Category Archives: Fashion
The Mystery of the Technicolor Shrinking Tunic
Item: Tee-shirt/Tunic Color/Fabric: Many, bright, Rayon/Spandex Designer: White Where Purchased: Marshall’s Years Owned: One Today I have chosen this near tee-shirt type garment because I honestly don’t know what to do with it. Yes, it is, comparatively, a rather recent acquisition, and has not been cluttering up the closet for too long, but it puzzles …
A Confession About Obsession.
Item: Sweater Color/Fabric: Tan, acrylic/wool/nylon Designer: Abercrombie and Fitch Years Owned: 12 Maybe you haven’t yet noticed, but I have an obsession. I’m not obsessed with clothes, necessarily. I’m more obsessed with the acquisition. One could say that I have an obsession with possession. Well, even that doesn’t exactly cover it. It’s not entirely the …
Online Shopping and the Hungarian Ballet
Item: Blouse Color/Fabric: Cream, polyester Designer: Rebecca Taylor Where Purchased: Shopbop.com Years Owned: 3 Here is a blouse that I love. It’s very romantic, with all the lace, but in a very wearable tee-shirt shape. This was an online purchase, a method of shopping that has quickly turned into a bit of an obsession with …
Curiouser and Curiouser! Wonderland and Fairy-tales!
Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Midnight Blue, polyester/spandex Designer: Forever 21 Years Owned 4 Meet Trixie! She is my new model, and has been through a plethora of name changes in the short time she’s been in my employ. But Trixie has stuck. And I love her already. She makes the clothes look so much nicer, doesn’t …
For Crying Out Loud.
Item: Vest Color/Fabric: Tan Herringbone, wool Designer: Gap Years Owned: 12. Possibly more. Here is a thing that I am ashamed of. I don’t know why I still have this vest. It has survived so much closet purging, year after year after year. I cannot let it go. Look at it. It is clearly ruined. …
The First (Or Second Or Third) Time
Item: Sweater Color/Fabric: Beige, cashmere/cotton/suede Designer: Essendi Where Purchased: Next Boutique Years owned: 6 Tonight I am having trouble with the remembering. Usually it’s so easy, but this evening there is a struggle happening. Maybe it’s due to all of this mucus. It might be clogging up my brain. What I do know is that …
Do doo! Do doo! Do!! A Trio.
Item: Skirt Color/Fabric” Black, polyester/wool/spandex Designer: Gap Years Owned” 6ish? Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Black, cotton/spandex Designer: Isaac Mizrahi Where Purchased: Target Years Owned: 5ish? Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Black, cotton Designer: Odille Where Purchased: Anthropologie Years Owned: 4ish? Here I offer for your consideration three black skirts. But first I have to confess that I have …
Regarding Angry Marionettes, Jared Leto, and Squirrels
Item: Camisole Color/Fabric: Purple, silk Designer: Express Years Owned: 4 Tonight I had a hard time. I could not decide what I wanted to write about. I had randomly selected a sweater, but I finding that I am not easily inspired by knits. So I sat in my closet and sifted through just about everything, …
It’s A Wrap!
Item: Dress Color/Fabric: Black/print, polyester Designer: Espirit Where Purchased: Kensington Outlet Mall, MI Years Owned: Maybe 8? Well, I am going to try to make tonight short and sweet. I have this weird sore throat that refuses to leave, and I’m going to try to sleep a lot tonight to see if that helps. This …
The Last Train From Paris
Item: Skirt Color/Fabric: Black, cotton Designer: Gap Years owned: Going to go with 6, but may be longer. This skirt marks the first of my Black Skirt Series, an attempt to rid my closet of all but the most necessary and most fabulous black skirts. I have a ridiculous collection of black skirts. I counted …
I Am What I Wore 