The best thing about having this blog has been meeting or corresponding with new people*, who have included other bloggers, the inventor of Bumpe the Swedish Bull and a fabulous hair/clothing designer. This weekend, I was thrilled to bits to get an email from adorable ’90s designer Christian Francis Roth. I’ve written about him twice:…
Anne Boleyn for Dummies, Part Deux
Now with 100% more idiocy! I belatedly read an item in Fashion Week Daily; it was overheard at a screening of The Other Boleyn Girl: In the popcorn line, [starlet’s name redacted] chatted up [second starlet], who recently finished filming After School, a documentary directed by Chris Barrett about teacher-student sex scandals (she plays a…
Everyone Knows It’s Wendy
I am suddenly very trendy. Wendy Roller Bag by Stephanie Johnson Wendy Woven Platform Sandal by Twelfth St. by Cynthia Vincent Let me know if you find more Wendy fashions! The ultimate Wendy resource is here.
Bows and Stripes Forever
My friends at Decades in L.A. have two great bow dresses, jazzed up with stripes. I like!
I Can See Clearly Now
In 1999, I agreed with the rest of the world that the Dior suit Celine Dion wore to the Oscars was a fashion blight. Embed from Getty Images Today, I spit upon the 1999 WendyB and her boring taste! I love this suit now. It is razor-sharp and futuristic. I would definitely wear it and…
All in the Family
The New York Times Magazine did a great story on my gorgeous husband’s non-profit investigative journalism project and Herb and Marion Sandler, the philanthropists who conceived of and funded the project. The whole magazine is about philanthropy this week. Of course, there’s a celebrity on the cover and it’s … Natalie Portman. Oh noes! Angelina…
The Sky Is Falling!
After attacking us with a ceiling vent on Monday, the Broadway revival of Gypsy continues to menace musical-theater lovers. Luckily, Patti LuPone is around to clean up. Maybe the theater has a poltergeist? Do NOT go into the light, Patti LuPone!
Ossie Clark Goes to Dinner
I always figured there was no chance any of you fashion bloggers would rub off on me. I was pretty sure I didn’t have the creativity required to put together your unusual color combinations, create your amazing layered outfits or turn a skirt into a stole a la Little Edie Beale. And I was right!…
Thursday Book Club: Gypsy Rose Lee
Eric Idle, the author of the Monty Python musical Spamalot, recently changed the show’s lyrics to take out a reference to Britney Spears. “Because we don’t laugh at sad people,” he explained. Now, for accuracy’s sake, he might want to change the lines about the joys of musical theater sung by Spamalot’s timid Sir Robin:…
Out to Dinner Outfit
I’ve been trying to break my jeans-and-t-shirt-and-lots-of-jewelry habit, so this is what I wore to dinner at Landmarc restaurant last night. That’s my Alexander McQueen sweater and skirt from 2004 with Henry’s new Prada bag. I can’t seem to get the hang of Photoshop (the shame!) so I couldn’t fit in the shoes — the…