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Suits and Skirts
dallianceswithsuitsandskirts.blogspot.com
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Marvelous misadventures, style, aesthetics, and idle dreams of upper management. Decadence on a dime, reading list suggestions, how to look like a flight attendant, and other fun nonsense.
#50917 in All , #5790 in General Fashion

Leisure Lusting

I am in the lounge at the Newark airport, slowly sipping cold water; teetotalers have ordained that it is too early for wine or drink, probably. Off to Peru for a very brief business trip, my luggage...

21 h ago

The Perfect Summer Pant

Curated personally for me based on the contents and style from my copious online shopping sprees at Banana Republic, and the umbrella company Gap, I woke up over the weekend to a computer-generated p...

2 days ago

Living Pleasantly

My father tends bar, mixing Manhattans for myself and my mother, while she prepares some prime red steak to pair with a domestic red wine. The Cesar salad dressing is freshly made, aromatizing the ho...

3 days ago

Let Them Eat Charcuterie

Now, over a month later, I am taking advantage of this long weekend to finally sort through my copious collection of photographs from Paris; it is a strange task, as my trip is very near in my past, ...

5 days ago

Outfit for a Tuesday: Yacht Club in the Office

When I found this navy and almost-white cream striped dress on a sale rack at Target a few years ago, I believe the last time I purchased an article of clothing there, I did not anticipate that the p...

25 may 12

Decadence on a Dime: Rose Ginger Cocktails

When it comes to shaking up and pouring a cocktail, I take my business very seriously; I want my gin or my bourbon or my tequila very well chilled, my flavors fresh and nuanced, and my garnish a deli...

23 may 12

Recent Read: Amphibians, Tarot, and Theories of the Economic and Extraterrestrial Kind

About a week ago or so, I finished the latest novel by contemporary fiction rock star and resident narcissist, a club in which he is paralleled by many but potentially matched by few, Tom Robbins. Se...

23 may 12

Casual Friday: Pink and Blue Grid Lines

Sometimes, the effortless and classic and comfortable outfits are those that end up looking the most chic; while I can certainly appreciate layering to add texture and nuance, or indulging in particu...

20 may 12

Sneaky Summer

It appears that, while beguiled with business travel and long hours in the office, a lifestyle that impedes my loyalty to an appropriate and effective work-out schedule, summer has snuck up on me. In...

18 may 12

The Vogue Health Initiative, or, Consumerist Drive, Reality, and Flawsome

(image taken from We Heart Vintage)(image taken from They Roared Vintage)(image taken from Joffis Stuff)(image taken from Model Haus)Models, particularly those emblazoned across the pages of print me...

17 may 12

Disco Nap

At about the time I had earned sufficient notches in my proverbial partying leather belt, close to when I could begin to drink legally in this country, my mother began to preach and enumerate on abou...

15 may 12

Late Spring Fashion and Mothers Day

Today I spent the afternoon and evening in Brooklyn to celebrate Mothers Day with newly-minted mother, Elizabeth. Sundays have become our family day; brunch, cocktails, walks with the baby and the pu...

14 may 12

Let the Wild Rumpus Start

(image taken from Time Out New York Kids)(image taken from Geek Tyrant)As is to be expected with the passing of a beloved and celebrated author, particularly an author for children, where there is ne...

11 may 12

Commencement

My younger brother is graduating this weekend, a monumental event, which, sadly, I will be celebrating and observing from afar; he is a mature and intelligent young man, with incredible prospects bef...

09 may 12

Travel Lusting: Decadent Accessories

Traveling for business more and more recently, I have come to the obvious, almost embarrassing, conclusion that over-sized American Apparel canvas tote bags and the like are really not appropriate pr...

08 may 12

Cinco de Mayo

As is evidenced by the increasingly snug groping of my pants and pencil skirts, indeed, I am growing soft in my old age: Cinco de Mayo, a celebration that traditionally for my superficial observance ...

07 may 12

Spring Surprise

After returning from Europe, I barely had the opportunity to unpack my belongings, in fact they are mostly scattered haphazardly and dangerously about my apartment, and barely had the chance to adjus...

04 may 12

(image taken from The Examiner)(image taken from Harfang Perdu)For those who are in the New York metropolitan area, or those beyond with an interest and with access to a reliable internet connection,...

02 may 12

Beautifully Gawdy Gaudi: La Sagrada Familia

Traveling to Barcelona for business, and specifically busying myself with the drama and intrigue of a liver disease medical conference, I mostly saw the beautiful and the raw sites of the city from t...

30 apr 12

Outfit for a Thursday: Polka Dots on Dots

This week has been one inflicted with serious jet-lag; obviously, this made my already tormented reluctance to abandon the haven of my bed each morning that much more potent. Nevertheless, with the g...

29 apr 12

Feigning Tiger Eyes

  While I was in Rome, meandering the streets on Palm Sunday and perusing various wares, much of it typical tourist junk but amusing to shop through nonetheless, I found this large striated...

27 apr 12

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

No, I have not become so wonderfully unhinged that my mind is operating at least two full seasons early, rather, I have become frantically panicked at the lovely but daunting and stressful prospect o...

25 apr 12

Super Fine Shoes and Superfine

After returning from my vacation in Paris, before whisking away again across the Atlantic to Barcelona for my conference, I spent the weekend visiting my family in the city. My mother and father had ...

25 apr 12

Sunday Stroll

Between the pet cheetah, surely only superficially tame and domesticated, muscles thin and taunt, prepared to pounce or stalk or lunge at any moment of surprise, the beautifully sturdy and sophistica...

23 apr 12

Sangria Compliments

Unfortunately, journeying to Barcelona for business, specifically a large and bustling medical conference humming with various pharmaceutical executives and aggrandizingly important physicians, actua...

23 apr 12

Polka Dots and the Liver

Attending a large, international medical conference in a European city is always a fascinating bit of sartorial observation; there is the complete style spectrum, from smart pumps and beautifully tai...

21 apr 12

Long Hair Lust, or, Busy Before Barcelona

Before I departed for Barcelona, I had intended to squeeze a hair appointment into my schedule; unfortunately, long hours, a beautiful weekend with my family, and a marathon of packing, complete with...

19 apr 12

Busy in Barcelona

Mere days after returning from my business romp in Rome and pleasant perambulation of Paris, I was off and traveling again; now, I find myself in Barcelona. Once again, this is a business call: I am ...

17 apr 12

Outfit for a Thursday: Red Silk

For much of winter, I was in quite the neutral automatic setting, instinctively, continually, donning either gray or black, occasionally navy. Despite sitting in my closet like an emblazoned and wild...

13 apr 12

The Original Banana Republic

(image taken from Wax Wane)(image taken from The Abandoned Republic)My sister Elizabeth shared this story with me this morning; while I had never heard the true history of the Banana Republic brand b...

12 apr 12

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