We took the Eurostar to Paris, in the company of five fiendishly loud children. Their parents seemed unperturbed by the constant uproar. I didn’t share their apathy, and spent the whole time wishing gorgeous blogger Kate were there to get the situation under control. I noticed yesterday that she doesn’t brook any nonsense from chair…
About Wendy
London, Day 5: Going for Baroque, Going for Lunch
In the morning, MrB and I went to the V&A to see an exhibition on Baroque style. I was very inspired. It’s strange: I like clean, modern shapes, but I also like insane amounts of detail, particularly symbolic detail. I’m all about secret messages. I guess the Matilda necklace is the most baroque of all…
London, Day 4: Henry VIII and Hamlet
Today I had a make-up date with the guy I stood up yesterday, Henry teh 8. In a moment of fashion insanity, I did NOT wear my Boleyn necklace to the Henry VIII exhibit at the British Library. What was I thinking? To make matters worse, I was wearing my Cleves ring. Sure, Henry had…
London, Day 3: de Castelbajac and Zang Toi
Today I planned to go see some Henry teh 8 artifacts at the British Library. When I told MrB about this, he said, “I wanted to go shopping.” Guess what I said: “I insist on seeing Henry teh 8 artifacts.” “Okay, I will go shopping!” I’m no fool, so off we went to Conduit Street,…
London, Day 2: More Naughty Art
I first went to London when I was 15. During that trip, I bleached my bangs blonde and got my left ear pierced for a second time. When I arrived home, my mother was very upset about these things. Good thing I didn’t tell her that I smooched a 20-something guy during the whole flight…
London, Day 1: An Interesting Ladies’ Room
MrB and I arrived in London this morning in time for a day full of thunderstorms, redeemed by dinner with our gorgeous friends Bruce, Michele and Dave at Hix Oyster & Chop House. At one point, I excused myself to visit the ladies’ room, where I puzzled over a framed drawing in one of the…
Multiplication Rock*
In the ’80s, a designer named Sandra Garratt had a concept for modular, one-size-fits-all, mix-and-match clothing. She did two lines based on that idea: Units and Multiples. I particularly remember the Multiples accessory pieces that you could wear as a scarf or belt or top or whatever else you could invent. I hadn’t thought of…
Meet Marilyn and, Maybe, Me
Last week, I wrote about a lovely lady who was auctioning off the Ossie Clark dress she wore at her 1973 wedding. I was delighted when the seller — Marilyn — replied to my post! I especially enjoyed her description of the Ossie-employed friend who appears with her in this picture. Marilyn wrote, “My BFF…
Mad, Plaid and Dangerous to Know
British poet Lord Byron (1788–1824) was famously described by one lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know.” Do you think that phrase just rolled off her tongue in a “Eureka!” moment? Or did she secretly test out several options before hitting the Bartlett’s jackpot? From the desk of Lady Caroline Lamb…
Obsessed
This “artist’s jacket” by Karim Bonnet for Impasse de la Defense would be mine… … except it’s probably too similar to my painted jacket by Steve J & Yoni P. Right? If you want to get the artist’s jacket so I can live vicariously through you, it’s available at ShopCurious for £110.00.