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Thursday Book Club: Jane Seymour
Thursday book club is back. Yes, I know it’s Friday! Give me a break, I had a bad day yesterday. Also making a return appearance: the six wives of Henry VIII, or Henry teh 8 as the Googlers like to say. The mnemonic device for Henry’s wives is “Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived.” So…
Recidivism
When I recently confessed to pinching a flower, I didn’t realize I had a long history of floral molestation. However, incriminating photographic evidence has emerged. Assaulting a flower in Oslo, 2007 Harassing a flower in Washington, D.C., in 1992. Don’t tell my parole officer!
In the News
Andree de Jongh, a member of the Belgian Resistance during World War II, died at the age of 90. Her inspiring obituary in the New York Times begins, “Andrée de Jongh, whose youth and even younger appearance belied her courage and ingenuity when she became a World War II legend ushering many downed Allied airmen…
Acne Jeans on Sale
Acne’s Hep jean in Flour My favorite denim brand, Acne Jeans, is on sale at Matthew Izzo Online. Check it out. The Hep style, in Flour, is marked down to $150 from $325. My Acne Hex jeans in grayBuy them here On a totally unrelated note, I think I’m in love with this rock crystal…
Delicious
This Miu Miu shoe is delicious… …and it reminds me of this Bottega Veneta bag, which is also delicious. Pink and red make me think of something else that’s delicious. Excuse me while I go get a snack! While I’m eating, you can read this. Also, here’s a guy who has a sensible response to…
Miss Mouse and Ms. Muir
Topshop has intrigued me with the vintage Miss Mouse pieces in their Archive collection. Here’s Topshop’s description of Miss Mouse interspersed with the items they had for sale: “One of the British High Street’s best kept vintage secrets; Miss Mouse was a boutique-clothing label of the late ’60s and 70s, renowned for its cute yet…
Dulcet Tones and More Reading
My peeps, you may enjoy the dulcet tones of my husband, Paul Steiger, in his NPR interview here. Paul is a smarty-pants, but self-portraiture is not his forte. Here’s some more reading. The New York Post This is a good interview from January 2007: I Want Media While I’m reporting on the family news, I…
All the News That’s Fit to Print
The New York Times has a nice story on my husband’s new project. Here are two paragraphs from the story. Paul E. Steiger, who was the top editor of The Wall Street Journal for 16 years, and a pair of wealthy Californians are assembling a group of investigative journalists who will give away their work…
My Ossie Clark Jacket and Some ’60s It Girls
In 1966, my favorite designer, Ossie Clark, discovered rolls of unused snakeskin sitting in a warehouse. One of his snakeskin jackets was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2003. Not my jacket, unfortunately.Photo of 1967 jacket from the V&A He gave one of the snakeskin jackets to a woman who worked…