Style...a work in progress
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"Art is like baby shoes. When you coat them with gold, they can no longer be worn." - John Updike
on Nov 7, 2009 in food and drink Once again I'm left cursing the food Gods...and the fact that there are no Ladurée outposts in my immediate vicinity...thanks to news of a collaboration between Ladurée and Marni. Friends, ignore the (admittedly very cute) polka dot box...for nest...
"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?" - Arnold Schwarzenegger
on Nov 6, 2009 in clothes Though the majority of their pieces that I've seen have been knitwear...of the ethereal, Rodarte, type...Daphne and Vera Correll's Random Sewing Sweatshirt is what caught my eye (surprising given my love of all things sweater-y).Apart from anything I...
H.M.S. Pinafore, or The Lass that Loved a Sailor
on Nov 5, 2009 in le tout ensemble A British tar is a soaring soul,As free as a mountain bird,His energetic fist should be ready to resistA dictatorial word.His nose should pant and his lip should curl,His cheeks should flame and his brow should furl,His bosom should heave and his hea...
One man's trash is another man's treasure
on Nov 5, 2009 in house and garden I mentioned my cold weather nesting instinct a little while ago...something that I think is fairly normal...the disturbing thing is that my c.w.n. appears to have taken the form of a single minded fixation on napkins (hitherto mentally categorized as...
"If your project doesn't work, look for the part that you didn't think was important" - Arthur Bloch
on Nov 4, 2009 in handbags craft ideas I'm all for multi-tasking...and 'craft' projects that take almost no time or effort to accomplish...but British Vogue's suggestion to "get ahead" of next spring's satchel trend by tying a scarf onto your handbag to create a strap seems a little too l...
"My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb." - Marge Piercy
on Nov 3, 2009 in clothes Though, in this case, the only "strength" I can think of is that I realize (and acknowledge) that my "weakness" is coats...more specifically, the trench...like this specimen from Zucca whose wonderfully elongated collar and flared skirt set my pulses...
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