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Where in the World Are We?
No rocking chairs for us (yet!). We'll take a rocking horse anytime. Quick, where in the world are we? See if you can guess. The answer this Sunday.
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Amarcord: The Remembrance of Clothing Past
Last Friday evening, we celebrated the coming of the weekend in an unusual way at Amarcord Vintage Fashion in Soho. An invitation to a party in one of our favorite vintage clothing stores with some of...
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We Can Still Do the Slide
First, a little eye candy appetizer. At left, Valerie, unlike most of our politicians, doesn't mind clearly delineating the platform(s) she stands on. At right, Jean brings new meaning to the old...
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How Great Is Getting Old Going to Be?
We passed a huge sign in a window on 42nd Street that posed a provocative question.Just click on the video for Valerie's answer:Ditto for Jean's response to the question:(As usual, being as yet...
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Crossing Delancey - IF Style
"Where the heck are they we this time?" you might ask.Once again, we forgot to take pictures of ourselves together, so here we are in solo shots at yet another fun spot in New York. (Well, we didn't...
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Montreal Formula 1 Grand Prix
Does this McLaren 650S make my butt look big???Earlier this week, Jean was in Montreal for the Formula-1 Grand Prix and while there, could not resist playing her favorite game. There is something about...
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Katya Leonovich at New York Fashion Week
It's that crazy time of year again! In Formula One car racing, they dubbed early September the "silly season". In New York City, this week, it's Mercedes Benz Fashion Week and New York Fashion Week,...
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A Visit to the Mischka Velasco Runway Show During Fashion Week
Just blocks away from the Empire State Building (since Lincoln Center is not the only whirlwind of activity during Fashion Week), we went to see Mischka Velasco's runway show, which was a bit...
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Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love
Road trip! On Saturday, we headed south to the City of Brotherly Love to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see Runway of Love, a couture exhibition featuring the work of the late Patrick Kelly.Kelly,...
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In the Spotlight: We Visit the Georgine Runway Show at Lincoln Center
What we saw this time had a completely different accent from what we saw last time. Everything is still very feminine, but instead of a kind of fairy tale look, this time we saw very strong echoes of...
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Tears in Your Jacket? Tears in Your Eyes.
Jean is away on business. In her absence, Valerie waxes philosophical on the transitory nature of clothing.Valerie says: Sharp-eyed readers will say "Hey! They're recycling an old photo!", and...
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Dance & Fashion the Night Away
Jean is the one with the dance background, so it was a little odd for me to go of to the opening of FIT's current exhibition, Dance & Fashion, without the resident expert, who was in Vegas for a...
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Shopping Bag Spree
When a really good shopping bag shows up, it's hard not to ask for another. And another. And another. That's what happened when we saw the shopping bags that Uniqlo is currently offering, in an...
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Girls Gone Wild
Wild Magazine, that is, wearing a variety of glasses from Selima OptiqueIt all started last year when we made an impromptu stop into Selima on Bond Street and tried on a selection of their vintage...
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City Winery's Advanced Style Event
Last Monday evening, we went to an event at City Winery in Soho in honor of the opening of the Advanced Style documentary later that week. A crowd of very stylish "women of a certain age" and a number...
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Big Flea Comes to New York
The Big Flea, a D.C. phenomenon we'd been hearing about for years, finally made its way to the Big Apple, so last Saturday afternoon, we headed over to Pier 94 on West 55th Street and the West Side...
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Sight for Sore Eyes
Readers with flawless memories will recall that way back in July we posted about a shoot we did for Selima Optique, for which we were each rewarded with a pair of Selima glasses. Here we are last...
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Tokyo Sunset
Every so often an article of clothing appeals to both of us. Case in point, Heydari's Sunset Dress, which looks terrific on women of any body type and any age. When Lisa Bayne, CEO of Artful Home,...
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Museum of Arts and Design's LOOT Exhibition
Here we are at at the Museum of Arts and Design's annual LOOT show, where a broad spectrum of jewelry designers display and sell an unimaginable variety of baubles in everything from plastic to gold....
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Life is Full of Paradox
Last Wednesday night, we attended the launch of Morphew by Paradox Design's showroom. In a brave new world where commerce often occurs entirely online, it is refreshing to see Paradox' amazing vintage...
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