Fashion with a spark of intellect.
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Animal Attraction
I’ve been having an extended animal print moment, but I haven’t found the best way to express it. Until I browsed the September J. Crew catalog. Oh yeah, I have my eye on that leopoard fedora. Can we get a close-up? I usually can’t wear hats because my hair is so… vertical, so they just…
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Change is in the air
A few days ago, on August 24th, my blog became one year old! I had huge plans for my blog in the month of August, but the month escaped me before I could put it all together. Not to worry – they’ll still happen, just on a different time-line: More outfit posts: In general I’m…
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(Not) on Target – Gilt Groupe misses the mark
This morning at 9am PST Gilt Groupe unleashed three Target collaborations available for pre-sale before they hit Target stores: Mulberry (accessories), Tucker by Gaby Basora (clothing), and John Derian (home goods) for Target. I was super excited about this and put up a public service announcement on my Facebook page. In theory, this is a…
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Project Runway recap: Of caterpillars and decapitation
The unconventional challenge has arrived! Tim Gunn issues a warning: judges do not like materials that correspond to fabrics. Hypothesis: some designer will choose a material that corresponds to fabric. I’m going to guess Casanova. Anybody that would volunteer a $1000 pair of pants for a Project Runway challenge would be opaque enough to choose…
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