted several months ago has hung in my closet waiting for weather that felt right for it. But when I finally put the look together last Wednesday afternoon, I realized...
The big day has finally arrived! I know that some of us cant attend. At least one told me she was getting her wisdom teeth pulled. Another is off to Paris and Provence. And at least one is getting ma...
In the invitation to my Pajama Party, I mentioned a "secret room." Several years ago, after our first empty nest remodel, we turned one of the attic bedrooms into a study for me. ...
I tried this red/ivory gingham dress (Talbots) on recently, considering whether I ought to shorten the hem or part with the dress. The bodice is detailed in a way I like, but the length was tro...
This dress has a hand-sewn label that reads Woolf Brothers. I found it in a Salvation Army one day this winter and snagged it, remembering that as a teenager Woolf Brothers was a luxury departm...
Today, with the help of my lovely assistant, we selected a winner for the Marketplace: House of India giveaway. The grandson has learned to read in the past six months: ...
I visited Kohls several weeks ago during my Spring Break, armed with a couple of coupons I had received in the mail. I receive the coupons monthly because I have a Kohls credit card! My r...
Heres another piece I thrifted long ago and then never wore because I worried about aspects of cultural appropriation. I have admired salwar kameez on Leia and finally asked Cynthia at BeFabulo...
This crazy tie has hung in my closet for months. I bought it as incentive to learn to tie a tie. DH is no help in this department. Years ago on a cruise, he was obliged to dress for...
Ive wondered about the women artisans involved in Marketplace: Handwork of India as I have worked on this post. Can they imagine the life of an aging academic blogger in the middle of Kansas? But eve...
You are cordially invited to the first annual Rags Pajama Party to be held in a "secret room" the evening of Friday, April 20, 2012. All bloggers are invited to appear in th...
I have gone over budget in the month of March. One reason for this is having time to shop during Spring Break and the other is that I hadnt anticipated coming across a couple of unusual winter ...
My visit to Sears, one of two remaining anchor stores, in a dying shopping mall was bittersweet. In the early 70s, Metcalf South was where I purchased my first pair of Frye boots at an after Ch...
Do you ever have those days when enough people ask how how youre feeling to subconsciously know that you look like hell? Tuesday was one of those days for me. I had driven to campus on tw...
I thrifted this top and skirt last fall when I had the vague idea from the runway shows that the sea and mermaids would be some sort of trend this spring. Incredibly, the skirt is by Talbots an...
When I walked out of jcpenney, this past Tuesday morning, I had snapped 178 photos within an hour. The slideshow this week is longer (8 minutes) than the previous ones in my Window Shopping Pro...
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