the new blog, while a useful exercise, is not exactly going in the direction i had intended. those who are familiar with my past blogs know that i start them very spontaneously.i think this is closer...
i'm trying out a new blog to replace this one.if i could buy just one thing... is a blog about buying, and what i didn't, won't, and want to.the introduction explains:what - a blog about past, presen...
having way too much fun in my closet with a bunch of you.i also am a bit consumed by other things...not sure where this blog fits in right now.
i'm going to give the private blog thing a go.if you want to be added, just email me your email.editor.of.that.blog@gmai l.comi might have it up and running by this weekend, or else by monday._
blogger allows 100 invited readers to an invitation-only blog. there should be 0 concern that i would deny anyone who was interested. the invitation-only idea is not about excluding any of you! in th...
i tried last year to remember to make an effort to use my lipstick semi-regularly. i got as far as buying 2 extra tubes of it so that one was in any bag i might possibly grab on my way out the door. ...
if you were to visit a blog featuring someone's wardrobe (contents), would you visit just for the visual, or would you want a history, or some identification of the garments featured?-
so at the time of this posting only 15% of visitors had an opinion, albeit a favorable one, to the wardrobe idea.do the other 85% not care, or think it's semi-obnoxious.my conflict is an internal one...
i'm constantly waffling about posting pics of my closet's contents.i tried it once and then stopped. i can't help but feel like it would be very presumptuous of me to think anyone would care - we're ...
totally inadequate scans from fudge, here and below - because i don't dare damage my precious new issuei'm glad for the employment numbers, but sorry about the implication - cheap food is in demand i...
prices are going down. wsj reported that high-end restaurants will be dropping prices by 15%. i already knew that shoes, bags and apparel were skewed a bit high, but apparently dinner was inflated to...
chunky little buttons. i love chunky little buttons. and pockets on a shirt. sweet little pockets. and a pleat in the back, love the volume a pleat can give to a shirt. such soft cotton, incredibly s...
hand printed rose patate pillow from rachel péloquin my first purchase of 2009 was a small silk screened cushion purchased on etsy (it technically preceded the coat, even though it didn't arrive from...
it was so cold this week that i skipped the preview evening at the icp. i have not seen the "weird beauty" show fully installed, so i will wait to speak on that.i've been thinking about super normal....
image courtesy of icpweird beauty presents "the most innovative fashion photography of the last few years" but i really stumble over the name. i have had a steady diet of fashion images since forever...
so many empty hangers now!eureka!i spent sunday bagging old clothes and reorganizing the keepers. i took a gorgeous new top that has never seen the light of day, along with another blouse that might ...
i was all set to wear the skirt today, my interest in it has not changed, but then i changed - i got my period, and i felt my needs change suddenly. i wanted to be more cocooned. i wore my blanket in...
just a side note - i mentioned my mom's saying in the last post, about life not being a fashion show. it made me think as i was falling asleep last night, it certainly was when i was at the age where...
on the whole, growing up, my mom was pretty tolerant of my interest in clothing (that's right, this isn't exactly a new hobby), but every once in a while, with exasperation rising (maybe we were runn...
i am still reading the end discussion in the book (it's part book/part exhibit catalog really), so i will only introduce a fraction of what is going through my head.to begin thinking about the appeal...
so i went without the skirt today.i did not feel at all liberated from the self-imposed limitation or excited to make a new pick from my closet. i was surprised, very surprised, that choosing somethi...
i'll push super normal back a day to give a quick update on my experiment.i've been wearing the skirt daily for nearly 2 weeks.today (tuesday) i will skip wearing it because i need to try on a coat -...
i found "super normal" to be very interesting. and relevant.there seems to be 2 definitions of super normal explored and illustrated in the book, and i don't find them always compatible. one definiti...
thoughts on it monday.-
"'If fashion is clothes, then it is not indispensable. But if fashion is a way of looking at our daily lives, then it is very important indeed. Of the so-called arts -- painting, sculpting, etc. -- o...
dashing around the apartment getting ready for guests yesterday, it was a major help to know with certainty what i was going to wear, to not even have it open for (internal) debate/discussion. not a ...
do you do do-overs? does a new year mean a new you? any style priorities, shopping imperatives, wardrobe diets, or general resolutions? i managed to enter the new year with a ups tracking #. i'm not ...
one thing i have been trying to get used to with the skirt is the faux waist. the waist is more than 3 inches too wide. the skirt is held up by the outer layer and it's belt, which only looks like it...
on this trip i have 2 choices for tops: white t-shirt or long-sleeve grey/cream striped t-shirt. none of my blazers :( and no other shoe options (and when i get back home, the weather will prohibit m...
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