As we approach 2020, there's a lot of talk in the industry about "slow fashion" (vs. "fast fashion"), "circular fashion" and "sustainable fashion" - all the tenets of my grandmother's generation coming back full circle. It's like going home again. What's old is new again. Or, can be "like new" again, with a little bit of TLC.  Repurpose with a purpose. Read more →

A photographic tribute to "The Fabrics We Love for Home & Fashion: Houndstooth, Herringbone, Tweed & Twill" from the November 1996 Issue of Victoria Magazine, featuring lovely treasures from Paul Stuart, Ralph Lauren & Cego... Read more →

March 1929 House & Garden Magazine Cover by Andre E. Marty Read more →

A glimpse back at retail advertising in September of 1990... Read more →

Happy first day of fall! Read more →

We are less than ten days away from one of my favorite days of the year: the first day of fall, or the Autumnal Equinox to be more precise. The... Read more →

What do women really want? Let Victoria's Secret c1990 clue you in... Read more →

An article in April in the Nostalgia column of US Vogue prompted a letter from yours truly. I had just discovered Charles James, thanks to that fabulous gray dress Angelina... Read more →

I've had a bit of a "Kimono" thing going on lately. It started when I found a great polished cotton cherry red one while out thrifting one day and decided... Read more →

Flowers in fashion, in art, in beauty... Read more →