Tuesday, November 30, 2010
In the early ’80s, there was a brief fad for vintage-style hobble skirts, which are so narrow that one can only take tiny steps. The term “hobble skirt” was first used in the early 1900s to describe designs by Paul Poiret. (Nowadays, we’d say we were dressing “steampunk.”) I remembered the hobble skirts last Tuesday [...]
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Monday, November 29, 2010
An event that is near and dear to my heart took place last Tuesday: the annual International Press Freedom Awards Dinner for the Committee to Protect Journalists. The dinner honors journalists from around the world who risk their lives to report from war zones and in defiance of brutal regimes. MrB is coming to the [...]
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Even if you’re not in the U.S. and don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, you can enjoy these plush turkey-leg toys from Shawnimals. The last one is tofurky with a broccoli “bone.” Personally, I need to thank Sheepishfashionista, Style Symmetry and Paulette of Fashion Envi for interviewing me this week about my jewelry, reading and music preferences and [...]
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
I haven’t gotten a Minx manicure since May (Minx is a film that’s applied with heat to the nails for a completely opaque look). The last Minx manicure that appeared on this blog was #6 in April. I did have a manicure in May that was technically #7 but it wasn’t suitable for a photograph [...]
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Monday, November 22, 2010
I am fascinated with the ultra-defined appearance of Angelina Jolie’s jawline in this poster for The Tourist, her new movie with Johnny Depp. That jawline is so sharp that it makes me think of a hatchet or a throwing knife. Angelina could cut a bitch with her own face! I like it. It’s good to [...]
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
During this week’s sale, one lucky customer bought my rock-crystal-and-diamond chrysanthemum necklace for half off. I only made three of those necklaces and this was my last one, so the customer has something very special indeed. If you also like to wear jewelry that no one else has, take a look at my exquisite, one-of-a-kind, [...]
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Yesterday’s post on buying high-quality clothes elicited this comment from gorgeous U.K. blogger Sharon Rose: ” … as you know I mainly thrift items and since I’ve been blogging I’ve managed to buy good quality designer and vintage for such low amounts, it really is investment dressing for the future to look at goodwill, charity [...]
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: closet purges are overrated. My interest in vintage clothes led me to the anti-purge epiphany. If I am willing to pay a pretty penny to buy clothes that are 40 years old from a vintage dealer, why should I banish pieces that are a mere five, [...]
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