Thursday, March 22, 2012
Every so often, I check out the vintage fashion listed on 1stdibs.com. This time I felt like I’d gone shopping without spending any money. First, I noticed this tie-dyed, velvet Todd Oldham dress from the 1990s. It’s being sold by my gorgeous friend Cherie of Shrimpton Couture. After a moment, I realized why I liked [...]
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Last Saturday, I went to an event where I wanted to look serious, so I dug around in my closet for some suits from my (pre-2005) corporate days. First, I tried on a gray skirt suit by Luciano Barbera. I got it at Barneys when I was absolutely desperate for a summer-weight, investment-bank-appropriate suit. I’d [...]
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Sunday, May 15, 2011
A gorgeous blogger sent me a link to this vintage suit by Jean-Louis Scherrer ages ago, and suddenly the page is popping up in my browser all the time. I take that as a sign that the suit desperately wants to appear on my blog. The ruffle at the bottom kills me! I remember Scherrer [...]
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
I’m not in the habit of taking pictures of my outfits before I wear them, but I made an exception for this Alexander McQueen suit. I’ll be wearing it when I fly to D.C. for an event and I am sure that the gored skirt will be rumpled by the time I deplane. Luckily, gorgeous [...]
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Last night, MrB and I went out with his friends Pat and Pattie. Pat and Pattie met when they were juniors in high school in 1958 and have been married for 45 years. They were delightful! We had dinner at Square Meal, which was also delightful. I wore one of the suits I saved from [...]
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Monday, July 27, 2009
Seeing gorgeous blogger Delmy looking sharp in a white blazer reminded me of last month’s post on white suits by Red Carpet Fashion Awards. And that post, in turn, reminded me of the white suit I posted here in 2007. I got that suit in 2003 and it’s still going strong. For my first Leader [...]
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Kansai Yamamoto is a Japanese designer who did costumes for David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust days. The Ziggy Stardust Companion has a great page on the costumes here. Bowie in a Kansai Yamamoto costumeFrom The Ziggy Stardust Companion I’m pretty sure Bowie is wearing his Yamamoto short kimono without the cape — but presumably [...]
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The eBay seller Science Fiction Vintage has some great pieces at good prices. I’m very tempted by the Japanese caped suit. This backwards tuxedo dress by Pierre Cardin would allow me to have my Celine Dion moment. And those of you young gals who are all about the short and tight (you know who you [...]
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Oh, Eliot Spitzer. We are all shaking our heads over you. I have the feeling that at this very moment, Ice-T is kicking back in his La-Z-Boy, reading the Spitzer stories and saying, “Damn! If the dude wanted a ho, I would have hooked him up all discreet-like.” My idol, Coco, is handing her man [...]
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