Saturday, December 31, 2011
I know 2012 would be a golden age for me if I got my hands on this Burberry trench coat. Lately, I can’t stop ogling Burberry’s less-traditional trenches, and I just had to share this one. Have a happy new year!
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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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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Oversize Argyle Whimsical Sweaters
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
I met fellow jewelry designer Gloria at a dinner party. When she came in, everyone stopped chatting to admire her exquisite Alaia coat. I was hoping our coats would get mixed up in the closet so that she would get mine and I would get hers, but no such luck.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
In 1986 — when I was an undergraduate at Columbia College and some of you weren’t born — I got the book that made the long-forgotten Edie Sedgwick an icon. It was then called Edie: An American Biography (it has since been retitled Edie: American Girl) and it had been out for a few years, [...]
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Before the holidays, gorgeous blogger Jennine of The Coveted asked me if I would be interested in visiting Versace’s 5th Avenue store to check out the pre-fall collection. Jennine knows I have a good pre-2005 Versace collection thanks to Teresa, who was a stellar sales associate at the now-closed Versace boutique on Madison Avenue. Teresa [...]
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Does anyone else think that the shape of Dolce & Gabbana’s fur coat bears an alarming resemblance to the monster from Bugs Bunny? Thank you, gorgeous blogger Gnarlitude Jen, for the post that led me to this important realization.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I had no particular interest in the gorilla-arm look recently shown by Balenciaga and Giles Deacon. BalenciagaPhoto source: Style.com Giles DeaconPhoto source: Style.com Then I noticed this vintage coat with monkey-fur arms by Jacques Tiffeau online. I figured I’d just share the the photos with y’all and remark on how there’s nothing new under the [...]
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Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
I like the colors of this Byblos Blu velvet jacket. Buy it now for $54.95 The same seller has a Diesel leather skirt for $179.95. Moving on to other sellers, I love the combination of this unusual Ozbek hoodie and brilliantly colored Rei Kawakubo skirt. The skirt has a buy-it-now price of $79.99 and the [...]
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