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Photo Credit Let’s be honest, it’s tough to walk out of Forever 21 without something in hand. Since ... VIEW THE POST

Even before the pandemic, it had started to unravel. What happens now that no one has a reason to dress up?

Joan Rivers dressed & lying in a bathtub while talking on a telephone vintage

Hello, Old Friend! The oversized blazer, sometimes called the "Boyfriend Blazer," is like a flashback from the past (check out '90s fashionista Winona Ryder in several examples here, her Johnny Depp era). It's fun remembering how flattering and comfortable this piece was. I've a

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful, wild & crazy New Year's Eve! I know that everyone is talking about what they are doing for their resolutions. Weight loss, quit smoking, walk more, they're all common resolutions people make every year. What I need this year is a complete shake up. A total 180 overhaul. As I mentioned in my last post, I've been reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. It has inspired me to start my own Happiness Project as my resolution. I am in desperate…

Perfect for spring weddings!

Suzy Menkes reviews Faustine Steinmetz and Jasper Conran at London Fashion Week SS17.

Its been over a year since the last "Fashion elements" post. I know! I'm terrible!! But there's a lot to research and now I can finally give you a new design element that I've been enjoying noticing since watching Bonnie and Clyde and reading the "Sixties Fashion" book. The 1930s gave the 60s a lot of inspiration in the mid to late 60s, via films and designers who looked to the past for inspiration from the heros and characters that drove folk lore and adorned the screens during the dark…