Month: September 2009
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And the winner is…
After much thought I decided that a striped bag was simple enough travel well, but that the bold colors added the right amount of pizzazz. I also liked how the lines weren’t sharp but bled a little bit, almost like a watercolor painting. Alas, when I back to Endless.com to buy it, it was no…
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In the fitting room with… the romper!
Searching for “romper” in Google, I wasn’t sure if I would find mostly results for children’s wear, or if the romper craze had permeated the search engine. Baby rompers were the 8th listing down – looks like adult rompers have taken over. (Can we call them something else? Calling them “adult rompers” sounds pornographic.) If…
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Prints Charming
Thanks to the book I’m currently reading (The House Dress: A Story of Eroticsm and Fashion) I’ve learned that using printed fabric used to be regarded as a lesser alternative to traditional clothing. It’s much harder to notice seams and stitches beneath a print, so it could be used to disguise shoddy craftsmanship or an…