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The Truth About Japanese Fashion
Originally published May 1, 2007. Do you want to know the truth about Japanese fashion? Here it is: Pantyhose are IN! in in in in in. Japanese women looooooove them some pantyhose. They wear it every day. Do they wear pants, or even stockings in the winter? No, skirts with pantyhose. When it’s nice…
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Wardrobe Survivors
Please enjoy this guest post from Annie of Streatstyle. I realised the other day that hardly anything in my wardrobe is older than about two years. Since moving to Ireland from Paris in 2009, I’ve given away or discarded a lot of clothes, either because they no longer fit me or simply because I…
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Not So Fast, Fast Fashion!
Originally published September 14, 2008. Friday night my friend and I went to the mall to see a movie, but ended up at Target instead. Having taken a fairly major spree on serious things at the mall earlier in the week, more shopping was off-limits. And somehow I ended up buying a gaggle of fun. …
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San Francisco Summer Survival Guide
Please enjoy this guest post from Elisabeth of mission:closet. I’m Elisabeth from mission:closet and I’m starting to feel like summer really stood us up this year in San Francisco. Not a single heatwave yet and it’s already August! I’m a Bay Area native so I typically try to defend the crummy summer weather (“No mosquitos!”; “Fog is…
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