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 →

Elettra Wiedemann is one very fortunate (and beautiful) young lady. Daughter of the stunning Isabella Rossellini and granddaughter of the iconic screen beauty Ingrid Bergman, she found herself the heir of a trunk full of Ms. Bergman's evening dresses that had somehow been long forgotten... Read more →

Marie Claire arrived yesterday, so I grabbed it off the table on the way out the door for an appointment. As my daughter and I sat in the waiting room, I flipped through it casually, pointing out eye catching ads and tearing open the "sniffer" for euphoria by Calvin Klein (which is quite lovely, in case your wondering). Read more →

What some in the fashion world had hoped to be among the most noble "green" fashion causes of the 2011 Oscars has turned out to be far from that. Instead, The 1930s Vintage Dress Massacre story has stolen the limelight Read more →

I (finally) just read the December 2010 US Vogue article "Mr. Ford Returns" . In a nut shell, he has grown up. He got off the train at the last... Read more →

While I was complaining back in September about the lack of great fashion in American magazines, Vogue was parading this amazing photo shoot. How did I miss this? How could... Read more →

"In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" Alfred Lord Tennyson Read more →

I have been spending quite a bit of time updating my type-lists & links~~you will see some new ones that are well worth a visit~~you will also see a bit... Read more →