I have a fresh new blog design, which I am really happy about! I love the colors. It seemed like a good time to change, with Autumn in the air, fashion week coming up, and going back to school in progress. Fall has always inspired more change in me than any other season. I… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Fashion
September Issues!
I’ve received the September 2013 issues of Vogue (902 pages), W (456 pages), and Harper’s Bazaar (600 pages) in the mail. Still waiting on Elle though! This is me walking in from the mailbox holding Vogue and W in all my suburban work-at-home glory. 🙂 It’s been an annual ritual, since I was thirteen or… Read more »
Vintage 80s Chanel Jewelry: Pile It On!
This is a great pic from the June 1987 issue of Vogue magazine. It shows model Carey Lowell (who is now married to Richard Gere), piled with masses of Chanel jewelry. Wearing a simple Gap white shirt and denim skirt, she is simply loaded down with gold cuff bracelets, bangle bracelets, charm bracelets, chain and… Read more »
This American Anglophile Celebrates The Royal Baby!
After months of waiting, the Royal Baby is finally here! Yes, I am an unapologetic Anglophile. Many congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their new baby boy. While it is exciting, I do like the distance afforded by living across the pond from the frenzied UK media. American media… Read more »
Eight Years Without a Dryer and Still Going Strong!
I just realized – upon reading yet another blog about going dryer-free for a year – that it’s been at least eight years since I last used a dryer. Yes, that’s eight full years of total year-round air-drying. Or maybe even more, I really can’t remember it’s been so long. And this is in Seattle,… Read more »
Vintage 70s Granny Square Millefleurs Maxi Skirt Crochet Pattern
For your Boho crocheting pleasure, presenting another vintage 70s granny square creation! This is the Millefleuers Skirt – for elegant evenings at home or in faraway places. It is a long slim maxi skirt crocheted in a palette of colors. The squares grow smaller from lower edge to waist because three sizes of crochet hooks… Read more »