Clothes and Style

Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton

August 3, 2008 at 10:00 am | In Clothes and Style | 1 Comment

Last night, we had some friends and their kids over for dinner, and afterward settled in to watch this documentary: Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton. Originally created for French television, the movie provides a glimpse of Marc Jacobs, probably the most influential and interesting contemporary American designer, as he balances his own line with [...]

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Her lips were like cherries and she was stronger than any man

August 1, 2008 at 9:46 am | In Clothes and Style, Shops | 12 Comments

I’m a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to red lipstick. I’ve been wearing red lips since I was a teenager dyeing my hair black and listening to siouxsie. It seemed every rockabilly, punk, or goth girl I knew was on an endless quest for The Perfect Red.
Though red lipstick has become [...]

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Birthday Magic

July 11, 2008 at 10:02 am | In Clothes and Style, Life | 6 Comments

This is my beautiful new dress, which Kenn bought me for my birthday. He is really good at buying me clothes. It’s been a year since I bought any new, non-handmade clothing, so dresses as gifts are a special treat. Polka dots and plaid are two of my favorite things. And [...]

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Fifi wears Luella SS08

July 3, 2008 at 8:23 pm | In Art, Clothes and Style | 1 Comment

I have been waiting patiently for Fifi Lapin to start selling prints of her fabulous bunnyness again, and finally they returned to her etsy store.
Today, I received this print of Fifi wearing Luella’s spring/summer 08 collection, inspired by Enid in Ghostworld.
I love Enid, I love Luella, I love catwoman, and I love bunnies.

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Yves Saint Laurent - His Life and Times

June 29, 2008 at 12:25 pm | In Clothes and Style | 3 Comments

We just finished watching Yves Saint Laurent - His Life and Times/5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris, a two-part documentary on the famous couturier who only recently passed away. The first part focuses on his life, from his childhood in Algeria to his quick rise as the head of Dior through the development of his [...]

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Fresh as a daisy

June 21, 2008 at 10:40 am | In Clothes and Style, Life | 4 Comments

I saw this dress while browsing the blog at Frances May, a shop in Portland, OR that specializes in independent designers. Portland has such amazing dress shops.
Anyway, this dress is by Lorick and it’s so lovely. I’m really into sheers lately. The dress I’m working on now is sheer and floaty and [...]

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A prototype - your thoughts?

June 5, 2008 at 8:11 am | In Clothes and Style, Sewing | 16 Comments

Lately, I’ve been working on designing a new dress. I’d love to get your thoughts.
This is the muslin, still needing some tweaks. It’s designed to be made in two coordinating fabrics, because I love two-tone anything. There are so many possibilities when you make things in two coordinating fabrics. The next [...]

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Fudge magazine

June 1, 2008 at 8:07 am | In Books, Clothes and Style | 2 Comments

I love Japanese magazines, and every once in a while I have to indulge myself. I normally go for the street style magazines like Cutie (tag line: “For independent girls”), because they show actual real people with real style. (By the way, if you like street fashion photography, that’s one of the themes [...]

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Bathing Beauties

May 17, 2008 at 7:14 am | In Clothes and Style, Vintage | 13 Comments

I’ve taken up swimming again lately, for which I wear your typical plain black sporty speedo one piece (though I do have a pink swim cap and goggles). But it’s made me think about summer swimsuits of the splish-splash-playing-in-the-pool variety (as opposed to the swimming-laps-for-exercise variety).
Nowadays, swimsuits are usually kind of flimsy and rarely [...]

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A rosey spring dress

May 13, 2008 at 7:10 am | In Clothes and Style, Sewing, Vintage | 8 Comments

I bought this odd 80s sun dress for a few bucks recently. I thought it was really dowdy in that sort of horrible laura ashley way, but at the same time, the bodice is really beautifully cut. It has a very fitted princess cut, elastic shirring in panels at the back, and I [...]

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